Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Masashi Nishio

Kazuhiro Kosugi

Eri Shimizu

Yuji Wada

Mamoru Okada

An information processing apparatus includes: a memory which temporarily stores image data of an image captured by an imaging unit; and a processor which processes the image data stored in the memory. The processor performs: face detection processing to process the image data of the image stored in the memory in order to detect a face area with a face captured therein and an orientation of the face from the image; and brightness control processing to control screen brightness of a display unit based on a position of the face area and the orientation of the face detected by the face detection processing.

Information processing apparatus and control method

An electronic apparatus includes: a memory which temporarily stores image data of an image captured by an imaging device; and a processor which executes system processing based on a program of a system and processing using the image data. The processor performs: face detection processing having a first detection mode to detect, with a first detection accuracy, a face area with a face captured therein from the image of the image data stored in the memory, and a second detection mode to detect the face area with a second detection accuracy higher than the first detection accuracy; and first area setting processing to set a first area based on the detected face area when the face area is detected in the second detection mode by the face detection processing.

Electronic apparatus and control method

An information processing apparatus includes: a memory which temporarily stores image data of an image captured by an imaging unit; a processor which processes the image data stored in the memory; an internal display; and a connection unit which connects to an external display. The processor performs: face detection processing to process the image data of the image stored in the memory in order to detect a face area with a face captured therein and an orientation of the face from the image; brightness reduction processing to reduce screen brightness of the internal display based on the orientation of the face toward the internal display detected by the face detection processing; and brightness reduction control processing to enable the brightness reduction processing or to disable the brightness reduction processing.

Information processing apparatus with brightness reduction processing and control method for brightness reduction processing

An information processing apparatus performs face detection processing to detect a face area and the orientation of a face from an image captured by an imaging unit, brightness reduction processing in which, when the orientation of the face detected by the face detection processing changes from a first orientation to a second orientation while the screen brightness of a display unit is controlled to a first screen brightness, the screen brightness is reduced from the first screen brightness to a second screen brightness after first time has elapsed, and imaging state determination processing to determine whether an imaging state is a first imaging state where the imaging unit can capture an image in an image brightness capable of detecting the face area or a second imaging state where the imaging unit cannot capture any image in the image brightness capable of detecting the face area.

An information processing apparatus performs face detection processing to detect a face area with a face captured therein from an image captured by an imaging unit, brightness reduction processing in which, when the face area is no longer detected from a state where the face area is detected by the face detection processing while the screen brightness of a display unit is controlled to a first screen brightness, the screen brightness is reduced from the first screen brightness to a second screen brightness after first time has elapsed, and imaging state determination processing to determine whether an imaging state is a first imaging state where the imaging unit can capture an image in an image brightness capable of detecting the face area or a second imaging state where the imaging unit cannot capture any image in the image brightness capable of detecting the face area.

An information processing apparatus includes: a memory; a processor; a display unit which displays a display image based on the processing executed by the processor; a first sensor for detecting a person present in a predetermined detection range or an orientation of a face of the person; and a second sensor which detects an ambient brightness, wherein the processor performs first brightness changing processing to change the screen brightness of the display unit from a current brightness value based on the detection result using the first sensor, second brightness changing processing to change the screen brightness from the current brightness value based on the detection result using the second sensor, and brightness changing control processing to control whether or not to change the screen brightness by the second brightness changing processing based on the detection result using the first sensor.

An information processing apparatus includes a ranging sensor which divides a predetermined detection range into a plurality of measurement units to measure the distance to an object for each measurement unit; a memory which temporarily stores distance information indicative of the distance for each measurement unit measured by the ranging sensor; and a processor which executes processing based on the distance information for each measurement unit. The processor detects a range of a person present in the detection range based on the distance information for each measurement unit, detects a range of a face of the person in the range of the person detected in the detection range based on the distance information for each measurement unit, and detects the orientation of the face based on distance information in the range of the face among pieces of the distance information each piece for each measurement unit.

An information processing apparatus includes a processor that processes the image data of the image stored in a memory in order to detect a face area with a face captured therein and an orientation of the face from the image, and controls the screen brightness of a display unit based on the orientation of the face detected by the processing. When the detected face orientation falls within a preset first angle range, the processor determines that the face orientation is a first orientation, and even when the detected face orientation is out of the first angle range, the processor determines that the face orientation is the first orientation depending on the amount of change in the detected orientation of the face changing in a direction of the first orientation.

An information processing apparatus includes a memory which temporarily stores a program of a system and programs running on the system; and a processor which executes processing based on the programs stored in the memory. The processor performs first processing to perform control between display on and display off of a display unit based on the program of the system and control the brightness of the display unit in the display-on state based on a brightness setting value, second processing to change the brightness setting value based on a program running on the system in the display-on state, and third processing in which, when performing control from the display-on state to the display off by the first processing, the brightness setting value changed by the second processing based on the program running on the system is restored to the brightness setting value before change.

An information processing apparatus includes a memory which temporarily stores a program of an OS; a first processor which executes the program to implement functions of the OS; a second processor which detects a face area with a face captured therein from an image captured by an imaging unit. When the face area is no longer detected, the first processor performs first processing to limit the use of at least some of the functions of the OS for a predetermined first time, and when it is detected that the information processing apparatus is held by a user before the first time elapses, the first processor disables the first processing, and performs second processing to limit the use of at least some of the functions of the OS for a predetermined second time.

An electronic apparatus includes: a memory which temporarily stores a program of a system; a first processor which executes the program to implement functions of the system; a second processor which detects a face area with a face captured therein from an image captured by an imaging unit; and a third processor which switches between and executes first processing in which, when the face area is detected by the second processor, first information is output, while when the face area is not detected, second information is output, and second processing to output the first information despite detection of the face area by the second processor. When there is no operation input by a user over a certain period of time, the first processor restricts use of at least some of the functions of the system.

An electronic apparatus includes: a detector that detects an object present within a predetermined detection range; and an embedded controller that based on a detection result by the detector determines that the object has left the electronic apparatus when the object is no longer detected within a first detection range of the predetermined detection range after the object has previously been detected within the first detection range, and determines that the object has approached the electronic apparatus after the object is detected within a second detection range in the predetermined detection range wider than the first detection range when no objects were previously detected within the predetermined detection range. While the object determined to have left is detected within the second detection range, the embedded controller determines that the object has re-approached based on a detection position of the object moving toward the first detection range.

An electronic apparatus includes: a processing unit; a detection sensor which detects the motion from an object within a detection range defined by predetermined detection angle of view and detection distance, and outputs a detection signal; a first detection control unit which outputs first information based on a detection signal corresponding to a first detection angle of view; and a second detection control unit which sets a second detection angle of view different from the first detection angle of view, acquires second information based on a detection signal corresponding to the second detection angle of view, and outputs the second information to the processing unit, wherein the processing unit sets respective detection distances of the first information and the second information to a first detection distance and a second detection distance to make conditions related to the detection distance different between the first information and the second information.

Electronic apparatus and controlling method

An electronic apparatus includes: a processing unit which executes system processing; a detection unit which detects an object present within a predetermined detection range; an operation control unit which activates the operation of the processing unit when the object is detected within the predetermined range by the detection unit; and a detection range control unit which sets the predetermined detection range according to the operating state of the system processing.

An electronic apparatus includes: a system processing unit configured to execute system processing based on a system; a person detection unit configured to detect a change from a first detection state in which a person is present within a predetermined detection range to a second detection state in which no person is present; an operation control unit configured to instruct the system processing unit to cause the operating state of the system to make a transition to a first operating state when the change from the first detection state to the second detection state is detected by the person detection unit; and a prohibition control unit configured to instruct the operation control unit to prohibit the transition to the first operating state when the change from the first detection state to the second detection state is detected by the person detection unit.

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Masashi Nishio