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US 2015/0310831 A1Published application
Proximity detection of candidate companion display device in same room as primary display using camera
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorBrant Candelore
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Abstract
A candidate companion screen device is located by a primary display device as being in the same room as the primary device using a camera and image recognition, and in response ancillary content related to content being shown on the primary display device is provided to the companion screen device. The ancillary content may be provided from the Internet based on information in the content being presented on the primary display device by, e.g., providing a link to a website to the companion device.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- at least one computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by a processor;
- at least one processor configured for accessing the computer readable storage medium to execute the instructions to configure the processor for:
- causing the device to image space in front of the device;
- executing image recognition on objects in the space;
- based at least in part on the image recognition, determining whether at least one object is a candidate companion screen device (CCSD);
- and
- responsive at least in part to determining that at least one object is a CCSD, causing ancillary content related to primary content presentable on the device to be provided to the CCSD for presentation of the ancillary content thereon, and/or causing a message regarding accessing ancillary content to be provided to the CCSD for presentation of the message thereon.
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Method comprising:
- imaging space in front of a display device;
- executing image recognition on objects in the space;
- based at least in part on the image recognition, determining whether at least one object is a candidate companion screen device (CCSD);
- and
- responsive at least in part to determining that at least one object is a CCSD, undertaking a companion screen activity.
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A device comprising:
- at least one computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by a processor;
- at least one processor configured for accessing the computer readable storage medium to execute the instructions to configure the processor for:
- locating a candidate companion screen device as being in the same room as the primary device using a camera and image recognition, and in response to locating the companion screen device as being in the same room as the primary device, causing ancillary content related to content being shown on the primary display device to be provided to the companion screen device (CSD).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.