Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sound output device pairing with closest external speaker and content source
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Application No.: US16148464Application Date: 2018-10-01
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Publication No.: US11184724B2Publication Date: 2021-11-23
- Inventor: Ho-sun Lee , Yong-jin Kang , Nam-gon Kim , Ju-han Bae
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2014-0178451 20141211
- Main IPC: H04B3/00
- IPC: H04B3/00 ; H04R29/00 ; H04R3/12 ; H04S7/00

Abstract:
Sound output devices, output systems and methods are provided. The sound output device includes a speaker; a communicator configured to perform communication with an external speaker and a content source that provides sound content to the external speaker; and a processor configured to recognize the external speaker in response to the device entering into a predetermined range from the external speaker, to perform pairing with the external speaker, to receive information about the content source from the external speaker, to receive the sound content from the content source based on the information about the content source, and to output the received sound content through the speaker.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190037326A1 SOUND OUTPUT DEVICE, SOUND OUTPUT SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2019-01-31
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