Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110134250 | POWER CONTROL METHOD OF DEVICE CONTROLLABLE BY USER'S GESTURE - Provided is a method which minimizes power consumption by controlling power of a camera that is used for recognizing a user's gesture, in a video processing apparatus, which recognizes the user's gesture and is controlled according to the recognized gesture, such as a TV or a monitor. In the present invention, a camera is driven in a low power mode or a high power mode, and when a user's specific gesture is detected in the lower power mode, the camera is switched to the high power mode for recognizing a detailed gesture. | 06-09-2011 |
20110134251 | POWER CONTROL METHOD OF GESTURE RECOGNITION DEVICE BY DETECTING PRESENCE OF USER - Provided is a method which reduces the power consumption of a camera for detecting a user's gesture, in a device that detects the user's gesture and performs a command corresponding to the detected gesture. Moreover, provided is a method which turns off a camera or drives the camera in an ultra low power mode when there is no user input, and detects presence of a user to activate the camera. | 06-09-2011 |
20110157009 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display device and a control method thereof are provided. The display device comprises a camera obtaining an image including a gesture of a user and a controller extracting the image of the gesture from the obtained image and executing a function mapped to the extracted gesture when the range of the gesture exceeds a threshold corresponding to the user. The method of controlling the display device executes functions respectively corresponding to specific gestures of users when the gestures exceed thresholds respectively corresponding to the users to operate the display device in a manner most suitable for the range of the gesture of each user. | 06-30-2011 |
20110163954 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display device and a control method thereof are provided. The display device includes a camera obtaining an image and a controller obtaining the direction of a user included in the obtained image and correcting the image such that the direction of the user is synchronized with the photographing direction of the camera. Even when the direction of the user does not correspond to the photographing direction of the camera, an image of the user can be corrected to correctly recognize a user's gesture. | 07-07-2011 |
20120206348 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display device and a method of controlling the same are provided. The display device comprises: a camera for acquiring an image comprising a gesture taken by a user; and a controller for extracting the gesture from the image acquired by the camera and for setting a specific point of an object in which the gesture is performed as a reference point when the gesture corresponding to acquisition of a control right is comprised in the extracted gesture. Therefore, by setting a specific point of an object in which the gesture corresponding to acquisition of a control right is performed as a reference point, a gesture taken by a user can be accurately and effectively recognized. | 08-16-2012 |
20120229377 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are a display device and a method for controlling the same. The display device comprises a display unit, and a controller configured to perform predetermined functions according to a distance with a external object in response to an identical gesture made by the external object. | 09-13-2012 |
20120235903 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR GESTURE RECOGNITION - The present invention relates to a method for gesture recognition and an apparatus for gesture recognition carrying out the method. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for gesture recognition recognizing a finger gesture by using depth information and an apparatus for gesture recognition carrying out the method. | 09-20-2012 |
20120242793 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed are a display device and a method of controlling the same. The display device and the method of controlling the same include a camera capturing a gesture made by a user, a display displaying a stereoscopic image, and a controller controlling presentation of the stereoscopic image in response to a distance between the gesture and the stereoscopic image on a virtual space and an approach direction of the gesture with respect to the stereoscopic image. Accordingly, the presentation of the stereoscopic image can be controlled in response to a distance and an approach direction with respect to the stereoscopic image. | 09-27-2012 |
20120262446 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device can comprise a display and a controller. The display can display stereoscopic images. The controller can scale the stereoscopic image while moving the stereoscopic image along a virtual axis. At this time, the controller can change the scale factor of the scaled stereoscopic image in proportion to the depth in the direction of the virtual axis. | 10-18-2012 |
20120262574 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An electronic device is provided comprising a camera that obtains an image, and a controller that provides a first control right to a first object included in the obtained image, sets a virtual region including the first object and following a location of the first object, and provides a second control right to a second object when the second object enters into the virtual region. | 10-18-2012 |
20120268424 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING GESTURE OF IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device capable of providing a realistic interface by increasing a response speed of a gesture recognition by reducing the amount of calculation, and a method for controlling an operation thereof are disclosed. The method for controlling an operation of an image display device includes: capturing a first image by using a camera and extracting depth data from the captured first image; detecting a first object by using a peak value from the depth data extracted from the first image; capturing a second image by using the camera and extracting depth data from the captured second image; detecting a second object by using a peak value from the depth data extracted from the second image; and designating the second object as an interested object based on the distance between the first and second objects. | 10-25-2012 |
20120274792 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESTORING DEAD PIXEL USING LIGHT INTENSITY MAP IN A TIME-OF-FLIGHT CAMERA - Disclosed herein is an image display apparatus including a display unit; a camera unit configured to capture a subject, and to acquire a depth image from the captured subject; and a controller operatively connected to the display unit and the camera unit, the controller configured to control the camera unit to restore an interest region based on depth information and light intensity information when the interest region exists in the acquired depth image. | 11-01-2012 |
20130021535 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Provided are an electronic device and an operating method thereof. When a predetermined event occurs while contents are being output, a video and a sound of the contents are controlled to be respectively output through different electronic devices, thus improving a content provision environment for a user. | 01-24-2013 |
20130033483 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - An electronic device for displaying a three-dimensional image and a method of using the same, and more particularly, to an electronic device for displaying a three-dimensional image and a method of using the same that can provide a user interface for controlling positions of a three-dimensional icon and a virtual layer including the same according to a user gesture are provided. The electronic device for displaying a three-dimensional image includes a camera for photographing a gesture action in three-dimensional space; a display unit for displaying a virtual layer including at least one object with a first depth at three-dimensional virtual space; and a controller for selectively performing one of a first action of changing a depth in which the virtual layer is displayed to a second depth and a second action of changing a position of the object, according to the gesture action based on a gesture input mode. | 02-07-2013 |
20130088419 | DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A device and a control method for the device are disclosed. A device and a control method for the device according to the present invention comprises a sensing unit; and a controller, if at least one of a second control command is received through the sensing unit while carrying out a control operation based on at least one of a first control command received through the sensing unit, generating a display signal based on a control command selected according to a predetermined criterion from the received multiple control commands of the first and the second control command. According to the present invention, a control command for generating a display signal can be effectively selected in the case that another control command is received while a particular control command is carried out. | 04-11-2013 |
20130120249 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided are an electronic device. The electronic device includes at least one sensing unit recognizing a plurality of pointing means, a display unit displaying a pointer following a movement of a pointing means having the authority to control the electronic device among the plurality of pointing means, and a controller obtaining context awareness information related to the electronic device, determining the number of pointers required for controlling the electronic device according to the context awareness information, and selecting at least one point means having the authority to control the electronic device from among the plurality of pointing means based on the number of required points. | 05-16-2013 |
20130167092 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING 3-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF - According to the present invention, disclosed is an electronic device having a three-dimensional display, comprising a sensor obtaining information about a gesture's motion; a three-dimensional display displaying a pointer and/or an object moving in three-dimensional space according to the gesture's motion; and a controller checking applications in execution, determining a movement distance of the pointer and/or the object in proportion to a movement distance of the gesture by taking account of gesture sensitivity selected according to the type of the checked application, and controlling the display to move the pointer and/or the object as much as the determined movement distance. | 06-27-2013 |
20130265226 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING FEEDBACK FOR GESTURES THEREOF - An image display device is provided. The image display device comprises a speaker, a camera for receiving a user's gesture, and a controller for outputting sound of the speaker to the user's position. Thereby, feedback for a gesture of the image display device can be efficiently provided. | 10-10-2013 |
20140006997 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GESTURE-BASED KEY INPUT | 01-02-2014 |