USER DETECTION BY A COMPUTING DEVICE

Patent №

US 9,766,702

Granted

2017-09-19

Filed 2014

Owner

APPLE INC.

Lab

AI components

2

vision · speech

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

14531874

In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally identifies a person's face, and optionally performs an action in accordance with the identification. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally determines a gaze location in a user interface, and optionally performs an action in accordance with the determination. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally designates a user as being present at a sound-playback device in accordance with a determination that sound-detection criteria and verification criteria have been satisfied. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally determines whether a person is further or closer than a threshold distance from a display device, and optionally provides a first or second user interface for display on the display device in accordance with the determination. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally modifies the playing of media content in accordance with a determination that one or more presence criteria are not satisfied.

VisionSpeechG06F 3/013G06F 3/0485G06F 3/1423H04N 21/4126H04N 21/41265H04N 21/422H04N 21/42201H04N 21/42203+5 more

AI classification

Speech0.66
Vision0.52
AI hardware0.39
Evolutionary computation0.08
Knowledge representation0.02
Machine learning0.00
Natural language0.00
Planning0.00

Ownership

APPLE INC.

assignment · 340960692

Assignors

CIEPLINSKI, AVI E., BERNSTEIN, JEFFREY TRAER, MISSIG, JULIAN, KHOE, MAY-LI, COSTANZO, BIANCA CHENG, HAGGERTY, MYRA MARY, KERR, DUNCAN ROBERT, ORDING, BAS, CHEN, ELBERT D.

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