Patent ID: 9661230
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. An image display apparatus comprising: a main body; a display unit configured to display at least one screen image; a capturing unit mounted on the main body and configured to capture at least one image using a single image sensor; a drive unit configured to receive a control signal for selectively activating any one of an ordinary photographing mode and an infrared light photographing mode that differ depending on whether or not to use an infrared light-cut filter, in order to drive the capturing unit; and a controller configured to: output a first control signal for establishing a connection between the single image sensor and the infrared light-cut filter when one screen image for capturing an image corresponding to the ordinary photographing mode is displayed on the display unit, and output a second control signal for establishing a connection between the single image sensor and a visible light-cut filter when another screen image for capturing an image corresponding to the infrared light photographing mode is displayed to the display unit, wherein the controller is further configured to: detect a user's gaze when the one screen image corresponding to the ordinary photographing mode and the another screen image corresponding to the infrared light photographing mode are displayed on a first region and a second region of the display unit, respectively, output the first control signal for establishing a connection between the single image sensor and the infrared light-cut filter when the user's gaze detected through the capturing unit is fixed on the first region of the display unit for a predetermined time, and output the second control signal for establishing a connection between the single image sensor and the visible light-cut filter when the user's gaze detected through the capturing unit is fixed on the second region of the display unit for the predetermined time.