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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Paul Michael Fulton, Cambridge, GB;
Laura Klaming, Amsterdam, NL;
David Paul Walker, Cambridge, GB;
Heribert Baldus, Aachen, DE;
Dawid Ochal, Cambourne, GB;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
There is provided a method of controlling the operation of a first electronic device having a first display screen, the method comprising obtaining () measurements of a position of the first electronic device relative to a second electronic device, an orientation of the first display screen, and/or an orientation of a second display screen of a second electronic device; determining (), using the obtained measurements, one or both of (i) whether a first user using the first electronic device can view the second display screen, and (ii) whether a second user using the second electronic device can view the first display screen; and controlling () the display of information on the first display screen based on the result of the step of determining.