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US 11,144,759 B1Granted
Presentation of graphical objects on display based on input from rear-facing camera
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsNathan Andrew Hatfield, Jonathan Co Lee
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Abstract
A rear-facing camera may be disposed on a headset or other device. Input from the rear-facing camera may be used to present graphical objects on a display of the headset, such as breadcrumbs indicating previous movement of the headset and/or a virtual tether to a device different from the headset.
Claims20
A headset, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- a rear-facing camera accessible to the at least one processor;
- a transparent display accessible to the at least one processor;
- and
- storage accessible to the at least one processor and comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor to:
- receive input from the rear-facing camera;
- and
- based on the input, present a feed from the rear-facing camera on the transparent display along with a virtual tether, the virtual tether moving clockwise and counterclockwise about an axis in real time as the headset moves for the virtual tether to mimic extending toward a current location of a person other than a user of the headset, the virtual tether being virtually anchored to the current location of the person.
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At least one computer readable storage medium (CRSM) that is not a transitory signal, the computer readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by at least one processor to:
- receive input from a rear-facing camera of a first device;
- determine, based on the input, that a person other than a user of the first device is looking at a display of a second device, the second device being different from the first device;
- and
- based on the determination, present images from the rear-facing camera on a display of the first device.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving input from a rear-facing camera of a first device;
- determining, based on the input, that a person other than a user of the first device is looking at a display of a second device, the second device being different from the first device;
- and
- based on the determining, presenting at least one graphical object on a display of the first device, the graphical object indicating a particular location on the display of the second device at which the person is determined to be looking.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.