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US 2014/0111694 A1Published application
Adapting layout and text font size for viewer distance from tv
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorBrant Candelore
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Abstract
The size of characters presented on a display of an audio video display device (AVDD) such as a TV is changed based on a distance from the AVDD at which a viewer is sensed as being located.
Claims8
A device comprising:
- at least one processor configured to send images to a display;
- computer readable storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to configure the processor to:
- present on the display a user interface (UI) listing plural discrete distances from which a user can select a discrete distance on the list;
- receive a user selection from the list of a distance between a viewer and the display;
- and
- present content optimized for observance on the display for the distance.
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Method comprising:
- imaging plural viewers of a video display simultaneously using at least one camera;
- responsive to a determination that plural viewers of the display are simultaneously imaged, selecting a first one of the plural viewers using at least one selection test;
- determining a distance from the display at which the first viewer of the display is located;
- and
- based on the distance, presenting content optimized for observance on the display at the distance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.