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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 11/00 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/00 (2013.01); H04R 3/007 (2013.01); H04R 29/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
An audio output apparatus and a method are provided, which includes calculating a temperature value of a voice coil of the audio output apparatus using a heat transfer model algorithm, in response to power being supplied to the voice coil; adjusting an output level of an audio signal by determining a gain value to adjust the output level of the audio signal according to the calculated voice coil temperature value, and outputting the audio signal with the adjusted output level.