Method for operating a device having a speaker so as to prevent unexpected audio output
AssigneeOrange
InventorsNan Ye, Meng Suo
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Abstract
A method for operating an electronic device comprising a processing unit and a speaker is disclosed. The method comprises the following acts, performed by the processing unit: when detecting that a process implying audio output from the speaker is to be performed, determining (a) that the user is in a quiet environment; and performing (h) the process with a reduced level of audio output from the speaker.
Claims17
A method of operating an electronic device comprising a processing unit and a speaker, the method being performed by the processing unit and comprising
- detecting that a process regarding an application installed in the electronic device which implies audio output from the speaker is to be performed,
- determining (a) that the electronic device is in a quiet environment;
- and
- when the electronic device is determined as being in a quiet environment, performing (b) the process with a reduced level of audio output from the speaker,
- wherein a situation wherein the process regarding the application installed in the electronic device which implies audio output from the speaker is to be performed corresponds to:
- a switching of the application from running in a background to running in the foreground while the application provides the audio output.
An electronic device comprising at least one processing unit and a speaker, the processing unit being configured to implement:
- detecting that a process regarding an application installed in the electronic device which implies audio output from the speaker is to be performed,
- determining that the electronic device is in a quiet environment;
- and
- when the electronic device is determined as being in a quiet environment, performing the process with a reduced level of audio output from the speaker,
- wherein a situation wherein the process regarding the application installed in the electronic device which implies audio output from the speaker is to be performed corresponds to:
- a switching of the application from running in a background to running in the foreground while the application provides the audio output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.