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US 2014/0194102 A1Published application
Intelligent muting of a mobile device
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsBradley Park Strazisar, Toby John Bowen, Scott Edwards Kelso, John Weldon Nicholson, Steven Richard Perrin, Matthew Price Roper, Song Erin Wang, Jianbang Zhang
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Abstract
A device includes a transceiver, a microphone, a sensor, and a controller coupled to receive signals from the sensor and to place the device into a mute mode when the signals from the sensor are indicative of a user action to reduce transmission of the user's voice.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a transceiver;
- a microphone to capture a user's voice;
- a sensor;
- and
- a controller coupled to receive signals from the sensor and to place the device into a mute mode when the signals from the sensor are indicative of a user action to reduce transmission of the user's voice via the transceiver.
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A method comprising:
- sensing movement of a device while a call being hosted by the device is in progress;
- placing the device in a mute mode if the sensed movement exceeds a selected amount of movement;
- and
- unmuting the device if the sensed movement is indicative of a user moving the device back to their mouth.
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A computer readable storage device having instructions to cause a mobile device to perform a method, the method comprising:
- sensing movement of a device while a call being hosted by the device is in progress;
- placing the device in a mute mode if the sensed movement exceeds a selected amount of movement indicative of a user moving the device away from their mouth;
- and
- unmuting the device if the sensed movement is indicative of a user moving the device back to their mouth.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.