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Google patents assistant that changes screen layout based on how far you stand

This patent describes a system where a voice assistant adjusts how information is displayed on a screen depending on the user's physical distance. When a user moves closer or farther away, the layout shifts from a wide spread of items to a stacked view, allowing the assistant to show different details based on proximity.

Why it mattersIt offers a more natural way to interact with large screens by using body position as a control, potentially making it easier to browse complex information without touching the device.

In the filing’s own words

Some implementations relate to an automated assistant that can provide assistant suggestions based on content that the user has requested for the automated assistant to render at a computing device. In some instances, an assistant suggestion can correspond to a portion of the content that is not being rendered at the computing device but that is part of the content that the user is accessing. In other instances, an assistant suggestion can be based on data that can indicate how one or more users may have interacted with their automated assistant when viewing the content. Therefore, an assistant suggestion can correspond to an assistant operation that may have been initialized by another user who had previously viewed the content. In some implementations, an arrangement of the assistant suggestions can be modified according to which part of the content a user is viewing and/or user distance.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method implemented by one or more processors, the method comprising: receiving, at a computing device, a request for an automated assistant to render content at a display interface of the computing device, wherein the request is embodied in a spoken utterance that is provided by a user that is located a first distance from the display interface; causing, in response to the request, the display interface of the computing device to render selectable content elements in a coupled arrangement that extends across the display interface, wherein an input gesture receivable by the automated assistant causes multiple selectable content elements of the selectable content elements to simultaneously maneuver across the display interface; determining, by the automated assistant, that the user has relocated from the first distance to a second distance from the display interface; causing, based on the user relocating to the second distance from the display interface, the selectable content elements to be rendered in a stacked arrangement, wherein, at the stacked arrangement, a foreground content element of the selectable content elements is rendered over other content elements of the selectable content elements; receiving, by the automated assistant, another request for the automated assistant to reveal a particular content element of the other content elements, wherein the particular content element is different from the foreground content element of the selectable content elements; causing, in response to the other request, the foreground content element of the selectable content elements to be replaced, at an area of the display interface, by the particular content element of the other content elements.

Facts

Company
Google (GOOGLE LLC)
Official title
Dynamic assistant suggestions during assistant browsing
Patent number
US12744041B2
Application number
18891636
Filed
Sep 20, 2024
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Inventors
10
Claims
20

Classified under

G10L 15/22 Physics & computingG06F 3/0482 Physics & computingG06F 3/167 Physics & computingG10L 15/18 Physics & computingG10L 2015/223 Physics & computingG10L 2015/228 Physics & computing
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