USING SPATIAL INFORMATION WITH DEVICE INTERACTION

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14493292

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The amount of resources needed for an electronic device to track and/or interact with a user is reduced by utilizing a predicted relative position of that user. In some embodiments, a full 360° scan is performed using at least one image capture element to locate a primary direction to a user of the device. Once this direction is determined, a smaller range (e.g., 45°) centered around that direction can be used to capture, analyze, or provide information for the user. As the user moves, the determined direction is updated and the range adjusted accordingly. If the user moves outside the range, the device can increase the size of the range until the user is located, and the range can again be decreased around the determined direction. Such approaches limit the amount of image or audio information that must be captured and/or analyzed to track the relative position of a user.

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AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES INCPO BOX 81226 SEATTLE WA 98108-1226

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Hodge, Dennis Mercer Island, US 5 309
Ming-kuang, Han, SR Allen Snoqualmie, US 1 3

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