Patent ID: 9594945
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,G09G,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for protecting eyesight in an image output digital device, comprising: detecting an object in a photographed 3D image, based on a configuration of an eyesight protecting mode; detecting a distance between the detected object and the digital device by using depth information of the photographed 3D image; when the detected distance is within a reference distance, detecting a face in a photographed 2D image of the object and detecting an eye in the photographed 2D image of the object if the face is not detected in the photographed 2D image of the object, and when the face or the eye of a user are detected in the photographed 2D image, determining whether the user remains within the reference distance, based on the results of the face or eye detection, determining whether the user is viewing a display panel of the digital device, based on the results of the face or eye detection, and when it is determined that the user remains within the reference distance and is viewing the display panel, generating a warning.