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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Je-hwan Seo, Daegu, KR;
Chae-young Lim, Bucheon-si, KR;
Young-hoon Moon, Seoul, KR;
Jong-ha Woo, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyung-ik Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Min-sup Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Min-ji Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Jin Seol, Seongnam-si, KR;
Ki-hyun Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Suk-hoon Yoon, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun-kyu Yun, Seoul, KR;
Jong-keun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Woong-no Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A remote control apparatus is provided. The remote control apparatus according to an embodiment includes a microphone, a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to transmit a first advertising packet, and to receive a second advertising packet including respective addresses of a plurality of electronic apparatuses from the plurality of electronic apparatuses in response to transmission of the first advertising packet, and a processor configured to, based on the second advertising packet being received, determine a priority based on reception characteristic of the second advertising packet, and transmit a third advertising packet including a sound output request and an address of an electronic apparatus determined based on the priority from among the received addresses of the plurality of electronic apparatuses through the communicator, and based on sound output from an electronic apparatus being received through the microphone in response to transmission of the third advertising packet, to control the communicator to perform a pairing with the electronic apparatus which outputs the sound.