US 11,908,464 B2
Electronic device and method for controlling same
Jaesun Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Joonrae Cho, Suwon-si (KR); and Jeongman Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/309,363
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Nov. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/016233
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/130383, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0165549 (KR), filed on Dec. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0028377 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G10L 15/20 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); H04R 1/32 (2006.01)
CPC G10L 15/20 (2013.01) [G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); H04R 1/326 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02166 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a communicator; and
a processor configured to:
control the communicator to receive a plurality of audio signals being obtained by a plurality of external electronic devices having microphones and being located at different place, respectively,
determine at least one audio signal including a user speech uttered by a user, among the plurality of audio signals based on an intensity of the plurality of audio signals,
perform speech recognition regarding an audio signal obtained from the determined audio signals,
determine a location of the user based on a location of an external electronic device which transmits an audio signal for which the speech recognition is performed among the plurality of external electronic devices, and
provide a service according to the speech recognition based on the determined location of the user.