Electronic device and method of operating same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsChoong-Hee Ahn, Young-Sub Lee, Won Suk Choi
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Abstract
Disclosed are an electronic device and a method of operating the same. The electronic device may include: at least one sensor including one or more of a proximity sensor and a biometric sensor; a motion sensor; and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to identify proximity of a user corresponding to the electronic device through the at least one sensor, to acquire a motion value corresponding to a motion of the electronic device based on the identification, and to execute at least one function based on the motion value.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
An electronic device comprising:
- a first sensor;
- a second sensor;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- identify a proximity of a user of the electronic device through the first sensor,
- in response to identifying the proximity of the user of the electronic device, acquire motion information through the second sensor, while the proximity of the user of the electronic device is maintained, and
- execute at least one function based on the acquired motion information while the proximity of the user of the electronic device is maintained.
A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
- identifying proximity of a user through a first sensor of the electronic device;
- in response to identifying the proximity of the user of the electronic device acquiring motion information through a second sensor of the electronic device while the proximity of the user of the electronic device is maintained;
- and
- executing at least one function based on the acquired motion information while the proximity of the user of the electronic device is maintained.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.