Electronic device and method for controlling video function and call function therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9723421-B2
Application number	US-201514638633-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 4, 2015
Priority date	Mar 4, 2014
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

A method for controlling an electronic device is provided. The method for controlling an electronic device includes operating a first microphone and a second microphone; receiving a first voice signal picked up by the first microphone and a second voice signal picked up by the second microphone; selecting at least one voice signal; storing the selected at least one voice signal; and sending the second voice signal picked up by the second microphone to a communication module.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving a first voice signal from a first microphone and a second voice signal from a second microphone;
storing a third voice signal, wherein the third voice signal is obtained by removing signal components related to a portion of the second voice signal from the first voice signal; and
sending the second voice signal to a communication module.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second microphone is placed more closely to a user than the first microphone.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein storing the third voice signal comprises recording a video containing audio data corresponding to the third voice signal.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein storing the third voice signal comprises storing the third voice signal and related information together.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein storing the third voice signal further comprises storing communication specific information as the related information.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the communication specific information comprises information regarding a call duration time, a counterpart name, a counterpart number, and a call status for a call.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the second voice signal comprises sending the second voice signal to an external device through the communication module while performing video recording.

8. An electronic device, comprising:
a sensor configured to identify a position of a user;
a memory configured to store audio signals and moving images;
an input unit having a first microphone configured to receive a first voice signal and a second microphone configured to receive a second voice signal;
a camera having a first camera configured to capture an image at a back of the electronic device and a second camera configured to capture an image at a front of the electronic device; and
a processor configured to control a wireless communication unit having a mobile communication module and a wireless Internet module for video and voice communication between the electronic device and an external electronic device,
wherein the processor comprises a sound manager that is configured to operate the first microphone and the second microphone, receive the first voice signal from the first microphone and receive the second voice signal from the second microphone, store a third voice signal, and control the wireless communication unit to send the second voice signal to a communication module,
wherein the third voice signal is obtained by removing signal components related to a portion of the second voice signal from the first voice signal.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the second microphone is placed more closely to the user than the first microphone.

10. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the sound manager is further configured to record a video containing audio data corresponding to the third voice signal.

11. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the sound manager is further configured to store the third voice signal and related information together.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the sound manager is further configured to store the related information including communication specific information.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the sound manager is further configured to store the communication specific information including information regarding a call duration time, a counterpart name, a counterpart number, and a call status for a call.

14. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the sound manager is configured to transmit the second voice signal to an external device through the mobile communication module while performing video recording.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hwang Sooji
• Kim Kyungtae

Classifications

• H04R29/004 Primary

  for microphones (H04R29/007 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N7/147

  Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals (selecting H04Q) · CPC title

• H04M2250/52

  including functional features of a camera · CPC title

• H04M1/72583

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G10L21/0272

  Voice signal separating · CPC title