US 11,871,188 B2
Electronic device including a microphone array
Jong Mo Keum, Seoul (KR); Min Ho Bae, Seoul (KR); Jung Yeol An, Seoul (KR); Gang Youl Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jun Tai Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jae Mo Yang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Nam Il Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Ho Chul Hwang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Apr. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/226,252.
Application 17/226,252 is a continuation of application No. 16/988,792, filed on Aug. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,019,427.
Application 16/988,792 is a continuation of application No. 16/503,701, filed on Jul. 5, 2019, granted, now 10,743,103, issued on Aug. 11, 2020.
Application 16/503,701 is a continuation of application No. 15/782,971, filed on Oct. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,390,132, issued on Aug. 20, 2019.
Application 15/782,971 is a continuation of application No. 14/841,929, filed on Sep. 1, 2015, granted, now 9,820,041, issued on Nov. 14, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2014-0115745 (KR), filed on Sep. 1, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0227322 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. H04R 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 3/005 (2013.01) [H04R 2201/401 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable communication device comprising:
a front cover forming at least part of a front surface of the portable communication device, the front cover including a first opening formed therein;
a rear cover forming at least part of a rear surface of the portable communication device, the rear cover including a second opening formed therein;
a peripheral member at least partially forming a plurality of side surfaces of the portable communication device, the plurality of side surfaces including a first side surface including a third opening formed therein;
a display viewable through the front cover;
a plurality of microphones including a first microphone, a second microphone and a third microphone, the first microphone configured to receive a sound through the first opening, the second microphone configured to receive the sound through the second opening, and the third microphone configured to receive the sound through the third opening; and
a processor configured to:
execute an application to control a camera to record a video, the recording of the video including recording audio data,
determining which ones of the first microphone, the second microphone, and the third microphone to activate, based on a type of the application;
during recording of the audio data, control to apply an audio zoom effect corresponding to a capturing direction of the video according to a user setting,
control to lower at least a portion of a sound signal obtained from a first direction corresponding to an opposite direction of the capturing direction while obtaining at least a portion of a sound signal from a second direction corresponding to the capturing direction.