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Patent No.:

US 12456464 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2023

Electronic device and method for processing speech by classifying speech target

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Minjung Park, Suwon-si, KR;

Chulkwi Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Juyoung Yu, Suwon-si, KR;

Nammin Jo, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

NIXON & VANDERHYE P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Yogeshkumar Patel

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/25 (2013.01); G06V 20/50 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/25 (2013.01); G06V 20/50 (2022.01); G06V 40/171 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and a device which includes multiple cameras arranged at different positions, multiple microphones arranged at different positions, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to at least one of the multiple cameras, the multiple microphones, and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to: determine, using at least one of the multiple cameras, whether at least one of a user wearing the electronic device or a counterpart having a conversation with the user makes an utterance, configure directivity of at least one of the multiple microphones based on the determination, obtain an audio from at least one of the multiple microphones based on the configured directivity, obtain an image including a mouth shape of the user or the counterpart from at least one of the multiple cameras, and process speech of an utterance target in a different manner based on the obtained audio and the image.

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