Audio device for processing audio data and operation method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US12045540B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-23

    申请号:US17573829

    申请日:2022-01-12

    CPC classification number: G06F3/165 H04R3/00 H04R29/004

    Abstract: An audio device and method are disclosed. The audio device includes a microphone, a communication circuit, and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: establishing a communication link with an electronic device via the communication circuit, transmitting information related to the communication link to an external audio device via the communication circuit, detecting a first level of noise included in a first audio data collected via the at least one microphone, identifying a second level of noise of the external audio device, when the first level of noise satisfies a predesignated first condition, and controlling the external audio device to transmit second audio data collected by the external audio device to the electronic device, when the second level of noise of the external audio device meets a predesignated second condition different from the predesignated first condition.

    Wearable electronic device and operation method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US12167191B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-10

    申请号:US17861444

    申请日:2022-07-11

    Abstract: A wearable electronic device including a speaker and a microphone is configured to: generate a detection signal to detect whether a sound leakage occurs, receive, through the microphone, a feedback signal in which a signal obtained by outputting the detection signal into an ear canal of a user through the speaker is collected, calculate a difference value between the feedback signal and the detection signal, and correct a playback sound output by the wearable electronic device based on the difference value.

    Electronic device for audio input and method for operating the same

    公开(公告)号:US11997460B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-28

    申请号:US17568171

    申请日:2022-01-04

    CPC classification number: H04R3/005 H04R3/04 H04R3/12

    Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes an internal microphone, a communication module, and at least one processor. The processor implements the method, including: receiving, through the communication module, a first audio signal input through an external microphone included in an external electronic device communicatively connected to the electronic device, activating the internal microphone in response to detecting a device switch event switching from the external microphone to the internal microphone while receiving the first audio signal, receiving a second audio signal input through the internal microphone, synchronizing and mixing the first audio signal and the second audio signal during a designated first time period, and deactivating the external microphone upon detecting lapse of the designated first time period.

    Wearable device and method for controlling audio output using multi digital to analog converter path

    公开(公告)号:US12126975B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US17842044

    申请日:2022-06-16

    CPC classification number: H04R3/12 G10K11/17823 H04S3/008 H04R2205/022

    Abstract: A wearable device is provided and includes a plurality of speakers including a first speaker, a second speaker, and an Nth speaker, a plurality of digital to analog converter (DAC)s including a first DAC connected to the first speaker, a second DAC connected to the second speaker, and an Nth DAC connected to the Nth speaker, an audio signal processing module including N DAC output paths configured to filter an audio signal according to each frequency band and output the audio signal, a memory; and a processor electrically connected to the plurality of DACs, the audio signal processing module, and the memory, wherein the memory includes instructions causing the processor to, when the audio signal is reproduced, analyze a frequency component included in the audio signal, activate the N DAC output paths when the frequency component included in the audio signal has a full band range, activate only a DAC output path for processing a specific frequency band among the N DAC output paths when the frequency component included in the audio signal has only the specific frequency band, and output the audio signal through a speaker connected to the activated DAC output path.

    Electronic device with audio zoom and operating method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11277686B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US16988042

    申请日:2020-08-07

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a plurality of microphones, at least one processor electrically coupled with the camera and the plurality of microphones. The at least one processor may acquire a video signal, based on a designated zoom level via the camera, acquire a plurality of audio signals respectively via the plurality of microphones while acquiring the video signal, identify a first signal characteristic of a first audio signal acquired via a first microphone and a second signal characteristic of a second audio signal acquired via a second microphone among the plurality of microphones, derive a control parameter for signal processing for the first audio signal and the second audio signal, based on the designated zoom level, the first signal characteristic, and the second signal characteristic, and perform audio signal processing including beamforming using the first audio signal and the second audio signal, based on the derived control parameter. Various other embodiments are also possible.

    Electronic device and method for controlling operation thereof

    公开(公告)号:US10552113B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-04

    申请号:US15867287

    申请日:2018-01-10

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, a speaker, a microphone, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine whether there is auditory data stored in the memory of the electronic device when an external electronic device is connected thereto through the communication circuit, send a request for auditory data to the external electronic device when there is no auditory data stored in the memory, receive the auditory data from the external electronic device, correct data, at the electronic device, about the sound received through the microphone using the auditory data, receive corrected audio data from the external electronic device, synthesize the corrected data about the sound and the corrected audio data received from the external device to obtain first synthesized data, and output a first new sound corresponding to the first synthesized data through the speaker.

    Electronic device and sound signal processing method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US10097938B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-09

    申请号:US15607833

    申请日:2017-05-30

    Abstract: An electronic device and a sound signal processing method for improving sound perception of a hearing-impaired user are provided. The electronic device of the present disclosure includes a sound input unit comprising sound input circuitry configured to detect a sound and to convert the sound into a first sound signal and a processor which is electrically connected to the sound input unit, the processor configured to receive the first sound signal and to perform a predetermined signal processing on the first sound signal to generate a second sound signal, wherein the signal processing includes detecting a frequency band with a level equal to or greater than a predetermined value in a first frequency band above a predetermined cutoff frequency of the first sound signal, generating harmonic signals including a plurality of frequency bins that are identical in level with a signal in the detected frequency band, and overlapping the harmonic signals with the first sound signal.

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