Patent ID: 8810513
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for interactively controlling a multi-user interactive display system having a display including at least an information display region and a command control region, and a digital image capture system positioned to capture a time sequence images of users, comprising: receiving a time sequence of images captured by the digital image capture system; using a data processing system to analyze the captured time sequence of images to detect a plurality of users who are viewing the display; designating at least one of the detected plurality of users to be a controlling user; displaying the captured time sequence of images in the command control region, wherein the detected users are demarked using graphical elements, and wherein the graphical element associated with the at least one controlling user is differentiated from the graphical elements associated with the other detected users to provide an indication of which of the plurality of users is the controlling user; and using the data processing system to analyze the captured time sequence of images to detect a gesture made by the controlling user and updating content displayed in the information display region in response to the detected gesture.