Electronic device and operation method therefor

1 . An operation method of an electronic device, the operation method comprising:

searching for a user terminal at least by using a first communication method in a sleep mode of the electronic device;

performing, in response to discovery of the user terminal via said searching, pairing with the user terminal at least by using a second communication method in the sleep mode of the electronic device;

after performing the pairing with the user terminal and while the electronic device is in the sleep mode, identifying whether a first event has occurred in the user terminal at least by using the second communication method; and

switching from the sleep mode to a normal mode of the electronic device based on identifying that the first event has occurred in the user terminal, wherein the first event comprises at least one of: a change in a direction of the user terminal or a change in acceleration of the user terminal.

2 . The operation method of claim 1 , wherein the first communication method is a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication method, and the second communication method is an ultra-wideband (UWB) communication method.

3 . The operation method of claim 2 , wherein the electronic device comprises a UWB communication module including a plurality of antennas, and

the plurality of antennas comprise at least two receive (RX) antennas and at least one transmit (TX)/RX antenna, and at least one antenna is arranged in vertical and horizontal directions on a front side of a display of the electronic device and configured to detect at least one of a location and a direction of the user terminal.

4 . The operation method of claim 3 , further comprising:

identifying whether another event occurs in the user terminal in the normal mode; and

identifying that the other event has occurred in the user terminal and switching from the normal mode to the sleep mode when no event is detected for a certain period of time after the occurrence of the other event,

wherein the other event comprises a case where a strength of a signal received from the user terminal via the plurality of antennas included in the UWB communication module is less than or equal to a certain reference value.

5 . The operation method of claim 3 , further comprising:

identifying whether a second event occurs in the user terminal in the normal mode; and

when identifying that the second event has occurred in the user terminal, outputting, onto the display, an interface screen for performing an interaction with the user terminal.

6 . The operation method of claim 5 , wherein the second event comprises at least one of: a change in a strength of a signal received from the user terminal via the plurality of antennas included in the UWB communication module, and a change in the direction of the user terminal.

7 . The operation method of claim 1 , wherein the sleep mode comprises a first sleep mode and a second sleep mode,

the searching for the user terminal at least by using the first communication method is performed in the first sleep mode,

the performing of the pairing with the user terminal at least by using the second communication method is performed in the second sleep mode, and

the operation method further comprises, after the performing of the pairing, switching the electronic device from the second sleep mode to the first sleep mode when the electronic device fails to identify that the first event has occurred in the user terminal for a predetermined period of time.

8 . The operation method of claim 1 , wherein the sleep mode of the electronic device includes a mode in which power is supplied to a communicator of the electronic device including a first communication circuitry configured to use the first communication method and a second communication circuitry configured to use the second communication method and restricted to other component of the electronic device, and the normal mode of the electronic device includes a mode in which power is made available to all components of the electronic device.

9 . The operation method of claim 1 , wherein the first communication method includes using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication, the second communication method includes using ultra-wideband (UWB) communication network, and the method further comprises:

based on the first event not occurring for a set period of time after performing the pairing with the user terminal, deactivating the pairing with the user terminal using the second communication method and searching for a user terminal by using the first communication method.

10 . An operation method of a user terminal, the operation method comprising:

searching for an electronic device at least by using a first communication method in a sleep mode of the user terminal;

performing, in response to discovery of the electronic device via said searching, pairing with the electronic device at least by using a second communication method in the sleep mode of the electronic device; and

switching from the sleep mode to a normal mode of the user terminal based on detecting that a sensing event occurs in the user terminal in the sleep mode, wherein the sensing event comprises at least one of: a change in illuminance of surroundings of the user terminal, a change in a direction of the user terminal, and a change in acceleration of the user terminal.

11 . The operation method of claim 10 , wherein the user terminal comprises at least one of an illuminance sensor, a magnetic sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a position sensor, a proximity sensor, and an acceleration sensor, and

the method comprises detecting of the sensing event comprises detecting whether the sensing event has occurred at least by using at least one of the sensors.

12 . An electronic device comprising:

at least one processor comprising processing circuitry; and

a communicator including a first communication module and a second communication module, each said communication module comprising circuitry;

wherein the at least one processor and/or the communicator is individually and/or collectively configured to:

in a sleep mode of the electronic device, search for a user terminal at least by using the first communication module,

perform, in response to discovery of the user terminal based on the search, pairing with the user terminal at least by using the second communication module in the sleep mode of the electronic device,

after performing the pairing with the user terminal and while in the sleep mode, identify whether a first event has occurred in the user terminal at least by using the second communication module, and

cause the electronic device to switch from the sleep mode to a normal mode of the electronic device based on identifying that the first event has occurred in the user terminal, wherein the first event comprises at least one of: a change in a direction of the user terminal or a change in acceleration of the user terminal.

13 . The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the first communication module is a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication module comprising communication circuitry, and the second communication module is an ultra-wideband (UWB) communication module comprising communication circuitry.

14 . The electronic device of claim 13 , further comprising a display,

wherein the UWB communication module comprises a plurality of antennas including at least two receive (RX) antennas and at least one transmit (TX)/RX antenna, and at least one antenna is arranged in vertical and horizontal directions on a front side of the display to detect at least one of a location and a direction of the user terminal.

15 . The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to,

when identifying that a another event has occurred in the user terminal in the normal mode via the communicator, in response to no event being detected for a certain period of time after the occurrence of the other event, control the electronic device to switch from the normal mode to the sleep mode, and

the other event comprises a case where a strength of a signal received from the user terminal via the plurality of antennas included in the UWB communication module is less than or equal to a certain reference value.

16 . The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to identify whether a second event occurs in the user terminal in the normal mode, and when identifying that the second event has occurred in the user terminal in the normal mode via the communicator, control a display to output an interface screen for performing an interaction with the user terminal.

17 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the second event comprises at least one of:

a change in a strength of a signal received from the user terminal via a plurality of antennas included in the second module, and a change in a direction of the user terminal.

18 . The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the sleep mode comprises a first sleep mode and a second sleep mode,

the searching for the user terminal at least by using the first communication module is performed in the first sleep mode,

the performing of the pairing with the user terminal at least by using the second communication module is performed in the second sleep mode, and

wherein the at least one processor is configured to, after the performing of the pairing, switch the electronic device from the second sleep mode to the first sleep mode when the electronic device fails to identify that the first event has occurred in the user terminal for a predetermined period of time.