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EP-4623812-B1 - ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

EP4623812B1EP 4623812 B1EP4623812 B1EP 4623812B1EP-4623812-B1

Inventors

  • KIM, JAEHONG
  • OH, HEUNGRYONG
  • LEE, KEUNCHEOL

Dates

Publication Date
20260513
Application Date
20201124

Claims (15)

  1. An electronic device (100) comprising: a communicator (130) comprising circuitry; a first sensor (110-1); a processor (140) configured to: identify whether a user of the electronic device (100) carries the electronic device (100) based on movement information of the electronic device (100) obtained by the first sensor (110-1), the electronic device being characterised in that the processor is further configured to determine a detecting method for detecting location information of the user according to whether the user carries the electronic device (100).
  2. The electronic device (100) of claim 1, wherein the processor (140) is further configured to: based on the user being identified to carry the electronic device (100), determine a first detecting method for obtaining the location information of the user using at least one of the movement information of the electronic device (100) or feature information of a first signal received from an access point, AP, via the communicator (130); and based on the user being identified to not carry the electronic device (100), determine a second detecting method for obtaining the location information of the user using feature information of a second signal received from at least one external device (50) via the communicator (130).
  3. The electronic device (100) of claim 2, wherein the processor (140) is further configured to: based on the movement information being not changed within threshold time, identify that the user does not carry the electronic device (100), and based on the movement information being changed within the threshold time, identify that the user carries the electronic device (100).
  4. The electronic device (100) of claim 2, further comprising: a second sensor (110-2) configured to detect a biological signal of the user by coming into contact with the user of the electronic device (100), wherein the processor (140) is further configured to identify whether the user of the electronic device (100) carries the electronic device based on whether the biological signal of the user is able to be detected via the second sensor (110-2).
  5. The electronic device (100) of claim 2, wherein the processor (140) is further configured to: based on the second detecting method being determined, control the communicator (130) to transmit a signal requesting transmission of the second signal for obtaining the location information of the user to the at least one external device (50); and based on the feature information of the second signal being obtained by receiving the second signal from the at least one external device (50) via the communicator (130), obtain the location information of the user by inputting the feature information of the second signal to a location detecting model.
  6. The electronic device (100) of claim 2, wherein the processor (140) is further configured to, based on the second detecting method being determined, control the communicator (130) to transmit a request signal requesting to perform an operation of obtaining the location information of the user to the at least one external device (50), and wherein the at least one external device (50), which has received the request signal, is configured to obtain the location information of the user based on feature information of a third signal received from another external device (60).
  7. The electronic device (100) of claim 5, wherein the processor (140) is further configured to, based on the user being identified to be not present within a threshold distance from the electronic device (100) based on the feature information of the second signal, control the communicator (130) to transmit a request signal requesting to perform an operation of obtaining the location information of the user to the at least one external device (50), and wherein the at least one external device (50), which has received the request signal, is configured to obtain the location information of the user based on the feature information of the third signal received from another external device (60).
  8. The electronic device (100) of claim 2, wherein the processor (140) is further configured to: identify whether a battery of the electronic device (100) is being charged, determine the detecting method for detecting the location information of the user according to whether the battery of the electronic device (100) is being charged, based on the battery of the electronic device (100) being identified as being charged, determine the second detecting method, and based on the battery of the electronic device (100) being identified as not being charged, determine the first detecting method.
  9. The electronic device (100) of claim 2, wherein the processor (140) is further configured to: based on a battery of the electronic device (100) being identified as being charged, identify a location of the electronic device (100) by using the second signal received from the at least one external device (50), and identify whether the location of the electronic device (100) is a location for obtaining the location information of the user via a location detecting model.
  10. The electronic device (100) of claim 9, wherein the processor (140) is further configured to: based on the location of the electronic device (100) being identified as the location for obtaining the location information of the user via the location detecting model, obtain the location information of the user by the second detecting method, and based on the location of the electronic device (100) being not identified as the location for obtaining the location information of the user via the location detecting model, obtain the location information of the user by using the first detecting method.
  11. The electronic device (100) of claim 9, wherein the processor (140) is further configured to: based on the user being identified to carry the electronic device (100) after the location of the electronic device is identified as the location for obtaining the location information of the user via the location detecting model, obtain movement information of the electronic device via the first sensor based on the location of the electronic device (100), and train the location detecting model based on the movement information of the electronic device (100) and feature information of a third signal received from the AP via the communicator (130).
  12. A method for controlling an electronic device (100) including a first sensor (110-1), the method comprising: identifying whether a user of the electronic device (100) carries the electronic device (100) based on the movement information of the electronic device (100) obtained by the first sensor (110-1); characterised in that the method further comprises determining a detecting method for detecting location information of the user according to whether the user carries the electronic device (100).
  13. The method of claim 12, wherein the determining of the detecting method comprises: based on the user being identified to carry the electronic device (100), determining a first detecting method for obtaining the location information of the user using at least one of the movement information of the electronic device (100) or feature information of a first signal received from an AP, and based on the user being identified to not carry the electronic device (100), determining a second detecting method for obtaining the location information of the user using feature information of a second signal received from at least one external device (50).
  14. The method of claim 13, wherein the identifying comprises: based on the movement information being not changed within threshold time, identifying that the user does not carry the electronic device (100); and based on the movement information being changed within the threshold time, identifying that the user carries the electronic device (100).
  15. The method of claim 13, wherein the identifying comprises identifying whether the user of the electronic device (100) carries the electronic device (100) based on whether a biological signal of the user is able to be detected via a second sensor configured to detect the biological signal of the user.

Description

[Technical Field] The disclosure relates to an electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device. More particularly, the disclosure relates to an electronic device which determines a user detecting method based on whether a user carries the electronic device and a method for controlling the same. [Background Art] A user may identify a location of a user terminal device carried by the user by using a location-based service. The location-based service may refer to a system for providing various services to users based on location information obtained via a mobile communication network or a global positioning system. However, in a case of the location-based service with the global positioning system, it is difficult to use indoors. Accordingly, in the related art, a location determination technology for identifying a location of a user terminal device using a network system, such as a communication module included in the user terminal device or a wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) system installed in the surrounding environment has been developed and used. Meanwhile, the user does not carry the user terminal device all the time and may act while placing the user terminal device at a specific location. When the user acts without carrying the user terminal device, a location of the user is different from a location of the user terminal device. In a case of using the location determination technology designed assuming the situation that the user carries the terminal device, there is a limit of output of user position estimation (or localization) information with deteriorated accuracy. US 2014/087707 A1 relates to managing energy consumption in a multi-sensor user-carried device during indoor navigation. The above information is presented as background information only to assist with an understanding of the disclosure. No determination has been made, and no assertion is made, as to whether any of the above might be applicable as prior art with regard to the disclosure. [Disclosure] [Technical Problem] An aspect of the disclosure is to provide an electronic device which identifies whether a user carries the electronic device and determines a method for detecting a location of the user based on the identified result, and a method for controlling the same. [Technical Solution] The present invention is directed to subject matter as defined in the claims. Additional aspects will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the presented embodiments. In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communicator including circuitry, a first sensor configured to detect movement information of the electronic device, a memory including a first determination module configured to determine whether a user carries the electronic device and a second determination module configured to determine a detecting method for detecting a user location, and a processor configured to identify whether a user of the electronic device carries the electronic device based on the movement information of the electronic device obtained by the first sensor by using the first determination module, and determine a detecting method for detecting location information of the user according to whether the user carries the electronic device by using the second determination module, in which the processor is configured to, based on the user being identified to carry the electronic device, determine a first detecting method for obtaining the location information of the user using at least one of the movement information of the electronic device or feature information of a first signal received from an access point (AP) via the communicator, and based on the user being identified to not carry the electronic device, determine a second detecting method for obtaining the location information of the user using feature information of a second signal received from at least one external device via the communicator. The processor may be further configured to: based on the movement information being not changed within threshold time, identify that the user does not carry the electronic device by using the first determination module, and based on the movement information being changed within the threshold time, identify that the user carries the electronic device by using the first determination module. The electronic device may further comprise a second sensor configured to detect a biological signal of the user by coming into contact with the user of the electronic device, wherein the processor may be further configured to identify whether the user of the electronic device carries the electronic device based on whether the biological signal of the user is able to be detected via the second sensor, by using the first determination module. The processor may be further configured to: based on the secon