Patent ID: 8368819

Claim:
An electronic device for remotely controlling a television (TV) set, the electronic device comprising: at least one processor; a storage system; and one or more programs stored in the storage system and being executable by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising: an analysis module operable to control a camera electronically or wirelessly connected with the electronic device to capture an image in front of the TV set when the TV set is turned on, analyze the captured image to determine whether a hand image of a user exists in the captured image, extract the hand image from the captured image upon the condition that the hand image exists in the captured image, and determine a hand sign of the user according to the extracted hand image; a generation module operable to generate a remote control signal for controlling the TV set according to the determined hand sign, the generation module further generate a first signal for changing a current TV channel of the TV set up on condition that the hand sign is a forefinger pointing in the right direction; and a control module operable to control the TV set to perform a function according to the remote control signal.