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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
So Hee Lee, Seoul, KR;
Won Ho Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
No San Kwak, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyung Shik Roh, Seongnam-si, KR;
Joong Kyung Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Suk June Yoon, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An electronic device to be put on a cradle may include a housing including a part in a hemispherical shape and physically coming into contact with the cradle in an arbitrary position when the electronic device is put on the cradle, a display arranged on another part of the housing, a camera module to obtain an image in a direction that the display faces, a sensor module to sense an orientation of the electronic device; and a processor to determine a target orientation of the electronic device based on the obtained image, and create control data to change the orientation of the electronic device based on the sensed orientation and the target orientation of the electronic device.