US Patent 10978058 Electronic apparatus and control method thereof

Disclosed are an electronic apparatus, a control method thereof, and a computer program product for the same, the electronic apparatus including: a receiver comprising receiving circuitry configured to receive a sound; and a processor configured to: identify with a given sensitivity whether a characteristic of a received sound corresponds to a voice command of a user in response to the sound being received through the receiver, identify the voice command based on identifying that the characteristic of the received sound corresponds to the voice command, and perform an operation corresponding to the identified voice command, and change the sensitivity based on identifying that the characteristic of the received sound does not correspond to the voice command. Thus, the electronic apparatus performs the optimum and/or improved audio process by properly controlling the sensitivity based on the circumstances.