# US 2020/0401087 A1 · Wearable device comprising microphone for obtaining sound by using plurality of openings > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0401087 A1 - Document ID: US20200401087A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/969,502 - Filed: 2019-02-14 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-14 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Seokhyun MUN; Minwoo YOO; Junghyeon KIM; Valeriy PRUSHINSKIY; Daegi LEE; Junyoung LEE; Changryong HEO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200401087A1 ## CPC - G04G 21/02: Detectors of external physical values, e.g. temperature - G04G 21/06: using voice - G04G 9/007: {combined with a calculator or computing means} - G04G 17/08: Housings - G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)} - H04R 1/08: Mouthpieces; {Microphones;} Attachments therefor - G04G: ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) ## Abstract A wearable device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may include a housing forming at least a part of an exterior of the wearable device, a plurality of openings formed in at least a partial region of the housing, an elastic body disposed inside the housing and including a passage spatially connected with the plurality of openings, and at least one microphone sensing vibration introduced from the outside via the plurality of openings and the passage. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wearable device comprising: a housing forming at least a part of an exterior of the wearable device; a plurality of openings formed in at least a partial region of the housing; an elastic body disposed inside the housing and including a passage spatially connected with the plurality of openings; and at least one microphone sensing vibration introduced from an outside via the plurality of openings and the passage. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising a display, wherein the housing includes a first housing covering a front surface of the display and a second housing covering a back surface of the display, and the plurality of openings are disposed on a side surface of the second housing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The wearable device of claim 2, wherein the plurality of openings are disposed in a direction substantially parallel to the display. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a curved surface having a specified curvature, and the plurality of openings are formed on the curved surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of openings include a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening that are arranged at specified intervals, and a diameter of the second opening is larger than a diameter of the first opening or a diameter of the third opening. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising a bracket disposed between the elastic body and an inner surface of the housing, wherein the bracket includes a plurality of holes facing the plurality of openings. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The wearable device of claim 6, wherein the plurality of openings have a specified diameter, and the plurality of holes have different diameters. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the elastic body includes: a first passage from the plurality of openings toward an interior of the wearable device; and a second passage from the first passage toward the microphone. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The wearable device of claim 8, wherein a plurality of the first passages are provided corresponding to the plurality of openings. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The wearable device of claim 8, wherein the elastic body includes: a first piece including the first passage; and a second piece including the second passage. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the partial region has an inclined surface, and a region in which the plurality of openings are disposed in the partial region protrudes relatively in an outward direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the microphone is at least partially accommodated in the elastic body. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising: a memory; and a processor configured to control the microphone, wherein the processor is configured to: perform a first function if a waveform of the vibration introduced from the outside corresponds to a first waveform stored in the memory; and perform a second function if the waveform corresponds to a second waveform stored in the memory. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The wearable device of claim 13, wherein the first waveform is stored in association with a first gesture input of a user generated at a first distance from the wearable device, and the second waveform is stored in association with a second gesture input of the user generated at a second distance from the wearable device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The wearable device of claim 14, further comprising a display configured to display at least one graphic object, wherein the processor is configured to: move the at least one graphic object displayed on the display in a first direction corresponding to the first gesture input; and move the at least one graphic object displayed on the display in a second direction corresponding to the second gesture input.