Patent ID: 8311200
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for user authentication in a video communication apparatus, the video communication apparatus including a user authentication unit, the method comprising: receiving image data of a plurality of users; detecting a face region of each of the plurality of users by using the received image data; performing, by the user authentication unit, a user authentication by comparing face feature information corresponding to each of the detected face regions with pre-registered face feature information; dividing the detected face regions into face regions for authenticated users and face regions for unauthenticated users in accordance with the user authentication result; permitting, by the user authentication unit, an access to a video communication service by a user corresponding to at least one of the detected face regions using the user authentication result; and displaying the face regions for the authenticated users and the face regions for the unauthenticated users differently on a screen associated with the video communication apparatus.