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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University, Seoul, KR;
Hyun-Su Hong, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sung-Bae Cho, Seoul, KR;
Jeong-Gwan Kang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Nam-Hoon Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Young-Seol Lee, Seoul, KR;
Yong-Joong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Si-Hyuk Yi, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A mobile terminal and method for controlling place recognition are provided. The method includes collecting at least one of state information about a mobile terminal and user information stored in the mobile terminal, determining whether a current place of the mobile terminal is a major place that the user has previously visited at least a number of times using the collected information, determining, if it is determined that the current place of the mobile terminal is a major place, whether the current place has been registered using at least one signal received externally, and outputting a result of the determination as to whether the current place has been registered.