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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Jong Mo Kum, Seoul, KR;
Min Ho Bae, Seoul, KR;
Jung Yeol An, Seoul, KR;
Gang Youl Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jun Tai Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jae Mo Yang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Nam Il Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ho Chul Hwang, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 2201/401 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device comprising: a microphone array including at least three microphones; and at least one processor configured to: identify a kind of an application that is executed; activate one or more of the microphones in the array based on each microphone's respective position within the electronic device and the type of the application; and capture audio using the activated microphones.