ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Title:

ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/043828

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a housing comprising a portion configured to be attached to/detached from a part of the user's ear; at least one microphone included in the housing and configured to receive a sound from the outside and to sense the direction in which the sound is received; at least one speaker included in the housing; at least one communication circuit included in the housing; a processor included in the housing and electrically connected to the at least one microphone, the at least one speaker, and the at least one communication circuit; and at least one memory included in the housing and electrically connected to the processor. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to store data regarding a sound, which has been received through the microphone, in the memory at least temporarily, to output a sound, which corresponds to a sound received from a first direction among the data, through the speaker, and to output a sound, which corresponds to a sound received from a second direction among the data, through the speaker at least partially on the basis of information regarding the status of the electronic device or information acquired from the outside of the electronic device. Besides, various embodiments are possible.

Inventors:

BAEK INHO (KR)
YUN YONGSANG (KR)
HEO CHANGRYONG (KR)

Application Number:

PCT/KR2016/009930

Publication Date:

March 16, 2017

Filing Date:

September 05, 2016

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD (KR)

International Classes:

G06F3/16; G06F3/01; G06F3/0346

Foreign References:

US20030235319A1	2003-12-25
KR101369272B1	2014-03-06
EP2884766A1	2015-06-17
US20130329924A1	2013-12-12
US20140064511A1	2014-03-06

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