Patent ID: 9207768
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a function of a mobile terminal through use of user interaction in the mobile terminal, the method comprising: operating in a vision recognition mode that generates a vision recognition image through use of signals output from a second plurality of pixels designated as vision pixels from among a first plurality of pixels of an image sensor included in the mobile terminal once a non-input event occurs in the mobile terminal, wherein a number of the second plurality of pixels is less than a number of the first plurality of pixels; determining whether an object in the vision recognition image using the second plurality of pixels corresponds to a person; determining a gesture of the object in the vision recognition image using the second plurality of pixels when the object corresponds to the person; when the gesture corresponds to a gesture of looking at a screen of the mobile terminal, converting the vision recognition mode into an imaging mode that generates a captured image through use of signals output from the first plurality of pixels of the image sensor; and performing a control function of the mobile terminal regarding the non-input event.