Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Chulmin Choi

Hochul Hwang

Kiwon Kim

Gangyoul Kim

Yangsu Kim

Gunhyuk Yoon

Beakkwon Son

Jinwoo Park

Kyoungho Bang

Jaemo Yang

Seongkwan Yang

Jaeha Park

Juntai Kim

Seungyoon Heo

Yonghoon Lee

Kyungseok Oh

Jonghwan Kim

Hangil Moon

Youngsoo Park

Byounghee Lee

Joonrae Cho

Ho-Chul Hwang

JaeHyun Kim

Kiho Cho

Hyunjoong Kim

Taeeon Kim

Sangsoo Park

Namil Lee

Mira Seo

Soonho Baek

Beak-Kwon Son

Jungyeol An

Jeock Lee

Keunwon Jang

Vadim Kudryavtsev

Jongmo Keum

Dongmoon Ok

Changtaek Kang

Seung-Yoon Heo

A wearable device outputting a sound for an object of interest and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a wearable device may comprise at least one microphone, at least one speaker, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to identify an object of interest of a user wearing the wearable device, obtain a sound signal generated from the identified object of interest using the at least one microphone, and output the sound signal generated from the object of interest through the at least one speaker or output a sound related to the object of interest through the at least one speaker, based on a sensitivity of the obtained sound signal.

Wearable device outputting sound for object of interest and method for controlling the same

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a device and method for processing an audio signal by using a setting related to a volume of an audio signal in an electronic device. The electronic device may comprise a sound output device and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: check a setting related to a volume of an audio signal to be output using the sound output device; when the setting related to the volume falls into a first designated range, process the audio signal in a state where the range of the volume is set to have a first resolution; when the setting related to the volume falls into a second designated range, process the audio signal in a state where the range of the volume is set to have a second resolution; and output the audio signal by using the sound output device, the audio signal having been processed in a state where the range of the volume is set to have a resolution corresponding to one of the first resolution and the second resolution. Other embodiments may be possible.

Method and electronic device for processing audio signal on basis of resolution set on basis of volume of audio signal

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a multi-channel speaker system, and an electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a housing, a display which is attached to the housing to be seen from the outside, an actuator which is attached to a back surface of the display to vibrate the display and to generate a sound of a first frequency band, a hole which is formed on one side surface of the housing, and a speaker which is positioned on a region adjacent to the hole to generate a sound of a second frequency band different from the first frequency band through the hole. The actuator includes a first actuator which is attached to a certain region of the back surface of the display to vibrate the display, and a second actuator which is attached to a back surface of the display spaced apart from the first actuator by a designated distance to vibrate the display.

Electronic device including multi-channel speaker system

An electronic device includes an audio input module, an audio output module, and a processor. The processor is configured to provide a first signal and a second signal into which a first audio signal is processed, output the first audio signal through the audio output module, acquire an external audio signal comprising the first audio signal of the electronic device, acquire a first output value through a first input channel of an audio filter, acquire a second output value through a second input channel of the audio filter, and provide a second audio signal, based at least on a first difference value between the magnitude value corresponding to the first frequency of the external audio signal and the first output value and a second difference value between the magnitude value corresponding to the second frequency of the external audio signal and the second output value.

Method and device for processing audio signal using audio filter having non-linear characteristics to prevent receipt of echo signal

An electronic device includes a processor. The processor is configured to examine the sound level of an audio signal obtained from an external object for a preset time; change, if the frequency with which the sound level becomes higher than or equal to a specified level satisfies a preset condition, a reference level, at which the gain value for audio signal amplification is changed in accordance with the amplitude change of the audio signal, for at least one section of the audio signal satisfying the preset condition; and amplify the at least one section of the audio signal according to the changed reference level.

Method for amplifying audio signal based on its amplitude and electronic device supporting the same

An audio processing method and an electronic device for supporting the same are provided. The audio signal processing method includes checking property information of an audio signal in response to a request for playing the audio signal; processing, when property information fulfills a first condition, the audio signal using the first method and, when the property information fulfills a second condition, the audio signal using the second method; and outputting the audio signal processed using one of the first and second methods through a speaker.

Audio signal processing method and electronic device for supporting the same

An electronic device and a method for converting a call type of the electronic device are provided. Accordingly, it is possible to provide optimal sound quality and impression of space to a user while providing an optimal stereo call service by upmixing a mono signal to a stereo signal even if stereo call is converted into mono call due to the environment change like a handover while the electronic device performs stereo call with an external electronic device.

Electronic device and method for converting call type therof

A method and an apparatus for customizing audio data processing are provided. The method includes receiving audio data through a wireless communication channel from an external device; decoding the received audio data; reducing noise of the decoded audio data; identifying hearing characteristics of a user by testing hearing abilities of the user at a plurality of frequency bands; adjusting a dynamic range of each of the plurality of frequency bands based on the hearing characteristics; processing the noise-reduced audio data based on the adjusted dynamic range of each of the plurality of frequency bands; and outputting the processed audio data.

Method and apparatus for customizing audio signal processing for a user

An apparatus and method for cancelling a noise of an audio signal in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a communication module configured to provide a voice call service with a counterpart electronic device, a memory configured to store one or more noise cancellation variables, and a processor configured to, when a call with the counterpart electronic device is configured through the communication module, select a noise cancellation variable corresponding to a reception signal strength from the memory and cancel an audio signal noise based on a noise cancellation variable corresponding to the reception signal.

Method for cancelling noise of audio signal and electronic device thereof

A method and apparatus for customizing audio signal processing for a user by a mobile device is provided. The method includes identifying hearing characteristics of the user by testing hearing abilities of the user, by the mobile device, at a plurality of frequencies; adjusting a dynamic range of each of the plurality of frequencies based on the hearing characteristics; processing a decoded audio signal based on the adjusted dynamic range of each of the plurality of frequencies; and outputting the processed audio signal.

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Chulmin Choi