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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3228 (2013.01); G06F 1/325 (2013.01); G06F 1/3231 (2013.01); G06F 1/3265 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); H04W 52/0254 (2013.01); Y02D 10/153 (2018.01); Y02D 10/173 (2018.01); Y02D 70/1242 (2018.01); Y02D 70/142 (2018.01); Y02D 70/144 (2018.01); Y02D 70/164 (2018.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling an operation mode in a mobile terminal provides the mobile terminal to determine whether a predetermined time has elapsed, after a lapse of which it enters a first power-saving mode, and drive a camera module if the predetermined time has elapsed. Meanwhile, the mobile terminal determines whether a predetermined subject is recognized by the camera module, and then delays changing to the first power-saving mode if the predetermined subject is recognized, and enters the first power-saving mode if the predetermined subject is not recognized.