US 12,461,703 B2
Electronic device and operation method thereof
Kilsoo Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Kwansik Yang, Suwon-si (KR); Sehyun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jongin Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyeeun Park, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/110,555.
Application 18/110,555 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/018122, filed on Nov. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0158045 (KR), filed on Nov. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0195409 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/162 (2013.01) [H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a communication interface;
a memory to store one or more instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to:
receive an audio input through the communication interface from an audio input device,
detect a release of a wireless connection through the communication interface while an audio input operation is being performed through the communication interface,
based on the release of the wireless connection through the communication interface identify whether the electronic device is performing a video call application using the audio input device,
based on the electronic device performing the video call application, select as a replacement audio input device an audio input device included in a camera that obtains an image for the video call application,
based on the electronic device not performing the video call application, select the replacement audio input device from a plurality of audio input devices based on a specified criterion, and
perform the audio input operation through the selected replacement audio input device.