Portable telephone, control method thereof, and recording medium therefor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYu-Hyok Kim
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Abstract
A portable telephone, a control method thereof, and a recording medium are provided. The portable telephone operates a plurality of microphones and speakers included in a voice input/output unit, senses and compares voice signals, which are input through the plurality of microphones, and controls the outputs of the plurality of microphones and speakers based on the result of the comparison. Accordingly, a user can conveniently hold a conversation over the portable telephone regardless of the position or direction, in which the user holds the portable telephone.
Claims14
A portable telephone comprising:
- a voice input/output unit comprising a plurality of microphones and speakers;
- a voice signal sensor for sensing voice signals input through the plurality of microphones;
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- a controller for controlling the outputs of the plurality of microphones and speakers based on the sensed voice signals.
A folder-type portable telephone having an upper part and a lower part, comprising:
- a voice input/output unit comprising first and second microphones and first and second speakers;
- a voice signal sensor for sensing voice signals input through the first and second microphones;
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- a controller for comparing the magnitudes of the sensed voice signals, enabling one of the first and second microphones, through which a voice signal having a larger magnitude is input, and one of the first and second speakers corresponding to the enabled microphone, and disabling the remaining microphone and speaker.
A method of controlling a portable telephone, comprising the steps of:
- (a) operating a plurality of microphones and a plurality of speakers, which are installed in the portable telephone;
- (b) comparing the magnitudes of voice signals, which are input through the plurality of microphones;
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- (c) controlling the outputs of the plurality of microphones and speakers based on the result of the comparison.
A method of controlling a portable telephone, comprising the steps of:
- (a) enabling a plurality of speakers, which are installed in the portable telephone, when an outgoing call connection is requested;
- (b) enabling a plurality of microphones, which are installed in the portable telephone, when the call connection is made;
- (c) sensing and comparing voice signals which are input through the plurality of microphones;
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- (d) controlling the outputs of the plurality of microphones and speakers based on the result of the comparison.
A recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program for controlling a portable telephone, the program executing the steps of:
- (a) operating a plurality of microphones and a plurality of speakers, which are installed in the portable telephone;
- (b) comparing the magnitudes of voice signals, which are input through the plurality of microphones;
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- (c) controlling the outputs of the plurality of microphones and speakers based on the result of the comparison.
A recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program for controlling a portable telephone, the program executing the steps of:
- (a) enabling a plurality of speakers, which are installed in the portable telephone, when an outgoing call connection is requested;
- (b) enabling a plurality of microphones, which are installed in the portable telephone, when the call connection is made;
- (c) sensing and comparing voice signals which are input through the plurality of microphones;
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- (d) controlling the outputs of the plurality of microphones and speakers based on the result of the comparison.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.