公开(公告)号：US11303979B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-12

申请号：US16998535

申请日：2020-08-20

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Byounghee Lee ,  Chulmin Choi ,  Kiwon Kim ,  Seongkwan Yang ,  Kiwon Kim ,  Taeeon Kim ,  Joonrae Cho ,  Hochul Hwang

IPC: H04R1/02 ,  H04R1/28 ,  H04R9/06 ,  G06F1/16

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a multi-channel speaker system, and an electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a housing, a display which is attached to the housing to be seen from the outside, an actuator which is attached to a back surface of the display to vibrate the display and to generate a sound of a first frequency band, a hole which is formed on one side surface of the housing, and a speaker which is positioned on a region adjacent to the hole to generate a sound of a second frequency band different from the first frequency band through the hole. The actuator includes a first actuator which is attached to a certain region of the back surface of the display to vibrate the display, and a second actuator which is attached to a back surface of the display spaced apart from the first actuator by a designated distance to vibrate the display.

公开(公告)号：US11218582B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-04

申请号：US16484683

申请日：2018-01-31

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hochul Hwang ,  Janghoon Kang ,  Youngbae Park ,  Hanbom Park ,  Byounguk Yoon ,  Kyunghee Lee ,  Joonrae Cho

IPC: H04M1/02 ,  H04M1/03 ,  H04R1/24 ,  H04R3/00 ,  H04R9/06 ,  H04R17/00 ,  H04R3/14 ,  H04R7/04

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention can comprise: a housing including a first plate, a second plate, and a side member surrounding the space between the first plate and the second plate; a processor arranged in the space; a display exposed through a part of the first plate; a communication circuit arranged in the space; a piezoelectric actuator arranged in the space and providing vibration to the first plate; a speaker arranged in the space near the edge of the first plate; an audio processing circuit arranged in the space and electrically connected to the piezoelectric actuator and the speaker; and a memory arranged in the space and electrically connected to the processor. According to various embodiments, when instructions, which can be included by the memory, are executed, the processor wirelessly connects to an external device by using the communication circuit, receives an audio signal through the communication circuit, and provides the audio signal to the audio processing circuit. According to various embodiments, the side member can be separated from or integrated with the second plate. According to various embodiments, the audio processing circuit can provide, to the piezoelectric actuator, a first signal having a first frequency band and can provide, to the speaker, a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band, on the basis of at least a part of the audio signal. Additional various embodiments are possible.

公开(公告)号：US11076215B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-27

申请号：US16705482

申请日：2019-12-06

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Seonmi Kim ,  Hangil Moon ,  Jeock Lee ,  Hwan Shim ,  Hansol Kim ,  Haekeu Park ,  Juhee Chang ,  Hyeonyeong Jeong ,  Sunghoon Cho ,  Hochul Hwang

IPC: H04R1/04 ,  H04R1/10 ,  H04R3/04

Abstract: Certain embodiments of the disclosure relate to microphone-equipped wearable devices, and more particularly, to wearable devices worn on users' ear. According to certain embodiments of the disclosure, a wearable device comprises a speaker, a microphone, and a housing, the housing includes a protrusion configured to be insertable into a user's ear, a first sound path including a first opening formed through an area of a surface of the protrusion, extending from the first opening in a first length, and including a second opening facing the speaker, and a second sound path including a third opening formed through another area of the surface of the protrusion, extending from the third opening in a second length larger than the first length, and including a fourth opening facing the microphone. Other certain embodiments are also possible.

公开(公告)号：US10552113B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-04

申请号：US15867287

申请日：2018-01-10

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Namil Lee ,  Hyunchul Yang ,  Jaeseong Lee ,  Kyuhan Kim ,  Kyoungho Bang ,  Juhwan Woo ,  Juhee Jang ,  Hochul Hwang

IPC: H04R3/04 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G08C23/02 ,  H04R29/00

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, a speaker, a microphone, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine whether there is auditory data stored in the memory of the electronic device when an external electronic device is connected thereto through the communication circuit, send a request for auditory data to the external electronic device when there is no auditory data stored in the memory, receive the auditory data from the external electronic device, correct data, at the electronic device, about the sound received through the microphone using the auditory data, receive corrected audio data from the external electronic device, synthesize the corrected data about the sound and the corrected audio data received from the external device to obtain first synthesized data, and output a first new sound corresponding to the first synthesized data through the speaker.

公开(公告)号：US10368151B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-30

申请号：US15003357

申请日：2016-01-21

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Youngbae Park ,  Byounghee Lee ,  Hochul Hwang

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R1/02 ,  H04R7/10 ,  H04R17/00 ,  H04R23/00

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an exterior cover of an electronic device including a cover that protects a display of the electronic device. The cover may include one or more speakers. The cover may be folded one or more times to support the electronic device to be inclined and the speaker may include any one of a film speaker, a vibration speaker, a piezoelectric speaker, and a thin micro speaker. In addition, the exterior cover may include a vibration plate that is arranged thereon and any electronic component may also be arranged on the exterior cover as long as the electronic component is slim.

公开(公告)号：US10097938B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-09

申请号：US15607833

申请日：2017-05-30

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jaeseong Lee ,  Kyoungho Bang ,  Kyuhan Kim ,  Juhwan Woo ,  Namil Lee ,  Hyunchul Yang ,  Hochul Hwang

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G10L21/0232 ,  H04R1/10

Abstract: An electronic device and a sound signal processing method for improving sound perception of a hearing-impaired user are provided. The electronic device of the present disclosure includes a sound input unit comprising sound input circuitry configured to detect a sound and to convert the sound into a first sound signal and a processor which is electrically connected to the sound input unit, the processor configured to receive the first sound signal and to perform a predetermined signal processing on the first sound signal to generate a second sound signal, wherein the signal processing includes detecting a frequency band with a level equal to or greater than a predetermined value in a first frequency band above a predetermined cutoff frequency of the first sound signal, generating harmonic signals including a plurality of frequency bins that are identical in level with a signal in the detected frequency band, and overlapping the harmonic signals with the first sound signal.

公开(公告)号：US09947339B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-17

申请号：US14840336

申请日：2015-08-31

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Beakkwon Son ,  Gangyoul Kim ,  Namil Lee ,  Hochul Hwang ,  Jongmo Kum ,  Minho Bae

IPC: H04R3/00 ,  H04R29/00 ,  G10L21/028 ,  G01S3/808 ,  G10L17/00 ,  G10L25/51 ,  H04R1/32 ,  H04R25/00 ,  G10L15/26 ,  G10L21/10 ,  H04R1/40 ,  G10L25/21

CPC classification number: G10L21/028 ,  G01S3/8083 ,  G06F3/165 ,  G10L15/265 ,  G10L17/00 ,  G10L21/10 ,  G10L25/21 ,  G10L25/51 ,  H04R1/326 ,  H04R1/40 ,  H04R3/005 ,  H04R25/405 ,  H04R29/005 ,  H04R2203/12 ,  H04R2430/21

Abstract: A method comprising: detect a first acoustic signal by using a microphone array; detecting a first angle associated with a first incident direction of the first acoustic signal; and storing, in a memory, a representation of the first acoustic signal and a representation of the first angle.

公开(公告)号：US12050726B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-30

申请号：US18156731

申请日：2023-01-19

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jinchoul Lee ,  Bokun Choi ,  Seungnyun Kim ,  Hyunsoo Kim ,  Hochul Hwang

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06V40/20

CPC classification number: G06F3/011 ,  G02B27/0101 ,  G02B27/017 ,  G02B27/0179 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06V40/28 ,  G02B2027/0138 ,  G02B2027/014 ,  G02B2027/0178 ,  G02B2027/0185

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one processor, at least one camera, and at least one display, wherein the processor may be configured to identify whether or not a situation requires entering a finger mode for an image including at least one or more objects received through the at least one camera, based on whether or not specified conditions are satisfied for the at least one or more objects, if the situation is identified to require entering the finger mode, execute a finger mode providing a user interface corresponding to the finger mode, and, if there are virtual objects provided before entering the finger mode, modify the properties of at least some of the virtual objects provided before entering the finger mode and display same in a specified area within a display area of the user interface corresponding to the finger mode.

公开(公告)号：US20240236535A9

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18383345

申请日：2023-10-24

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Seongkwan YANG ,  Changtaek Kang ,  Jonghan Kim ,  Jaeha Park ,  Hochul Hwang

IPC: H04R1/02 ,  H01F7/02 ,  H04R1/10 ,  H04R9/04

CPC classification number: H04R1/028 ,  H01F7/0289 ,  H04R1/105 ,  H04R9/04 ,  H04R2460/13

Abstract: A speaker module includes a yoke plate, a first speaker including a first magnet coupled to the yoke plate, a diaphragm spaced apart from the yoke plate and a first coil coupled to the diaphragm, and a second speaker including a housing coupled to the yoke plate and on a side of the first speaker, a second coil provided in the housing and coupled to the yoke plate, and a second magnet spaced apart from the second coil in the housing and coupled to the housing.

公开(公告)号：US12022255B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US17519753

申请日：2021-11-05

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Choonghyo Park ,  Kiwon Kim ,  Myoungsung Sim ,  Changshik Yoon ,  Woojin Cho ,  Joonrae Cho ,  Hyunggwang Kang ,  Byounghee Lee ,  Sangsoo Park ,  Hochul Hwang

IPC: H04R1/28 ,  G09F9/30 ,  H04M1/02

CPC classification number: H04R1/2826 ,  G09F9/301 ,  H04M1/0268 ,  H04R1/2834 ,  H04R2400/03 ,  H04R2499/11

Abstract: According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a first housing, a second housing accommodating at least a portion of the first housing and configured to guide sliding movement of the first housing, a flexible display including a first display area disposed on the first housing and a second display area extending from the first display area, a speaker module including a speaker unit including at least one speaker disposed in the second housing and a speaker enclosure accommodating the speaker unit and including a vent hole, and a seal connected to the first housing and the speaker enclosure and configured to be variable based on the sliding movement of the first housing.