Patent ID: 8614674

Claim:
A television set responsive to an element in an image, the television set comprising: a flat screen for displaying television channels; a digital camera for capturing an image, said digital camera having an output port, and being operative to transmit a digital data form of the captured image via said output port, said digital camera being fixed in position relative to said screen to be movable in unison with said screen and being oriented to capture an image of a scene substantially in front of the screen; an image processor coupled to receive the image in the digital data from said digital camera and for applying an algorithm to detect the element in the captured image; a connector for connecting to a cable that is connectable to simultaneously carry over the same wires in the cable a digital data signal and an DC or AC power signal; a wired transceiver coupled between said digital camera output port and said connector for transmitting the digital data form of the captured image over the cable; a power/data splitter arrangement having first, second and third ports; only the digital data form of the captured image signal is passed between said first and second ports; only the power signal is passed between said first and third ports; and said first port is coupled to said connector; and a single enclosure housing said flat screen, said digital camera, said image processor, said connector and said wired transceiver, wherein information is displayed on said flat screen in response to the detection of the element in the captured image.