DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110157009A1
• Filed: 12/28/2010
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Im, Soungmin, Kim, Sungun
• Application Number:
  US12/979,838
• Publication Number:
  US 20110157009A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/28 Recognition of hand or arm movements, e.g. recognition of deaf sign language static hand signs G06V40/113

Abstract

A display device and a control method thereof are provided. The display device comprises a camera obtaining an image including a gesture of a user and a controller extracting the image of the gesture from the obtained image and executing a function mapped to the extracted gesture when the range of the gesture exceeds a threshold corresponding to the user. The method of controlling the display device executes functions respectively corresponding to specific gestures of users when the gestures exceed thresholds respectively corresponding to the users to operate the display device in a manner most suitable for the range of the gesture of each user.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

a camera obtaining an image including a gesture of a user; and

a controller extracting the image of the gesture from the obtained image and executing a function mapped to the extracted gesture when the range of the gesture exceeds a threshold corresponding to the user.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller acquires information on the body shape of the user from the extracted gesture image and sets the threshold based on the acquired body shape information.

3. The display device of claim 2, wherein the body shape information corresponds to the distribution of the area occupied by the extracted gesture image and the threshold corresponds to the center point at which the area distribution equilibrates.

4. The display device of claim 2, wherein the body shape information corresponds to at least one of the height, arm length, leg length, shoulder width and head side of the user and the threshold is set in proportion to at least one of the height, arm length, leg length, shoulder width and head side of the user.

5. The display device of claim 2, wherein the body shape information corresponds to at least one of the distance between gesture points set on joints of the user and a relative position variation between the gesture points and the threshold is set in proportion to at least one of the distance between gesture points set on joints of the user and a relative position variation between the gesture points.

6. The display device of claim 2, wherein there are multiple users and the controller sets thresholds for the respective users based on the respective body shape information of the users.

7. The display device of claim 6, wherein the controller respectively acquires images of the users based on the body shape information of the users.

8. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller displays a gesture that is similar to the extracted gesture and has a range exceeding the threshold on a display when the range of the extracted gesture does not reach the threshold.

9. The display device of claim 1, wherein the function corresponds to at least one of changing a channel, controlling volume, changing setting and changing the position of an object displayed on the display.

10. A display device comprising:

a camera obtaining images including gestures of users; and

a controller respectively extracting the images of the gestures of the users from the obtained images and executing functions respectively mapped to the gestures when the ranges of the extracted gestures exceed thresholds respectively corresponding to the users.

11. The display device of claim 10, wherein the controller respectively acquires information on the body shapes of the users from the extracted gestures and sets the thresholds based on the acquired body shape information.

12. The display device of claim 11, wherein the controller acquires the images with respect to the users based on the body shape information of the users.

13. A method of controlling a display device, comprising:

obtaining an image including a gesture of a user;

extracting the gesture from the obtained image; and

executing a function mapped to the extracted gesture when the range of the extracted gesture exceeds a threshold corresponding to the user.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the acquiring of the information on the body shape of the user from the extracted gesture comprises setting the threshold based on the acquired body shape information.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the body shape information corresponds to the distribution of the area occupied by the extracted gesture image and the threshold corresponds to the center point at which the area distribution equilibrates.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the body shape information corresponds to at least one of the height, arm length, leg length, shoulder width and head side of the user and the threshold is set in proportion to at least one of the height, arm length, leg length, shoulder width and head side of the user.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the body shape information corresponds to at least one of the distance between gesture points set on joints of the user and a relative position variation between the gesture points and the threshold is set in proportion to at least one of the distance between gesture points set on joints of the user and a relative position variation between the gesture points.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein there are multiple users and thresholds are respectively set based on the body shape information of the users.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein images are respectively acquired for the users based on the body shape information of the users.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving the body shape information of the user; and

setting the threshold based on the received body shape information.

21. The method of claim 13, further comprising displaying a gesture that is similar to the extracted gesture and has a range exceeding the threshold corresponding to the user when the range of the extracted gesture does not reach the threshold.

22. The method of claim 13, wherein the function corresponds to at least one of changing a channel, controlling volume, changing setting and changing the position of an object displayed on the display device.

23. A method of controlling a display device, comprising:

obtaining images including gestures of users; and

respectively extracting the gestures of the users from the obtained images; and

executing functions respectively mapped to the extracted gestures when the ranges of the extracted gestures exceed thresholds respectively corresponding to the users.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

respectively acquiring information on the body shapes of the users from the extracted gestures; and

setting the thresholds based on the acquired body shape information.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the acquiring of the images comprises acquiring the images with respect to the users based on the body shape information of the users.