Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Woohyoung Lee

Yongho Kim

Boram Lee

Sunah Kim

Gahyun Joo

Taeksoo Chun

Kyoungsun Cho

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and an electronic device for authenticating a user by using a voice command. Here, the electronic device may comprise a memory, an input apparatus, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: receive a voice command from the input apparatus; acquire user identification information and voice print information from the voice command; search reference voice print information of each of multiple users stored in the memory, for reference voice print information corresponding to the acquired user identification information; and perform authentication on the basis of the acquired voice print information and the reference voice print information. Other embodiments are also possible.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Woohyoung Lee