Remote display control
Technologies are generally described for controlling remote display. In some examples, a method for controlling a remote display device using a handheld computing device includes receiving, by a handheld computing device, one or more data from one or more remote display devices over a wireless communication network, selecting a remote display device based on the received data and sending a control signal to the selected remote display device.
1. A method for controlling a remote display device using a handheld computing device, comprising:
receiving, by a handheld computing device, data from one or more remote display devices over a wireless communication network, the data received from one of the one or more remote display devices comprising at least one of the group consisting of: an image of a user of the handheld computing device captured by the one of the one or more remote display devices, and facial information extracted from an image of the user of the handheld device captured by the one of the one or more remote display devices;
selecting, by the handheld computing device, a remote display device of the one or more remote display devices based on the data received from the one or more remote display devices; and
sending, by the handheld computing device, a control signal to the selected remote display device.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received data further include identification information of the respective one or more remote display devices.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the remote display device further comprises:
extracting facial information from each of the received images; and
selecting a remote display device based on a comparison of the extracted facial information from each of the received images with facial information stored on the handheld computing device.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received data comprise facial information extracted from one or more images respectively captured by the one or more remote display devices.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein selecting the remote display device comprises selecting a remote display device based on a match of the facial information extracted from the one or more images received from the one or more remote display devices and facial information stored on the handheld computing device.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, prior to sending the control signal, displaying on the handheld computing device a control interface suitable to control the selected remote display device.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the control interface is received from the selected remote display device.
8. A handheld computing device, comprising:
a receiver configured to receive one or more images from one or more remote display devices over a wireless communication network, each of the received images comprising an image of a user of the handheld computing device captured by the one or more remote display devices;
a face recognizer configured to extract facial information from each of the received images;
a selector configured to select a remote display device based on a comparison of the extracted facial information from each of the received images with facial information stored on the handheld computing device; and
a display device controller configured to transmit a control signal to the selected remote display device.
9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the display device controller is further configured to display on the handheld computing device a control interface suitable to control the selected remote display device.
10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the control interface is received from the selected remote display device.
11. A computing device, comprising:
a receiver configured to receive facial information from one or more remote display devices over a wireless communication network, the facial information comprising facial information about a user of the computing device, wherein the facial information from the one or more remote display devices is extracted from one or more images respectively captured by the one or more remote display devices;
a selector configured to select a remote display device based on a match of the facial information from the one or more remote display devices and facial information stored on the computing device; and
a display device controller configured to send a control signal to the selected remote display device.
12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the display device controller is further configured to display a control interface suitable to control the selected remote display device.
13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the control interface is received from the selected remote display device.
14. A display device, comprising:
an image capturer configured to capture an image with a camera;
a transmitter configured to transmit the image for reception by a handheld computing device, the image comprising an image of a user of the handheld computing device, wherein the handheld computing device is configured to select a remote display device based on an image of the user of the handheld computing device captured by the remote display device; and
a controller configured to receive a control signal from the handheld computing device, and further configured to control the display device based on the control signal.
15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit identification information of the display device to the handheld computing device in addition to the image.
16. The device of claim 14 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit a control interface suitable to control the display device to the handheld computing device.
17. The device of claim 14 , further comprising a face recognizer configured to extract facial information from the image, and wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the extracted facial information to the handheld computing device.