IP Library Granted Patent US 11,983,314
Granted Patent B2
US 11,983,314 · App. 17/853,226 · Granted May 14, 2024

User interface reconfiguration in view of image capture device location

Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon (Raleigh, NC); Nathan Peterson (Oxford, NC); Mark Delaney (Raleigh, NC); Arnold Weksler (Raleigh, NC); John C Mese (Cary, NC)
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD
G06F3/013H04N7/15
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Patent No.
US 11,983,314
App. No.
17/853,226
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, the method including: capturing, at an interface reconfiguration system and using an image capture device, video of a user, wherein the video is transmitted to an information handling device of at least one other user; determining, using the interface reconfiguration system, eyes of the user are directed away from the image capture device and a portion of a user interface associated with a direction of the eyes of the user; and rearranging, responsive to the determining, at least the portion of the user interface displayed on a display device operatively coupled to the image capture device. Other aspects are claimed and described.

Claims (35)

1. A method, the method comprising:

capturing, at an interface reconfiguration system and using an image capture device, video of a user, wherein the video is transmitted to an information handling device of at least one other user;

determining, using the interface reconfiguration system, eyes of the user are directed away from the image capture device, wherein the determining comprises identifying a gaze of the user is not within a predetermined area with respect to the image capture device and that a length of time of the gaze being directed away from the image capture device exceeds a predetermined threshold;

determining, based upon the eyes of the user being directed away from the image capture device, a portion of a user interface associated with a direction of the eyes of the user; and

rearranging, responsive to the determining the eyes of the user are directed away from the image capture device and the determining a portion of the user interface and based upon the predetermined area, at least the portion of the user interface displayed on the display device operatively coupled to the image capture device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining is performed over a plurality of video captures and wherein the rearranging is based upon information regarding a location of the eyes of the user captured over the plurality of video captures.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises generating a display frequency map indicating a frequency of the eyes of the user at a particular location on the display device.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the rearranging is based upon the display frequency map and portions of the user interface corresponding to more frequently viewed locations are moved closer to a physical location of the image capture device as compared to less frequently viewed locations.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises capturing a gaze of the user using a gaze tracking device and correlating the gaze of the user with a location on the display device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rearranging comprises iteratively rearranging the at least the portion over time.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rearranging comprises moving the at least the portion towards a physical location of the image capture device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rearranging is applied to portions of the user interface that are temporary.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rearranging is based upon user preferences.

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

an image capture device;

a display device operatively coupled to the image capture device;

a processor operatively coupled to the image capture device and the display device;

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

capture, at an interface reconfiguration system and using the image capture device, video of a user, wherein the video is transmitted to an information handling device of at least one other user;

determine, using the interface reconfiguration system, eyes of the user are directed away from the image capture device, wherein the determining comprises identifying a gaze of the user is not within a predetermined area with respect to the image capture device and that a length of time of the gaze being directed away from the image capture device exceeds a predetermined threshold;

determine, based upon the eyes of the user being directed away from the image capture device, a portion of a user interface associated with a direction of the eyes of the user; and

rearrange, responsive to the determining the eyes of the user are directed away from the image capture device and the determining a portion of the user interface and based upon the predetermined area, at least the portion of the user interface displayed on the display device operatively coupled to the image capture device.

11. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the determining is performed over a plurality of video captures and wherein the rearranging is based upon information regarding a location of the eyes of the user captured over the plurality of video captures.

12. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the determining comprises generating a display frequency map indicating a frequency of the eyes of the user at a particular location on the display device.

13. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the rearranging is based upon the display frequency map and portions of the user interface corresponding to more frequently viewed locations are moved closer to a physical location of the image capture device as compared to less frequently viewed locations.

14. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the determining comprises capturing a gaze of the user using a gaze tracking device and correlating the gaze of the user with a location on the display device.

15. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the rearranging comprises iteratively rearranging the at least the portion over time.

16. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the rearranging comprises moving the at least the portion towards a physical location of the image capture device.

17. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the rearranging is applied to portions of the user interface that are temporary.

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:

capture, at an interface reconfiguration system and using an image capture device, video of a user, wherein the video is transmitted to an information handling device of at least one other user;

determine, using the interface reconfiguration system, eyes of the user are directed away from the image capture device, wherein the determining comprises identifying a gaze of the user is not within a predetermined area with respect to the image capture device and that a length of time of the gaze being directed away from the image capture device exceeds a predetermined threshold;

determine, based upon the eyes of the user being directed away from the image capture device, a portion of a user interface associated with a direction of the eyes of the user; and

rearrange, responsive to the determining the eyes of the user are directed away from the image capture device and the determining a portion of the user interface and based upon the predetermined area, at least the portion of the user interface displayed on the display device operatively coupled to the image capture device.

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: VANBLON, RUSSELL SPEIGHT; PETERSON, NATHAN; DELANEY, MARK; WEKSLER, ARNOLD; MESE, JOHN C
To: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
Reel/Frame 060356/0711 →
Continuity (1)
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