Electronic device for location detection, and method for operating same

An operating method of an electronic device, the method comprising:

• obtaining information about a first magnetic field of a virtual marker through a sensor of the electronic device;
• configuring a reference distance, based on the information about the first magnetic field of the virtual marker;
• obtaining information about a second magnetic field corresponding to a location of the electronic device, based on a specified detection time interval;
• detecting a Euclidean distance, based on the information about the first magnetic field of the virtual marker and the information about the second magnetic field corresponding to the location of the electronic device;
• restricting an operation of comparing the information about the first magnetic field and the information about the second magnetic field in a state in which the Euclidean distance does not satisfy a specified detection condition based on the reference distance;
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• performing the operation of comparing the information about the first magnetic field and the information about the second magnetic field in a state in which the Euclidean distance satisfies the specified detection condition based on the reference distance.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing one or more programs comprising computer-executable instructions that, when individually or collectively executed by at least one processor of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

• obtain information about a first magnetic field of a virtual marker through the sensor;
• configure a reference distance, based on the information about the first magnetic field of the virtual marker;
• obtain information about a second magnetic field corresponding to a location of the electronic device, based on a specified detection time interval;
• detect a Euclidean distance, based on the information about the first magnetic field of the virtual marker and the information about the second magnetic field corresponding to the location of the electronic device;
• restrict an operation of comparing the information about the first magnetic field and the information about the second magnetic field in a state in which the Euclidean distance does not satisfy a specified detection condition based on the reference distance;
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• perform the operation of comparing the information about the first magnetic field and the information about the second magnetic field in a state in which the Euclidean distance satisfies the specified detection condition based on the reference distance.