US 11,900,015 B2
Electronic device and method for controlling audio volume thereof
Bongkyu Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jinbong Ryu, Suwon-si (KR); Jongmoon Park, Suwon-si (KR); Myeongseok Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Sanghun Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Saetbyeol Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/386,819.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0094021 (KR), filed on Jul. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0035594 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [G06F 3/162 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a display;
communication circuitry; and
a processor operatively connected to the display and the communication circuitry,
wherein the processor is configured to:
transmit audio data to an external device through the communication circuitry,
receive a user input for adjusting a volume level of an audio output associated with the audio data through the external device,
in response to the user input, check whether a first volume level being set in the electronic device is within a specified range,
based on whether the first volume level being set in the electronic device is within the specified range, select one of the first volume level of the electronic device or a second volume level of the external device to be adjusted corresponding to the user input,
when the first volume level is within the specified range, adjust the first volume level corresponding to the user input and display a first UI comprising at least a first volume object indicating the first volume level and a first graphic icon indicating the electronic device, and
when the first volume level is increased to a threshold of the specified range, change display of the first UI to display of a second UI comprising at least a second volume object indicating the second volume level and a second graphic icon indicating the external device, and adjust the second volume level corresponding to the user input.