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Granted Patent B2
US 12,360,737 · App. 18/060,194 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Display device and operating method thereof

Inventor: Gwanhui Seo (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
G06F3/167H04R3/005H04W4/80H04R2420/07
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Patent No.
US 12,360,737
App. No.
18/060,194
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a display device capable of processing a plurality of voice commands requested from a plurality of wireless sound devices, and an operating method thereof. The display device includes: a communication unit communicatively connected to a plurality of wireless sound devices; a voice acquisition unit configured to acquire a voice command requested from the plurality of wireless sound devices; and a processor configured to process the voice command, wherein the processor is configured to: perform communication connection to the plurality of wireless sound devices; when a voice transmission request is received from the plurality of wireless sound devices, identify the wireless sound devices based on addresses of the wireless sound devices; and determine a voice command processing sequence for the plurality of wireless sound devices based on a time sequence of the voice transmission request.

Claims (61)

1. A display device, comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor operatively coupled to the transceiver and being configured to:

control the transceiver to perform a communication connection with each of a plurality of wireless sound devices, which include a first wireless sound device;

receive a voice transmission request from each of the plurality of wireless sound devices;

identify each of the plurality of wireless sound devices based on a respective address of the wireless sound devices;

determine a voice command processing sequence for the plurality of wireless sound devices based on a time sequence of the voice transmission request of the plurality of wireless sound devices;

process respective voice commands received from each of the plurality of wireless sound devices according to the determined voice command processing sequence; and

activate a remote voice recognition function, and recognize and process a remote voice command of a second wireless sound device, among the plurality of wireless sound devices, based on a) an audio connection and a voice connection to the first wireless sound device being performed, b) only an audio connection to the second wireless sound device being performed without voice connection, and c) the voice transmission request being received from the second wireless sound device.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the communication connection with the plurality of wireless sound devices includes:

performing an audio connection with each of the wireless sound devices through a respective first communication; and

performing a voice connection with each of the wireless sound devices through a respective second communication.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

perform the audio connection with each of the wireless sound devices through a respective Bluetooth communication; and

perform the voice connection with each of the wireless sound devices through a respective Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

provide a guide message to each of the wireless sound devices indicating that voice command control is possible, based on the voice connection with each of the wireless sound devices through the second communication being respectively completed.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive, from the first wireless sound device among the plurality of wireless sound devices, the voice transmission request including a voice key code packet; and

control the transceiver to transmit a voice reception response including a voice start packet to the first wireless sound device, based on the receiving of the voice transmission request.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify the first wireless sound device based on an address and device manager information of the first wireless sound device.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

give priority to the first wireless sound device that made a fastest one of the voice transmission request among the plurality of wireless sound devices; and

determine the voice command processing sequence so that the voice command of the first wireless sound device to which the priority is given is processed first.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

block the receiving of the voice commands for other wireless sound devices, among the plurality of wireless sound devices, until the processing of the voice command for the first wireless sound device to which the priority is given is completed.

9. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

transmit a voice re-utterance request to the first wireless sound device to which the priority is given, based upon the voice command of the first wireless sound device not being recognized; and

continue to block the receiving of the voice commands for other wireless sound devices.

10. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

provide a voice command processing result for the first wireless sound device; and

activate the receiving of the voice commands for the wireless sound devices, other than the first wireless sound device, based on list information being included in the voice command processing result.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

process a voice command for the list information included in the voice command processing result, based on the receiving of the voice commands for the wireless sound devices, other than the first wireless sound device.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

provide a guide message indicating that remote voice command control is possible, based on the audio connection to the second wireless sound device being performed without voice connection.

13. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify the second wireless sound device based on an address and device manager information of the second wireless sound device; and

recognize and process the remote voice command of the second wireless sound device.

14. A method for a display device, the method comprising:

performing a communication connection with each of a plurality of wireless sound devices, which include a first wireless sound device;

receiving a voice transmission request from each of the plurality of wireless sound devices;

identifying each of the plurality of wireless sound devices based on a respective address of the wireless sound devices;

determining a voice command processing sequence for the plurality of wireless sound devices based on a time sequence of the voice transmission request of the plurality of wireless sound devices;

processing respective voice commands received from each of the plurality of wireless sound devices according to the determined voice command processing sequence,

wherein the processing respective voice commands further comprises:

activating a remote voice recognition function, and recognizing and processing a remote voice command of a second wireless sound device, among the plurality of wireless sound devices, based on a) an audio connection and a voice connection to the first wireless sound device being performed, b) only an audio connection to the second wireless sound device being performed without voice connection, and c) the voice transmission request being received from the second wireless sound device.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

performing an audio connection with each of the wireless sound devices through a respective first communication; and

performing a voice connection with each of the wireless sound devices through a respective second communication.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

performing the audio connection with each of the wireless sound devices through a respective Bluetooth communication; and

performing the voice connection with each of the wireless sound devices through a respective Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

providing a guide message to each of the wireless sound devices indicating that voice command control is possible, based on the voice connection with each of the wireless sound devices through the second communication being respectively completed.

18. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving, from a first wireless sound device among the plurality of wireless sound devices, a voice transmission request including a voice key code packet; and

transmitting voice reception response including a voice start packet to the first wireless sound device, based on the receiving of the voice transmission request.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

identifying the first wireless sound device based on an address and device manager information of the first wireless sound device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2022
From: SEO, GWANHUI
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 061923/0779 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0103030 · Aug 18, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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