Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Kyounggu Woo

Chulmin Lee

Taegu Kim

Hoseon Shin

Jaeyung Yeo

Hyunjin Park

Sangho Lee

Kyungtae Kim

Jehun Jeon

Yoonju Lee

Sangyong Park

Hyeonjae Bak

Hojun Jaygarl

Hansin Koh

Jooyeon Kim

Youngwoo Lee

Sangwook Kang

Jongbeom Lee

Inchoon Yeo

Wooup Kwon

Hyunson Seo

YoungWoo Lee

Junkwang Oh

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

Disclosed is a wireless audio device, which includes at least one microphone, at least one speaker, at least one sensor, a processor, and a memory storing instructions, and the instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the wireless audio device, while the wireless audio device outputs a sound for reducing an outside sound acquired through the at least one microphone through the at least one speaker, to identify a specified outside sound of the outside sound acquired through the at least one microphone, to output a notification sound for indicating that the specified outside sound is identified through the at least one speaker, to identify a motion of a user of the wireless audio device through the at least one sensor, in response to outputting the notification sound, and to stop the output of the sound for reducing the outside sound based on the identified motion.

Electronic device for responding to user reaction and outside sound and operating method thereof

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

According to various embodiments, an electronic device performing an operation corresponding to an utterance of a user in a multi-device environment includes a communication module, a processor, and a memory. The processor operates a first electronic device for receiving and a second electronic device for executing in association with each other. The memory stores instructions that, when being executed, cause the processor to: determine whether a first utterance received at the first electronic device should be performed at the second electronic device; when the first utterance should be performed at the second electronic device, form a connection binding with the first electronic device and the second electronic device by using one or more channels through the communication module. When an operation corresponding to the first utterance is completed at the second electronic device, the processor terminates the connection binding with the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

Electronic device performing operation based on user speech in multi device environment and operating method thereof

According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include: a display, a communication module comprising communication circuitry, a memory; and a processor operatively connected to the display, the communication module, and the memory. According to an embodiment, the memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the electronic device to: obtain unique information of an external electronic device and information associated with a user of the external electronic device through the communication module, generate a candidate group including at least one candidate based on the unique information and the information associated with the user of the external electronic device, provide an external server with at least part of the information associated with the user of the external electronic device and information associated with the candidate group, receive a reliability value indicating a degree of similarity between the information associated with the user of the external electronic device and the information associated with the candidate group, from the external server, and to display a user interface (UI) indicating authentication for the user of the external electronic device based on the reliability value on the display.

Electronic device and operation method thereof

Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for providing an intelligent assistance service and an electronic device for performing the same. According to an embodiment, an electronic device comprises at least one communication circuit, at least one microphone, at least one speaker, at least one processor operatively connected to the communication circuit, the microphone, and the speaker, and at least one memory electrically connected to the processor, wherein the memory has instructions stored therein which, when executed, cause the processor to receive a wake-up utterance calling a voice-based intelligent assistance service, in response to the wake-up utterance, to identify a session which is in progress by the voice-based intelligent assistance service, and, upon receiving a control command, to provide the control command to an external device through the session on the basis of the session. Other embodiments are also possible.

Electronic device and method for operation thereof

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 embodiment of the present invention comprises: a communication module for communicating with at least one external device; a microphone for receiving a user utterance; a memory for storing performance mode information having been configured in the electronic device; and a processor electrically connected to the communication module, the microphone, and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, through the microphone, a second user utterance associated with task execution; transmit first data associated with the second user utterance to an external device; receive, from the external device, second data associated with at least a part of processing of the first data; identify a first work load allocated to the electronic device at the time of receiving the second data; and compare a second work load required for processing the second data and the first work load, so as to control the performance mode. In addition, various embodiments recognized through the specification are possible.

Performance mode control method and electronic device supporting same

The present invention can receive a user input comprising a request to perform a task using at least one of the application programs via at least one of a display or a microphone, transmit data related to the user input to an external server through a communication circuit, transmit version information on at least one of the application programs to the external server via the communication circuit together with the data transmission or after the data transmission, receive a pass rule as a response to the request from the external server via the communication circuit, and store instructions that cause an electronic device to perform the task by allowing the electronic device to have the sequence. The pass rule comprises information on a sequence of states of the electronic device for performing the task, and at least one of the states may be one determined by the external server on the basis of at least a portion of the version information.

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