Patent ID: 9479721
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for emulating remote control device commands to control media devices based upon user hand gestures, the method comprising: configuring a media device to operate in a learning mode, wherein during operation while in the learning mode, the media device associates each of a plurality of different hand gestures made by a user with at least one of a plurality of remote control device commands generated by a remote control that controls operation of the media device; receiving, at the media device, a wireless signal from the remote control that includes a first remote control device command that is one of the plurality of remote control device commands; capturing a first series of images using an image capture device, wherein the captured first series of images include images of a first hand gesture made by the user; identifying the first hand gesture made by the user from the captured first series of images; associating the first hand gesture of the user with the first remote control device command; storing information corresponding to the identified first hand gesture and the associated first remote control device command in a memory of the media device; and ending the learning mode of operation, wherein the media device then becomes configured to receive program content that is presentable to the user as a stream of program information having at least one of video and audio information, wherein the media device is later controlled in accordance with the first remote control device command when a second series of images is captured using the image capture device, wherein the second series of images includes a second hand gesture made by the user that is the same as the first hand gesture.