IP Library Granted Patent US 12705018
Granted Patent B2
US 12705018 · App. 18/816,448 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Method and device for adjusting volume of electronic device

Inventors: Imkyeong You (Suwon-si, KR); Chanwoong Park (Suwon-si, KR); Jungkun Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G06F3/165
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Patent No.
US 12705018
App. No.
18/816,448
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for adjusting the volume of an electronic device, according to an embodiment, may comprise: adjusting, based on a user's voice being input into a first electronic device, the output volume of a second electronic device based on a second volume adjustment amount, determined based on the relative difference between the volume of the user's voice and the volume of the second electronic device measured in the first electronic device, and/or a third volume adjustment amount, input through a volume adjustment interface; adjusting, based on a conversation partner's voice being output from the first electronic device, the output volume of the first electronic device based on a first volume adjustment amount, determined based on the volume of the second electronic device measured in the first electronic device, and/or the third volume adjustment amount; and adjusting, based on the user and the conversation partner speaking simultaneously, the output volume of the second electronic device based on the first volume adjustment amount and/or the third volume adjustment amount, and determining the output volume of the first electronic device based on the volume of the user's voice.

Claims (53)

1 . A method of adjusting a volume of an electronic device, the method comprising:

based on a user's voice being input to a first electronic device, adjusting an output volume of a second electronic device, based on at least one of a second volume adjustment amount and a third volume adjustment amount, wherein the second volume adjustment amount is determined based on a relative difference between a volume of the input user's voice and a volume of the second electronic device measured in the first electronic device, and the third volume adjustment amount is input through a volume adjustment interface;

based on a conversation partner's voice being output from the first electronic device, adjusting an output volume of the first electronic device based on at least one of a first volume adjustment amount and the third volume adjustment amount, wherein the first volume adjustment amount is determined based on the volume of the second electronic device measured in the first electronic device; and,

based on the user and the conversation partner speaking at the same time, adjusting the output volume of the second electronic device based on at least one of the first volume adjustment amount and the third volume adjustment amount and determining the output volume of the first electronic device based on the volume of the user's voice.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

based on at least one of the user's speech and the conversation partner's speech ending, adjusting the output volume of the first electronic device or the output volume of the second electronic device to a volume before the output volume is adjusted.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the volume adjustment interface comprises:

an output volume adjustment object of the first electronic device and an output volume adjustment object of the second electronic device.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the volume adjustment interface comprises:

an object configured to display a volume before the output volume of the second electronic device is adjusted.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the output volume of the second electronic device is adjusted in inverse proportion to the output volume of the first electronic device, or the output volume of the first electronic device is adjusted in inverse proportion to the output volume of the second electronic device.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

based on the user's voice being input to the first electronic device,

displaying at least one of a volume object and a first call object through a display of the first electronic device, wherein the volume object is configured to output the volume adjustment interface, and the first call object is configured to display that the user's voice is normally transmitted to the conversation partner.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

based on the conversation partner's voice being output from the first electronic device,

displaying at least one of a volume object, a second call object, and a third call object through a display of the first electronic device, wherein the volume object is configured to output the volume adjustment interface, the second call object is configured to display that the conversation partner is speaking, and the third call object is configured to display the conversation partner's voice in a text form.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

based on the output volume of the second electronic device being adjusted,

displaying an object configured to display that the output volume of the second electronic device is adjusted through a display of the second electronic device.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the adjusting the output volume of the second electronic device comprises:

adjusting the output volume of the second electronic device based on a relative difference between the output volume of the second electronic device and the volume of the second electronic device that is measured in the first electronic device.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the adjusting the output volume of the second electronic device based on the second volume adjustment amount comprises:

based on the volume of the input user's voice being less than a value obtained by adding a first specified volume to the volume of the second electronic device that is measured in the first electronic device, adjusting the output volume of the second electronic device such that the volume of the second electronic device measured in the first electronic device is less than a value obtained by subtracting the first specified volume from the volume of the input user's voice; and,

based on the volume of the input user's voice being greater than the value obtained by adding the first specified volume to the volume of the second electronic device measured in the first electronic device, maintaining the output volume of the second electronic device.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the adjusting the output volume of the second electronic device based on the second volume adjustment amount comprises:

based on the volume of the input user's voice being less than the volume of the second electronic device measured in the first electronic device, adjusting the output volume of the second electronic device such that the volume of the second electronic device measured in the first electronic device is less than a value obtained by subtracting a first specified volume from the volume of the input user's voice.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the adjusting the output volume of the first electronic device based on the first volume adjustment amount comprises:

based on the volume of the second electronic device measured in the first electronic device exceeding a first reference volume, adjusting the output volume of the first electronic device to be the same as the volume of the second electronic device measured in the first electronic device;

based on the volume of the second electronic device measured in the first electronic device being less than or equal to the first reference volume and being greater than or equal to a second reference volume, adjusting the output volume of the first electronic device based on a value obtained by adding a second specified volume to the volume of the second electronic device measured in the first electronic device; and,

based on the volume of the second electronic device measured in the first electronic device being less than the second reference volume, adjusting the output volume of the first electronic device based on the second reference volume and the second specified volume.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the determining the first electronic device based on the volume of the user's voice comprises:

determining the output volume of the first electronic device corresponding to the volume of the conversation partner's voice to be the same as the volume of the user's voice.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the adjusting the output volume of the first electronic device comprises:

adjusting an output volume level of the first electronic device, based on the first volume adjustment amount and first mapping information between the output volume of the first electronic device and a first volume level, and

the adjusting the output volume of the second electronic device comprises:

adjusting an output volume level of the second electronic device, based on the second volume adjustment amount and second mapping information between the output volume of the second electronic device and a second volume level.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, individually and/or collectively, cause an electronic device to perform the method of claim 1 .

16 . A device for adjusting a volume of an electronic device, the device comprising:

at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry; and

memory for storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the device to:

based on a user's voice being input to a first electronic device, adjust an output volume of a second electronic device, based on at least one of a second volume adjustment amount and a third volume adjustment amount, wherein the second volume adjustment amount is determined based on a relative difference between a volume of the input user's voice and a volume of the second electronic device measured in the first electronic device, and the third volume adjustment amount input through a volume adjustment interface,

based on a conversation partner's voice being output from the first electronic device, adjust an output volume of the first electronic device based on at least one of a first volume adjustment amount and the third volume adjustment amount, wherein the first volume adjustment amount is determined based on the volume of the second electronic device measured in the first electronic device, and,

based on the user and the conversation partner speaking at the same time, adjust the output volume of the second electronic device based on at least one of the first volume adjustment amount and the third volume adjustment amount and determining the output volume of the first electronic device based on the volume of the user's voice.