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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2013
Applicants:
Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., New Taipei, TW;
Inventor:
Pan Zhang, Shenzhen, CN;
Assignees:
Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., New Taipei, TW;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/33 (2008.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44218 (2013.01);
Abstract
A television includes an image capturing unit to capture images in front of the television. Faces in the captured images are recognized to generate a face recognition result. When a condition for switching television programs is determined to be met according to the face recognition result, one or more program tables are searched to find a currently aired television program that is suitable for the current audience. The television is switched to a channel playing the found television program.