Patent ID: 8675136
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G06F,G08C,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image display apparatus comprising: an image display unit for displaying a still image or a moving image; an imaging unit for capturing an image in a direction in which the image display unit is displaying the still image or the moving image; a detecting unit for detecting an infrared light emitting unit of a remote controlling device included in the image captured by the imaging unit, and detecting a movement amount of the light emitting unit within the captured image, the remote controlling device controlled by a user; and a control unit for controlling a movement amount of a pointer displayed on the image display unit, depending on the movement amount of the light emitting unit detected by the detecting unit, wherein the detecting unit detects a face of a viewer included in the image captured by the imaging unit and uses a result of the face detection to detect the light emitting unit, the detecting unit using the result of the face detection by specifying an area of the detected face and then applying a filtering such that the light emitting unit is detected only when the light emitting unit is within the area of the detected face.