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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2012
Applicant:
David Coulon, Aix en Provence, FR;
Inventor:
David Coulon, Aix en Provence, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS, Rousset, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/84 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/84 (2013.01); G06F 21/6245 (2013.01); G06K 9/00228 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, includes steps of: acquiring an image of the environment of the apparatus, detecting the presence of human faces in the image acquired, estimating a respective position of each face detected in relation to the apparatus, and sending a signal to the apparatus to enable a function of the apparatus if a condition is met relating to a number of faces detected in the image and/or the estimated position of each detected face.