Method and apparatus for monitoring human attention in dynamic power management
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsGary R. Bradski, Aaron M. Tsirkel
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Abstract
Method and apparatus of the present invention include an image-capturing device coupled to a computer system. An image captured by the image-capturing device is analyzed using a face tracking technique to learn behaviors of the user. This may include determining if the user is paying attention. The attention may be toward a display of the computer system. When the user does not pay attention, power consumption of one or more components of the computer system is reduced.
Claims37
A system, comprising:
- an image-capturing device;
- and
- a power management logic coupled to the image-processing device, wherein the power management logic is to perform one or more power management operations based on one or more behaviors of a user in an image captured by the image-capturing device.
A method, comprising:
- reducing power consumption of one or more components in a computer system when a user associated with the computer system is not paying attention.
A method, comprising:
- performing one or more face tracking operations to detect a user's face in an image captured by an image-capturing device coupled to a computer system;
- when the user's face is detected, performing one or more eyes tracking operations using the user's face to determine user attention;
- and
- performing one or more power management operations to control power consumption of one or more components of the computer system depending on the user attention.
A computer readable medium containing executable instructions which, when executed in a processing system, causes the processing system to perform a method comprising:
- reducing power consumption of one or more components in a computer system when a user associated with the computer system is not paying attention.
A method, comprising:
- using a visual monitoring device to learn behaviors of a user when the user is using a computer system, wherein the learned behaviors of the user are used to control power consumption of one or more components of the computer system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.