US 12,345,886 B2
Wearable device outputting sound for object of interest and method for controlling the same
Jonghwan Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Changtaek Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Jaeha Park, Suwon-si (KR); Seongkwan Yang, Suwon-si (KR); Yonghoon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Jeock Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Chulmin Choi, Suwon-si (KR); and Hochul Hwang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/540,551.
Application 18/540,551 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/020444, filed on Dec. 12, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0173318 (KR), filed on Dec. 13, 2022; and application No. 10-2022-0177362 (KR), filed on Dec. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0192492 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01)
CPC G02B 27/017 (2013.01) [G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable device comprising:
at least one microphone;
at least one speaker;
at least one memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor;
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the wearable device to:
identify an object of interest,
obtain, using the at least one microphone, a sound from the object of interest,
output through the at least one speaker, based on a sensitivity of the sound from the object of interest, the sound from the object of interest or a sound related to the object of interest, and
based on identifying the sensitivity of the sound from the object of interest as being less than a designated level, output, through the at least one speaker, a sound stored in the at least one memory corresponding to the object of interest.