Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Harman International Industries, Inc.

Chulmin Lee

Hoseon Shin

Minwoo Song

Kyounggu Woo

Junghoon Seo

Daehyoun Byoun

Kugjin Cho

Taegu Kim

Youngwoo Lee

YoungWoo Lee

Jaeyung Yeo

Gajin Song

Yoonju Lee

Changwoo Han

Juyoung Lim

Taejin Lee

Seungyeol Lee

Younghyun Ban

Kyungjin Yoon

Jaeseung Cho

In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes determining a size of a display area of a display panel on which one or more images are being displayed, determining a threshold current value based on the size, measuring a first current drawn by the display panel, determining whether the first current exceeds the threshold current value, and upon determining that the first current exceeds the threshold current value, causing a second current providing power to a light source associated with the display panel to be shut off.

Detection of a malfunctioning display using power measurement

According to various embodiments, an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, a plurality of microphones, a speaker, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to output audio through the speaker based on data received from an external electronic device through the communication circuit, identify an utterance including a specified keyword received through at least some of the plurality of microphones, based on identifying the utterance including the specified keyword, decrease the volume of the audio output through the speaker and perform an operation for providing a speech of a user of the electronic device and a speech of a person other than the user of the electronic device based on at least some of ambient sounds received through at least some of the plurality of microphones.

Electronic device including speaker and microphone and method for operating the same

A method of determining a target path according to a source electronic control unit (ECU) mounted on a vehicle is provided. The method includes obtaining state information of a plurality of paths connecting the source ECU with a destination ECU, selecting the target path for target data from among the plurality of paths based on the state information, and transmitting the target data to the destination ECU through an ECU located on the selected target path, the state information including information about at least one of power consumption of an ECU located on the paths, a temperature of the ECU located on the paths, a latency of the paths, and a transmission success rate of the paths.

ECU and target path determination method thereby

An electronic device includes a speaker, a sensor, a communication circuit, a processor, and a memory to store instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause a wireless audio device to, while outputting a signal for reducing an external sound through the speaker, identify, using the communication circuit, an external electronic device, identify, using the sensor, a conversation responsive to a location of the external electronic device satisfying a specified condition, responsive to identifying the conversation, stop an output of the signal for reducing the external sound for a first period of time, and responsive to identifying a specified keyword included in the conversation, prolong stopping the output of the signal for reducing the external sound for a second period of time.

Method for controlling ambient sound and electronic device for the same

In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises measuring a current drawn by a display panel, determining whether the current exceeds a threshold value, and upon determining that the current exceeds the threshold value, causing a light source associated with the display panel to shut off.

A wireless audio device is provided. The wireless audio device includes an audio receiving circuit, an audio output circuit, an acceleration sensor, a communication circuit, a processor, and a memory. The memory may store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the wireless audio device to detect an utterance of a user of the wireless audio device by using the acceleration sensor, enter a dialog mode in which at least some of ambient sounds received by the audio receiving circuit are output through the audio output circuit, in response to detecting the utterance of the user, and end the dialog mode if no voice is detected for a specified time or longer by using the audio receiving circuit in the dialog mode.

Method for controlling ambient sound and electronic device therefor

An electronic device according to various embodiments includes: a microphone, a memory, and a processor, wherein the memory stores instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to: control the electronic device to copy a signal acquired from the microphone, record a first signal, and perform voice recognition on a second signal based on a recording operation using the microphone being executed, determine an editing section including unnecessary information in the first signal based on a voice recognition result for the second signal, and generate recording data by editing the unnecessary information included in the determined editing section in the first signal.

Electronic device and method for processing voice input and recording in the same

An electronic device includes an input device, a processor, and a memory The processor is configured to identify a first filter value of a first signal received from the input device. The processor is configured to receive a second signal after a first time elapses after the first signal is received. The processor is configured to receive a third signal after a second time elapses after the second signal is received. The processor is configured to compare a level of the second signal with a first threshold value for each of the at least one unit section of the second signal. The processor is configured to identify first information indicating that abnormal noise is present in a first section of the second signal. The processor is configured to perform filtering on the third signal based on the first filter value of the first signal according to the first information.

Electronic device and method for determining abnormal noise

An electronic device and method are provided. The method includes identifying a speech section of a user and a speech section of a neighbor in a received audio signal, identifying a user utterance in the speech section of the user and a neighbor answer to the user utterance in the speech section of the neighbor, obtaining preference information associated with the user utterance, giving a first reliability to the neighbor answer and a second reliability to an agent answer of an artificial intelligence agent generated in response to the user utterance, based on the preference information, not responding to the user utterance when the second reliability is lower than the first reliability, and outputting the agent answer when the second reliability is equal to or higher than the first reliability.

Electronic device for supporting artificial intelligence agent services to talk to users

An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes communication circuitry, an output interface, memory and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: storing, in the memory, accident modeling information including at least one of a history of accidents at a present location, and a first driver profile of a driver associated with the history of accidents at the present location, receiving at least a portion of a second driver profile from at least one external vehicle proximate to the vehicle via the communication circuitry, the second driver profile indicating driving characteristics of a driver of the at least one external vehicle, generating accident risk information based at least on the accident modeling information and the second driver profile, and outputting the generated accident risk information through the output interface.

Electronic device for vehicle and operating method thereof

Embodiments are disclosed for a method for controlling backlighting of a heads up display of a vehicle. In one example, the method includes adjusting different backlighting regions of the heads up display differently without analyzing a displayed image. In another example, different backlighting regions include a first region and a second region that do not overlap, and adjusting is based on a vehicle operating parameter, user input, and/or a vehicle mode. In another example, backlighting is controlled via a backlight with an array of light emitting elements, and regions include separate adjacent groups of light emitting elements.

Heads up display

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a microphone, a processor operatively connected to the microphone, and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory, when executed, stores instructions for causing the processor to receive first speech data through the microphone, recognize a user input to call a voice assistant from the first speech data, convert the user input into a first wakeup score, determine the electronic device as a first reference device at least based on the first wakeup score that exceeds a designated threshold value, configure a first noise reduction space based on location information of the first reference device, determine at least one of one or more electronic devices, located in the first noise reduction space, as a first noise reduction device to perform a noise reduction operation, and control the noise reduction operation of the first noise reduction device.

Electronic device supporting improved speech recognition

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises a speaker, a plurality of microphones, at least one processor operatively connected with the speaker and the plurality of microphones, and a memory operatively connected with the at least one processor, wherein the memory is configured to store instructions which, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform speech audio processing or non-speech audio processing on audio signals received via the plurality of microphones, upon obtaining a non-speech audio signal based on the speech audio processing or the non-speech audio processing, identify a non-speech audio signal pattern corresponding to the non-speech audio signal, obtain a non-speech audio signal-based first command based on the identified non-speech audio signal pattern, and perform at least one action corresponding to the obtained non-speech audio signal-based first command.

Electronic device and controlling method using non-speech audio signal in the electronic device

According to an embodiment, disclosed is an electronic device including a speaker, a microphone, a communication interface, a processor operatively connected to the speaker, the microphone, and the communication interface, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive a first utterance through the microphone, to determine a speaker model by performing speaker recognition on the first utterance, to receive a second utterance through the microphone after the first utterance is received, to detect an end-point of the second utterance, at least partially using the determined speaker model. Besides, various embodiments as understood from the specification are also possible.

Method for user voice input processing and electronic device supporting same

Disclosed are an integrated circuit for controlling function modules to a low-power status depending on an operating status, an electronic device, and a control method thereof. An integrated circuit includes at least one clock generator, a clock distribution circuit that distributes a clock generated by the at least one clock generator, a plurality of function modules that receive the clock distributed by the clock distribution circuit, a monitoring circuit that monitors operating statuses of the at least one clock generator and the clock distribution circuit, a memory, and at least one control circuit. When the operating statuses of the at least one clock generator and the clock distribution circuit monitored by the monitoring circuit correspond to a specified operating status, the at least one control circuit is configured to control at least one of at least one function module of the plurality of function modules, the at least one clock generator, or the clock distribution circuit based on a specified control method. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Chulmin Lee