Method and apparatus for media viewer health care
OwnerAiguo Xieinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for evaluating viewing behaviors of media viewers. The viewing space of the media is imaged and analyzed to detect media viewers and evaluate their viewing behaviors using machine vision. Based on their evaluated viewing behaviors, a health care feature may be delivered to the media viewers.
Claims26
A method for automatically monitoring viewing behavior of at least one viewer of at least one information media, comprising:
- acquiring at least one image of the viewing space of said media;
- analyzing said image to detect viewers of said media;
- analyzing said image to evaluate viewing behavior of said detected viewers if any.
A system for automatically monitoring viewing behavior of at least one viewer of at least one information media, comprising at least:
- a memory for storing machine readable code;
- a computing machine whereas said machine:
- acquires at least one image of the viewing space of said media;
- analyzes said image to detect viewers of said media;
- analyzes said image to evaluate viewing behavior of said detected viewers if any.
An article of manufacture automatically monitoring viewing behavior of at least one viewer of at least one information media, comprising:
- a machine readable medium having machine readable code means embodied thereon, said machine readable code means comprising:
- a step to acquire at least one image of the viewing space of said media;
- a step to analyze said image to detect a viewer of said media;
- a step to analyze viewing behavior of said detected viewer if any.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.