Controlling power levels of electronic devices through user interaction

摘要

A processor-implemented method, system and computer readable medium for intelligently controlling the power level of an electronic device in a multimedia system based on user intent, is provided. The method includes receiving data relating to a first user interaction with a device in a multimedia system. The method includes determining if the first user interaction corresponds to a user's intent to interact with the device. The method then includes setting a power level for the device based on the first user interaction. The method further includes receiving data relating to a second user interaction with the device. The method then includes altering the power level of the device based on the second user interaction to activate the device for the user.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for controlling power to one or more devices in a multimedia system comprising:
capturing image data of a field of view of an image capture device of the multimedia system; detecting a presence of a user in the field of view of the image capture device in the captured image data by a processor; identifying by the processor a first user interaction with a first device in the multimedia system in the image data, the first user interaction comprising a voice input from the user; determining by the processor if the first user interaction corresponds to a user intent to interact with the first device in the multimedia system by correlating a volume of the voice input with an increased probability that the user intends to engage with the first device; setting a first power level for the first device based on the first user interaction by the processor; capturing image data by the image capture device of a second user interaction with the first device of the multimedia system in the image data, the second user interaction including a gesture; altering by the processor the first power level for the first device based on the second user interaction, to generate a second power level for the first device; activating by the processor the first device based on the second power level; determining by the processor whether the second user interaction corresponds to a user intent to interact with at least one additional device in the multimedia system by the processor analyzing the captured data of the second user interaction; responsive to determining by the processor the second user interaction corresponds to the user intent to interact with the at least one additional device, altering a power level of the at least one additional device to an altered power level by the processor based on the second user interaction; and activating the at least one additional device for the user by the processor, based on the altered power level for the at least one additional device.