Patent ID: 8860890

Claim:
A television operable based on a voice instruction of a user, the television comprising: a display configured to display an image; a main controller configured to control the display to display the image when in a normal mode and to be in a power saving state when in a standby mode; a voice input receiver configured to receive a voice instruction of a user; a sub-voice recognizer configured to conduct voice-preprocessing of the voice instruction received by the voice input receiver in the standby mode; a subcontroller configured to output a control signal in response to the voice instruction being voice-preprocessed by the sub-voice recognizer; and a main voice recognizer configured to be in the power saving state when in the standby mode, in response to receiving the control signal output by the subcontroller, process the preprocessed voice instruction, and determine whether the processed voice instruction corresponds to entering the normal mode, wherein the main controller is further configured to operate in the normal mode in response to the determined voice instruction corresponding to entering the normal mode.