Electronic device and method of controlling the same

• US 9,509,949 B2
• Filed: 04/03/2012
• Issued: 11/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Won, Jongpil
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramakrishnaiah, Melur
• Application Number:
  US14/386,087
• Publication Number:
  US 20150042747A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,701 Days
• Field of Search: 348 1401- 1416
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 using visible light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/567 Multimedia conference systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

An electronic device and a method of controlling the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a communication unit configured to receive image data and a controller configured to obtain identification information of a participant from the received image data, to obtain personal information of a plurality of candidates, to identify an attendee among the candidates based on the identification information of the participant and the personal information of the candidates, to sort non-attendees other than the attendee among the candidates based on a predetermined time, and to transmit an alarm to other electronic devices corresponding to the non-attendees.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a memory;

a communication unit configured to receive image data; and

a controller configured to;

cause storing of personal information of a plurality of candidates in the memory;

obtain identification information of a participant based on a specific identifier included in the received image data;

determine that the specific identifier corresponds to the participant based on a positional relationship and a directional relationship between the participant and the specific identifier, wherein the positional relationship comprises a first distance between the participant and the specific identifier;

determine the participant included in the plurality of candidates and having the identification information that matches at least one of the personal information stored in the memory as an attendee;

determine a candidate other than the determined attendee among the plurality of candidates as a non-attendee when the candidate corresponding to the non-attendee is not identified in the received image data at a predetermined time; and

cause transmission of an alarm to at least one other electronic device corresponding to the determined non-attendee.

2. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the personal information includes at least one of names, images, departments, or contact information of the plurality of candidates, and

wherein the controller is further configured to cause the transmission of the alarm based on contact information corresponding to the non-attendee.

3. The electronic device of claim 2,

wherein the identification information of the participant is obtained based on a virtual object image extracted from a specific region included in the image data, and

wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether the virtual object image corresponds to an image included in the personal information; and

determine the attendee based on the correspondence between the virtual object image and the image included in the personal information.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the alarm includes information on at least one of the plurality of candidates, a conference time, a conference site, or a conference topic.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a display unit, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display unit to display information associated with the determined attendee in addition to the image data.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to determine that the specific identifier corresponds to the participant based on the directional relationship between the participant and the specific identifier when the first distance is same as a second distance between another participant among the plurality of participants and the specific identifier or when a difference between the first distance and the second distance is within a predetermined range of values.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to determine that the specific identifier corresponds to the participant by recognizing a specific direction of the specific identifier with respect to the participant while the specific identifier is not positioned in the specific direction with respect to the another participant.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the specific identifier comprises a business card, QR code, or color code that includes the corresponding personal information.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the predetermined time is a start time of a remote video conference or a specific time prior to the start time of the remote video conference, the specific time preceding the start time by a preset period of time.

10. A method for controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving image data;

storing personal information of a plurality of candidates in a memory;

obtaining identification information of a participant based on a specific identifier included in the received image data;

determining that the specific identifier corresponds to the participant based on a positional relationship and a directional relationship between the participant and the specific identifier, wherein the positional relationship comprises a first distance between the participant and the specific identifier;

determining the participant included in the plurality of candidates and having the identification information that matches at least one of the personal information stored in the memory as an attendee;

determining a candidate other than the determined attendee among the plurality of candidates as a non-attendee when the candidate corresponding to the non-attendee is not identified in the received image data at a predetermined time; and

transmitting an alarm to at least one other electronic device corresponding to the determined non-attendee.

11. The method of claim 10,

wherein the personal information includes at least one of names, images, departments, or contact information of the plurality of candidates, and

wherein the alarm is transmitted based on contact information corresponding to the non-attendee.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the identification information of the participant is obtained based on a virtual object image extracted from a specific region included in the image data, and the method further comprises:

determining whether the virtual object image corresponds to an image included in the personal information; and

determining the attendee based on the correspondence between the virtual object image and the image included in the personal information.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the alarm includes information on at least one of the plurality of candidates, a conference time, a conference site, or a conference topic.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising displaying information associated with the determined attendee on a display in addition to the image data.