Patent №
US 11,216,655
Granted
2022-01-04
Filed 2020
Owner
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Lab
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AI components
3
nlp · vision · speech
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
16738030
An electronic device and method are disclosed. The device includes a housing, at least one camera, a plurality of microphones configured to detect a direction of a sound source, at least one driver operable to rotate and/or move at least part of the housing, a wireless communication circuit, a processor operatively connected to the camera, the microphones, the driver, and the wireless communication circuit, and a memory. The processor implements the method, including: receiving a user utterance, detect a first direction from which the user utterance originated, control the driver to rotate and/or move towards the first direction, a first image scan for the first direction and analyze the image for a presence of a user, when the user is not detected, rotate and/or move the at least part of the housing in a second direction, and perform a second image scan.
AI classification
Ownership
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
assignment · 514600758
Assignors
SHIN, HOSEON, LEE, CHULMIN, SONG, GAJIN
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.