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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2010
Applicants:
Sungun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Soungmin Im, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Sungun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Soungmin Im, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
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.