公开(公告)号：US10296072B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-21

申请号：US15017069

申请日：2016-02-05

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Tae-kwang Um ,  Du-seok Kim ,  Hyun-cheol Park ,  Ho-sik Cho ,  Cheol-ju Hwang

IPC: G06F1/32 ,  G06F1/329 ,  G06F1/3228 ,  G06F1/3231

Abstract: A device and method of managing power are provided. The device includes a user input unit configured to receive a user input from a user, an output unit configured to output information based on the user input, and a controller configured to, when the user input is not received, determine whether or not an out-focus status in which the user does not use the device has started, determine, when it is determined that the out-focus status has started, a period in which the out-focus status is to be maintained based on information about a probability of the out-focus status according to a context of the device, and stop, when the period in which the out-focus status is to be maintained is equal to or greater than a reference time period, an application executed in the device.