US 12,231,862 B2
Electronic device including multi-way speaker and operation method thereof
Hyeonyeong Jeong, Suwon-si (KR); Haekeu Park, Suwon-si (KR); and Juhee Chang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/961,039.
Application 17/961,039 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/013554, filed on Sep. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0121983 (KR), filed on Sep. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0087784 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G10K 11/16 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 3/04 (2013.01) [G10K 11/16 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a communication module;
an input module;
a first output module;
a second output module;
a first digital to analog converter (DAC) connected to the first output module;
a second DAC connected to the second output module;
memory storing one or more computer programs; and
at least one processor,
wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
identify an operation mode of the electronic device among a plurality of different operation modes of the electronic device,
obtain an external signal through the communication module, or obtain an input signal through the input module,
generate, based on the external signal or the input signal, an output signal corresponding to the identified operation mode, and
control the first DAC and the second DAC in response to the identified operation mode, and
wherein in at least one operation mode of the electronic device among the plurality of different operation modes of the electronic device, at least one of the first DAC or the second DAC is deactivated.