IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC G09G5/00 G06K9/00 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: image display device has an image display unit configured to display a still image or a moving image, an image capturing unit configured to capture an image in a direction in which the image display unit displays a still image or a moving image, and a face recognition unit configured to execute a face recognition process during which, through given intervals, the face of the user contained in the image captured by the image capturing unit is recognised, wherein the given intervals vary according to whether the face of the user is contained in the image captured by the image capturing unit, and if the recognised face in its entirety or a part thereof does not change position over a given time interval during the face recognition process, the face recognition unit does not consider the recognised face the face of the user.

EFFECT: automatic control of the operating mode of an image display device.

22 cl, 16 dwg