Smart control device and method for controlling television set

摘要

A smart control device for controlling a television (TV) set includes at least one sensing device and a processor. The sensing device is configured to detect whether a person is in front of the TV set, and generate a first control signal upon determining that at least one person is in front of the TV set, or generate a second control signal upon determining that no people are in front of the TV set. The processor obtains the control signal generated by the sensing device, and turns on the TV set when the control signal is the first control signal and if the TV set was turned off, or turns off the TV set after a first predetermined time period elapsed, when the control signal is the second control signal and if the TV set was turned on.

主权项

1. A smart control device for controlling a television (TV) set, comprising:
at least one sensing device configured to detect whether a person is in front of the TV set, the sensing device being mounted on a sofa or a chair which is located in front of the TV set, the sensing device generating a first control signal upon determining that at least one person is in front of the TV set, or generating a second control signal upon determining that no people are in front of the TV set; at least one processor coupled to the sensing device; a camera coupled to the at least one processor; a non-transitory storage device coupled to the processor, the storage device storing one or more programs, which upon execution by the processor, cause the processor to:
obtain the control signal generated by the sensing device;determine whether the control signal is a first control signal or is a second control signal; andturn on the TV set when the control signal is the first control signal and if the TV set was turned off; orturn off the TV set after a first predetermined time period elapsed, when the control signal is the second control signal and if the TV set was turned on;set a plurality of user information lists and prestore the plurality of user information lists in the storage device;control the camera to capture a picture of an area in front of the TV set at a preset frequency when the TV set is turned on;obtain the picture captured by the camera, and extract facial features from the obtained picture;query the prestored user information lists to obtain a viewing history list of a target user according to the facial features, and determine a current time period and determine a target TV channel which has been viewed most frequently by the target user at the current time period based on the viewing history list of the target user; andswitch a current TV channel playing on the TV set to the target TV channel.