US 12,086,628 B2
Electronic apparatus and control method
Kazuhiro Kosugi, Kanagawa (JP); Masashi Nishio, Kanagawa (JP); and Eri Shimizu, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Republic of (SG)
Filed by Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/938,330.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-199297 (JP), filed on Dec. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0176897 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06F 1/3203 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 9/48 (2013.01) [G06F 11/3438 (2013.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a memory which temporarily stores a program of a system;
a first processor which executes the program to implement functions of the system;
a second processor which detects a face area with a face captured therein from an image captured by an imaging unit; and
a third processor which switches between and executes
a first processing mode in which, when the face area is detected by the second processor, first information is output, while when the face area is not detected, second information is output, and
a second processing mode to output the first information regardless of whether the face area is detected by the second processor,
wherein the third processor switches between the first processing mode and the second processing mode based on a usage situation of the electronic apparatus,
wherein
when there is no operation input by a user over a certain period of time, the first processor restricts use of at least some of the functions of the system, and
when acquiring the second information from the third processor, the first processor restricts use of at least some of the functions of the system without waiting for the certain period of time.