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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Kyung-hun Jung, Seoul, KR;
Ho-sang Sung, Yongin-si, KR;
Eun-mi Oh, Seoul, KR;
Jong-hoon Jeong, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Ki-hyun Choo, Seoul, KR;
Byeong-hoon Kwak, Uiwang-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Provided are a terminal device and method of performing a call function transmitting ambient audio with high sensitivity. A terminal device performing a call function with at least one external device via a network may include a receiver configured to receive at least one of an audio transmission signal and a video transmission signal to be transmitted to the external device; a processor configured to analyze at least one of the audio transmission signal and the video transmission signal, select one of a speech mode and an audio mode, based on a result of the analysis, and compress the audio transmission signal, based on the selected mode; a communicator configured to transmit the compressed audio transmission signal to the external device, and receive an audio reception signal from the external device; and an output unit configured to output the audio reception signal.