Distance-based interface switching
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsRachid Alameh, John Gorsica, Zhengping Ji
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Abstract
A system and method of adaptive video interface switching between a mobile electronic communications device and a wearable device entail determining during an ongoing video session via a first one of the devices that an audio or video input or output mechanism on the first device is compromised. It is determined that the audio and video input and output mechanisms on a second of the devices are uncompromised. The video session is then continued using at least one of the audio and video input and output mechanisms on the second device.
Claims20
A mobile electronic communications device implementing adaptive audio interface switching, the mobile electronic communications device comprising:
- at least one microphone (mic);
- at least one speaker;
- a data interface to a wearable communication device associated with a user of the mobile electronic communications device, the wearable communication device including a mic and a speaker;
- and
- a processor linked to the at least one mic and at least one speaker of the mobile electronic communications device and to the data interface, configured to employ the at least one mic and at least one speaker of the mobile electronic communications device to engage in an audio call session, determine during the audio call session a separation distance between the mobile electronic communications device and the wearable communication device and, in response to determining that the separation distance exceeds an audible range of the at least one mic or the at least one speaker, activate the data interface to use the mic or a speaker of the wearable communication device to continue the audio call session.
A method of providing an adaptive audio interface in a mobile electronic communications device with respect to a wearable communications device, both devices having a respective microphone (mic) and a respective speaker, the method comprising:
- employing a mobile electronic communications device mic and a mobile electronic communications device speaker to engage in an audio call session;
- determining during the audio call session whether a distance between the mobile electronic communications device and the wearable communications device worn by a user exceeds an audible range of the mobile electronic communications device;
- and
- in response to determining that the distance exceeds the audible range of the mobile electronic communications device, employing a wearable communication device mic and a wearable communication device speaker to continue the audio call session.
A method of managing an audio interface for a system having a mobile electronic communication device and a wearable electronic communication device associated with a user, each device having a respective microphone (mic) and a respective speaker, the method comprising:
- engaging in an audio call session between the mobile electronic communication device and a remote communication device using a mobile electronic communication device mic and a mobile electronic communication device speaker;
- determining that a distance between the wearable electronic communication device and the mobile electronic communication device is greater than a threshold;
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- employing a wearable electronic communication device mic and a wearable electronic communication device speaker rather than the mobile electronic communication device mic and the mobile electronic communication device speaker for the audio call session when the distance between the wearable electronic communication device and the mobile electronic communication device is greater than the threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.