IP Library Granted Patent US 9,223,340
Granted Patent B2
US 9,223,340 · App. 13/967,200 · Granted Dec 29, 2015

Organizing display data on a multiuser display

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Patent No.
US 9,223,340
App. No.
13/967,200
Granted
Dec 29, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

For organizing display data on a multiuser display, a position module determines a user position from an audible signal. An organization module organizes display data on a multiuser display in response to the user position.

Claims (27)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a horizontal multiuser display accessible to the processor; and

a memory storing machine readable code executable by the processor, the machine readable code comprising:

a position module determining a first user position from an audible signal and determining a second user position from a second audible signal; and

an organization module organizing display data on the horizontal multiuser display oriented at a first display angle to a first user vector for the first user position and at a second display angle to a second user vector for the second user position, wherein the first display angle is equivalent to the second display angle.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , the organization module further organizing a first instance of the display data oriented to the first user position and a second instance of display data oriented to the second user position.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first user position comprises a motion vector.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a microphone array receiving the audible signal.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first user position is determined from the audible signal with sound source localization.

6. A method comprising:

determining, by use of a processor, a first user position from an audible signal;

determining a second user position from a second audible signal; and

organizing display data on a horizontal multiuser display oriented at a first display angle to a first user vector for the first user position and at a second display angle to a second user vector for a second user position, wherein the first display angle is equivalent to the second display angle.

7. The method of claim 6 , the method further comprising organizing a first instance of the display data oriented to the first user position and a second instance of the display data oriented to the second user position.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising receiving the audible signal with a microphone array.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first user position is determined from the audible signal with sound source localization.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first user position comprises a motion vector.

11. The method of claim 6 , further comprising identifying a first user from the audible signal.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the display data is provided with user information for the first user.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the display data is configured with user preferences for the first user.

14. The method of claim 6 , wherein the audible signal is emitted from one or more of an ultrasonic pen, an acoustic pen, and a surface touch acoustic.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing machine readable code executable by a processor to perform:

determining a first user position from an audible signal and determining a second user position from a second audible signal; and

organizing display data on a horizontal multiuser display oriented at a first display angle to a first user vector for the first user position and at a second display angle to a second user vector for the second user position, wherein the first display angle is equivalent to the second display angle.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the audible signal is received by a microphone array and the first user position is determined from the audible signal with sound source localization.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , the code further performing organizing a first instance of the display data oriented to the first user position and a second instance of the display data oriented to the second user position.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2019
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 049687/0976 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2013
From: LOCKER, HOWARD; CASE, MICHAELA ROSE; NICHOLSON, JOHN WELDON; STEWART, AARON MICHAEL
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 031014/0436 →