Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Shinhyuck Kang

Minjung Kim

Hyunil An

Wookwang Lee

Jaebyeong Han

Injune Choi

An electronic device includes: at least one microphone; a main processing circuit; and an audio processing circuit, wherein the main processing circuit is configured to: obtain, via the at least one microphone, first audio data including a first number of audio channels, the first number being greater than or equal to one; receive second audio data including a second number of audio channels from an external device connected to the electronic device, the second number being greater than or equal to one; and provide the first audio data and the second audio data to the audio processing circuit, and wherein the audio processing circuit is configured to: produce a single audio stream including a third number of audio channels by using the first number of audio channels of the first audio data and the second number of audio channels of the second audio data; and provide the single audio stream to the main processing circuit.

Method and device for processing audio data obtained via microphone and audio data received via external device into single audio stream

A method of operating the electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a universal serial bus (USB) connector connectable to an external electronic device including a radio reception circuit configured to receive a radio signal and to convert the received radio signal into a digital signal, and a signal processing circuit configured to generate a sound corresponding to the digital signal based on a control signal transmitted by the electronic device, and a processor. The processor may be configured to: receive information of the external electronic device in response to detecting that the external electronic device is connected to the USB connector, determine whether the external electronic device is capable of processing the radio signal based on the information of the external electronic device, activate a radio framework configured to control a radio reception function of the external electronic device in response to identifying that the external electronic device is capable of processing the radio signal, and control the external electronic device based on the operation of the USB framework, which receives the control signal generated by the radio framework. In addition, various embodiments are possible.

Electronic device for receiving radio broadcast using external electronic device capable of processing radio signal, the external electronic device, and method of operating the electronic device

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Shinhyuck Kang