US 12,425,787 B2
Electronic apparatus for identifying position of user and control method thereof
Jisoo Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Hyeontaek Lim, Suwon-si (KR); Boseok Moon, Suwon-si (KR); and Sangdok Mo, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/214,001.
Application 18/214,001 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/007283, filed on May 26, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0105490 (KR), filed on Aug. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0073637 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. H04R 5/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04S 7/00 (2013.01) [H04S 2400/11 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a microphone;
a communication interface;
a memory storing at least one instruction; and
at least one processor connected to the microphone and the communication interface, and configured to execute the at least one instruction to:
based on a preset user voice of a user being received through the microphone, control the communication interface to request at least one first sound information from at least one home appliance, each of the at least one first sound information corresponding to the preset user voice received at each of the least one home appliance,
receive, through the communication interface, the at least one first sound information from the at least one home appliance, and
identify a position of the user based on the preset user voice and the at least one first sound information.