Selecting View Orientation in Portable Device via Image Analysis

A portable device comprising:

• a display;
• a camera to capture images of an area in front of the display;
• and
• a player locator module that identifies a location of features of a face of a person located in the area in front of the display and determines an axis of the face based on the location of the features;
• wherein the orientation of a view shown on the display substantially corresponds to the axis of the face.

A computer program embedded in a computer-readable storage medium, when executed by one or more processors, for setting an orientation of a view shown on a display of a portable device, the computer program comprising:

• program instructions for capturing an image of an area in front of the display;
• program instructions for identifying a location of features of a face of a person when located in the area in front of the display;
• program instructions for determining an axis of the face based on the location of the features;
• and
• program instructions for setting the orientation of the view shown on the display of the portable device to substantially correspond to the axis of the face.