Scrolling display of electronic program guide utilizing images of user lip movements

摘要

Systems and methods of generating device commands based upon spoken user commands are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment captures a series of images of a user of a media device, generates image information corresponding to the series of captured images, determines lip movement of the user from the generated image information, determines at least one spoken user command based upon the determined lip movement of the user, and determines a device command based upon the determined spoken user command. Then, the device command is communicated to, for example, a media presentation device, wherein an operation of the media presentation device is controlled in accordance with the determined spoken user command.

主权项

1. A set top box (STB) configured to generate device commands based upon spoken user commands, comprising:
an image capture device configured to capture a series of images of a user, and configured to generate image information corresponding to the series of captured images; a memory configured to store electronic program guide (EPG) information; a tuner configured to receive programming and the EPG information from a remote source; and a processor system communicatively coupled to the image capture device, the memory, and the tuner, wherein the processor system is configured to:
generate an electronic program guide (EPG) from the EPG information that is displayed on a display,receive the image information from the image capture device that includes movement of the user's lips,continuously monitor movement of the user's lips in the series of captured images of the user to determine an engagement command, a disengagement command, and at least one STB command associated with scrolling about the displayed EPG, wherein the engagement command, the disengagement command and the at least one STB command are based upon identified lip movements of the user shown in the captured image information,determine a device command to scroll about the EPG based upon the corresponding determined STB command, wherein the determined STB command is disregarded until after the engagement command is determined, wherein the device command associated with the determined STB command is determined after the engagement command is determined, and wherein a subsequent determined STB command is disregarded after the disengagement command is determined.