Next generation user interface for audio video display device such as tv with multiple user input modes and hierarchy thereof
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsSabrina Tai-Chen Yeh, Steven Friedlander, David Young
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Abstract
A television user interface allows viewer commands to be input using a remote control, voice input, and hand movements in free space, as well as facial recognition using a camera integrated into the television. All three input modes can be active simultaneously, and so a hierarchy of modes is established to resolve conflicting commands received more or less simultaneously in different modes.
Claims20
Audio video display device (AVDD) comprising:
- processor;
- video display presenting demanded images under control of the processor;
- computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to:
- control the display responsive to user commands received from a remote control (RC), and from a human voice, and from a human hand gesture, wherein voice command input, gesture command input, and RC command input can be enabled simultaneously for command input to the processor.
A television (TV) presenting a user interface allowing viewer commands to be input using a remote control (RC), voice input, and gestures in free space, all three input modes being enabled simultaneously, a hierarchy of modes being established to resolve conflicting commands received within a predetermined period in different modes.
A method, comprising:
- presenting a user interface on an audio video display device (AVDD) having a display;
- allowing viewer commands to be input using a remote control (RC), voice input, and gesture(s) in free space, wherein all three input modes are enabled simultaneously;
- and
- controlling the display responsive to user commands received from the RC, voice input, and gesture(s) in fee space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.