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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
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.
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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
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.
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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.
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公开(公告)号:US20220140802A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-05
申请号:US17201576
申请日:2021-03-15
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Yongseop Yoon , Sungchan Kang , Cheheung Kim , Choongho Rhee
IPC: H03H9/02
Abstract: Provided is a micromechanical resonator including a support beam including a first portion supported on a support member and a second portion spaced apart from the first portion in a length direction of the support beam, and a piezoelectric sensing portion provided between the first portion and the second portion and connecting the first portion to the second portion.
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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.
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公开(公告)号:US11050410B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-29
申请号:US16597069
申请日:2019-10-09
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sungchan Kang , Cheheung Kim , Sangha Park , Yongseop Yoon , Choongho Rhee
Abstract: A filter system includes a first resonator having a first resonant frequency, and a second resonator having a second resonant frequency different from the first resonant frequency, and electrically connected to the first resonator. A first response characteristic of the first resonator and a second response characteristic of the second resonator with respect to a frequency include a first section in which a first phase of the first resonator is equal to a second phase of the second resonator, and a second section in which the first phase is different from the second phase by 180 degrees. A first electrode of the first resonator is reversely connected to a second electrode of the second resonator.
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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
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20210013043A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-14
申请号:US16696513
申请日:2019-11-26
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Choongho Rhee , Sungchan Kang , Hyunwook Kang , Cheheung Kim , Yongseop Yoon , Jaehyung Jang , Hyeokki Hong
IPC: H01L21/3065 , H01L21/56 , H01L21/02 , H01L21/683
Abstract: Provided is a plasma dicing method. The plasma dicing method includes: performing plasma etching on a first surface of a substrate exposed between a plurality of membrane structures; forming a passivation layer on a semiconductor wafer to cover the plurality of membrane structures and at least one trench; performing plasma etching on a second surface of the substrate such that a through hole exposing a portion of the plurality of membrane structures and a dicing lane connected to the trench and having a width less than a width of the through hole are formed at the substrate; and removing the passivation layer and singulating the semiconductor wafer into a plurality of devices including a membrane partially exposed by the through hole.
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公开(公告)号:US10742190B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-11
申请号:US15477203
申请日:2017-04-03
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Yongseop Yoon , Sungchan Kang , Cheheung Kim , Sangha Park , Choongho Rhee
IPC: H01L41/113 , H03H9/02 , G01H1/00 , G01H11/08 , H01L41/047 , H03H9/17 , H03H9/15
Abstract: A piezoelectric micromechanical resonator includes a supporting beam including a fixed edge that is fixed to a supporting member and a free edge opposite the fixed edge, a piezoelectric sensor including an edge attached to the supporting member, the piezoelectric sensor further including a lower electrode, a piezoelectric unit, and an upper electrode sequentially stacked on a surface of the supporting beam, and a lumped mass provided on the surface of the supporting beam at a side of the supporting beam including the free edge, the upper electrode having a Young's modulus smaller than a Young's modulus of the lower electrode.
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公开(公告)号:US10566011B2
公开(公告)日:2020-02-18
申请号:US15806863
申请日:2017-11-08
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sangha Park , Sungchan Kang , Cheheung Kim , Yongseop Yoon , Choongho Rhee
Abstract: An auto voice trigger method and an audio analyzer employing the same are provided. The auto voice trigger method includes: receiving a signal by at least one resonator microphone included in an array of a plurality of resonator microphones with different frequency bandwidths; analyzing the received signal and determining whether the received signal is a voice signal; and when it is determined that the received signal is the voice signal, waking up a whole system to receive and analyze a wideband signal.
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