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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An electronic device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: at least one microphone receiving sound from the outside, and configured to detect the direction from which the sound is received; a speaker for outputting the sound; a communication circuit for receiving audio data from an external electronic device; a processor electrically connected to at least one microphone, the speaker, and the communication circuit; and at least one memory electrically connected to the processor. The memory, when operated, can store instructions for enabling the processor to extract the information on the direction, from which the sound is received, from the data related to the sound received through at least one microphone, and to process the data related to the sound outputted through the speaker, on the basis of the information on the direction from which the sound is received. Other examples are possible.