Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Seonmi Kim

Hangil Moon

Kyunghoon Lee

Juhee Chang

Sangho Lee

Hwan Shim

Sunmin Hwang

Kyoungho Bang

Jaemo Yang

Sangeun Kim

Jeock Lee

Suyoung Park

Hochul Hwang

Jookwan Lee

Soomin Lee

Wonsuk Chung

Ho-Chul Hwang

Gunwoo Lee

Junsuk Kim

Hyeonyeong Jeong

Haekeu Park

Jangbok Lee

Sunghoon Cho

Sangju Lee

Jongmin Baik

Geeyeun Kim

Sohmann Kim

Junwoo Cha

Byunggil Lee

Hyejeong Kim

Byoung-Hee Lee

Jaeseong Lee

Myungcheol Lee

Myoungsung Sim

Soonho Baek

Sehui Jang

Chongguk Lee

Su-Mi Moon

Janghoon Kang

Moongyo Bae

Seeyoun Kwon

Namkyeom Kim

Taiyong Kim

Sukhyun Lee

Hansol Kim

Sangmoon Moh

Byeongmin Lee

Changgil Oh

Hwangyun Cho

Sunghan Park

Je-Ok Lee

Kyeongcheol Yoon

Seunghun O

Changsin Kim

Seyoun Kwon

KyungHoon Lee

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes, for the purpose of determining a customized beamformer filter, an input module including a plurality of microphones configured to receive an external sound signal, a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions and an initial value of a voice parameter used to perform beamforming on the external sound signal, and a processor configured to execute the instructions by accessing the memory. The instructions may be configured to estimate a feature value of the external sound signal, calculate the initial value of the voice parameter used to perform beamforming based on the external sound signal received by the plurality of microphones, determine whether to store the calculated initial value according to the feature value, determine which one of the calculated initial value or an initial value stored in the memory used according to the feature value, and obtain a target voice parameter.

Electronic device for controlling beamforming and operating method thereof

Electronic devices and methods of use include a plurality of microphones, a speaker, an audio module, and a processor electrically coupled to the plurality of microphones, the speaker, and the audio module. The processor may be configured to control the audio module to separate each of input signals of ambient sounds input respectively through the plurality of microphones into a plurality of frequency bands by frequency conversion, control the audio module to obtain a gain value for each of the plurality of frequency bands based on an inter-channel phase variance for the plurality of frequency bands, control the audio module to filter a first frequency band signal with a directionality based on the gain value for each of the plurality of frequency bands, and control the speaker to output an output signal processed based on the first frequency band signal.

Electronic device and method for outputting sound

An electronic device is provided. In order to process an ambient sound according to an audio scene, the electronic device receive an ambient sound, determine an audio scene based on the ambient sound, determine a target signal processing profile corresponding to the audio scene among one or more signal processing profile, and process the ambient sound according to the target signal processing profile.

Electronic device for controlling ambient sound based on audio scene and operating method thereof

A headset including an in-ear microphone is disclosed, the headset including a first frame including a first surface toward a first direction, a second surface toward a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side surface surrounding at least part of a space between the first surface and the second surface, a speaker seating portion formed by recessing by a specific depth from a first portion of the first surface toward the second surface, a space formed between the speaker seating portion and the second surface, a speaker hole penetrated from the speaker seating portion to the space, a microphone hole penetrated from a second portion of the first surface to the space, an acoustic hole formed by penetrating the second surface from the space, a speaker seated in the speaker seating portion, a first printed circuit board disposed on the second portion and having a via hole connected with the microphone hole, a second printed circuit board electrically connected with the first printed circuit board and a connection unit of the speaker, and a microphone mounted at a position aligned with the via hole on the first printed circuit board. Various other embodiments identified in this document are also possible.

Headset including in-ear microphone

An electronic device includes a communication processor including a first communication circuitry, a second communication circuitry, and a temperature measurement sensor. The electronic device further includes an application processor that receives information via the second communication circuitry and determines whether to request the communication processor change modes. The communication processor receives a signal to change modes, release an RRC connection, and control the second communication circuitry to enter a sleep state.

Electronic device for operating a cellular communication and method for the same

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise: a memory, at least one antenna module comprising at least one antenna, and at least one communication processor. The at least one communication processor may be configured to: control the electronic device to perform a call by voice communication connection through a second communication network, in response to receiving a first call request, based on identifying that the call is disconnected, identify information related to a call disconnected cause, based on identifying that the identified information related to the call disconnected cause corresponds to a designated condition, start a timer for deferring connection to a first communication network, and in response to receiving a second call request before the timer expires, control the electronic device to perform a voice communication connection through the second communication network currently connected the electronic device.

Electronic device and method for processing call request in electronic device

According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises a microphone configured to acquire a signal including a voice signal and noise signal; a speaker; a memory; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: receive the signal from the microphone, wherein the signal corresponds to a plurality of predetermined frequency bands; identify portions of the signal corresponding to a first band and a second band of the plurality of frequency bands; calculate a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) values for each predetermined frequency band, based on the signal; obtain a first parameter for correcting the portion of the signal corresponding to the first band and a second parameter for correcting the portion of the signal corresponding to the second band, based on the calculated SNR values for the first band and the second band; and apply the first parameter and the second parameter to each of the predetermined frequency bands.

Method for improving sound quality and electronic device using same

Electronic device for reporting communication quality measurement result and method of operating electronic device

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a wireless communication circuitry, a processor operatively connected with the wireless communication circuitry, and a memory, operatively connected with the processor, storing configured network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) and an application. The memory stores instructions, when executed, causing the processor to, when the electronic device is booted, identify a single-NSSAI (s-NSSAI) candidate group including at least one s-NSSAI, based on configuration information of the application, determine a specified number of s-NSSAIs among at least one s-NSSAI included in the configured NSSAI as a first requested NSSAI based on the number of s-NSSAIs included in the configured NSSAI and the s-NSSAI candidate group, and transmit a first registration request message including the first requested NSSAI, via the wireless communication circuitry.

Electronic device for requesting NSSAI in wireless communication network and method thereof

Certain embodiments of the disclosure relate to microphone-equipped wearable devices, and more particularly, to wearable devices worn on users' ear. According to certain embodiments of the disclosure, a wearable device comprises a speaker, a microphone, and a housing, the housing includes a protrusion configured to be insertable into a user's ear, a first sound path including a first opening formed through an area of a surface of the protrusion, extending from the first opening in a first length, and including a second opening facing the speaker, and a second sound path including a third opening formed through another area of the surface of the protrusion, extending from the third opening in a second length larger than the first length, and including a fourth opening facing the microphone. Other certain embodiments are also possible.

Electronic device including speaker and microphone

An acoustic device that includes a housing, a nozzle portion, a speaker hole, a first microphone hole, a speaker, a first microphone, and a processor configured to output a first signal through the speaker, receive a second signal corresponding to the first signal through the first microphone, output a third signal through the speaker when a magnitude of a first frequency band component of the second signal is greater than a first value, receive a fourth signal corresponding to the third signal through the first microphone, and determine that the protruding end surface of the nozzle portion is blocked and the acoustic device is not worn in a user's ear when a magnitude of a second frequency band component of the fourth signal is greater than a second value.

Method for detecting wearing of acoustic device and acoustic device supporting the same

A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image. The display panel includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines. A gate driving part is configured to output gate signals to the plurality of gate lines. A data driving part includes a plurality of channels configured to output data signals to the plurality of data lines. The plurality of channels is further configured to shift the data signals by M channel, where M is a positive integer, according to a driving mode selection signal for selecting a driving mode of the display panel.

Display apparatus having a shift driving mode and method of testing the same

A wearable acoustic device with a microphone is provided. The wearable acoustic device includes a first housing forming a first acoustic emission path, a second housing combined with the first housing in a first direction that is substantially parallel to the first acoustic emission path, an acoustic component part arranged within the second housing and emitting sound through the first acoustic emission path, and at least one microphone arranged adjacent to the first acoustic emission path within the first housing.

Wearable acoustic device with microphone

A curved display apparatus includes a curved display panel, a driver, a controller and a plurality of flexible substrates. The curved display panel extends in a tangential direction with respect to a first axis direction. The driver applies a driving signal to the curved display panel. The controller includes a curved printed circuit board extending in the tangential direction with respect to a first axis direction. The controller applies a control signal to the driver. The flexible substrates electrically connect the curved printed circuit board with the curved display panel. Each of the flexible substrates includes a first connection portion connected to the curved display panel, a second connection portion connected to the curved printed circuit board and a flexible substrate body connecting the first connection portion with the second connection portion. The flexible substrate body extends in a radial direction with respect to the first axis direction.

Curved display apparatus having radially extending flexible substrates and method of manufacturing the same

The present disclosure discloses a wearable device with a sound sealing structure. The disclosed device may include a housing having at least one or more sound holes, at least one or more substrates fixed inside the housing, and at least one or more sound element portions disposed in the housing to face a 1direction(+) and including a sound path comprising a duct structure for connection to the sound hole. At least one or more coupling structures on which a coupling force is exerted in a 2direction facing a vertical direction of the 1direction may be formed between the housing and the sound element portion, and the sound element portion may be prevented from and/or resist being moved back in a 1direction(&#x2212;) due to the at least one or more coupling structures.

Wearable device with sound sealing structure

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Seonmi Kim