US 12,353,789 B2
Electronic device, and audio output mode configuration method according to connection to plurality of audio output devices
Heejin Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Ochae Kwon, Suwon-si (KR); Myoungwoo Nam, Suwon-si (KR); and Inje Hwang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/143,985.
Application 18/143,985 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/016142, filed on Nov. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0147635 (KR), filed on Nov. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0273763 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 5/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/162 (2013.01) [G06F 3/165 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
an audio interface;
a communication module;
a processor; and
a memory operatively connected to the processor,
wherein the memory is configured to store instructions causing the processor to, when executed:
receive a request for a connection with a second audio output device through at least one of the audio interface and the communication module during a connection with a first audio output device;
identify types of the first audio output device and the second audio output device, and responsive to determining that the types are identical device types, automatically select one simultaneous output scheme corresponding to the first audio output device and the second audio output device from among various simultaneous output schemes, configure an output path according to the selected simultaneous output scheme, and reproduce audio data; and
repeat an operation of configuring the output path responsive to a third audio output device being connected through at least one of the audio interface and the communication module.