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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Chae-young Lim, Bucheon-si, KR;
Je-hwan Seo, Daegu, KR;
Kyung-ik Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Min-sup Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Ki-hyun Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Suk-hoon Yoon, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun-kyu Yun, Seoul, KR;
Jong-keun Lee, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A remote control apparatus is disclosed. The remote control apparatus comprises: a microphone; a communication unit; a storage unit for storing pattern information of a non-audible sound for identification of the locality of an external electronic device; and a processor for broadcasting, through the communication unit, information acquired on the basis of an ambient sound received through the microphone, and when a non-audible sound based on broadcasted information output from an electronic device is received through the microphone, comparing a pattern of the received non-audible sound with pattern information stored in the storage unit, and transmitting a pairing request signal to the electronic device on the basis of a comparison result.