Systems and methods for customizing a personalized user interface using face recognition

1. A method comprising:

receiving an image of a user captured by a camera;

performing face recognition processing on the image to determine whether the user is an adult;

when the face recognition processing indicates that the user is the adult, identifying an adult user interface and causing a display screen to display the adult user interface;

when the face recognition processing fails to indicate that the user is the adult, performing the face recognition processing on the image to determine whether the user is an old person;

when the face recognition processing indicates that the user is the old person, identifying an old person user interface and causing the display screen to display the old person user interface;

when the face recognition processing fails to indicate that the user is the adult or the old person, performing the face recognition processing on the image to determine whether the user is a child; and

when the face recognition processing indicates that the user is the child, identifying a child user interface and causing the display screen to display the child user interface.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the adult user interface includes controls for controlling a full functionality of an associated device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the old person user interface includes amplified fonts or icons.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the child user interface includes controls for controlling a limited functionality of an associated device.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising identifying the adult user interface, the old person user interface, or the child user interface from a database stored in a memory device.

6. A system comprising:

a camera;

a display screen;

a programmable processor; and

executable control software stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium,

wherein the camera scans a face of a user proximate the camera,

wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software perform face recognition processing on an image of the face to determine whether the user is an adult,

wherein, when the face recognition processing indicates that the user is the adult, the programmable processor and the executable control software identify and cause the display screen to display an adult user interface,

wherein, when the face recognition processing fails to indicate that the user is the adult, the programmable processor and the executable control software perform the face recognition processing on the image to determine whether the user is an old person,

wherein, when the face recognition processing indicates that the user is the old person, the programmable processor and the executable control software identify and cause the display screen to display an old person user interface,

wherein, when the face recognition processing fails to indicate that the user is the adult or the old person, the programmable processor and the executable control software perform the face recognition processing on the image to determine whether the user is a child, and

wherein, when the face recognition processing indicates that the user is the child, the programmable processor and the executable control software identify and cause the display screen to display a child user interface.

7. The system as in claim 6 wherein the old person user interface includes amplified fonts or icons.

8. The system as in claim 6 wherein the adult user interface includes controls for controlling a full functionality of the system.

9. The system as in claim 6 wherein the child user interface includes controls for controlling a limited functionality of the system.

10. The system of claim 6 wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software identify the adult user interface, the old person user interface, and the child user interface from a database stored in a memory device.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the memory device is a remote memory device.