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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2012
Sunggye Lee, Seoul, KR;
Soongil Choi, Seoul, KR;
Seongcheol Heo, Seoul, KR;
Yongtaek Gong, Seoul, KR;
Jungkil Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sunggye Lee, Seoul, KR;
Soongil Choi, Seoul, KR;
Seongcheol Heo, Seoul, KR;
Yongtaek Gong, Seoul, KR;
Jungkil Kim, Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Changwon, KR;
Abstract
A method of controlling an electronic device, and which includes obtaining, via a camera of the electronic device, an image of a plurality of users viewing a display unit of the electronic device; receiving a predetermined gesture made from a first user for obtaining gesture control authority of the electronic device; displaying a graphic item corresponding to the first user who made the predetermined gesture; displaying a control graphic item indicating a current gesture control authority of the electronic device; receiving a first gesture input for changing a display state of the control graphic item; selecting the graphic item according to the changed display state of the control graphic item according to the first gesture input; and handing over the gesture control authority to the first user corresponding to the selected one graphic item.