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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Ju-Hee Chang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Je-Ok Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seon-Mi Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jun-Tai Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ho-Chul Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/04 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04R 29/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
An audio accessory and an audio output method are provided. The audio accessory includes a connector configured to be connected to an external device, an audio output unit configured to output a sound, and a switching unit configured to select a signal path according to whether the sound output through the audio output unit is in a balanced mode or an unbalanced mode.