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US 9,177,457 B2Granted
Electronic device for providing content according to user's posture and content providing method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDong-yun Shin, Youn-gun Jung
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Abstract
A content providing method in an electronic device includes reproducing an image of content; obtaining information regarding a posture of a user based on an image of the user; determining whether the posture of the user is acceptable based on the obtained information regarding the posture of the user; and controlling reproduction of the content according to a result of the determination.
Claims37
A content providing method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
- reproducing an image of content;
- obtaining information regarding a posture of a user based on an image of the user;
- determining whether the posture of the user is acceptable based on the obtained information regarding the posture of the user;
- and
- controlling reproduction of the content according to a result of the determination,
- wherein the content comprises an image that is independent of the image of the user, and
- wherein the controlling comprises:
- if the posture of the user is acceptable, reproducing a normal image of the content, and if the posture of the user is not acceptable, reproducing a distorted image of the content, and
- wherein the distorted image has lower visibility than the normal image.
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An electronic device for providing content, the electronic device comprising:
- a display configured to display an image of content;
- a controller configured to obtain information regarding a posture of a user based on an image of the user, determine whether the posture of the user is acceptable based on the information regarding the posture of the user, and control reproduction of the content according to a result of the determination;
- wherein the content comprises an image that is independent of the image of the user,
- wherein the controller reproduces a normal image of the content when the posture of the user is acceptable, and reproduces a distorted image of the content when the posture of the user is not acceptable, and
- wherein the distorted image has lower visibility than the normal image.
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A display device comprising:
- a display configured to display an image of content to a user;
- and
- a controller configured to obtain information regarding a posture of the user from an image of the user, and control the display to display the image of the content based on the posture of the user,
- wherein the controller controls the display to display a distorted image of the content when the posture of the user is not determined to be acceptable and display a normal image of the content when the posture of the user is determined to be acceptable, and
- wherein the distorted image being an image that is independent of the image of the user, and the distorted image has lower visibility than the normal image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.