Adjusting graphics rendering based on facial expression

US11106274B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

• Travis T. Schluessler · Hillsboro, US
• Joydeep Ray · Folsom, US
• John H. Feit · Folsom, US
• Nikos Kaburlasos · Lincoln, US
• Jacek Kwiatkowski · Santa Clara, US
• Jefferson Amstutz · Austin, US
• Carson Brownlee · Austin, US
• Vivek Tiwari · Foster City, US
• Sayan Lahiri · Hillsboro, US
• Kai Xiao · Lo Wu, CN
• Abhishek R. Appu · Cameron Park, US
• Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall · Chandler, US
• Deepak S. Vembar · Portland, US
• Ankur N. Shah · Folsom, US
• Balaji Vembu · Folsom, US
• Josh B. Mastronarde · Sacramento, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 10, 2017
• Grant date: Aug 31, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 10, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2203/04806
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a facial expression detector to detect a facial expression of a user, and a parameter adjuster communicatively coupled to the facial expression detector to adjust a graphics parameter based on the detected facial expression of the user. The detected facial expression may include one or more of a squinting, blinking, winking, and facial muscle tension of the user. The graphics parameter may include one or more of a frame resolution, a screen contrast, a screen brightness, and a shading rate. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.