Method for adjusting volume of a display device and a display device

• US 9,740,279 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2015
• Issued: 08/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhang, Kailiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Bolotin, Dmitriy
• Application Number:
  US14/904,721
• Publication Number:
  US 20160274657A1
• Time in Patent Office: 767 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/439 Processing of audio elementary streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method of adjusting a volume of a display device and a display device, which can adjust the volume of the display device intelligently. The method of adjusting the volume of the display device comprises the steps of: firstly detecting a distance between the viewer and the display device, then determining a target volume to which the distance corresponds, finally adjusting the playing volume of the display device as the target volume.

Claims

1. A method for adjusting volume of a display device comprising the steps of:

detecting a distance between a viewer and the display device;

determining a target volume to which the detected distance corresponds;

adjusting the volume of the display device as the determined target volume; and

adjusting the volume of the display device as a preset high volume if no viewer is detected within the effective viewing range of the display device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining a target volume to which the detected distance corresponds comprises the steps of:

establishing a corresponding relationship between each different distance of the viewer to the display device and respective different target volume, and determining the target volume to which the detected distance corresponds based on the determined corresponding relationship.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of establishing a corresponding relationship between the distance of the viewer to the display device and the target volume comprises:

when the viewer adjusts the volume at a certain position, detecting a first distance between the viewer and the display device, and obtaining a first volume adjusted by the viewer; and

establishing a corresponding relationship between each different distance of the viewer to the display device and respective different target volume based on the first distance and the first volume as well as a predetermined volume adjustment step length.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the first distance is an optimal viewing distance, a value of the optimal viewing distance is three times of a height value of the display device.

5. The method according to claim 4,

the preset high volume is a volume to which the optimal viewing distance corresponds.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of establishing a corresponding relationship between the distance of the viewer to the display device and the target volume comprises:

when the viewer adjusts the volume at a certain position, detecting a first distance between the viewer and the display device, and obtaining a first volume adjusted by the viewer;

when the viewer adjusts the volume at another position, detecting a second distance between the viewer and the display device, and obtaining a second volume adjusted by the viewer;

in the event that the second distance is not equal to the first distance, calculating a volume adjustment step length based on the first distance, the second distance, the first volume and the second volume; and

establishing a corresponding relationship between each distance and volume based on the first distance and the first volume as well as the volume adjustment step length.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of adjusting the volume of the display device as the determined target volume comprises:

adjusting the volume of the display device as the target volume according to a manner of gradual adjustment.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

if a plurality of viewers are detected within the effective viewing range, detecting a distance difference of every two viewers in the plurality of viewers to the display device; and

if the distance difference of any two viewers to the display device is greater than a preset distance, obtaining a minimum distance in the distances between the plurality of viewers and the display device respectively, and determining a volume to which the minimum distance corresponds as the target volume;

or

otherwise, if there is a distance difference of two or more viewers to the display device less than or equal to the preset distance, obtaining an average value of the distances between these viewers and the display device respectively, and determining a volume to which the average value corresponds as the target volume.

9. A display device comprising:

a sensor, a control unit and an audio output unit;

wherein,

the sensor is used for detecting a distance between the display device and a viewer, and transmitting the detected distance to the control unit;

the control unit is used for determining a target volume to which the distance corresponds, and transmitting the target volume to the audio output unit;

the audio output unit is used for outputting audio information based on the target volume, and outputting audio information based on a preset high volume if no viewer is detected by the sensor within the effective viewing range of the display device.

10. The display device according to claim 9, wherein the sensor is located at a central position above the front of the display device.

11. The display device according to claim 9, wherein the audio output unit is located exactly under the display device;

or the audio output unit comprises a first audio output sub-unit and a second audio output sub-unit, the first audio output sub-unit and the second audio output sub-unit are located at two sides of the display device respectively.

12. The display device according to claim 9, wherein the control unit is further used for receiving a volume adjustment instruction transmitted by a remote controller used in cooperation with the display device, and establishing a corresponding relationship between each different distance and respective different volume based on the volume adjustment instruction and the current distance between the viewer and the display device.

13. The display device according to claim 9, wherein the sensor is an infrared sensor, a pyroelectric sensor or a proximity sensor.