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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10349171 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 09, 2016

Electronic device, peripheral devices and control method therefor

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Seung-il Yoon, Yongin-si, KR;

Kyoung-Shin Jin, Yongin-si, KR;

Hyun-kyu Yun, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Yosef K Laekemariam

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01); G01S 5/30 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04N 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/005 (2013.01); G01S 5/30 (2013.01); H04M 1/7253 (2013.01); H04N 5/4403 (2013.01); H04N 21/42222 (2013.01); H04N 21/439 (2013.01); H04N 21/4852 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04S 3/00 (2013.01); H04S 7/301 (2013.01); H04S 7/302 (2013.01); H04S 7/40 (2013.01); H04N 5/60 (2013.01); H04N 2005/4428 (2013.01); H04R 2205/024 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include a first speaker configured to output a first audio signal, a second speaker configured to output a second audio signal, a communicator configured to communicate with a peripheral device, and a processor configured to receive information related to a time at which the first audio signal is received and a time at which the second audio signal is received from the peripheral device which receives the first audio signal and the second audio signal and to determine a distance to and a direction of the peripheral device with reference to the electronic device based on the received information.

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