US 12,033,628 B2
Method for controlling ambient sound and electronic device therefor
Hoseon Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Chulmin Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Youngwoo Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/545,257.
Application 17/545,257 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/015767, filed on Nov. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0174848 (KR), filed on Dec. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0189477 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 25/87 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G10L 15/22 (2013.01) [G10L 25/87 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless audio device comprising:
an audio receiving circuit;
an audio output circuit;
an acceleration sensor;
a communication circuit;
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more computer programs including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless audio device to:
detect an utterance of a user of the wireless audio device by using the acceleration sensor and at least one internal microphone facing the user,
in response to detecting the utterance of the user, enter into a dialog mode in which at least some of ambient sounds received by the audio receiving circuit are output through the audio output circuit,
determine whether a voice is detected during a specified time by using at least one external microphone exposed to an outside, and
based on no voice being detected for the specified time or longer by using the audio receiving circuit in the dialog mode, end the dialog mode.