Background level dependent dynamic volume levels
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorJae Lee
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Abstract
A system and method for dynamically adjusting the quantity of volume levels and/or the loudness delta are disclosed. The quantity of volume levels may the number of increments between a minimum and maximum volume. The loudness delta may be the difference between adjacent volume levels. The device may one or more microphones to determine a background noise level. Based on the determined background noise level, and after receiving a user input to adjust the volume, the device may adjust the quantity of volume levels and/or the loudness delta depending on if the background noise level is increased or low.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- one or more microphones;
- and
- one or more processors in communication with the one or more microphones, the one or more processors being configured to:
- receive volume adjustment commands;
- determine a background noise level;
- and
- adjust a quantity of volume levels based on the determined background noise level, the quantity of volume levels being a total number of increments between a minimum volume and a maximum volume.
A device, comprising:
- one or more microphones;
- and
- one or more processors in communication with the one or more microphones, the one or more processors being configured to:
- receive volume adjustment commands;
- determine a background noise level;
- and
- adjust a loudness delta based on the determined background noise level, the loudness delta being the difference between a first volume level and a second adjacent volume level that is obtained in response to a single volume adjustment command, the loudness delta being consistent between each of the adjacent volume levels.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a volume adjustment command;
- determining a background noise level;
- determining a current playback volume;
- and
- adjusting, based on the determined background noise level, at least one of a quantity of volume levels, the quantity of volume levels being a total number of increments between a minimum volume and a maximum volume, or a loudness delta, the loudness delta being the difference between a first volume level and a second adjacent volume, the loudness delta being consistent between each of the adjacent volume levels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.