IP Library Granted Patent US 12,379,895
Granted Patent B2
US 12,379,895 · App. 18/406,395 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Electronic apparatus, display apparatus and method of controlling the same

Inventor: Hansoo Kim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G06F3/167G06F1/3231G06F1/3265H04N21/42222H04N21/44231
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Patent No.
US 12,379,895
App. No.
18/406,395
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are an electronic apparatus, a display apparatus and a method of controlling the same an electronic apparatus, a display apparatus and a method of controlling the same, the electronic apparatus including: a speaker configured to output a sound; a microphone configured to receive a user voice; a communicator configured to perform communication; a processor configured to: identify a state of an external apparatus through the communicator based on reception of the user voice, process the received user voice and output a sound corresponding to a process result through the speaker based on identification that the external apparatus is in a turned-off state, and control the communicator to transmit information about the received user voice to the external apparatus and request the external apparatus to process the voice based on identification that the external apparatus is in a turned-on state.

Claims (30)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a communicator;

a voice receiver;

a processor configured to:

based on receiving a user voice input through the voice receiver, control the communicator to transmit a data corresponding to the user voice input to a server for processing the user voice input, and

identify a state of an external apparatus through the communicator enabled to communicate with the server so that a function associated with the external apparatus corresponding to the user voice input is performed based on the processing of the user voice input according to the identified state of the external apparatus.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein data related with a process result of the processing of the user voice input is transmitted to the external apparatus for performing the function corresponding to the user voice input.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, based on the state of the external apparatus being in a normal state, the processor is configured to control the communicator to transmit the data related with the process result of the processing of the user voice input.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to control the communicator to perform the function of the external apparatus through the server.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to process the user voice input and control the communicator to transmit data related with a process result of the processing of the user voice input to the external apparatus.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a display, and

wherein the processor is configured to control the display to output information corresponding to a process result of the processing of the user voice input.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a speaker,

wherein, based on the state of the external apparatus being in a standby state, the processor is configured to control the speaker to output a sound informing that the external apparatus is in the standby state.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a speaker, and

wherein, based on the state of the external apparatus being in a normal state, the processor is configured to control the speaker to output a sound for informing that the external apparatus performs the function corresponding to the user voice input.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the data corresponding to the user voice input comprises at least one of an audio signal corresponding to the user voice input uttered by a user or voice features extracted from the audio signal.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an application corresponding to voice assistant is installed in the external apparatus performing the function corresponding to the user voice input.

11. A method of controlling an electronic apparatus, comprising:

based on receiving a user voice input through a voice receiver, transmitting a data corresponding to the user voice input to a server for processing the user voice input though a communicator, and

identifying a state of an external apparatus through the communicator enabled to communicate with the server so that a function associated with the external apparatus corresponding to the user voice input is performed based on the processing of the user voice input according to the identified state of the external apparatus.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein data related with a process result of the processing of user voice input is transmitted to the external apparatus for performing the function corresponding to the user voice input.

13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising transmitting the data related with the process result of the processing of the user voice input based on the state of the external apparatus being in a normal state.

14. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising perform the function of the external apparatus through the server.

15. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising processing the user voice input and transmitting data related with a process result of the processing of the user voice input to the external apparatus through the communicator.

16. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising outputting information corresponding to a process result of the processing of the user voice input through a display.

17. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising outputting a sound for informing that the external apparatus is in a standby state through a speaker based on the state of the external apparatus being in the standby state.

18. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising outputting a sound for informing that the external apparatus performs the function corresponding to the user voice input based on the state of the external apparatus being in a normal state.

19. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the data corresponding to the user voice input comprises at least one of an audio signal corresponding to the user voice input uttered by a user or voice features extracted from the audio signal.

20. The method according to claim 11 , wherein an application corresponding to voice assistant is installed in the external apparatus performing the function corresponding to the user voice input.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0105614 · Aug 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17733180 · Apr 29, 2022
Continuation 16997443 · Aug 19, 2020
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