US 11,928,256 B2
Electronic device using external device and operation
Namjoon Park, Suwon-si (KR); and Jinik Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,609.
Application 17/967,609 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/013387, filed on Sep. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0140501 (KR), filed on Oct. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0118074 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/012 (2013.01) [G01S 5/0247 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a sensor;
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
estimate a field of view (FOV) of a user by using another sensor included in a wireless earphone;
estimate a FOV of the electronic device by using the sensor;
compare the FOV of the user with the FOV of the electronic device to obtain a comparison result;
determine whether the user gazes at a screen of the electronic device based on the comparison result;
recognize a gaze of the user based on determining that the user gazes at the screen of the electronic device; and
perform a specified function based on the gaze of the user.