US 12,131,748 B2
Apparatus and method for operating wearable device
Md. Salahuddin, Dacca (BD); Anwarul Hoque Mohammad, Dacca (BD); Shyam Akhter Bonny, Dacca (BD); and Debashis Maitra, Dacca (BD)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/474,563.
Application 17/474,563 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2019/004756, filed on Apr. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0031780 (KR), filed on Mar. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0407532 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G10L 21/00 (2013.01); G10L 15/06 (2013.01); G10L 15/07 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); G10L 21/0364 (2013.01)
CPC G10L 21/0364 (2013.01) [G10L 15/063 (2013.01); G10L 15/07 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a wearable device, the method comprising:
receiving, as an input, a surrounding sound of the wearable device;
determining an operation mode from among a plurality of operation modes, based on the received input; and
performing a preset operation according to the determined operation mode,
wherein the plurality of operation modes comprise a conversation mode representing a conversation state between a user of the wearable device and a speaker,
wherein the determining the operation mode from among the plurality of operation modes comprises determining the conversation mode to be the operation mode of the wearable device, based on determining that a voice signature detected from the received input matches with a pre-stored voice signature of a plurality of pre-stored voice signatures,
wherein, based on the determining that the detected voice signature matches with the pre-stored voice signature, the preset operation comprises:
canceling noise from the received input,
adjusting a volume of an audio of a content reproduced by the wearable device, and
amplifying a voice of the speaker,
wherein the plurality of operation modes further comprise: a power control mode for controlling power consumption of the wearable device, and
wherein, based on determining the power control mode to be the operation mode of the wearable device, the preset operation further comprises:
adjusting a sampling rate of the input; and
deactivating noise cancellation.