公开(公告)号：US10528069B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-07

申请号：US15869605

申请日：2018-01-12

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hyeokki Hong ,  Cheheung Kim ,  Sungchan Kang ,  Jinmyoung Kim ,  Sangha Park ,  Yongseop Yoon ,  Choongho Rhee

IPC: G05F3/08 ,  H03K19/00

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a highest class core circuit that has a positive power supply terminal connected to a positive power supply terminal of an external power source, and is configured to receive a first supply voltage which is at least a portion of a an input supply voltage that is provided from the external power source based on an operation throughput; and a lowest class core circuit that has a positive power supply terminal connected to a negative power supply terminal of an adjacent upper class core circuit, has a negative power supply terminal connected to a negative power supply terminal of the external power source, and is configured to receive a second supply voltage which is at least a portion of a part of the input supply voltage that excludes the first supply voltage.

公开(公告)号：US11961520B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-16

申请号：US18082977

申请日：2022-12-16

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Cheheung Kim ,  Jaehyung Jang ,  Hyeokki Hong

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/30

CPC classification number: G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/30 ,  G10L2015/223

Abstract: Disclosed are a voice recognition system and a display device using the same. The disclosed voice recognition system includes a plate structure, a vibration sensor, and a voice recognition device. The plate structure vibrates based on propagation of a voice wave generated from a user, and the vibration sensor is provided in contact with the plate structure to detect the vibration of the plate structure. The voice recognition device recognizes voice of the user by receiving a signal output from the vibration sensor.

公开(公告)号：US11770658B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-26

申请号：US17182911

申请日：2021-02-23

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hyunwook Kang ,  Sungchan Kang ,  Cheheung Kim ,  Choongho Rhee ,  Hyeokki Hong

IPC: H04R17/10 ,  H04R17/02 ,  H10N30/30 ,  H10N39/00 ,  H03H9/24 ,  H03H9/02 ,  G01H1/00 ,  H03H9/17

CPC classification number: H04R17/10 ,  H04R17/02 ,  H10N30/306 ,  H10N39/00 ,  G01H1/00 ,  H03H9/02244 ,  H03H9/02259 ,  H03H9/17 ,  H03H9/2405

Abstract: Provided is a sensor interface including a first cantilever beam bundle including at least one resonator and a first output terminal, a second cantilever beam bundle including at least one resonator and a second output terminal, and a differential amplifier including a first input terminal electrically connected to the first output terminal of the first cantilever beam bundle and a second input terminal electrically connected to the second output terminal of the second cantilever beam bundle.

公开(公告)号：US11747192B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-05

申请号：US17348184

申请日：2021-06-15

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hyunwook Kang ,  Cheheung Kim ,  Daehyuk Son ,  Hyeokki Hong

IPC: G01H11/00 ,  H03H9/02 ,  H03H17/02 ,  H04R1/40 ,  G01H1/06 ,  G01H11/02 ,  G01S3/802 ,  H04R1/20

CPC classification number: G01H11/00 ,  G01H1/06 ,  G01H11/02 ,  G01S3/802 ,  H03H9/02 ,  H03H17/02 ,  H03H17/0233 ,  H04R1/20 ,  H04R1/406 ,  H04R2410/01 ,  H04R2430/20

Abstract: An acoustic sensor assembly includes a non-directional acoustic sensor having a first directional pattern, a plurality of directional acoustic sensors surrounding the non-directional acoustic sensor and including a plurality of resonators having different resonance frequencies from each other, each of the plurality of directional acoustic sensors having a second directional pattern, and a processor configured to obtain output signals from the non-directional acoustic sensor and the plurality of directional acoustic sensors. The processor is further configured to calculate an acoustic signal having directivity by selecting any one or any combination of the obtained output signals or selectively combining the obtained output signals, and obtain sound around the acoustic sensor assembly, using the calculated acoustic signal.

公开(公告)号：US11665456B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-30

申请号：US17193720

申请日：2021-03-05

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hyeokki Hong ,  Hyunwook Kang ,  Sungchan Kang ,  Cheheung Kim

IPC: H04R1/02 ,  H04R5/027

CPC classification number: H04R1/02 ,  H04R5/027

Abstract: A multi-function acoustic sensor may include a plate structure having a plurality of open spaces that are spaced apart from each other; a plurality of sensors provided on the plate structure, the plurality of sensors including a plurality of sensor elements respectively provided to overlap the plurality of open spaces; and a case having an inner space in which the plurality of sensors are provided, the case including: a first case surface on which the plurality of sensors are provided, the first case surface having at least one first hole, and a second case surface opposite to the first case surface, the second case surface having at least one second hole, wherein the at least one first hole and the at least one second hole form at least one path along which sound is transmitted and sensed through at least one of the plurality of open spaces of the plate structure.

公开(公告)号：US11627410B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-11

申请号：US17717920

申请日：2022-04-11

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Cheheung Kim ,  Sungchan Kang ,  Hyeokki Hong ,  Hyunwook Kang ,  Yongseop Yoon ,  Choongho Rhee

IPC: H04R1/32 ,  H04R3/00 ,  H04R17/10

Abstract: A compact directional acoustic sensor having an improved signal-to-noise ratio is disclosed. The disclosed directional acoustic sensor includes a first sensing device configured to generate different output gains based on different input directions of external energy, and configured to generate at least one first output signal having a first polarity based on external energy received from an input direction; a second sensing device configured to generate different output gains based on different input directions of external energy, and configured to generate at least one second output signal having a second polarity, that is different than the first polarity, based on the external energy received from the input direction; and at least one signal processor configured to generate at least one final output signal based on the at least one first output signal and the at least one second output signal.

公开(公告)号：US11587565B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-21

申请号：US16920894

申请日：2020-07-06

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Cheheung Kim ,  Jaehyung Jang ,  Hyeokki Hong

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/30

Abstract: Disclosed are a voice recognition system and a display device using the same. The disclosed voice recognition system includes a plate structure, a vibration sensor, and a voice recognition device. The plate structure vibrates based on propagation of a voice wave generated from a user, and the vibration sensor is provided in contact with the plate structure to detect the vibration of the plate structure. The voice recognition device recognizes voice of the user by receiving a signal output from the vibration sensor.

公开(公告)号：US11540077B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US17320988

申请日：2021-05-14

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Cheheung Kim ,  Sungchan Kang ,  Yongseop Yoon ,  Choongho Rhee ,  Sangha Park ,  Hyeokki Hong

IPC: H04R17/02 ,  H04S7/00 ,  H04R5/04 ,  G10L21/0216 ,  H04R1/32 ,  B60K35/00 ,  G06F3/16 ,  H04R1/40 ,  H04R1/24

Abstract: Provided are a directional acoustic sensor that detects a direction of sound, a method of detecting a direction of sound, and an electronic device including the directional acoustic sensor. The directional acoustic sensor includes a sound inlet through which a sound is received, a sound outlet through which the sound received through the sound inlet is output, and a plurality of vibration bodies arranged between the sound inlet and the sound outlet, in which one or more of the plurality of vibration bodies selectively react to the sound received by the sound inlet according to a direction of the received sound.

公开(公告)号：US11205441B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-21

申请号：US16952339

申请日：2020-11-19

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Cheheung Kim ,  Sungchan Kang ,  Sangha Park ,  Yongseop Yoon ,  Choongho Rhee ,  Hyeokki Hong

IPC: G10L25/84 ,  H04R1/24 ,  H04R1/40 ,  G10L17/22 ,  G10L25/21 ,  H04R17/02 ,  H04R17/10 ,  H04R1/28 ,  G10L21/0388 ,  H03G5/16 ,  G10L21/0232 ,  G10L25/18

Abstract: Sound signal processing apparatuses and methods of operating the same are provided. The sound signal processing apparatus includes: a band separator configured to separate sound signals into frequency bands; an adder configured to add sound signals; and a signal processor that is arranged between the band separator and the adder and comprises a plurality of signal processing blocks. The band separator includes elements for separating the sound signals into frequency bands, and the elements correspond one to one to the signal processing blocks.

公开(公告)号：US10917714B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-09

申请号：US16404020

申请日：2019-05-06

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hyeokki Hong ,  Sungchan Kang ,  Cheheung Kim ,  Yongseop Yoon ,  Choongho Rhee

IPC: H04R1/00 ,  H04R3/00 ,  H04R1/32 ,  H04R3/04

Abstract: A spatial audio recording device includes: a plurality of directional vibrating bodies arranged such that at least one of the plurality of directional vibrating bodies selectively reacts according to a direction of input audio; a non-directional vibrating body configured to react regardless of the direction of the input audio; a read-out circuit configured to output a directional audio signal including a plurality of channels based on reactions of the directional vibrating bodies and a non-directional audio signal based on a reaction of the non-directional vibrating body; and a processor configured to correct the directional audio signal based on the non-directional audio signal.