Viewer authorization for display panels
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsLee Warren Atkinson, Yi-Chen Chen, Chen-Fang Hsu
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Abstract
Example electronic devices are disclosed. In some examples, the electronic device includes a display panel, an image sensor, and a controller coupled to the image sensor. The controller is to use the image sensor to detect an interaction between a first viewer of the display panel and a second viewer of the display panel. In addition, the controller is to determine whether the second viewer is authorized to view information presented on the display panel based on the interaction. Further, the controller is to adjust a presentation of the information on the display panel based on the determination.
Claims20
An electronic device, comprising:
- a display panel;
- an image sensor;
- and
- a controller coupled to the image sensor, wherein the controller is to:
- use the image sensor to detect a physical shift in position of a first viewer from a first position to a second position, the second position providing a clear view of the display panel to a second viewer;
- determine that the second viewer is authorized to view information presented on the display panel based on the physical shift in position of the first viewer;
- and
- adjust a presentation of the information on the display panel based on the determination.
A non-transitory, machine-readable medium, storing instructions, which, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, cause the processor to:
- detect a first viewer of a display panel of the electronic device and a second viewer of the display panel via an image sensor coupled to the electronic device;
- use the image sensor to determine that the first viewer and the second viewer are engaging in a conversation for a period of time;
- determine that the second viewer is authorized to view information presented on the display panel based on the period of time exceeding a threshold period of time;
- and
- adjust a presentation of the information presented on the display panel based on the determination.
An electronic device, comprising:
- a display panel;
- an image sensor;
- and
- a controller coupled to the display panel and the image sensor, wherein the controller is to:
- use the image sensor to detect a first viewer of the display panel and a second viewer of the display panel;
- reduce a visibility of information presented on the display panel for the second viewer in response to the detection of the second viewer;
- use the image sensor to detect an interaction between the first viewer and the second viewer, wherein the interaction between the first viewer and the second viewer includes at least one of a physical shift in position of the first viewer to clear a view of the second viewer of the display panel or a conversation between the first viewer and the second viewer that continues for at least a threshold period of time;
- determine that the second viewer is authorized to view the information presented on the display panel based on the interaction;
- and
- increase the visibility of the information presented on the display panel for the second viewer in response to the determination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.