Electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof

Abstract

An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes at least one filter, a communication interface, memory including one or more storage media, storing instructions, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the at least one filter, the communication interface, and the memory, wherein, when location information of a user is received from the at least one external apparatus through the communication interface, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic apparatus to adjust a time for performing a filter regeneration function based on location information of a user, and wherein the time for performing the filter regeneration function includes a first time for irradiating light on the filter and a second time for not irradiating light on the filter after the first time.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An electronic apparatus comprising: 
 at least one filter;   a communication interface configured to perform communication with at least one external apparatus;   memory comprising one or more storage media, storing instructions; and   one or more processors communicatively coupled to the at least one filters, the communication interface, and the memory,   wherein, based on location information of a user obtained from the at least one external apparatus through the communication interface, at least one instruction from among the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, causes the electronic apparatus to adjust a time for performing a filter regeneration function based on the location information of the user, and   wherein the time for performing the filter regeneration function comprises:    a first time for irradiating light on the at least one filter, and    a second time for not irradiating light on the at least one filter after the first time.   
     
     
         2 . The electronic apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one instruction, based on a return time taken by the user to reach a space where the electronic apparatus is located obtained from the at least one external apparatus through the communication interface, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, further causes the electronic apparatus to adjust the time for performing the filter regeneration function based on the return time. 
     
     
         3 . The electronic apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the instructions, based on a return time taken by the user to reach a space where the electronic apparatus is located obtained from the at least one external apparatus through the communication interface, identified as being shorter than the time for performing the filter regeneration function including the first time and the second time, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, further causes the electronic apparatus to reduce the first time. 
     
     
         4 . The electronic apparatus of  claim 1 ,  
       wherein the at least one instruction, , when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, further causes the electronic apparatus to adjust the time for performing the filter regeneration function based on a pattern information of the user, and 
       wherein the pattern information of the user is obtained based on at least one of an outing time of the user, a filter usage time, or a filter regeneration time input by the user. 
     
     
         5 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 1 , 
       wherein the at least one instruction, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively causes the electronic apparatus to: 
 acquire an outing time corresponding to the location information of the user based on the received user location information through a neural network model; and 
 adjust the time for performing the filter regeneration function based on the user location information and the outing time, and 
 wherein the neural network model is a model trained to predict the outing time corresponding to the user's location based on historical information including previous location of the user and time records corresponding to the previous location. 
 
     
     
         6 . The electronic apparatus of  claim 1 ,  
       wherein the at least one instruction, based on satisfying a condition set for the at least one external apparatus, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, further causes the electronic apparatus to perform the filter regeneration function, and 
       wherein the condition set for at least one external apparatus comprises at least one of:  
       a first mode that activates the filter regeneration function,  
       a second mode that deactivates the filter regeneration function for a preset period of time,  
       a distance between the electronic apparatus and the user, or  
       a usage time of the at least one filter. 
     
     
         7 . The electronic apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 an input interface,    wherein the at least one instruction, based on a third mode being set and a user input being obtained through the input interface, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, further causes the electronic apparatus to perform an operation corresponding to the user input after completing an operation for the filter regeneration function, and   wherein the third mode is a mode in which the operation for the filter regeneration function has higher priority than an operation of the electronic apparatus corresponding to the user input.   
     
     
         8 . The electronic apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 an output interface, wherein the at least one instruction, based on a usage time of the filter reaching a preset period of time, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, further causes the electronic apparatus to control the output interface to provide notification information corresponding to the filter regeneration function.   
     
     
         9 . The electronic apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the filter regeneration function comprises a function of irradiating UV to the at least one filter to restore performance of the at least one filter. 
     
     
         10 . A method of controlling an electronic apparatus that performs a filter regeneration function, the method comprising: 
 obtaining location information of a user from at least one external apparatus; and   adjusting a time for performing the filter regeneration function based on the location information of the user,   wherein a time for performing the filter regeneration function comprises:    a first time for irradiating light on the at least one filter, and    a second time for not irradiating light on the at least one filter after the first time.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising: 
 obtaining a return time taken by the user to reach a space where the electronic apparatus is located from the at least one external apparatus; and   adjusting a time for performing the filter regeneration function based on the return time.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the adjusting of the time for performing the filter regeneration function comprises reducing a first time based on the return time being shorter than a time for performing the filter regeneration function including the first time and the second time. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising: 
 adjusting a time for performing the filter regeneration function based on pattern information of the user,   wherein the pattern information of the user is obtained based on at least one of an outing time of the user, a filter usage time, or a filter regeneration time input by the user.   
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 10 , 
       wherein the adjusting the time comprises: 
 acquiring an outing time corresponding to the location information of the user based on the obtained user location information through a neural network model; and 
 adjusting the time for performing the filter regeneration function based on the user location information and the outing time; and 
 wherein the neural network model is a model trained to predict the outing time corresponding to the user's location based on historical information including previous location of the user and time records corresponding to the previous location. 
 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising: 
 based on satisfying a condition set for the at least one external apparatus, performing the filter regeneration function,    wherein the condition set for at least one external apparatus comprises at least one of:    a first mode that activates the filter regeneration function,    a second mode that deactivates the filter regeneration function for a preset period of time,    a distance between the electronic apparatus and the user, or   a usage time of the at least of filter.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising: 
 based on a third mode being set and a user input being obtained through an input interface, performing an operation corresponding to the user input after completing an operation for the filter regeneration function,    wherein the third mode is a mode in which the operation for the filter regeneration function has higher priority than an operation of the electronic apparatus corresponding to the user input.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising: 
 based on a usage time of the filter reaching a preset period of time, controlling an output interface to provide notification information corresponding to the filter regeneration function.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the filter regeneration function comprises a function of irradiating UV to the at least one filter to restore performance of the at least of filter. 
     
     
         19 . One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more computer programs including at least one computer-executable instruction that, when executed by one or more processors of an electronic apparatus individually or collectively, causes the electronic apparatus to perform operations, the operations comprising: 
 obtaining location information of a user from at least one external apparatus; and   adjusting a time for performing a filter regeneration function based on the location information of the user,   wherein a time for performing the filter regeneration function comprises:    a first time for irradiating light on a at least one filter, and    a second time for not irradiating light on the at least one filter after the first time.    
     
     
         20 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of  claim 19 , the operations further comprising: 
 obtaining a return time taken by the user to reach a space where the electronic apparatus is located from the at least one external apparatus; and   adjusting a time for performing the filter regeneration function based on the return time.