Patent ID: 8860805
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: G06F,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic device comprising: a user input unit configured to receive gesture inputs; and a controller operatively coupled to the user input unit and configured to: detect a first object positioned outside the electronic device based on an image captured from a camera associated with the electronic device, assign a first control right to the first object positioned outside the electronic device, the first control right activating an operation of controlling the electronic device by one or more gestures that are made by the first object in a gesture recognition region, set a virtual region to be a predetermined area located outside the electronic device, the set virtual region including the first object having the first control right assigned thereto, wherein any object that enters the virtual region is assigned a control right to control the electronic device by a gesture made by that object, and the virtual region is smaller than the gesture recognition region, when a second object enters the set virtual region, assign a second control right to the second object, the second control right activating an operation of controlling the electronic device by one or more gestures that are made by the second object in the gesture recognition region, and after the second control right is assigned to the second object, control the electronic device according to the one or more gestures made by at least one of the first and second objects.