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US 10,257,631 B2Granted
Notifying a user to improve voice quality
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsScott Wentao Li, Russell Speight VanBlon, Robert James Kapinos, Joaquin F. Luna
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Abstract
One embodiment provides a method including: receiving, using a microphone of an electronic device, user audio input; detecting, using a processor, at least one factor that impacts quality of the audio input received; and notifying, using an output device of the electronic device, a user of an event associated with the at least one factor. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Claims16
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a microphone of an electronic device, audio input from a user;
- detecting, using a processor, at least one factor that negatively impacts quality of the audio input received at the microphone;
- and
- notifying, using at least one output device of the electronic device, the user how to improve the quality of a subsequent audio input, wherein the at least one output device is a haptic device located substantially next to the microphone;
- wherein the notifying comprises emitting a vibration from the haptic device responsive to detecting the at least one factor and thereafter decreasing a magnitude of the vibration responsive to detecting that the at least one factor is minimized.
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An electronic device, comprising:
- at least one output device;
- a microphone;
- a processor operatively coupled to the microphone and the output device;
- a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive, at the microphone, audio input from a user;
- detect at least one factor that negatively impacts quality of the audio input received at the microphone;
- and
- notify, using the at least one output device, the user how to improve the quality of a subsequent audio input, wherein the at least one output device is a haptic device located substantially next to the microphone;
- wherein the notifying comprises emitting a vibration from the haptic device responsive to detecting the at least one factor and thereafter decreasing a magnitude of the vibration responsive to detecting that the at least one factor is minimized.
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A product, comprising:
- a non-signal storage device that stores code executable by a processor, the code comprising:
- code that receives audio input from a user at a microphone;
- code that detects at least one factor that negatively impacts quality of the audio input received at the microphone;
- and
- code that notifies, using a haptic device located substantially next to the microphone, the user how to improve the quality of a subsequent audio input, wherein the notification comprises emitting a vibration from the haptic device responsive to detecting the at least one factor and thereafter decreasing a magnitude of the vibration responsive to detecting that the at least one factor is minimized.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.