IP Library Granted Patent US 9,665,131
Granted Patent B2
US 9,665,131 · App. 14/299,407 · Granted May 30, 2017

Storage medium, electronic device and method for controlling electronic device based on user detection using cameras

Inventors: Sung-Joon Won (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hui-Chul Yang (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
G06F1/1686G06F1/1694G06F3/0304H04N1/00307H04N5/2258H04N5/23219H04N5/23222H04N5/23293
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Patent No.
US 9,665,131
App. No.
14/299,407
Granted
May 30, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device including a first camera and a second camera and method for controlling the electronic device are provided. The method includes detecting a user through the first camera; detecting the user through the second camera; and performing a preset function in the electronic device, based on a sequence of the detecting of the user through the first camera and the second camera.

Claims (42)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first camera;

a second camera; and

a controller configured to:

detect, through the first camera, while the second camera is deactivated, a user registered in the electronic device;

automatically activate the second camera based on the detecting of the registered user through the first camera;

determine whether or not the registered user is detected through the second camera within a time limit;

when determining that the registered user is detected through the second camera within the time limit, perform a preset function of the electronic device; and

when determining that the registered user is not detected through the second camera within the time limit, automatically deactivate the second camera while the first camera is being activated.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to set a timer having the time limit.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the timer starts when a rotation angle of the electronic device is greater than or equal to a preset angle.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the timer starts when the registered user is no longer detected through the first camera.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a storage unit that stores an image photographed by the first camera or the second camera.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the preset function comprises a change of a user input interface.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the preset function comprises an interruption of a specific function of the electronic device.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the preset function comprises an interruption of a screen.

9. A method for controlling an electronic device including a first camera and a second camera, the method comprising:

detecting, through the first camera, while the second camera is deactivated, a user registered in the electronic device;

automatically activating the second camera based on the detecting of the registered user through the first camera;

determining whether or not the registered user is detected through the second camera within a time limit;

when determining that the registered user is detected through the second camera within the time limit, performing a preset function of the electronic device; and

when determining that the registered user is not detected through the second camera within the time limit, automatically deactivating the second camera while the first camera is being activated.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising setting a timer having the time limit.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the timer starts when a rotation angle of the electronic device is greater than or equal to a preset angle.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the timer starts when the user is no longer detected through the first camera.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the preset function comprises at least one of:

a change of a user input interface;

an interruption of a specific function of the electronic device; and

an interruption of a screen.

14. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium that stores a program for execution of a method for controlling an electronic device including a first camera and a second camera, the method comprising:

detecting, through the first camera, while the second camera is deactivated, a user registered in the electronic device;

automatically activating the second camera based on the detecting of the registered user through the first camera;

determining whether or not the registered user is detected through the second camera within a time limit;

when determining that the registered user is detected through the second camera within the time limit, performing a preset function of the electronic device; and

when determining that the registered user is not detected through the second camera within the time limit, automatically deactivating the second camera while the first camera is being activated.

15. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises setting a timer having the time limit.

16. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the timer starts when a rotation angle of the electronic device is greater than or equal to a preset angle.

17. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the timer starts when the registered user is no longer detected through the first camera.

18. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the preset function comprises at least one of:

a change of a user input interface;

an interruption of a specific function of the electronic device; and

an interruption of a screen.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2014
From: WON, SUNG-JOON; YANG, HUI-CHUL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0065139 · Jun 7, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140361986A1 · Dec 11, 2014