# US 2019/0320132 A1 · Television viewing control apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0320132 A1 - Document ID: US20190320132A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/472,894 - Filed: 2017-12-28 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2017-01-03 - Inventors: Byung Chul MOON - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190320132A1 ## CPC - H04N 5/57: Control of contrast or brightness - H04N 21/4854: {for modifying image parameters, e.g. image brightness, contrast} - G01S 15/08: Systems for measuring distance only (indirect measurement G01S15/46) - G09G 5/006: {Details of the interface to the display terminal (specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04)} - H04M 1/72415: for remote control of appliances - H04N 7/104: {Switchers or splitters} - H04N 21/42204: {User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor (constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205)} - H04N 21/42206: {characterized by hardware details} - H04N 21/43635: {HDMI} - H04N 21/44218: {Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV programme (methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45)} - 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)} - H04N 21/47: End-user applications - H04N 21/485: End-user interface for client configuration - G01S 15/88: Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications (seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting G01V1/00) - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G09G 2370/12: Use of DVI or HDMI protocol in interfaces along the display data pipeline - G09G 2370/24: Keyboard-Video-Mouse [KVM] switch - H04N 21/4222: {Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy (remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415)} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract A television viewing control apparatus includes a distance setting unit, a time setting unit, an ultrasonic sensor, a mounted wireless communication module, and a control unit to perform control to regulate television viewing when a distance between a viewer and the television is measured and the viewer views the television at a position within a set distance or when a remote control signal is received from a smartphone over a wireless network. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A television viewing control apparatus (100) comprising: a first digital interface connector provided in a digital image source (200); a second digital interface connector provided in a television (210); a distance setting unit (140) setting a viewing distance between the television (210) and a viewer; an ultrasonic sensor (150) measuring a viewing distance between the television (210) and the viewer; an interface signal processing unit (110) receiving a digital image data signal from the first digital interface connector to process the digital image data signal for each of multiple channels and outputting the resulting signal to the second digital interface connector; and a controller (104) storing distance information set by the distance setting unit (140) and controlling the interface signal processing unit (110) to block the digital image data signal output from the first digital interface connector to the second digital interface connector when the viewing distance measured by the ultrasonic sensor (150) is within the viewing distance set by the distance setting unit (140), wherein the television viewing control apparatus (100) further comprises a time setting unit (142) setting a viewing time that the viewer is allowed to continuously view the television (210), and the controller (104) stores time information set by the time setting unit (142) and further controls the interface signal processing unit (110) in such a manner that when the viewer is detected by the ultrasonic sensor (150) and the viewing time set by the time setting unit (142) elapses, blue light of the digital image data signal provided from the first digital interface connector is adjusted and the digital image data signal of which the blue light is adjusted is reprocessed and is output to the second digital interface connector, wherein the television viewing control apparatus (100) further comprises a mounted wireless communication module (160) receiving a remote control signal from a smartphone (220) over a wireless network (20) and providing the remote control signal to the controller (104), and the controller (104) further controls the interface signal processing unit (110) in such a manner that the digital image data signal output from the first digital interface connector to the second digital interface connector is blocked in response to the remote control signal provided from the mounted wireless communication module (160), or further controls the interface signal processing unit (110) in such a manner that the blue light of the digital image data signal provided from the first digital interface connector is adjusted and the digital image data signal of which the blue light is adjusted is reprocessed and output to the second digital interface connector, wherein the first digital interface connector and the second digital interface connector are provided as connectors of a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) standard, the interface signal processing unit (110) includes: an HDMI input unit (111) receiving the digital image data signal from the first digital interface connector; an HDMI output unit (117) outputting the processed digital image data signal to the second digital interface connector; a switching unit (112) receiving the digital image data signal of each of the multiple channels from the HDMI input unit (111) and being switched to selectively output the digital image data signals for the respective channels by control of the controller (104); and a TMDS transmitter (113) receiving the digital image data signals for the respective channels from the switching unit (112) and converting the digital image data signals into TMDS level signals for the respective channels for output to the HDMI output unit (117), and the controller (104) is configured to, cause switching-off in such a manner that the digital image data signals for the respective channels provided from the HDMI input unit (111) to the switching unit (112) are blocked from being output to the TMDS transmitter (113); or cause switching-on in such a manner that the digital image data signals of an R channel and a G channel among the digital image data signals for the respective channels provided from the HDMI input unit (111) to the switching unit (112) are transmitted to the TMDS transmitter (113), simultaneously cause switching-off in such a manner that the digital image data signal of a B channel is blocked and is provided to the controller (104) so that the blue light of the digital image data signal is adjusted, and output the digital image data signal of the B channel of which the blue light is adjusted to the TMDS transmitter (113) in such a manner that the TMDS transmitter (113) reprocesses the digital image data signals of the R channel and the G channel and the digital image data signal of the B channel of which the blue light is adjusted.