Audience-Aware Parental Control for Media Content Restriction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing parental control systems often fail to efficiently and timely restrict inappropriate media content for children due to user forgetfulness or inability to adapt to varying age groups within a household, leading to inappropriate content being viewed.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses millimeter wave and audio sensing modules to identify users within a vicinity of a media device, determining their categories (e.g., children under 13, adults) and applying parental control settings with varying priorities to automatically restrict inappropriate content based on user categories and content ratings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual parental control settings are used, then parents can control content, but user forgetfulness or inability to adapt to varying age groups leads to inappropriate content being viewed
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects users and applies parental control settings without requiring manual parent intervention. The media device autonomously monitors the vicinity, identifies users through sensing modules, determines their categories, and applies appropriate parental control settings automatically, making the system self-regulating and eliminating the need for continuous manual oversight
Solution Approach 2:
Parental control settings are pre-configured for different user categories (e.g., children under 13, children under 17, adults). When a user is detected, the system immediately applies the corresponding pre-set parental control configuration, ensuring appropriate content restriction is in place before inappropriate content can be accessed
2Adaptability or versatility
If parental control settings are applied manually, then control can be implemented, but it fails to adapt to varying age groups within a household
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments users into distinct categories based on age groups (children under 13, children under 17, adults, parents). Each category has its own specific parental control settings tailored to that age group's needs, allowing the system to adapt to varying age groups within the household by treating each segment with appropriate controls
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical identification methods with automated sensing modules that detect users through millimeter wave technology and audio analysis. This substitution of mechanical/manual user identification with automated sensing systems reduces the operational burden while enabling sophisticated adaptation to different age groups
3Measurement precision
If sensing modules continuously monitor the vicinity, then user detection is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sensing modules continuously or periodically monitor the vicinity of the media device to detect users. Rather than running at full capacity constantly, the system uses periodic monitoring intervals that maintain adequate detection accuracy while reducing overall energy consumption compared to continuous high-power operation
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AI summary
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for automatically control parental settings based on audience detected. An example embodiment operates by detecting an audience within a vicinity of a media device based on identification information of the audience received by the media device, determining a category of the audience with a user identification system based on the identification information, identifying a parental control setting for the audience based on the category of the audience, determining a category of a content played by the media device, and applying the identified parental control setting to the media device based on the category of the content.