APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

An electronic device includes an output, a memory, a communication interface to communicate with a network resource, a housing including a sensor mounting panel, first and second sensors, and one or more processors. First and second sensors are mounted in the housing and through the sensor mounting panel to face a target environment. The first sensor collects first type information about a target environment. The second sensor collects second type information about the target environment different from the first type information. A processor controls the first sensor to change between a plurality of operating states. The plurality of operation states comprise: a first operation state representing a network sharing state, wherein first type information collected by the first sensor is shared with network resources through a communication interface; and a second operating state representing a local state, wherein the first type of information is locally maintained on one or more processors of the electronic dev