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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Chi-ho Jung, Seoul, KR;
Ho-young Sung, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/04 (2006.01); H03G 5/16 (2006.01); H03G 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H03G 5/165 (2013.01); H03G 9/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
An audio reproduction method and apparatus, in which an audio volume is automatically controlled based on audio energy and human auditory characteristics. The audio reproduction method includes splitting a reproduction audio signal into audio signals corresponding to a plurality of frequency bands, extracting audio energy for each of the frequency bands, and comparing the audio energy for each of the frequency bands with a predetermined threshold and controlling the volume of the audio signal corresponding to each of the frequency bands.