	US 12,411,653 B2
	Method and electronic device for detecting ambient audio signal
Kwangyong Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Daeho Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Sangheon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Misun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Mira Seo, Suwon-si (KR); and Yeunwook Lim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/090,299.
Application 18/090,299 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/008424, filed on Jul. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0081739 (KR), filed on Jul. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0137857 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. G10L 21/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)

CPC G06F 3/167 (2013.01) [G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/162 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a wireless communication circuit;

memory; and

at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, operatively connected to the wireless communication circuit, and the memory, and

configured, individually or collectively, to:

acquire, from an external electronic device connected to the electronic device through the wireless communication circuit, context information comprising information indicating a state of the external electronic device,

determine whether to activate a microphone of the electronic device or a microphone of the external electronic device based on the context information,

activate one of the microphone of the electronic device or the microphone of the external electronic device based on the determination,

acquire an ambient audio signal using the activated microphone,

identify whether preconfigured audio information is included in the acquired ambient audio signal; and

transmit, in response to identifying that the preconfigured audio information is included in the acquired ambient audio signal, data related to the ambient audio signal to the external electronic device.

12. A method for an electronic device, the method comprising:

acquiring context information from an external electronic device connected to the electronic device, the context information comprising information indicating a state of the external electronic device;

determining whether to activate a microphone of the electronic device or a microphone of the external electronic device based on the context information;

activating one of the microphone of the electronic device or the microphone of the external electronic device based on the determination;

acquiring an ambient audio signal using the activated microphone;

identifying whether preconfigured audio information is included in the acquired ambient audio signal; and

transmitting, in response to identifying that the preconfigured audio information is included in the acquired ambient audio signal, data related to the ambient audio signal to the external electronic device.