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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Steven Friedlander, Escondido, CA (US);
David Thiele, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04N 21/4223 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/47 (2011.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/42201 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); H04N 21/4223 (2013.01); H04N 21/42224 (2013.01); H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); H04N 21/47 (2013.01); H04N 2005/4442 (2013.01);
Abstract
A television (TV) includes a display and a processor controlling the display and receiving signals representing human gestures. The processor is programmed to respond to gestures from a first viewer to control the display. Also the processor is programmed to respond to gestures from a second viewer to control the display only responsive to a determination that the first viewer has both looked toward the second viewer, and that the first viewer has confirmed, as a separate act from looking toward the second viewer, a desire to transfer control of the TV to the second viewer.