# US 11,907,616 B2 · Electronic apparatus, display apparatus and method of controlling the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,907,616 B2 - Document ID: US11907616B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/733,180 - Filed: 2022-04-29 - Published: 2022-08-18 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2019-08-28 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hansoo Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11907616B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/167: {Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback} - G06F 1/3231: Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users - G06F 1/3265: {Power saving in display device} - H04N 21/4104: {Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices} - H04N 21/42203: {sound input device, e.g. microphone} - H04N 21/42222: {Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device} - H04N 21/4394: {involving operations for analysing the audio stream, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in audio streams (arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58)} - H04N 21/44231: {Monitoring of peripheral device or external card, e.g. to detect processing problems in a handheld device or the failure of an external recording device (configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network H04L12/2823; monitoring the status of connected device in data switched networks H04L43/0817)} - H04N 21/4436: {Power management, e.g. shutting down unused components of the receiver (power management in computer systems G06F1/3203; hibernate or awake process in computer systems G06F9/4418)} - H04N 21/4668: {for recommending content, e.g. movies} - Y02D 10/00: Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract Disclosed are an electronic apparatus, a display apparatus and a method of controlling the same an electronic apparatus, a display apparatus and a method of controlling the same, the electronic apparatus including: a speaker configured to output a sound; a microphone configured to receive a user voice; a communicator configured to perform communication; a processor configured to: identify a state of an external apparatus through the communicator based on reception of the user voice, process the received user voice and output a sound corresponding to a process result through the speaker based on identification that the external apparatus is in a turned-off state, and control the communicator to transmit information about the received user voice to the external apparatus and request the external apparatus to process the voice based on identification that the external apparatus is in a turned-on state. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic apparatus comprising: a communicator; a voice receiver; a speaker configured to provide a sound; a processor configured to: receive a user voice input through the voice receiver, based on an external apparatus being in a standby state, perform a function corresponding to the user voice input and control the speaker to provide a result of the function corresponding to the user voice input, and based on the external apparatus being in a normal state, control the communicator to transmit a data corresponding to the user voice input to the external apparatus for performing a function of the external apparatus corresponding to the user voice input. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the standby state corresponds to a turned-off state of the external apparatus. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to transmit a signal to operate the external apparatus in the normal state to the external apparatus through the communicator based on the user voice input being received while the external apparatus is in the standby state. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the processor is configured not to provide the result of the function corresponding to the user voice input through the speaker based on the signal to operate the external apparatus in the normal state being transmitted to the external apparatus. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The electronic apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the external apparatus performs the function of the external apparatus corresponding to the user voice input and provides a result of the function of the external apparatus corresponding to the user voice input through a display of the external apparatus according to the signal to operate the external apparatus in the normal state. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to provide a guide to operate the external apparatus in the normal state based on the user voice input being received while the external apparatus is in the standby state. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to: transmit a preset signal to the external apparatus through the communicator based on the user voice input being received through the voice receiver, identify a state of the external apparatus based on whether a response signal to the preset signal is received from the external apparatus. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to: identify a content type related to the user voice input, and identify whether to transmit the data corresponding the user voice input to request the external apparatus to perform the function of the external apparatus corresponding to the user voice input based on the identified content type. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The electronic apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to: receive a signal related to the result of the function of the external apparatus corresponding to the user voice input from the external apparatus through the communicator, control the speaker to provide a sound related to the result of the function of the external apparatus corresponding to the user voice input. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to: identify a connection state between the electronic apparatus and the external apparatus based on change of the external apparatus from the standby state to the normal state, perform connection settings for communication between the electronic apparatus and the external apparatus based on the connection state. ### Claim 11 A method of controlling an electronic apparatus, comprising: receiving a user voice input through a voice receiver, based on an external apparatus being in a standby state, performing a function corresponding to the user voice input and providing a result of the function corresponding to the user voice input through a speaker, and based on the external apparatus being in a normal state, transmitting a data corresponding to the user voice input to the external apparatus for performing a function of the external apparatus corresponding to the user voice input though a communicator. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the standby state corresponds to a turned-off state of the external apparatus. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising transmitting a signal to operate the external apparatus in the normal state to the external apparatus through the communicator based on the user voice input being received while the external apparatus is in the standby state. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, further comprising: not to providing the result of the function corresponding to the user voice input through the speaker based on the signal to operate the external apparatus in the normal state being transmitted to the external apparatus. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the external apparatus performs the function of the external apparatus corresponding to the user voice input and provides a result of the function of the external apparatus corresponding to the user voice input through a display of the external apparatus according to the signal to operate the external apparatus in the normal state. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: providing a guide to operate the external apparatus in the normal state based on the user voice input being received while the external apparatus is in the standby state. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: transmitting a preset signal to the external apparatus through the communicator based on the user voice input being received through the voice receiver, identifying a state of the external apparatus based on whether a response signal to the preset signal is received from the external apparatus. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: identifying a content type related to the user voice input, and identifying whether to transmit the data corresponding the user voice input to request the external apparatus to perform the function of the external apparatus corresponding to the user voice input based on the identified content type. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, further comprising: receiving a signal related to the result of the function of the external apparatus corresponding to the user voice input from the external apparatus through the communicator, providing a sound related to the result of the function of the external apparatus corresponding to the user voice input through the speaker. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: identifying a connection state between the electronic apparatus and the external apparatus based on change of the external apparatus from the standby state to the normal state, performing connection settings for communication between the electronic apparatus and the external apparatus based on the connection state.