Patents by Inventor Jun-tai Kim

Jun-tai Kim has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11871188
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising: a microphone array including at least three microphones; and at least one processor configured to: identify a kind of an application that is executed; activate one or more of the microphones in the array based on each microphone's respective position within the electronic device and the type of the application; and capture audio using the activated microphones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Mo Keum, Min Ho Bae, Jung Yeol An, Gang Youl Kim, Jun Tai Kim, Jae Mo Yang, Nam Il Lee, Ho Chul Hwang
  • Publication number: 20210227322
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising: a microphone array including at least three microphones; and at least one processor configured to: identify a kind of an application that is executed; activate one or more of the microphones in the array based on each microphone's respective position within the electronic device and the type of the application; and capture audio using the activated microphones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Mo KEUM, Min Ho BAE, Jung Yeol AN, Gang Youl KIM, Jun Tai KIM, Jae Mo YANG, Nam Il LEE, Ho Chul HWANG
  • Patent number: 11019427
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising: a microphone array including at least three microphones; and at least one processor configured to: identify a kind of an application that is executed; activate one or more of the microphones in the array based on each microphone's respective position within the electronic device and the type of the application; and capture audio using the activated microphones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Mo Keum, Min Ho Bae, Jung Yeol An, Gang Youl Kim, Jun Tai Kim, Jae Mo Yang, Nam Il Lee, Ho Chul Hwang
  • Patent number: 10979807
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising: a microphone array including at least three microphones; and at least one processor configured to: identify a kind of an application that is executed; activate one or more of the microphones in the array based on each microphone's respective position within the electronic device and the type of the application; and capture audio using the activated microphones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Mo Keum, Min Ho Bae, Jung Yeol An, Gang Youl Kim, Jun Tai Kim, Jae Mo Yang, Nam Il Lee, Ho Chul Hwang
  • Publication number: 20200374627
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising: a microphone array including at least three microphones; and at least one processor configured to: identify a kind of an application that is executed; activate one or more of the microphones in the array based on each microphone's respective position within the electronic device and the type of the application; and capture audio using the activated microphones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Jong Mo KEUM, Min Ho BAE, Jung Yeol AN, Gang Youl KIM, Jun Tai KIM, Jae Mo YANG, Nam Il LEE, Ho Chul HWANG
  • Patent number: 10795940
    Abstract: A chatbot-based cloud management system, including: an interface for receiving a query from a client through a plurality of access channels, and delivering a response generated in response to the received query to the client; a chatbot engine for performing a response processing to the query based on a chat learning model learned in advance and a chat knowledge context, and outputting event occurrence information when a request event from the query occurs; and a processing engine for confirming failure occurrence situation of an infra where the request event has occurred and providing it to the chatbot engine by generating failure countermeasures corresponding to the failure occurrence situation based on a failure model learned in advance and a failure processing rule, when event occurrence information is received from the chatbot engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Bespin Global Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Mok Choi, Jun Tai Kim, Min Sang Park, Min Soo Jeong
  • Patent number: 10743103
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising: a microphone array including at least three microphones; and at least one processor configured to: identify a kind of an application that is executed; activate one or more of the microphones in the array based on each microphone's respective position within the electronic device and the type of the application; and capture audio using the activated microphones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Mo Keum, Min Ho Bae, Jung Yeol An, Gang Youl Kim, Jun Tai Kim, Jae Mo Yang, Nam Il Lee, Ho Chul Hwang
  • Publication number: 20190335274
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising: a microphone array including at least three microphones; and at least one processor configured to: identify a kind of an application that is executed; activate one or more of the microphones in the array based on each microphone's respective position within the electronic device and the type of the application; and capture audio using the activated microphones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Jong Mo KEUM, Min Ho BAE, Jung Yeol AN, Gang Youl KIM, Jun Tai KIM, Jae Mo YANG, Nam Il LEE, Ho Chul HWANG
  • Patent number: 10390132
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising: a microphone array including at least three microphones; and at least one processor configured to: identify a kind of an application that is executed; activate one or more of the microphones in the array based on each microphone's respective position within the electronic device and the type of the application; and capture audio using the activated microphones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Mo Keum, Min Ho Bae, Jung Yeol An, Gang Youl Kim, Jun Tai Kim, Jae Mo Yang, Nam Il Lee, Ho Chul Hwang
  • Publication number: 20190147111
    Abstract: A chatbot-based cloud management system, including: an interface for receiving a query from a client through a plurality of access channels, and delivering a response generated in response to the received query to the client; a chatbot engine for performing a response processing to the query based on a chat learning model learned in advance and a chat knowledge context, and outputting event occurrence information when a request event from the query occurs; and a processing engine for confirming failure occurrence situation of an infra where the request event has occurred and providing it to the chatbot engine by generating failure countermeasures corresponding to the failure occurrence situation based on a failure model learned in advance and a failure processing rule, when event occurrence information is received from the chatbot engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: Bespin Global Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Mok CHOI, Jun Tai KIM, Min Sang PARK, Min Soo JEONG
  • Patent number: 10187726
    Abstract: An audio accessory and an audio output method are provided. The audio accessory includes a connector configured to be connected to an external device, an audio output unit configured to output a sound, and a switching unit configured to select a signal path according to whether the sound output through the audio output unit is in a balanced mode or an unbalanced mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ju-Hee Chang, Je-Ok Lee, Seon-Mi Kim, Jun-Tai Kim, Ho-Chul Hwang
  • Patent number: 10148811
    Abstract: A method, device, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for controlling a voice signal by an electronic device including a first microphone, a second microphone, a communication interface, and a processor are provided. The method includes acquiring a first voice signal by using the first microphone; acquiring a second voice signal by using the second microphone; confirming a telephone call mode for performing, by the electronic device, a telephone call with an external electronic device; adjusting a first output attribute corresponding to the first voice signal or a second output attribute corresponding to the second voice signal, based on the telephone call mode; and transmitting the adjusted first voice signal or the adjusted second voice signal to the external electronic device by using the communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Gang-Youl Kim, Jun-Tai Kim, Min-Ho Bae, Beak-Kwon Son, Jung-Yeol An, Chul-Min Choi, Yang-Su Kim, Jae-Mo Yang, Nam-Woog Lee, Keun-Won Jang, Hyun-Min Choi
  • Patent number: 10051368
    Abstract: A mobile apparatus and control method thereof are provided, which includes an audio data signal input unit arranged to receive an audio data signal. An audio output unit is arranged to output an audio signal according to the received audio data signal within a first reproduction frequency. A balanced armature is arranged to output an audio signal according to the received audio data signal within a second reproduction frequency band. The second reproduction frequency band is different from the first reproduction frequency band. An audio signal processor is arranged to adjust the first reproduction frequency band and the second reproduction frequency band such that a combination of the first reproduction frequency band and the second reproduction frequency band is wider than the first reproduction frequency band and the second reproduction frequency band individually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jun-Tai Kim, Jung-Eun Han, Mi-Hyang Kim, Byoung-Hee Lee, Tae-Eon Kim, Sun-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 9967658
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic includes a camera module and a processor configured to capture at least one image of an object using the camera module, obtain a sound using a microphone operably connected to the processor when the at least one image is captured, determine whether the sound is related to the object, when the sound is determined to be unrelated to the object, change at least one attribute of the sound and store the changed at least one attribute of the sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jun-Tai Kim, Min-Ho Bae, Hyun-Min Choi, Han-Ho Ko, Gang-Youl Kim, Jae-Mo Yang, Chul-Min Choi, Beak-Kwon Son, Nam-Il Lee
  • Publication number: 20180041834
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising: a microphone array including at least three microphones; and at least one processor configured to: identify a kind of an application that is executed; activate one or more of the microphones in the array based on each microphone's respective position within the electronic device and the type of the application; and capture audio using the activated microphones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jong Mo KUM, Min Ho BAE, Jung Yeol AN, Gang Youl KIM, Jun Tai KIM, Jae Mo YANG, Nam Il LEE, Ho Chul HWANG
  • Patent number: 9820041
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising: a microphone array including at least three microphones; and at least one processor configured to: identify a kind of an application that is executed; activate one or more of the microphones in the array based on each microphone's respective position within the electronic device and the type of the application; and capture audio using the activated microphones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Mo Kum, Min Ho Bae, Jung Yeol An, Gang Youl Kim, Jun Tai Kim, Jae Mo Yang, Nam Il Lee, Ho Chul Hwang
  • Publication number: 20170155756
    Abstract: A method, device, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for controlling a voice signal by an electronic device including a first microphone, a second microphone, a communication interface, and a processor are provided. The method includes acquiring a first voice signal by using the first microphone; acquiring a second voice signal by using the second microphone; confirming a telephone call mode for performing, by the electronic device, a telephone call with an external electronic device; adjusting a first output attribute corresponding to the first voice signal or a second output attribute corresponding to the second voice signal, based on the telephone call mode; and transmitting the adjusted first voice signal or the adjusted second voice signal to the external electronic device by using the communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Gang-Youl KIM, Jun-Tai KIM, Min-Ho BAE, Beak-Kwon SON, Jung-Yeol AN, Chui-Min CHOI, Yang-Su KIM, Jae-Mo YANG, Nam-Woog LEE, Keun-Won JANG, Hyun-Min CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170150270
    Abstract: An audio accessory and an audio output method are provided. The audio accessory includes a connector configured to be connected to an external device, an audio output unit configured to output a sound, and a switching unit configured to select a signal path according to whether the sound output through the audio output unit is in a balanced mode or an unbalanced mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Ju-Hee CHANG, Je-Ok LEE, Seon-Mi KIM, Jun-Tai KIM, Ho-Chui HWANG
  • Patent number: 9641145
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for outputting audio signals of a portable communication device are provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of audio tables including different volume control values or tone control values, and allows a user to selectively set audio tables corresponding to each of audio paths equipped with the portable communication device. Further, the apparatus analyzes a surrounding environment during a voice call, determines the absence or presence of noise, and suitably controls a volume or a tone of audio signals based on the result of the determination before outputting the audio signals. Accordingly, the apparatus can provide an improved calling condition in various calling environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang-Su Kim, Chul-Hwan Lee, Mi-Hyang Kim, Jun-Tai Kim, Nam-Ii Lee, Yong-Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 9640192
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a reception unit configured to receive an audio signal, a bandwidth change unit configured to gradually change a bandwidth of the received audio signal from a first bandwidth to a second bandwidth during a preset time, when the received audio signal is changed, and an audio output unit configured to output the received audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Beak Kwon Son, Jun Tai Kim, Chul Hwan Lee, Jae Goo Choi, Nam Il Lee, Chul Min Choi, Gang Youl Kim, Mi Hyang Kim, Eui Soon Park, Ho Chul Hwang