Patents by Inventor Hyeonyeong JEONG

Hyeonyeong JEONG 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: 12231862
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication module, an input module, a first output module, a second output module, a first digital to analog converter (DAC) connected to the first output module, a second DAC connected to the second output module, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to identify an operation mode of the electronic device, obtain an external signal through the communication module, or obtain an input signal through the input module, generate an output signal corresponding to the operation mode, and control the first DAC and the second DAC in response to the operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeonyeong Jeong, Haekeu Park, Juhee Chang
  • Publication number: 20250038582
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Byoungyoun LEE, Hyeonyeong JEONG, Jongchul HONG
  • Patent number: 12205571
    Abstract: An electronic device may include at least one microphone, a speaker, and a processor operatively connected to the at least one microphone and the speaker, wherein the processor may be configured to configure an operation frequency of the microphone as a first frequency and receive an external audio signal from the outside of the electronic device through the microphone operating in the first frequency, generate a first audio signal using the received external audio signal, acquire noise signal information, based on the first audio signal, output a second audio signal generated based on the noise signal information through the speaker, determine a second frequency, based on the generated second audio signal, and change the operation frequency of the microphone to the second frequency and receive the external audio signal from the outside of the electronic device through the microphone operating at the second frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungjin Kim, Sohee Kim, Haekeu Park, Juhee Chang, Hyeonyeong Jeong
  • Publication number: 20240397248
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Sungjin KIM, Sohee KIM, Haekeu PARK, Juhee CHANG, Hyeonyeong JEONG
  • Patent number: 12155986
    Abstract: An acoustic device and an electronic device including the same are provided. The acoustic device and an electronic device include a main body including at least one acoustic output port and at least one air vent port, a speaker unit accommodated in the main body, a first ear tip including at least one first opening area corresponding to the at least one air vent port and detachably coupled to the main body, and a second ear tip including at least one second opening area corresponding to the at least one air vent port and detachably coupled to the main body, wherein one of the first ear tip or the second ear tip may be coupled to the main body so that the main body is worn in a user's ear, and when the first ear tip is mounted, a larger area of the at least one air vent port may be exposed to an external space through the at least one first opening area than when the second ear tip is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeonyeong Jeong, Haekeu Park, Sungjin Kim, Sohee Kim, Juhee Chang, Seunga Lee
  • Publication number: 20240365061
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device is provided. The wearable electronic device includes a speaker and a microphone, and more particularly, to a wearable electronic device worn on the user's ear. Various embodiments of the disclosure may provide a wearable electronic device including a first speaker configured to radiate a sound in a first frequency range, a second speaker configured to radiate a sound in a second frequency range higher than the first frequency range, a microphone, and a housing configured to accommodate the first speaker, the second speaker, and the microphone therein. The housing may include a sound path configured to serve as a path through which sounds radiated from the first speaker and the second speaker move, and a recess configured to communicate the sound path with the outside of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Haekeu PARK, Juhee CHANG, Hyeonyeong JEONG
  • Patent number: 12101603
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a housing configured to be mounted on or detached from an ear of a user, at least one processor disposed within the housing, an audio module including audio circuitry, and a sensor device including at least one sensor operatively coupled to the at least one processor and the audio module. The sensor device may be configured to: output acceleration-related data to the at least one processor through a first path of the sensor device, identify whether an utterance has been made during the output of the acceleration-related data; obtain bone conduction-related data based on the identification of the utterance; and output the obtained bone conduction-related data to the audio module through a second path of the sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunghun Shin, Kihun Eom, Kihong Min, Hyeonyeong Jeong
  • Patent number: 12035116
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device is provided. The wearable electronic device includes a speaker and a microphone, and more particularly, to a wearable electronic device worn on the user's ear. Various embodiments of the disclosure may provide a wearable electronic device including a first speaker configured to radiate a sound in a first frequency range, a second speaker configured to radiate a sound in a second frequency range higher than the first frequency range, a microphone, and a housing configured to accommodate the first speaker, the second speaker, and the microphone therein. The housing may include a sound path configured to serve as a path through which sounds radiated from the first speaker and the second speaker move, and a recess configured to communicate the sound path with the outside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haekeu Park, Juhee Chang, Hyeonyeong Jeong
  • Patent number: 11962966
    Abstract: A headset including an in-ear microphone is disclosed, the headset including a first frame including a first surface toward a first direction, a second surface toward a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side surface surrounding at least part of a space between the first surface and the second surface, a speaker seating portion formed by recessing by a specific depth from a first portion of the first surface toward the second surface, a space formed between the speaker seating portion and the second surface, a speaker hole penetrated from the speaker seating portion to the space, a microphone hole penetrated from a second portion of the first surface to the space, an acoustic hole formed by penetrating the second surface from the space, a speaker seated in the speaker seating portion, a first printed circuit board disposed on the second portion and having a via hole connected with the microphone hole, a second printed circuit board electrically connected with the first printed circuit boa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haekeu Park, Kyeongcheol Yoon, Hyeonyeong Jeong, Sunghoon Cho, Seonmi Kim, Jeock Lee, Seyoun Kwon
  • Publication number: 20240031730
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include: a battery including an anode having a first length and a cathode having a second length different from the first length, a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the battery and surrounding at least part of a side surface of the battery, and a speaker stacked with the battery. The flexible printed circuit board may include a power wiring electrically connected to the anode and a ground wiring electrically connected to the cathode. A first current of a first winding direction generated due to a length difference between the cathode and the anode may flow in the battery, and a second current of a second winding direction opposite to the first winding direction may flow in a wiring disposed closer to the speaker between the power wiring and the ground wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Sungjin KIM, Chulhan KIM, Kiwook HAN, Sohee KIM, Haekeu PARK, Juhee CHANG, Sigyung JUNG, Hyeonyeong JEONG
  • Publication number: 20240031727
    Abstract: A headset including an in-ear microphone is disclosed, the headset including a first frame including a first surface toward a first direction, a second surface toward a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side surface surrounding at least part of a space between the first surface and the second surface, a speaker seating portion formed by recessing by a specific depth from a first portion of the first surface toward the second surface, a space formed between the speaker seating portion and the second surface, a speaker hole penetrated from the speaker seating portion to the space, a microphone hole penetrated from a second portion of the first surface to the space, an acoustic hole formed by penetrating the second surface from the space, a speaker seated in the speaker seating portion, a first printed circuit board disposed on the second portion and having a via hole connected with the microphone hole, a second printed circuit board electrically connected with the first printed circuit boa
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Haekeu PARK, Kyeongcheol YOON, Hyeonyeong JEONG, Sunghoon CHO, Seonmi KIM, Jeock LEE, Seyoun KWON
  • Publication number: 20230269522
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing, a first frame disposed inside the housing and including a first surface, a second frame forming an internal space by being coupled with the first frame, and including a second surface opposed to the first surface, a speaker disposed in the internal space and including at least one voice coil, and a battery disposed on a side of the second frame. The second frame may include at least one frame hole, and a ratio ?/?0 of a magnetic permeability to a vacuum permeability of at least one of a material of the first frame or a material of the second frame may be equal to or greater than 1000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Haekeu PARK, Sungjin KIM, Sohee KIM, Byeongmin LEE, Juhee CHANG, Hyeonyeong JEONG, Kiwook HAN
  • Publication number: 20230206892
    Abstract: An electronic device may include at least one microphone, a speaker, and a processor operatively connected to the at least one microphone and the speaker, wherein the processor may be configured to configure an operation frequency of the microphone as a first frequency and receive an external audio signal from the outside of the electronic device through the microphone operating in the first frequency, generate a first audio signal using the received external audio signal, acquire noise signal information, based on the first audio signal, output a second audio signal generated based on the noise signal information through the speaker, determine a second frequency, based on the generated second audio signal, and change the operation frequency of the microphone to the second frequency and receive the external audio signal from the outside of the electronic device through the microphone operating at the second frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Sungjin KIM, Sohee KIM, Haekeu PARK, Juhee CHANG, Hyeonyeong JEONG
  • Publication number: 20230188885
    Abstract: An acoustic device and an electronic device including the same are provided. The acoustic device and an electronic device include a main body including at least one acoustic output port and at least one air vent port, a speaker unit accommodated in the main body, a first ear tip including at least one first opening area corresponding to the at least one air vent port and detachably coupled to the main body, and a second ear tip including at least one second opening area corresponding to the at least one air vent port and detachably coupled to the main body, wherein one of the first ear tip or the second ear tip may be coupled to the main body so that the main body is worn in a user's ear, and when the first ear tip is mounted, a larger area of the at least one air vent port may be exposed to an external space through the at least one first opening area than when the second ear tip is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Hyeonyeong JEONG, Haekeu PARK, Sungjin KIM, Sohee KIM, Juhee CHANG, Seunga LEE
  • Publication number: 20230087784
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication module, an input module, a first output module, a second output module, a first digital to analog converter (DAC) connected to the first output module, a second DAC connected to the second output module, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to identify an operation mode of the electronic device, obtain an external signal through the communication module, or obtain an input signal through the input module, generate an output signal corresponding to the operation mode, and control the first DAC and the second DAC in response to the operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Hyeonyeong JEONG, Haekeu PARK, Juhee CHANG
  • Publication number: 20220386046
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a housing configured to be mounted on or detached from an ear of a user, at least one processor disposed within the housing, an audio module including audio circuitry, and a sensor device including at least one sensor operatively coupled to the at least one processor and the audio module. The sensor device may be configured to: output acceleration-related data to the at least one processor through a first path of the sensor device, identify whether an utterance has been made during the output of the acceleration-related data; obtain bone conduction-related data based on the identification of the utterance; and output the obtained bone conduction-related data to the audio module through a second path of the sensor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Sunghun SHIN, Kihun EOM, Kihong MIN, Hyeonyeong JEONG
  • Publication number: 20220361319
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a microphone module and a printed circuit board on which the microphone module is disposed. The printed circuit board includes a first layer having at least one first microphone pad coupled to the microphone module, a first ground spaced apart from the first microphone pad, and a second microphone pad coupled to the microphone module and connected to the first ground; and a second layer disposed under the first layer and having a second ground opposite to the first microphone pad and at least a part of the first ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Haekeu PARK, Hyeonyeong JEONG, Sunghoon CHO
  • Publication number: 20220345816
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device is provided. The wearable electronic device includes a speaker and a microphone, and more particularly, to a wearable electronic device worn on the user's ear. Various embodiments of the disclosure may provide a wearable electronic device including a first speaker configured to radiate a sound in a first frequency range, a second speaker configured to radiate a sound in a second frequency range higher than the first frequency range, a microphone, and a housing configured to accommodate the first speaker, the second speaker, and the microphone therein. The housing may include a sound path configured to serve as a path through which sounds radiated from the first speaker and the second speaker move, and a recess configured to communicate the sound path with the outside of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Haekeu PARK, Juhee CHANG, Hyeonyeong JEONG
  • Patent number: 11159899
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments includes a housing including an acoustic channel and a nozzle portion having an opening formed therein for connecting the acoustic channel to an outside of the electronic device, and an eartip detachably engaged with the housing through at least a portion of the nozzle portion. The eartip includes a first area, at least a portion of which is formed of an elastic material and comes into contact with an object, and a second area, at least a portion of which is formed of an elastic material and surrounds at least a portion of the nozzle portion. The second area includes a first portion having a hole having a first size and a second portion having a second size larger than the first size, and a protrusion is formed at an end of the second portion in a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeonyeong Jeong, Kyeongcheol Yoon, Seeyoun Kwon, Hansol Kim, Haekeu Park, Sunghoon Cho, Jonghyuk Cho
  • Patent number: 11076215
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the disclosure relate to microphone-equipped wearable devices, and more particularly, to wearable devices worn on users' ear. According to certain embodiments of the disclosure, a wearable device comprises a speaker, a microphone, and a housing, the housing includes a protrusion configured to be insertable into a user's ear, a first sound path including a first opening formed through an area of a surface of the protrusion, extending from the first opening in a first length, and including a second opening facing the speaker, and a second sound path including a third opening formed through another area of the surface of the protrusion, extending from the third opening in a second length larger than the first length, and including a fourth opening facing the microphone. Other certain embodiments are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seonmi Kim, Hangil Moon, Jeock Lee, Hwan Shim, Hansol Kim, Haekeu Park, Juhee Chang, Hyeonyeong Jeong, Sunghoon Cho, Hochul Hwang