# US 12,114,039 B2 · Electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof

> Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt

- Number: US 12,114,039 B2
- Document ID: US12114039B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/437,281
- Filed: 2021-07-27
- Published: 2022-10-13
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2020-09-08
- Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Manmohan Singh Bohara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12114039B2

## CPC

- H04N 21/25883: {being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address (arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52)}
- H04N 21/4415: using biometric characteristics of the user, e.g. by voice recognition or fingerprint scanning {(cryptography using biological data H04L9/3231; authentication in networks using biometric H04L63/0861)}
- G10L 17/06: Decision making techniques; Pattern matching strategies
- G10L 17/22: Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces
- H04H 60/45: for identifying users
- H04N 21/25875: {involving end-user authentication (restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06)}
- H04N 21/4131: {home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices (home automation data switching networks exchanging configuration information on appliance services H04L12/2807)}
- H04N 21/42203: {sound input device, e.g. microphone}
- H04N 21/4532: {involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18)}
- H04N 21/47202: {for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand}
- H04N 21/4751: {for defining user accounts, e.g. accounts for children}
- H04N 21/4753: {for user identification, e.g. by entering a PIN or password (cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08)}
- G10L 17/00: Speaker identification or verification techniques
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
- H04H: BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication H04J; pictorial communication aspects of broadcast systems H04N)

## Abstract

An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a display; and a processor configured to: control the display to display a content based on one mode of a plurality of display modes, receive a user voice in real time while the content is being displayed, identify user's age information corresponding to the received user voice, identify whether or not the one mode is a kids mode when the identified user's age information is less than a threshold value, and change the one mode to the kids mode when it is identified that the one mode is not the kids mode.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic apparatus comprising:
a display; and
a processor configured to:
control the display to display a content based on one mode among a plurality of display modes,
receive a plurality of user voice inputs in real time while the content is being displayed,
identify user's age information corresponding to each of the plurality of user voice inputs,
identify whether the one mode is a kids mode, among the plurality of display modes, based on a minimum age of the identified user's age information corresponding to each of the plurality of user voice inputs being less than a threshold value,
based on the one mode being identified as not being the kids mode, change the one mode to the kids mode and control the display to operate in the kids mode whereby content obtained based on the identified user's age information is displayed, and
based on the one mode being the kids mode, control the display to operate in the one mode whereby the display of the content based on the one mode is maintained,
wherein the processor is configured to:
adjust a volume of the electronic apparatus to a volume corresponding to the identified user's age information and adjust a brightness of the display to a brightness corresponding to the identified user's age information, when the minimum age is less than the threshold value.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the kids mode is a mode of selectively providing only a content corresponding to the identified user's age information, and
the processor is configured to provide at least one of a kids channel content or a kids video on demand (VOD) content corresponding to the identified user's age information based on the identified user's age information being less than the threshold value.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to display a guide screen to guide entry into the kids mode.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to transmit a control command to run the kids mode to a plurality of apparatuses connected to an Internet of Things (IoT) network including the electronic apparatus based on the identified user's age information being less than the threshold value.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:
identify a watching rating age corresponding to the content displayed on the display, and
control the display to display a content corresponding to the identified user age based on the identified user age being less than the identified watching rating age.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to perform control to run the kids mode through at least one application installed in the electronic apparatus based on the identified user's age information being less than the threshold value.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a user corresponding to the minimum age is a first user, and
wherein the processor is configured to:
run the kids mode to display a content corresponding to identified first user's age information based on the identified first user's age information being less than the threshold value,
identify second user's age information corresponding to a second user voice input which is of a second user to cancel the run kids mode based on the second user voice input being received,
cancel the run kids mode when the second user's age information is equal to or greater than the threshold value, and
maintain the run kids mode based on the second user's age information being less than the threshold value.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a memory configured to store a voice recognition module,
the processor is configured to
identify a watching rating age corresponding to the content displayed on the display, and
run the voice recognition module to receive the plurality of user voice inputs based on the identified watching rating age being equal to or greater than the threshold value.

### Claim 9

A controlling method of an electronic apparatus, comprising:
displaying a content based on one mode of a plurality of display modes;
receiving a plurality of user voice inputs in real time while the content is being displayed;
identifying user's age information corresponding to each of the plurality of user voice inputs;
identifying whether the one mode is a kids mode, among the plurality of display modes, based on a minimum age of the identified user's age information corresponding to each of the plurality of user voice inputs being less than a threshold value;
based on the one mode being identified as not being the kids mode, changing the one mode and controlling the display to operate in the kids mode whereby content obtained based on the identified user's age information is displayed; and
based on the one mode being the kids mode, controlling the display to operate in the one mode whereby the display of the content based on the one mode is maintained,
wherein the controlling method further comprising:
adjusting a volume of the electronic apparatus to a volume corresponding to the identified user's age information and adjusting a brightness of the display to a brightness corresponding to the identified user's age information, when the minimum age is less than the threshold value.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The controlling method of an electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the kids mode is a mode of selectively providing only a content corresponding to the identified user's age information, and
the controlling method of an electronic apparatus further comprises providing at least one of a kids channel content or a kids VOD content corresponding to the identified user's age information based on the identified user's age information being less than the threshold value.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The controlling method of an electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9, further comprising displaying a guide screen to guide entry into the kids mode.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The controlling method of an electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:
transmitting a control command to run the kids mode to a plurality of apparatuses connected to an IoT network including the electronic apparatus based on the identified user's age information being less than the threshold value.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The controlling method of an electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the changing of the one mode to the kids mode comprises:
identifying a watching rating age corresponding to the content displayed on the display of the electronic apparatus, and
displaying a content corresponding to the identified user age based on the identified user age being less than the identified watching rating age.