- Patent Title: Method, apparatus and computer readable medium for activating functionality of an electronic device based on the presence of a user staring at the electronic device
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Application No.: US14221658Application Date: 2014-03-21
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Publication No.: US10027737B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Ji-Hoon Lee
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Cha & Reiter, LLC.
- Priority: KR10-2013-0131156 20131031
- Main IPC: G06F3/048
- IPC: G06F3/048 ; G06F3/00 ; G06K9/00 ; H04L29/08 ; G06F3/0487 ; G06F1/16 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/0346 ; G06F1/32 ; G06F3/0488

Abstract:
Provided herein is a control method of an electronic device. A gesture is detecting and a plurality of images of a user are photographed, if the gesture substantially corresponds to a predetermined gesture. A predetermined function is performed, if the change detected in the images is less than a predetermined threshold during a predetermined time period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150121228A1 PHOTOGRAPHING IMAGE CHANGES Public/Granted day:2015-04-30
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