Patent ID: 11871188
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A portable communication device comprising:
a front cover forming at least part of a front surface of the portable communication device, the front cover including a first opening formed therein;
a rear cover forming at least part of a rear surface of the portable communication device, the rear cover including a second opening formed therein;
a peripheral member at least partially forming a plurality of side surfaces of the portable communication device, the plurality of side surfaces including a first side surface including a third opening formed therein;
a display viewable through the front cover;
a plurality of microphones including a first microphone, a second microphone and a third microphone, the first microphone configured to receive a sound through the first opening, the second microphone configured to receive the sound through the second opening, and the third microphone configured to receive the sound through the third opening; and
a processor configured to:
control a camera to record a video, the recording of the video including recording audio data based on first sound signal obtained from the first microphone, second sound signal obtained from the second microphone and third sound signal obtained from the third microphone,
during recording of the audio data, control to apply an audio zoom effect corresponding to a capturing direction of the video according to a user setting,
control to lower at least a portion of a sound signal obtained from a first direction corresponding to an opposite direction of the capturing direction while obtaining at least a portion of a sound signal from a second direction corresponding to the capturing direction, and control beamforming in the first direction based on the second microphone and the third microphone, and the second direction based on the first microphone and the third microphone.