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US 2019/0166428 A1Published application
Electronic device operating in associated state with external audio device based on biometric information and method therefor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMinho BAE, Moonsoo KIM, Hochul HWANG
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Abstract
An audio output device is provided. The audio output device determines a similarity between a first external subject and a second external subject based on first biometric information about the first external object associated with the audio output device and second biometric information about the second external object associated with an external audio output device, and controls the audio output device and the external audio output device to operation in coordination or independently based on the similarity.
Claims20
An audio output device comprising:
- at least one communication circuit configured to communicate with an external audio output device;
- at least one sensor;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- obtain first biometric information about a first external object associated with the audio output device by using the at least one sensor,
- obtain second biometric information about a second external object associated with the external audio output device from the external audio output device by using the at least one communication circuit,
- determine a similarity between the first external object and the second external object based at least on the first biometric information and the second biometric information,
- operate in coordination with the external audio output device when the similarity satisfies a first specified condition, and
- operate independently of the external audio output device when the similarity satisfies a second specified condition.
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An electronic device comprising:
- at least one communication circuit configured to communicate with a first external audio output device;
- a display;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- receive first biometric information about a first external object associated with the first external audio output device and second biometric information about a second external object associated with a second external audio output device communicating with the first external audio output device from the first external audio output device, by using the at least one communication circuit,
- determine a similarity between the first external object and the second external object based at least on the first biometric information and the second biometric information,
- when the similarity satisfies a first specified condition, set the first external audio output device to operate in coordination with the second external audio output device, and
- when the similarity satisfies a second specified condition, set the first external audio output device to operate independently of the second external audio output device.
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An electronic device comprising:
- at least one communication circuit configured to communicate with a first external audio output device and a second external audio output device;
- a display;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- obtain first biometric information about a first external object associated with the first external audio output device and second biometric information about a second external object associated with the second external audio output device, by using the at least one communication circuit,
- determine a similarity between the first external object and the second external object based at least on the first biometric information and the second biometric information,
- when the similarity satisfies a first specified condition, set the first external audio output device and the second external audio output device to operate in coordination with each other, and
- when the similarity satisfies a second specified condition, set the first external audio output device and the second external audio output device to operate independently of each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.