Dynamic Content Presentation Management for User Location
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing media systems fail to optimally manage content presentation for users moving within a room or multiple users, leading to suboptimal viewing and listening experiences due to limitations in surround sound and visual display angles, as well as the need for manual adjustments.
Innovation Solution
A presentation management system that uses room layout data and user location tracking through cameras, microphones, and mobile devices to adjust content playback, such as pausing or altering volume, to ensure the best experience for users based on their position relative to media devices, and prioritizes users when multiple are present.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If surround sound speakers are configured to produce optimum sound profile at a specific position, then audio quality is improved for users at that position, but users outside the range experience degraded audio quality
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic adjustment of audio presentation parameters based on real-time user location detection. The system continuously monitors user position within the room and automatically modifies sound profile settings to maintain optimal audio quality regardless of where the user is positioned, transforming the static surround sound configuration into a dynamic adaptive system.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes audio presentation parameters (such as volume, spatial distribution, and sound profile characteristics) based on detected user location. By adjusting these parameters in response to user position, the system maintains consistent audio quality experience across different locations in the room, resolving the contradiction between optimized positioning and location versatility.
2Ease of operation
If a user manually adjusts volume and properties of the home entertainment system, then the user's content consumption experience is improved, but the system requires continuous user intervention and cannot adapt automatically
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the system continuously detects user location using cameras, microphones, and mobile device data, then automatically adjusts audio and video presentation parameters based on this location information. This closed-loop feedback system eliminates the need for manual user intervention while maintaining optimal content consumption experience, directly addressing the contradiction between ease of operation and automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-adjustment of presentation parameters without requiring user intervention. By automatically detecting user position and modifying audio/video settings accordingly, the system serves itself to maintain optimal content consumption experience, transitioning from manual operation to autonomous adaptive behavior.
3Extent of automation
If the system tracks user location using cameras and microphones, then automated content optimization is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent leverages multi-functional components that serve both their primary purposes and location detection functions. For example, existing cameras and microphones in the home entertainment system are utilized not only for their original functions but also for tracking user position, thereby reducing the need for dedicated tracking hardware and minimizing additional system complexity while achieving automated content optimization.
Data Source
AI summary
Features are disclosed for managing presentation of content to improve the content consumption experience as a user moves around or when there are multiple users. Based on user positions within a content consumption location and optionally on the layout of the location, presentation of content can be adjusted. The volume of audio content may be raised or lowered based on a user's position. Audio or visual content can be paused or stopped if a user leaves the location or the user's view is obstructed. When multiple users are consuming a content item, one or more users may have priority and any adjustment may be made to first improve the experience of the priority user. In some cases, no user has priority, and adjustments may be made to improve the experience of many or all users.