IP Library Granted Patent US 12,461,703
Granted Patent B2
US 12,461,703 · App. 18/110,555 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Electronic device and operation method thereof

Inventors: Kilsoo Choi (Suwon-si, KR); Kwansik Yang (Suwon-si, KR); Sehyun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jongin Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Hyeeun Park (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G06F3/162H04R3/00H04W4/80H04R1/1041
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Patent No.
US 12,461,703
App. No.
18/110,555
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrode device and an operation method of the same are provided. The electronic device includes a communication interface, a memory to store one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instruction stored in the memory. The processor is configured to identify, based on a wireless connection through the communication interface being released while an audio input operation is being performed, an application corresponding to the audio input operation, select an audio input device from a plurality of audio input devices, which is in an activated state enabled to perform the audio input operation in association with the electronic device, based on the identified application, and perform the audio input operation through the selected audio input device.

Claims (28)

1 . An electronic device comprising:

a communication interface;

a memory to store one or more instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to:

receive an audio input through the communication interface from an audio input device,

detect a release of a wireless connection through the communication interface while an audio input operation is being performed through the communication interface,

based on the release of the wireless connection through the communication interface identify whether the electronic device is performing a video call application using the audio input device,

based on the electronic device performing the video call application, select as a replacement audio input device an audio input device included in a camera that obtains an image for the video call application,

based on the electronic device not performing the video call application, select the replacement audio input device from a plurality of audio input devices based on a specified criterion, and

perform the audio input operation through the selected replacement audio input device.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein based on the electronic device not performing the video call application, the audio input device included in the camera is excluded from being selected as the replacement audio input device to prevent the camera from being activated.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the video call application corresponding to the audio input operation is currently running in a foreground among one or more applications currently running in the electronic device.

4 . An operation method of an electronic device, the operation method comprising:

receiving an audio input through a communication interface from an audio input device;

detecting a release of a wireless connection through the communication interface while an audio input operation is being performed through the communication interface;

based on the release of the wireless connection through the communication interface, identifying whether the electronic device is performing a video call application using the audio input device;

based on the electronic device performing the video call application, selecting as a replacement audio input device an audio input device included in a camera that obtains an image for the video call application;

based on the electronic device not performing the video call application, selecting the replacement audio input device from a plurality of audio input devices based on a specified criterion; and

performing the audio input operation through the selected replacement audio input device.

5 . The operation method of claim 4 , wherein based on the electronic device not performing the video call application, the audio input device included in the camera is excluded from being selected as the replacement audio input device to prevent the camera from being activated.

6 . The operation method of claim 4 , wherein the video call application corresponding to the audio input operation is currently running in a foreground among one or more applications currently running in the electronic device.

7 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon one or more programs executable by a processor of an electronic device to implement an operation method of the electronic device, the operation method of the electronic device comprising:

receiving an audio input through a communication interface from an audio input device;

detecting a release of a wireless connection through the communication interface while an audio input operation is being performed through the communication interface;

based on the release of the wireless connection through the communication interface, identifying whether the electronic device is performing a video call application using the audio input device;

based on the electronic device performing the video call application, selecting as a replacement audio input device an audio input device included in a camera that obtains an image for the video call application,

based on the electronic device not performing the video call application, selecting the replacement audio input device from a plurality of audio input devices based on a specified criterion; and

performing the audio input operation through the selected replacement audio input device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2023
From: CHOI, KILSOO; YANG, KWANSIK; KIM, SEHYUN; LEE, JONGIN; PARK, HYEEUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062721/0713 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0158045 · Nov 16, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022018122 · Nov 16, 2022
Related Publication 20230195409A1 · Jun 22, 2023
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