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Samsung patents device that plays audio from attached objects

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung describes an electronic device that detects when a physical object is attached to a specific spot on its body. Once detected, the device reads information from that object to find and play the matching audio content through its speaker.

Why it mattersThis could allow users to trigger specific sounds or media by simply attaching a tag or accessory to their device, creating a direct link between physical items and digital audio.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic apparatus includes: a communication circuit; a speaker; at least one processor comprising a processing circuit, wherein the at least one processor is operatively connected with the communication circuit and the speaker; and a memory storing instructions, wherein, when the instructions are executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, the instructions cause the electronic apparatus to: identify whether an object corresponding to an audio content is attached to a first position of the electronic apparatus, acquire metadata corresponding to the audio content from the object through the communication circuit, obtain, from an external apparatus through the communication circuit, the audio content corresponding to the acquired metadata, and output, through the speaker, the obtained audio content.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a communication circuit; a speaker; at least one processor comprising a processing circuit, wherein the at least one processor is operatively connected with the communication circuit and the speaker; and a memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic apparatus to: identify whether an object corresponding to an audio content is attached to a first position of the electronic apparatus, based on identifying that the object is attached to the first position, acquire metadata corresponding to the audio content from the object through the communication circuit, obtain, from an external apparatus through the communication circuit, the audio content corresponding to the acquired metadata, and output, through the speaker, the obtained audio content.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Publication number
US20260299879A1
Application number
19557705
Filed
Mar 5, 2026
Published
Oct 1, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
20

Classified under

G06F 3/165 Physics & computingG06F 3/162 Physics & computingG06K 7/10297 Physics & computing
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