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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Junkeun Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;
Munsik Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jihyun Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jungho Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Jaeyung Yeo, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed are an electronic device and a method of operating the same. The electronic device includes: a housing: a user interface; at least one microphone disposed in the housing; at least one camera disposed in the housing; at least one driver comprising driving circuitry connected to or disposed in the housing and configured to move the housing; a wireless communication circuit disposed within the housing; a processor operatively connected to the user interface, the microphone, the camera, the driver, and the wireless communication circuit; and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, control the electronic device to: acquire a voice and/or an image of a user through the microphone and/or the camera, identify the user based on the voice and/or the image, identify an activity of the user based on at least one piece of movement information of the identified user, location information, or information on an object that the user is using, determine a location from which to track the user based on the identified activity, control the driver to move the housing based at least in part on the determined location, track the activity of the user based on continuity of the activity after movement, and provide a result of the activity based on the tracking result.