A electronic device for extracting a emotion of user and method for extracting a emotion of user in the electronic device

The present invention relates to an electronic device for extracting emotion of a user and a method for extracting emotion of a user thereof which shares the emotional states of users between electronic devices and provides the conveniences for the users thereby. According to the present invention, the method for extracting and sharing the emotion of a user includes the steps of: receiving emotion input data inputted from a user of an electronic device; comparing the inputted emotion input data with emotion measuring data to determine the emotional state of the user; and transmitting the determined emotional state of the user to an external device to perform the sharing with the external device. According to the present invention, the user can share the emotional states of other users in using various electronic devices to recommend the contents adequate to the emotional states of the respective users or to control the functions of the electronic devices desired by the respective users.