DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20080016544A1
• Filed: 07/16/2007
• Published: 01/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Lee, Yi-Hsiu, Pan, Jui-Shun
• Application Number:
  US11/778,099
• Publication Number:
  US 20080016544A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/134
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4333 Processing operations in response to a pause request
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4751 for defining user accounts, e.g. accounts for children
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A display system for automatically pausing/resuming a function and a control method thereof are provided, wherein the display system includes a photography module, a display module and a control module. The photography module is used to retrieve at least one characteristic of the user. The display module is used to display a video. The control module electrically connected to the display module and the photography module includes a characteristic identification unit and a control unit. The characteristic identification unit is used to identify the characteristics of the user. According to the result of identification, the control unit is used to control the display system to pause/resume a function.

Claims

1. A display system, comprising:

a photography module, for retrieving at least a user characteristic;

a display module, for displaying a video having at least one function; and

a control module, electrically connected to the display module and the photography module, wherein the control module comprises;

a characteristic identification unit, for identifying the user characteristic; and

a control unit, for controlling the function according to the user characteristic identified by the characteristic identification unit.

2. The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the photography module comprises a camera.

3. The display system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

an audio-visual playback module, for playing the video;

wherein, the display module is electrically connected to the audio-visual playback module for displaying the video played by the audio-visual module; and

wherein, the control unit is further electrically connected to the audio-visual playback module for controlling the audio-visual playback module to pause or resume playing the video according to the user characteristic.

4. The display system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the audio-visual playback module comprises a DVD audio-visual player.

5. The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit further controls the function to pause or resume displaying the video according to the user characteristic.

6. The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display module comprises a display of a monitoring system.

7. The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display module comprises a display of a communication apparatus.

8. The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display module comprises a display panel of a public telephone.

9. The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display module comprises a display of a TV set.

10. The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control module controls the function to pause displaying the video when eyes of the user characteristic are taken off the display module;

and the control module controls the function to resume displaying the video when eyes of the user characteristic are moved back the display module.

11. The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control module controls the function to pause displaying the video when an action of the user characteristic conforms to a first preset action;

and the control module controls the function to resume displaying the video when the action of the user characteristic conforms to a second preset action.

12. The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control module further compares a number of the user characteristics with a preset number, and determines whether to pause or resume displaying according to the comparison result.

13. The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the characteristic identification unit is used to identify a distance between the user characteristic and a display frame, the control module further compares the distance between the user characteristic and the display frame with a preset distance, and the display system determines whether to pause or resume displaying according to the comparison result.

14. A method of controlling the display system, wherein the display system comprises a photography module and a display module, and the display module is used to display a video, the method of controlling the display system comprising:

retrieving at least a user characteristic via the photography module;

identifying the user characteristic; and

controlling one function of the display module according to the identified the user characteristic.

15. The method of controlling the display system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the step of controlling comprises pausing and resuming playing the video.

16. The method of controlling the display system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the step of controlling comprises:

controlling the function to pause displaying the video when eyes of the user characteristic are taken off the display module; and

controlling the function to resume displaying the video when eyes of the user characteristic are moved back the display module.

17. The method of controlling the display system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the step of controlling comprises:

controlling the function to pause displaying the video when an action of the user characteristic conforms to a first preset action; and

controlling the function to resume displaying the video when an action of the user characteristic conforms to a second preset action.

18. The method of controlling the display system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the step of controlling comprises:

comparing the number of the user characteristic with a preset number; and

determining whether the function is to pause or resume displaying the video according to a result of the step of comparing.