ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,034, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device and control method thereof" was invented by Changwoo Han (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dokyun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jungwook Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaeyoung Roh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jonguk Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngmoon Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Youngho Han (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a microphone; at least one memory storing a wake-up word detection model; and at least one processor configured to: obtain a sound signal received through ...