Electronic device and method for recognizing context thereof

An electronic device comprising:

• an atmospheric pressure sensor configured to measure pressure;
• a biometric sensor module configured to measure biometric information on a user;
• a processor operatively connected to the atmospheric pressure sensor and the biometric sensor module;
• and
• a memory operatively connected to the processor,
• wherein the biometric sensor module comprises a plurality of electrodes configured to detect current flowing through a body of the user,
• wherein some of the plurality of electrodes are disposed to come into contact with a body part of the user when the electronic device is worn, and others of the plurality of electrodes are disposed to not come into contact with a body part of the user when the electronic device is worn,
• wherein the biometric sensor module is configured to be activated in response to a wake-up signal being received from the processor, identify whether a state in which the plurality of electrodes are electrically connected by entering the electronic device in water is maintained for a specified first time or more, and transmit an interrupt signal to the processor in response to the state being maintained for the specified first time or more, and
• wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to transmit the wake-up signal to the biometric sensor module in response to an amount of increased change in the pressure measured through the atmospheric pressure sensor being greater than or equal to a specified first threshold, and determine that the electronic device is in a specified first context in response to reception of the interrupt signal from the biometric sensor module.

A method for recognizing a context of an electronic device, the method comprising:

• identifying whether an amount of change in a pressure detected through an atmospheric pressure sensor is greater than or equal to a specified first threshold;
• in response to an amount of increased change in the pressure being greater than or equal to the first threshold, waking up a biometric sensor module comprising a plurality of electrodes in which some of the plurality of electrodes are disposed to come into contact with a body part of a user when the electronic device is worn, and others thereof are disposed to not come into contact with a body part of the user when the electronic device is worn;
• identifying whether an interrupt signal, indicating that a state in which the plurality of electrodes are electrically connected by entering the electronic device in water is maintained for a specified first time or more, is received from the biometric sensor module;
• and
• determining that the electronic device is in a specified first context in response to reception of the interrupt signal.