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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Seok-Weon Seo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23296 (2013.01); H04N 5/262 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus support a zoom microphone function in a mobile terminal. The apparatus includes a plurality of microphones, a camera, and a controller. Each of the plurality of microphones has a different directional characteristic. The camera captures an image. And the controller determines a zoom level of the camera, and adjusts gains of the plurality of microphones based on a zoom range to which the zoom level belongs.