Patents by Inventor Soowon JANG

Soowon JANG 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: 20250218424
    Abstract: A method performed by an electronic device during a call is provided. The method includes receiving, via a microphone, an utterance from a user of the electronic device. The method includes performing, by the electronic device, automatic speech recognition (ASR) based on a speech signal corresponding to a portion of the utterance to generate a first text in a first language. The method includes identifying, by the electronic device, an end point of a sentence included in the first text based on at least one pause section associated with the first text. The method includes translating, by the electronic device, a portion of the first text corresponding to the sentence into a second text in a second language, based on the identified end point of the sentence included in the first text. The method includes performing, by the electronic device, a text-to-speech (TTS) conversion on the second text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Jooyong BYEON, Jungin LEE, Gilho LEE, Soowon JANG, Sungsu HYUN, Kyungtae KIM, Gajin SONG
  • Patent number: 11922127
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device comprises: a memory, a communication module comprising communication circuitry, and a processor operatively connected with the memory and the communication module. The processor is configured to control the electronic device to: obtain a utterance text corresponding to utterance speech, obtain an intent of the utterance text and emotion information based on the utterance speech and the utterance text, obtain a response text for the utterance text based on the intent of the utterance text and the emotion information, obtain a markup language including information about an output unit of text of the response text based on at least one of the intent of the utterance text, the emotion information, or the response text, and add the markup language to the response text and provide the response text. The text output unit is at least one selected from among a phoneme unit, a consonant and vowel unit, a syllable unit, or a word unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kichul Kim, Yoonjae Park, Jooyong Byeon, Youngkyu Kim, Byungkeon Park, Soowon Jang, Changyong Jeong, Sungbin Jin, Jaeyung Yeo
  • Publication number: 20230145198
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device comprises: a memory, a communication module comprising communication circuitry, and a processor operatively connected with the memory and the communication module. The processor is configured to control the electronic device to: obtain a utterance text corresponding to utterance speech, obtain an intent of the utterance text and emotion information based on the utterance speech and the utterance text, obtain a response text for the utterance text based on the intent of the utterance text and the emotion information, obtain a markup language including information about an output unit of text of the response text based on at least one of the intent of the utterance text, the emotion information, or the response text, and add the markup language to the response text and provide the response text. The text output unit is at least one selected from among a phoneme unit, a consonant and vowel unit, a syllable unit, or a word unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Kichul KIM, Yoonjae PARK, Jooyong BYEON, Youngkyu KIM, Byungkeon PARK, Soowon JANG, Changyong JEONG, Sungbin JIN, Jaeyung YEO