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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
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); H04N 3/09 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2013.01); H04N 5/332 (2013.01); H04N 3/09 (2013.01); G01J 2005/0077 (2013.01); Y10S 901/17 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.