Patent ID: 9158374
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: displaying a media content on a display of an apparatus, wherein the media content is an image; switching an image sensor to an ON state in response to the displaying of the media content on the display, wherein the image sensor is a camera coupled to the apparatus; detecting at least one face in a field of view of the image sensor; receiving, by the image sensor, the at least one face as an input in the apparatus; determining, by a processor, a presence of the at least one face in the displayed media content in the apparatus; and comparing the detected face in a field of view of the image sensor with the determined faces present in the media content for a match; generating, by the processor, a modified display of the media content if the at least one face is determined to be present in the media content, wherein the at least one face is that of at least one viewer of the media content, and wherein the determining, by the processor, of the presence of the at least one face in the displayed media content and the comparing the detected face in the field of view of the image sensor with faces present in the media content is performed while the media content is displayed at the display.