Electronic device and method for providing virtual space

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025227083-A1
Application number	US-202519094290-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 28, 2025
Priority date	Nov 28, 2022
Publication date	Jul 10, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic device includes: a display; communication circuitry; a memory storing instructions; a speaker; a microphone; and at least one processor operably coupled with the display, the communication circuitry, the memory, the speaker, and the microphone, where the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to: based on an application for communication between at least one user and a user of the electronic device in a virtual space being executed, display the virtual space including a first character corresponding to the user of the electronic device and at least one second character corresponding to the at least one user, in a state in which communication between a plurality of users including the user of the electronic device and the at least one user is being performed through the first character and the at least one second character in the virtual space.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a display; communication circuitry; memory storing instructions; a speaker; a microphone; and at least one processor including processing circuitry, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
based on an application for communication between at least one user and a user of the electronic device in a virtual space being executed, display the virtual space comprising a first character corresponding to the user of the electronic device and at least one second character corresponding to the at least one user,
in a state in which communication between a plurality of users including the user of the electronic device and the at least one user is being performed through the first character and the at least one second character in the virtual space, obtain log information about the communication between the plurality of users,
based on identifying a termination of the communication between the plurality of users in the virtual space, display a plurality of images included in the log information, and
based on identifying an input for selecting an image among the plurality of images, display a video included in the log information and corresponding to the selected image.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:
obtain a plurality of videos representing the communication, in the state in which the communication between the plurality of users is being performed, obtain, based on obtaining a plurality of thumbnails of each of the plurality of videos, the plurality of images, and obtain the log information comprising the plurality of videos and the plurality of images.

3 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
obtain utterance data of the plurality of users, in the state in which the communication between the plurality of users is being performed, identify, based on the utterance data, a plurality of utterance intervals satisfying a designated condition, and obtain a plurality of videos corresponding to the plurality of utterance intervals.

4 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
obtain, based on gesture data of the first character and the at least one second character and the utterance data of the plurality of users, a plurality of candidate images, obtain, based on filtering the plurality of candidate images, the plurality of images, arrange, based on a time in which the plurality of images are obtained, the plurality of images in a designated frame, and store the plurality of images arranged in the designated frame as the log information.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
in a state in which the plurality of images are displayed, identify an input for selecting, among the plurality of images, at least one image to be arranged in a designated frame, arrange, based on the input for selecting the at least one image, the at least one image in the designated frame according to a time sequence, and store the at least one image arranged in the designated frame as the log information.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
store, based on identifying the termination of the communication between the plurality of users in the virtual space, the log information in the memory, display the log information and second log information about a second communication distinct from the communication stored in the memory, and display, based on an input for displaying the log information, the plurality of images.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
display the first character within a first area of a screen displaying the virtual space, among the first area and a second area in the screen, display the at least one second character within the second area, in a state in which the first character is displayed within the first area, and display a plurality of first text messages based on the communication between the plurality of users superimposed on a portion of the second area.

8 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
obtain utterance data of the plurality of users, in the state in which the communication between the plurality of users is being performed, obtain, based on setting the utterance data as an input value of a designated model indicated by a plurality of parameters, text data, and obtain, based on the text data, a plurality of second text messages.

9 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the log information comprises the plurality of first text messages and the plurality of second text messages.

10 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
based on identifying the termination of the communication between the plurality of users, arrange the plurality of first text messages and the plurality of second text messages according to the plurality of users, and display, the plurality of first text messages and the plurality of second text messages sorted according to the plurality of users, according to a time sequence.

11 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
identify an input for setting a type of data to be stored as the log information, and set, based on the input, the type of the data to be stored as the log information, to one of a text type, an image type, and a video type.

12 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
display an object for obtaining a video superimposed in the virtual space, in the state in which the communication between the plurality of users is being performed, and based on receiving an input on the object, obtain a video representing a communication between the plurality of users for a timing at which the input is received.

13 . A method of an electronic device, comprising:
based on an application for communication between at least one user and a user of the electronic device in a virtual space being executed, displaying the virtual space including a first character corresponding to the user of the electronic device and at least one second character corresponding to the at least one user; in a state in which communication between a plurality of users including the user of the electronic device and the at least one user is being performed through the first character and the at least one second character in the virtual space, obtaining log information on the communication between the plurality of users; based on identifying a termination of the communication between the plurality of us

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Song Taeyang
• Kim Moonjeong
• Kim Youngrog
• Kim Taeyeong
• Sung Wonkyu
• Yoo Jonghyuck
• Lee Changhan
• Kim Sukdong
• Seo Soohyun

Classifications

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06T11/60

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title

• G06F16/535

  Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles · CPC title

• H04L51/216 Primary

  Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title