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Samsung patents audio fix that uses one speaker to repair the other

Samsung has filed a patent for an electronic device that monitors audio streams from two separate sources. If data is lost on one channel, the device checks if the sound on the other channel is similar enough to use it as a template. It then applies spatial audio characteristics from the working channel to reconstruct the missing audio on the broken one.

Why it mattersThis could help maintain clear stereo sound in wireless headphones or speakers even when the internet connection is unstable.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device includes: a communication circuit; at least one processor; and memory including instructions which, when executed by the processor, may cause the electronic device to: receive a signal of a first channel from a first external electronic device and receive a signal of a second channel from a second external electronic device; identify that a packet loss has occurred in the first channel; identify whether inter-channel similarity of the first channel and the second channel is greater than a first threshold value based on identifying that the packet loss has occurred in the first channel; and based on identifying that the inter-channel similarity is greater than the first threshold value, restore the signal of the first channel received in the first section by applying sound localization between the first channel and the second channel to the signal of the second channel received in the first section.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device, comprising: communication circuitry; at least one processor comprising processing circuitry; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, individually or in any combination, cause the electronic device to: receive, in a first period, via the communication circuitry, a signal of a first channel from a first external electronic device, and a signal of a second channel from a second external electronic device, identify that a packet loss occurs in the first channel, based on identifying that the packet loss occurs in the first channel, identify whether inter-channel similarity for the first channel and the second channel is greater than a first threshold value, and based on identifying that the inter-channel similarity is greater than the first threshold value, restore the signal of the first channel received in the first period by applying a sound location characteristic between the first channel and the second channel to the signal of the second channel received in the first period.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AUDIO SERVICE, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
Publication number
US20260270618A1
Application number
19661332
Filed
Apr 28, 2026
Published
Sep 10, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
19

Classified under

H04R 3/12 Electricity & electronicsH04R 3/04 Electricity & electronicsH04S 7/306 Electricity & electronicsH04R 2420/07 Electricity & electronicsH04R 2499/11 Electricity & electronicsH04R 2499/15 Electricity & electronics
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