US 12,294,815 B2
Electronic apparatus and control method thereof
Kyunghwa Jung, Suwon-si (KR); and Jeonghye Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/208,150.
Application 18/208,150 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/014681, filed on Sep. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0129629 (KR), filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0328209 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 9/31 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 9/31 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control method of an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:
identifying whether an external device is located within a reference radius of the electronic apparatus;
based on the external device being located within the reference radius, obtaining distance information between the identified external device and the electronic apparatus;
identifying a standby time based on the distance information; and
based on the standby time elapsing, performing connection with the external device,
wherein the standby time indicates a period of time from a first time at which the external device is identified to a second time at which the connection with the external device begins.