Media playing device and self-service terminal

1. A media playing device, comprising:

a display;

a speaker;

a camera; and

a controller communicatively coupled to the display, the speaker, and the camera, wherein the controller is configured to:

control a screen on the display;

in response to a user staying at a first position relative to the display, control the speaker to face a head of the user;

in response to the speaker facing the head of the user, cause the speaker to play a sound associated with the screen on the display;

wherein the camera is located at a second position relative to the speaker, adjust a first orientation of the speaker according to an image captured by the camera, where the speaker faces the head of the user; and

wherein the first orientation of the speaker is in sync with a second orientation of the camera, adjust the first and the second orientations synchronously according to the image captured by the camera.

2. The media playing device according to claim 1 , wherein the speaker is a directional speaker.

3. The media playing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a sensor communicatively coupled to the controller, configured to detect whether the user stays at the first position relative to the display.

4. The media playing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an interaction device communicatively coupled to the controller, configured to receive an operation from the user,

wherein the controller is further configured to control first contents on the display and second contents played by the speaker according to the operation.

5. The media playing device according to claim 4 , wherein the interaction device comprises one or more of the camera, a microphone, a distance sensor, a button, a touch panel, or a touch screen.

6. The media playing device according to claim 1 , wherein the display is mounted separately from the speaker.

7. The media playing device according to claim 6 , wherein the display is mounted on one side of a transparent partition facing outwardly, and the speaker is mounted on the other side of the transparent partition; or

the display and the speaker are both mounted on a same side of the transparent partition facing outwardly, wherein sounds from the speaker travel outside the transparent partition via holes in the transparent partition.

8. The media playing device according to claim 7 , wherein the transparent partition comprises a panel of a light box or glass of a shop window.

9. The media playing device according to claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to provide a prompt on the transparent partition for an operation of the user on the media playing device.

10. The media playing device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to record data about one or more of: a feature or an image of the user; a staying duration of the user; a start or end time of the staying duration; whether an operation on the media playing device is received from the user; the operation; and when the operation is received.

11. A method of a media playing device, comprising:

controlling a speaker to face a head of a user in response to the user staying at a first position relative to the media playing device;

causing the speaker to play a sound in response to the speaker facing the head of the user;

wherein a first camera is located at a second position relative to the speaker, adjusting a first orientation of the speaker according to an image captured by the first camera, where the speaker faces the head of the user;

adjusting a second orientation of a second camera according to a second image captured by the second camera, wherein the second image comprises the head of the user located at a center of the second image; and

receiving an operation on the media playing device from the user via a third image captured by the second camera.

12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

detecting whether the user stays at the first position relative to the media playing device.

13. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

displaying a screen; and

playing a sound associated with the screen being displayed in response to the speaker facing the head of the user.

14. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

controlling a microphone to face the head of the user in response to the user staying at the first position relative to a display of the media playing device.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a media playing device, cause the media playing device to perform operations, the operations comprising:

controlling a screen on a display;

in response to a user staying at a first position relative to the display, controlling a speaker to face a head of the user;

in response to the speaker facing the head of the user, causing the speaker to play a sound associated with the screen on the display;

wherein a camera is located at a second position relative to the speaker, adjusting a first orientation of the speaker according to an image captured by the camera, where the speaker faces the head of the user; and

wherein the first orientation of the speaker is in sync with a second orientation of the camera, adjusting the first and the second orientations synchronously according to the image captured by the camera.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15 , further comprising:

receiving an operation from the user; and

controlling first contents on the display and second contents played by the speaker according to the operation.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 16 , wherein the media playing device comprises one or more of the camera, a microphone, a distance sensor, a button, a touch panel, or a touch screen.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15 , further comprising: controlling a microphone to face the head of the user in response to the user staying at the first position relative to the display.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15 , further comprising recording data about one or more of: a feature or an image of the user; a staying duration of the user; a start or end time of the staying duration; whether an operation on the media playing device is received from the user; the operation; and when the operation is received.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise controlling contents on the display according to sounds received by the microphone.