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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
May. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Dong Min Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Sang Min Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00604 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); H04N 5/23258 (2013.01); H04N 5/23287 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are an electronic apparatus and method. The electronic includes a photography lens, an eyeball recognition sensor, and a controller. The photography lens acquires an image signal from a subject. The eyeball recognition sensor senses movement of a user's eyeball. The controller recognizes opening and closing of the user's eyelid based on eyeball monitoring information transmitted from the eyeball recognition sensor, and performs a device driving control operation for a reference time period for which the user's eyelid is in a closed state.