Mounted displays that autorotate to match content on display

Number: 10775838
Published: 2020-09-15
Filed: 2019-01-11
Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
Inventors: Patel; Mehul, Chapman; Steven M., Popp; Joseph, Deuel; Matthew
CPC: G06F16/783; G06F1/1601; G06F1/1694; G06F3/147
Verdict: Low Hardware
Source: Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

The keeper's note

Physical autorotating display mount hardware (granted).

Abstract

Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to automatically rotating displays to display media content based on metadata extracted from the media content that provides an indication of a target display orientation to display the media content. In one implementation, a method includes: detecting media content for display on a display, wherein the display is mounted on a rotatable display mount; extracting metadata from the detected media content, the extracted metadata providing an indication of a target display orientation to display the media content; using at least the extracted metadata, automatically causing the rotatable display mount to rotate the display to the target orientation; and displaying the media content on the rotated display.

Background

SUMMARY(1) Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to automatically rotating displays to display media content based on metadata extracted from the media content that provides an indication of a target display orientation to display the media content.(2) In one embodiment, a method includes: detecting media content for display on a display, where the display is mounted on a rotatable display mount; extracting metadata from the detected media content, the extracted metadata providing an indication of a target display orientation to display the media content; using at least the extracted metadata, automatically causing the rotatable display mount to rotate the display to the target orientation; and displaying the media content on the rotated display. The extracted metadata may include an aspect ratio or resolution of the detected media content that is used to determine the target orientation. The detected media content may include video received over a network such as a content delivery network, or video content retrieved from a storage.(3) In some implementations, during rotation of the rotatable display mount, at least a sensor is used to determine if there is an obstruction to rotation of the rotatable display mount to the target orientation. In implementations where it is determined that there is an obstruction to rotation of the rotatable display mount to the target orientation; the method further includes: in response to determining that there is an obstructio

Claims

1. A method, comprising: detecting content for display on a display, wherein the display is mounted on a rotatable display mount; extracting metadata from the content, the metadata providing an indication of a target display orientation; rotating the rotatable display mount to rotate the display toward the target display orientation based on the metadata; displaying the content on the rotated display; and responsive to detecting an obstruction to rotation of the rotatable display mount to the target display orientation, displaying a second content on the display, wherein the second content is different than the content. 11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause a system to perform operations of: detecting content for display on a display, wherein the display is mounted on a rotatable display mount; extracting metadata from the content, the metadata providing an indication of a target display orientation; rotating the rotatable display mount to rotate the display toward the target display orientation based on the metadata; displaying the content on the rotated display; and responsive to detecting an obstruction to rotation of the rotatable display mount to the target display orientation, displaying a second content on the display, wherein the second content is different than the content. 20. A system, comprising: a rotatable display mount; a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations of: detecting content for display on a display, wherein the display is mounted on the rotatable display mount; extracting metadata from the content, the metadata providing an indication of a target display orientation; rotating the rotatable display mount to rotate the display toward the target display orientation based on the metadata; displaying the content on the rotated display; and responsive to detecting an obstruction to rotation of the rotatable display mount to the target display orientation, displaying a second content on the display, wherein the second content is different than the content.