Samsung patents TV that uses a second mic for calls while playing audio
Samsung describes a display device that can handle voice calls while simultaneously playing audio through Bluetooth headphones. When a call comes in, the system identifies a separate microphone on the TV or connected device to capture the user's voice. This allows the user to speak into the TV's microphone while continuing to listen to the call or other audio through their Bluetooth headphones.
In the filing’s own words
An example display apparatus may include a display, a communication interface, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to receive a voice call request; in response to receiving the voice call request, determine whether audio data is being transmitted to an audio input/output apparatus by the communication interface according to a Bluetooth communication protocol and, in response to determining that the audio data is being transmitted by the communication interface, identify one or more audio input apparatuses other than the audio input/output apparatus, select a first audio input apparatus from among the one or more identified audio input apparatuses, and activate the selected first audio input apparatus, and control a speech input according to the voice call request so as to be received from the activated first audio input apparatus.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A display apparatus comprising: a display; communication circuitry; memory storing one or more instructions; and at least one processor, including processing circuitry, configured to, individually or collectively, control the display apparatus to: receive a voice call request for a voice call, in response to receiving the voice call request, determine whether audio data is being transmitted from the display apparatus to an audio input/output apparatus by the communication circuitry according to a Bluetooth communication protocol, and in response to determining that the audio data is being transmitted from the display apparatus to the audio input/output apparatus by the communication circuitry, identify one or more audio input apparatuses other than the audio input/output apparatus, select a first audio input apparatus from among the one or more identified audio input apparatuses, activate the selected first audio input apparatus, maintain transmission of the audio data to the audio input/output apparatus, receive speech input for transmitting to a voice call counterpart apparatus via the activated first audio input apparatus through a separate audio input path independent of an audio output path through the audio input/output apparatus, and receive counterpart speech input from the voice call counterpart apparatus and mix the received counterpart speech input with the audio data being transmitted to the audio input/output apparatus.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- Display device and operating method therefor
- Patent number
- US12761861B2
- Application number
- 18642118
- Filed
- Apr 22, 2024
- Granted
- Oct 13, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 16
Classified under
G06F 3/162 Physics & computingG06F 3/0482 Physics & computingH04R 29/005 Electricity & electronicsH04R 2420/07 Electricity & electronicsH04R 2499/15 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Audio & voice
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