IP Library Granted Patent US 11,314,306
Granted Patent B2
US 11,314,306 · App. 16/777,849 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

Electronic apparatus and control method

Inventor: Kazuhiro Kosugi (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,314,306
App. No.
16/777,849
Filed
Jan 30, 2020
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2186
USPC
713/323
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a change from a state where a person is present to a state where the person is absent based on output of a distance sensor which detects an object present within a predetermined detection range, and a captured image covering a predetermined imaging range.

Claims (24)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a detection unit that detects a change from a state where a person is present in relation to the electronic apparatus to a state where the person is absent in relation to the electronic apparatus, wherein the detection is based on output of a distance sensor which detects an object present within a predetermined detection range, and a captured image covering a predetermined imaging range;

a system processing unit which executes system processing based on a system;

an operation control unit which, based on the detection result of the detection unit, instructs the system processing unit to cause an operating state of the system to make a transition to a first operating state in which at least part of the system processing is limited;

when the change from the state where a person is present to the state where the person is absent is detected by the detection unit, the operation control unit instructs the system processing unit to cause the operating state of the system to make the transition to the first operating state after instructing the system processing unit to change a display content of a display unit on which a display image based on the system processing is displayed, and

the detection unit causes an imaging unit to capture images, respectively, when the change in the display content of the display unit is instructed and when the transition to the first operating state is instructed, and detects the change from the state where a person is present to the state where the person is absent based on the captured images.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when it is detected that an object present within the predetermined detection range is changed to a state where the object is absent based on the output of the distance sensor, the detection unit detects whether a person is present within the predetermined imaging range or not based on the captured image, and based on the detection result, detects the change from the state where a person is present to the state where the person is absent.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the detection unit causes the imaging unit to capture an image within the predetermined imaging range according to the change from the state where an object is present within the predetermined detection range to the state where the object is absent which is detected based on the output of the distance sensor.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined imaging range is a range wider than the predetermined detection range.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when a change from a state where a person is absent to a state where the person is present is detected in the first operating state by the detection unit which is based on the output of the distance sensor, the operation control unit instructs the system processing unit to make a transition to a second operating state in which operation of the system is more active than that in the first operating state.

6. A control method for an electronic apparatus, comprising:

a step of causing a detection unit to acquire output of a distance sensor to detect an object present within a predetermined detection range;

a step of causing the detection unit to acquire a captured image captured within a predetermined imaging range; and

a step of causing the detection unit to detect a change from a state where a person is present in relation to the electronic apparatus to a state where the person is absent in relation to the electronic apparatus, which is based on the output of the distance sensor and the captured image;

a step of causing a system processing unit to execute system processing based on a system;

a step of causing an operation control unit which, based on the detection result of the detection unit, to instruct the system processing unit to cause an operating state of the system to make a transition to a first operating state in which at least part of the system processing is limited;

when the change from the state where a person is present to the state where the person is absent is detected by the detection unit, a step of causing the operation control unit to instruct the system processing unit to cause the operating state of the system to make the transition to the first operating state after instructing the system processing unit to change a display content of a display unit on which a display image based on the system processing is displayed, and

a step of causing the detection unit to cause an imaging unit to capture images, respectively, when the change in the display content of the display unit is instructed and when the transition to the first operating state is instructed, and detects the change from the state where a person is present to the state where the person is absent based on the captured images.

7. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an embedded processor programmed to detect a change from a state where a person is present in relation to the electronic apparatus to a state where the person is absent in relation to the electronic apparatus, wherein the embedded processor detects based on output of a distance sensor which detects an object present within a predetermined detection range, and a captured image covering a predetermined imaging range;

a system processor programmed to execute system processing based on a system;

the embedded processor which, based on the detected change, is further programmed to instruct the system processor to cause an operating state of the system to make a transition to a first operating state in which at least part of the system processing is limited;

when the change from the state where a person is present to the state where the person is absent is detected by the embedded processor, the embedded processor is further programmed to instruct the system processor to cause the operating state of the system to make the transition to the first operating state after instructing the system processor to change a display content of a display on which a display image based on the system processing is displayed, and

the embedded processor is further programmed to cause a camera to capture images, respectively, when the change in the display content of the display is instructed and when the transition to the first operating state is instructed, and to detect the change from the state where a person is present to the state where the person is absent based on the captured images.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070266/0821 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2020
From: KOSUGI, KAZUHIRO
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 051678/0569 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-093715 · May 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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