Television and method for switching television programs

摘要

A television includes an image capturing unit to capture images in front of the television. Faces in the captured images are recognized to generate a face recognition result. When a condition for switching television programs is determined to be met according to the face recognition result, one or more program tables are searched to find a currently aired television program that is suitable for the current audience. The television is switched to a channel playing the found television program.

主权项

1. A television for switching television programs comprising:
an image capturing unit;
a storage unit storing a program table and a plurality of modules of a switching system; anda processing unit to execute the plurality of modules of the switching system to perform operations for switching television programs, wherein, the operations comprising:directing the image capturing unit to capture an image of an audience of the television at every preset time interval;recognizing faces in the captured images to generate a face recognition result;determining whether a condition for switching television programs is met according to the face recognition result;searching within the program table to find a currently aired television program that is suitable for the current audience when a condition for switching television programs is met; andswitching the channel of the television to a channel playing the found television program, wherein the condition for switching television programs is selected from one of the following when a change of the number of audience members is equal to or greater than a preset value, when a change of a ratio of male-female audience members is equal to or greater than a preset value, or when an average watching time of the audience changes from one average watching time within a time duration to another average watching time within another time duration.