Patent ID: 11902626
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A method of controlling playing of content on an output device including a display and a speaker, the method comprising:
recognizing a plurality of users viewing the content being output by the output device based on one or more captured images including the users;
receiving at least one voice signal including at least one voice of at least one user, via a microphone,
performing voice recognition on the at least one voice signal to recognize content of a conversation of the at least one user,
predicting an additional user, not included in the plurality of recognized users, who will be expected to view the content being output, based on analysis of the conversation content to identify information representing the predicted additional user, and
controlling playing of the content being output according to a youngest age determined by comparing a predicted age of the predicted additional user with ages of the plurality of recognized users,
wherein the at least one user is selected from among the plurality of recognized users and the predicted additional user.