Abstract
A media playback system determines viewer presence and attention during playback of media content and adjusts playback or display operation based on a detected viewing state. Sensor data is analyzed to determine an attention score based on gaze direction relative to a display, eye-closure duration, head posture, and eye movement. Based on the attention score and sensor observations, the system classifies a viewing state as active awake, passive distracted, sleeping, or absent. The system applies playback or display actions according to the classified state and user-configured settings, including continuing playback, adjusting audio volume or display brightness, enabling captions, pausing playback, or turning off the display. When playback resumes after sleep or absence, the system identifies a sentence or scene boundary using available subtitles, audio, or video segment information and selects a corresponding resume position. For multiple viewers, the system applies configured playback rules based on the detected viewing states. When authorized by the user, sensor data can be processed locally, and raw image data can be discarded after analysis without storage or transmission to a remote system.
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Recommended Citation
Ayuluri, Aravind Reddy and Thummuru, Prameela Kavya, "System and Method for Television Attention Score Calculation", Technical Disclosure Commons, ()
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/12998