US 12,443,277 B2
Mirror display and control method thereof
Hyeryoung Choi, Suwons-i (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/825,420.
Application 18/825,420 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2024/095969, filed on Aug. 1, 2024.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0138915 (KR), filed on Oct. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0123684 A1, Apr. 17, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G09G 3/36 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/013 (2013.01) [G09G 3/36 (2013.01); G02F 1/133308 (2013.01); G02F 1/133531 (2021.01); G02F 2203/02 (2013.01); G09G 2320/06 (2013.01); G09G 2330/027 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0464 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a mirror display configured to be operated in a mirror state and a display state;
a sensor; and
at least one processor configured to:
switch an operation state of the electronic apparatus from a horizontal state, in which the mirror display is operated in a horizontal orientation, to a vertical state, in which the mirror display is operated in a vertical orientation, and
while the operation state of electronic apparatus is the vertical state:
identify, based on data acquired through the sensor, whether a user is located within a predetermined distance of the electronic apparatus for a predetermined time, and
when it is identified that the user is located within the predetermined distance of the electronic apparatus for the predetermined time, control the mirror display to be operated in the mirror state based on a user gaze location.