Mobile Device Field of View Region Determination
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorWilliam H. Plaehn
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Abstract
A method and system for determining a field of view region on a mobile device display is provided. The method includes receiving by a mobile device from a user facing camera of the mobile device, an image of a user currently using the mobile device. Key features of the image are identified and attributes of the key features are determined. The attributes are analyzed and a specified region within a field of view of an object facing camera of the mobile device is determined. Data associated with the specified region is provided for a software application.
Claims25
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computer processor of a mobile device from a user facing camera of said mobile device, an image of a user currently using said mobile device;
- identifying, by said computer processor, key features of said image;
- determining, by said computer processor based on said key features, attributes of said key features;
- analyzing, by said computer processor, said attributes;
- determining, by said computer processor based on results of said analyzing, a specified region within a field of view of an object facing camera of said mobile device;
- and
- providing, by said computer processor for a software application, information associated with said specified region.
A computer program product for field of view region determination, the computer program product comprising:
- one or more computer-readable, tangible storage devices;
- program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to initiate receiving, from a user facing camera of said mobile device, an image of a user currently using said mobile device;
- program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to identify key features of said image;
- program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to determine, based on said key features, attributes of said key features;
- program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to analyze said attributes;
- program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to determine, based on results of said analyzing, a specified region within a field of view of an object facing camera of said mobile device;
- and
- program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to initiate providing information associated with said specified region.
A mobile device comprising a computer processor coupled to a computer-readable memory unit, said memory unit comprising instructions that when executed by the computer processor implements a method comprising:
- receiving, by said computer processor from a user facing camera of said mobile device, an image of a user currently using said mobile device;
- identifying, by said computer processor, key features of said image;
- determining, by said computer processor based on said key features, attributes of said key features;
- analyzing, by said computer processor, said attributes;
- determining, by said computer processor based on results of said analyzing, a specified region within a field of view of an object facing camera of said mobile device;
- and
- providing, by said computer processor for a software application, information associated with said specified region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.