IP Library Granted Patent US 11,947,718
Granted Patent B2
US 11,947,718 · App. 17/853,088 · Granted Apr 2, 2024

Content focus system

Inventors: Robert J Kapinos (Durham, IN); Scott Li (Cary, NC); Robert James Norton, Jr. (Raleigh, NC); Russell Speight VanBlon (Raleigh, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
G06F3/013G06T3/40
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Patent No.
US 11,947,718
App. No.
17/853,088
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, the method including: detecting, using a content focus system, an attentive state of a user with respect to a display; determining, using the content focus system, the attentive state corresponds to content displayed on the display; and increasing, using the content focus system, a size of the content, wherein the increasing comprises increasing the content to a size that covers other content displayed on the display. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims (37)

1. A method, the method comprising:

detecting, using a content focus system, an attentive state of a user with respect to a display, wherein the attentive state corresponds to a level of focus of the user;

determining, using the content focus system, the attentive state corresponds to content displayed on the display;

identifying, using the content focus system, additional content present on the display, wherein the additional content comprises at least one of: other content and non-cover content; and

increasing, using the content focus system, a size of the content, wherein the increasing comprises increasing the content to a size that covers the other content displayed on the display and is performed in view of the non-cover content.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the attentive state comprises detecting at least one of a gaze of the user and an emotional state of the user.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a length of time the attentive state is associated with the focus content and wherein the increasing is responsive to the length of time meeting a predetermined threshold.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the size that covers other content comprises a size that substantially fills the display.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content is contained within a window on the display and wherein the increasing comprises increasing the size of the window.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the increasing is responsive to receiving user input confirming the size of the content is to be increased.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the attentive state no longer corresponds to the focus content; and

reducing the size of the content to a default size setting.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying the content corresponds to content the user has identified as focus content and wherein the increasing is responsive to identifying the content corresponds to focus content.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the increasing comprises iteratively increasing the size of the content a predetermined amount at predetermined time intervals.

10. An information handling device, the information handling device comprising:

a processor;

a memory device that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the information handling device to:

detect, using a content focus system, an attentive state of a user with respect to a display, wherein the attentive state corresponds to a level of focus of the user;

determine, using the content focus system, the attentive state corresponds to content displayed on the display;

identify, using the content focus system, additional content present on the display, wherein the additional content comprises at least one of: other content and non-cover content; and

increase, using the content focus system, a size of the content, wherein the increasing comprises increasing the content to a size that covers the other content displayed on the display and is performed in view of the non-cover content.

11. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the detecting the attentive state comprises detecting at least one of a gaze of the user and emotional state of the user.

12. The information handling device of claim 10 , further comprising determining a length of time the attentive state is associated with the content and wherein the increasing is responsive to the length of time meeting a predetermined threshold.

13. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the size that convers other content comprises a size that substantially fills the display.

14. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the content is contained within a window on the display and wherein the increasing comprises increasing the size of the window.

15. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the increasing is responsive to receiving user input confirming the size of the content is to be increased.

16. The information handling device of claim 10 , further comprising:

determining the attentive state no longer corresponds to the content; and

reducing the size of the content to a default size setting.

17. The information handling device of claim 10 , further comprising identifying the content corresponds to content that the user has identified as focus content and wherein the increasing is responsive to identifying the content corresponds to the focus content.

18. A product, the product comprising:

a computer-readable storage device that stores executable code that, when executed by a processor, causes the product to:

detect, using a content focus system, an attentive state of a user with respect to a display, wherein the attentive state corresponds to a level of focus of the user;

determine, using the content focus system, the attentive state corresponds to focus content displayed on the display;

identify, using the content focus system, additional content present on the display, wherein the additional content comprises at least one of: other content and non-cover content; and

increase, using the content focus system, a size of the content, wherein the increasing comprises increasing the content to a size that covers the other content displayed on the display and is performed in view of the non-cover content.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070269/0077 →
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 Dec 7, 2022
From: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD
Reel/Frame 062078/0718 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2022
From: KAPINOS, ROBERT J; LI, SCOTT; NORTON, ROBERT JAMES, JR.; VANBLON, RUSSELL SPEIGHT
To: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
Reel/Frame 060355/0654 →
Continuity (1)
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