Image display apparatus having pointing function and method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHo-seop LEE, Yung-jun PARK, Jong-sul MIN, Myung-jae KIM
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Abstract
An image display apparatus and method having pointing function are provided. The apparatus includes a picture taking unit for taking a picture of not only visible ray image but also infra ray image, extracts control information to control the image display apparatus from the picture taken, and display the picture taken. therefore, it is possible to operate not only pointing function but also various kinds of function through the image display apparatus.
Claims20
An apparatus for displaying images, comprising:
- a picture taking unit which has a filter to transmit light of at least two wavelength ranges;
- a camera image processing unit which processes an image signal outputted from the picture taking unit and outputs control information;
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- a control unit which controls operation of the apparatus according to the control information.
A pointing method of an image display apparatus, comprising:
- taking a picture through a filter transmitting light of at least two wavelength ranges;
- processing the picture taken and outputting control information;
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- controlling operation of the image display apparatus according to the control information.
An apparatus for displaying images, comprising:
- an external image receiving unit which receives an image signal provided by a broadcasting station or an external device;
- a display image processing unit which processes the image signal, provided by the broadcasting station or the external device, to be ready to display;
- a display unit which displays the processed image in the display image processing unit;
- a picture taking unit which takes a picture of a pointing image which points to the image displayed on the display unit and outputs a pointing image signal;
- a camera image processing unit which processes the pointing image signal and calculates pointing coordinates;
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- a control unit which controls the display image processing unit and the display unit to display an image signal corresponding to the pointing coordinates with the image signal received by the external image receiving unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.