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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 15, 2014
Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Eunhee Yi, Seoul, KR;

Jinhee Lee, Seoul, KR;

Junhee Yeo, Seoul, KR;

Kiho Lee, Seoul, KR;

Jinyung Park, Seoul, KR;

Minjung Kim, Seoul, KR;

Doyoung Lee, Seoul, KR;

Younghyun Kim, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/00 (2013.01); G10L 25/00 (2013.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04M 3/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2015.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); H04M 1/605 (2013.01); H04M 1/72519 (2013.01); G06F 1/1694 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1614 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1637 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

This specification provides a terminal including a microphone that is configured to receive a user's voice input for controlling an operation of the terminal, an analyzing unit that is configured to sense a degree of proximity between the user's mouth and the microphone while the voice is input, an output unit that is configured to output at least one of visible data and audible data based on the voice, and a controller that is configured to restrict the output of the audible data when the degree of proximity is smaller than a preset range and a volume of the voice is below a preset reference volume.


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