Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Graphical user interface for finding and depicting individuals
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Application No.: US15836880Application Date: 2017-12-10
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Publication No.: US10338768B1Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Michael S Gordon , James R. Kozlowski , Jonathan Lenchner , Clifford A Pickover
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Jeffrey S LaBaw; Feb R Cabrasawan
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00 ; G06F3/0481 ; G06T19/00 ; H04W4/029

Abstract:
A method, apparatus and computer program for presenting locations of individuals in an interface are described. A location and an orientation of a portable device with respect to an environment are monitored. A set of locations of one or more individuals of interest with respect to a region of interest in the environment is determined. An orienting background and a set of representations against the orienting background are presented in an interface on the display. Each representation is of a respective individual of interest in the region of interest. The interface presented according to the location and orientation of the display. The orienting background contains a positional cue of a landmark of the environment which the portable device is oriented toward. A representation of a respective individual of interest is displayed only if the portable device is oriented toward the respective individual of interest.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190179512A1 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR FINDING AND DEPICTING INDIVIDUALS Public/Granted day:2019-06-13
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