IP Library Granted Patent US 11,881,213
Granted Patent B2
US 11,881,213 · App. 17/405,792 · Granted Jan 23, 2024

Electronic device, and method for controlling electronic device

Inventors: Hyundon Yoon (Suwon-si, KR); Sangmoon Lee (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G10L15/20G06F3/165G10L15/22G10L25/51H02J9/005
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Patent No.
US 11,881,213
App. No.
17/405,792
Granted
Jan 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first electronic device includes an audio outputter; a communicator configured to transmit data to and receive data from a second electronic device; a memory storing one or more instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to: obtain an audio output level of an audio that is output through the audio outputter; obtain a spacing distance between the second electronic device and the first electronic device; based on the obtained audio output level and the obtained spacing distance, obtain a voice reception notification indicating whether a voice can be accurately received by the second electronic device, and control the communicator to transmit the obtained voice reception notification to the second electronic device.

Claims (22)

1. A first electronic device comprising:

an audio outputter;

a communicator configured to transmit data to and receive data from a second electronic device;

a memory storing one or more instructions and a lookup table that matches audio output levels of an audio that is output through the audio outputter, spacing distances between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, and audio input levels expected to be obtained through a microphone of the second electronic device based on the audio that is output by the audio outputter; and

at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

obtain an audio output level of the audio that is output through the audio outputter;

obtain a spacing distance between the second electronic device and the first electronic device;

obtain a voice reception notification indicating whether a voice can be accurately received by the second electronic device based on the obtained audio output level, the obtained spacing distance and the lookup table; and

control the communicator to transmit the obtained voice reception notification to the second electronic device.

2. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the voice reception notification comprises at least one from among an instruction instructing the second electronic device to turn-on or turn-off the microphone of the second electronic device, an instruction for activating or deactivating a voice reception function of the second electronic device, and an instruction for instructing the second electronic device to transmit a received voice to the first electronic device or ending the transmission.

3. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to obtain the spacing distance based on a signal strength of a signal produced by the second electronic device.

4. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to, based on a sound level obtained by the second electronic device, obtain the voice reception notification indicating whether the voice can be accurately received by the second electronic device.

5. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to, based on orientation information of the second electronic device, obtain the voice reception notification indicating whether the voice can be accurately received from the second electronic device.

6. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to control a display to output a guide according to the voice reception notification while transmitting the obtained voice reception notification to the second electronic device.

7. A method of controlling a first electronic device including an audio outputter and storing a lookup table that matches audio output levels of an audio that is output through the audio outputter, spacing distances between the first electronic device and a second electronic device, and audio input levels expected to be obtained through a microphone of the second electronic device based on the audio that is output by the audio outputter, the method comprising:

obtaining an audio output level of the audio that is output through the audio outputter of the first electronic device;

obtaining a spacing distance between the second electronic device, wherein the second electronic device is configured to transmit data to and receive data from the first electronic device;

obtaining a voice reception notification indicating whether a voice can be accurately received by the second electronic device based on the obtained audio output level, the obtained spacing distance and the lookup table; and

transmitting the obtained voice reception notification to the second electronic device.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the voice reception notification comprises at least one from among an instruction instructing the second electronic device to turn-on or turn-off the microphone of the second electronic device, an instruction instructing the second electronic device to activate or deactivate a voice reception function, and an instruction instructing the second electronic device to transmit a received voice to the first electronic device or ending the transmission.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises obtaining the spacing distance based on a signal strength of a signal produced by the second electronic device.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises, based on a sound level obtained by the second electronic device, obtaining the voice reception notification indicating whether the voice can be accurately received the second electronic device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2021
From: YOON, HYUNDON; LEE, SANGMOON
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057221/0902 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0028271 · Mar 12, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2020001689 · Feb 6, 2020
Related Publication 20210375275A1 · Dec 2, 2021
Cited By (1)
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