Patents by Inventor Choonho KIM

Choonho 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).

  • Publication number: 20260189867
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device may comprise: displays; one or more sensors; an audio module; one or more processors; and a memory for storing instructions. According to an embodiment, the instructions may be configured to, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to identify the state of the displays by using the sensors in response to the execution of an application. According to an embodiment, the instructions may be configured to cause the electronic device to, on the basis of identifying that the state of the displays is a first state, generate a first stereoscopic audio signal from an audio signal by using an audio processing unit set to a first gain and output the generated first stereoscopic audio signal via the audio module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2026
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Inventors: Kitae KIM, Beakkwon SON, Choonho KIM
  • Publication number: 20260011222
    Abstract: A wearable device includes memory, including one or more storage mediums, storing instructions, a speaker, and at least one processor including processing circuitry, and the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to, based on an emergency state of a user, to provide audio corresponding to an emergency siren, output a first audio signal, through the speaker, on a first frequency range with first sound pressure and after outputting the first audio signal, output a second audio signal through the speaker on a second frequency range having audible sensitivity higher than audible sensitivity in the first frequency range with second sound pressure greater than the first sound pressure, wherein a resonant frequency of the speaker is changed from the first resonant frequency to the second resonant frequency lower than the first resonant frequency in accordance with outputting the first audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Youngbae PARK, Joonrae CHO, Myoungsung SIM, Myeungseon KIM, Choonho KIM
  • Publication number: 20250097636
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the disclosure may include: a display disposed around an eye of a user when being worn on a body part of the user, a plurality of microphones configured to receive an external signal, a camera, a speaker configured to reproduce a signal, at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, and a memory. At least one processor, individually and/or collectively, may be configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory and to operate any one of a first mode or a second mode according to a designated condition, the first mode displaying a virtual space on the display and the second mode displaying a real space captured via the camera on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Jungyeol AN, Gangyoul KIM, Choonho KIM, Youngbae PARK, Myungcheol LEE, Joonrae CHO
  • Patent number: 12231846
    Abstract: An electronic device including a plurality of microphones and a processor is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of microphones disposed at different positions in the electronic device, a processor configured to collect input signals input to each of the microphones, acquire direction of arrival (DOA) information corresponding to each of the microphones from the input signals, calculate generation directions of the input signals using the DOA information, adjust a weight of an input signal for each of the microphones, based on the generation directions of the input signals, and generate an output signal for each of the microphones by reflecting the weight adjusted for each of the microphones, and a speaker configured to output an output signal for each of the microphones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Choonho Kim, Gangyoul Kim, Kitae Kim, Mooyeol Kim, Mihyang Kim, Taebin Kim, Yuhoon Lee
  • Publication number: 20240265931
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure may include: a communication module, comprising communication circuitry, configured to perform wireless communication with a network, at least one microphone configured to collect a sound signal, at least one speaker configured to output the sound signal, and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, operatively connected to the at least one microphone and the at least one speaker. At least one processor, individually and/or collectively, may be configured to: perform a call connection with an external electronic device through a network using the communication module, process a first sound signal corresponding to a sound signal input from the external electronic device and received through the network, and output the processed first sound signal through the at least one speaker, detect the first sound signal output through the at least one speaker, through the microphone to generate a second sound signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Seungyoon HEO, Choonho KIM, Gangyoul KIM, Chaerim BANG, Sunghwa WOO, Sangsu LEE
  • Publication number: 20230410788
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication module and a processor operatively connected to the communication module. The processor is configured to: receive and store a first speech voice related to at least a first external device, and a second speech voice related to a second external device; if individual speech is detected, transmit the first speech voice or the second speech voice having a first playback speed to at least a first external device and a second external device; and, if simultaneous speech is detected, convert, into a second playback speed different from the first playback speed, at least a part of a synthesized voice in which at least first overlap speech of the first speech voice and at least second overlap speech of the second speech voice are successively connected, and transmit the synthesized voice to the at least first external device and the second external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Mihyang KIM, Gangyoul KIM, Taebin KIM, Yuhoon LEE, Kitae KIM, Mooyeol KIM, Choonho KIM
  • Publication number: 20230156399
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of microphones disposed at different positions in the electronic device, a processor configured to collect input signals input to each of the microphones, acquire direction of arrival (DOA) information corresponding to each of the microphones from the input signals, calculate generation directions of the input signals using the DOA information, adjust a weight of an input signal for each of the microphones, based on the generation directions of the input signals, and generate an output signal for each of the microphones by reflecting the weight adjusted for each of the microphones, and a speaker configured to output an output signal for each of the microphones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Choonho KIM, Gangyoul KIM, Kitae KIM, Mooyeol KIM, Mihyang KIM, Taebin KIM, Yuhoon LEE
  • Patent number: 9723408
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a circuit electrically connected to first and second contacts and a processor electrically connected to the circuit, wherein the circuit compares a first signal occurring by an electrical contact of the first contact and the external material with a first threshold value to generate a first comparison signal, compares a second signal occurring by an electrical contact of the second contact and the external material with a second threshold value to generate a second comparison signal, and generates a third signal based on a portion of the first and second comparison signals and provides the third signal to the processor, wherein the external material includes one of moisture and a foreign substance or the external connector, and the processor prevents recognizing a contact of the moisture or the foreign substance as a contact of the external connector based on a portion of the third signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Seonguk Park, Choonho Kim, Soonsang Park
  • Publication number: 20160380394
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a circuit electrically connected to first and second contacts and a processor electrically connected to the circuit, wherein the circuit compares a first signal occurring by an electrical contact of the first contact and the external material with a first threshold value to generate a first comparison signal, compares a second signal occurring by an electrical contact of the second contact and the external material with a second threshold value to generate a second comparison signal, and generates a third signal based on a portion of the first and second comparison signals and provides the third signal to the processor, wherein the external material includes one of moisture and a foreign substance or the external connector, and the processor prevents recognizing a contact of the moisture or the foreign substance as a contact of the external connector based on a portion of the third signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Seonguk PARK, Choonho KIM, Soonsang PARK