Home Entertainment Sensing Interfaces for Automated User Response
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current home entertainment systems lack the ability to utilize user presence and interaction detection for enhanced functionalities, such as automating responses to common events or improving responsiveness of system components, and capturing user viewing habits and preferences.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating sensing interfaces like cameras and microphones to detect user presence and interaction, which allows for automated system responses and enhanced responsiveness, and using this data in conjunction with media stream information to report user viewing habits and preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If sensing interfaces (camera, microphone, RF device detection) are incorporated to detect user presence and interaction, then automated system responses and enhanced functionalities are enabled, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides user detection into separate sensing interfaces: camera for visual presence, microphone for audio interaction, and RF device detection for mobile device identification. Each interface operates independently and feeds data to the central routing appliance, which processes information separately before generating automated responses. This segmentation allows the system to achieve high automation while managing complexity through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The central routing appliance serves multiple functions: it routes media streams between devices, detects user presence through multiple sensing interfaces, determines user intent, and triggers automated system responses. By consolidating these diverse functions in a single appliance, the system achieves comprehensive automation capability while reducing the number of separate components needed.
2Loss of information
If multiple sensing interfaces are used to detect user presence and interaction, then user viewing habits and preferences can be captured, but loss of information increases due to data management complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors user presence and interaction through sensing interfaces and uses this feedback to determine user intent. The central routing appliance processes real-time data from multiple sources, cross-references it with media stream information, and generates automated responses that are fed back to the system. This feedback loop ensures comprehensive capture of user viewing habits while systematically managing the complexity of processing multiple data streams.
3Speed
If sensing interfaces detect user presence and interaction in real-time, then system responsiveness is improved, but use of energy increases due to continuous operation of sensors
Solution Approach 1:
The sensing interfaces operate periodically rather than continuously, activating at key moments such as when user presence is initially detected or when media playback events occur. The camera, microphone, and RF detection operate on demand based on system state and user activity levels, enabling real-time responsiveness while significantly reducing overall energy consumption compared to continuous operation.
Data Source
AI summary
Sensing interfaces associated with a home entertainment system are used to automate a system response to events which occur in a viewing area associated with the home entertainment system. Data derived from such sensing interfaces may also be used to enhance the response readiness of one or more system components. Still further, user presence data derived from such sensing interfaces may be used to capture and report user viewing habits and/or preferences.