US 11,997,460 B2
Electronic device for audio input and method for operating the same
Myeongwan Gang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jaehyun Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sangsoo Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Hakhoon Song, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Dongmoon Ok, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Byeongjun Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Kyoungho Bang, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/568,171.
Application 17/568,171 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/019245, filed on Dec. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0032791 (KR), filed on Mar. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0295178 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 3/005 (2013.01) [H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
an internal microphone;
a communication module;
at least one processor; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:
receive, through the communication module, a first audio signal input through an external microphone included in an external electronic device communicatively connected to the electronic devices; and
in response to detecting a device switch event switching from the external microphone to the internal microphone while receiving the first audio sign;
activate the internal microphone,
receive a second audio signal input through the internal microphone,
synchronize the first audio signal input through the external microphone received through the communication module and the second audio signal input through the internal microphone,
mix the first audio signal and the second audio signal which are synchronized, during a designated first time period, and
deactivate the external microphone upon detecting lapse of the designated first time period, wherein deactivation of the external microphone causes the electronic device to terminate reception of the first audio signal through the external microphone.