Patents by Inventor Seung-Yoon Heo

Seung-Yoon Heo 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: 9747886
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cancelling a noise of an audio signal in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a communication module configured to provide a voice call service with a counterpart electronic device, a memory configured to store one or more noise cancellation variables, and a processor configured to, when a call with the counterpart electronic device is configured through the communication module, select a noise cancellation variable corresponding to a reception signal strength from the memory and cancel an audio signal noise based on a noise cancellation variable corresponding to the reception signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Yoon Heo, Kiwon Kim, Gunhyuk Yoon, Youngsoo Park, Chulmin Choi, Ho-Chul Hwang
  • Publication number: 20160351182
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cancelling a noise of an audio signal in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a communication module configured to provide a voice call service with a counterpart electronic device, a memory configured to store one or more noise cancellation variables, and a processor configured to, when a call with the counterpart electronic device is configured through the communication module, select a noise cancellation variable corresponding to a reception signal strength from the memory and cancel an audio signal noise based on a noise cancellation variable corresponding to the reception signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Seung-Yoon HEO, Kiwon KIM, Gunhyuk YOON, Youngsoo PARK, Chulmin CHOI, Ho-Chul HWANG
  • Patent number: 9420371
    Abstract: A user device having a plurality of microphones and an operating method thereof are provided. The user device includes a plurality of microphones for converting sounds into electrical signals, an analysis unit for analyzing acoustic characteristics of the electrical signals outputted from the plurality of microphones, a switch unit for electrically connecting a specific microphone and a host device according to the analysis result of the analysis unit, and the host device for executing a function using an electrical signal outputted from the specific microphone. Various other exemplary embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Yeol An, Cheol-Yong Park, Gang-Youl Kim, Gun-Hyuk Yoon, Ki-Won Kim, Seung-Yoon Heo
  • Publication number: 20140294196
    Abstract: A user device having a plurality of microphones and an operating method thereof are provided. The user device includes a plurality of microphones for converting sounds into electrical signals, an analysis unit for analyzing acoustic characteristics of the electrical signals outputted from the plurality of microphones, a switch unit for electrically connecting a specific microphone and a host device according to the analysis result of the analysis unit, and the host device for executing a function using an electrical signal outputted from the specific microphone. Various other exemplary embodiments are possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Yeol An, Cheol-Yong Park, Gang-Youl Kim, Gun-Hyuk Yoon, Ki-Won Kim, Seung-Yoon Heo