Audio device arrays in convertible electronic devices
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsJonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Lincoln Penn Hancock
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Abstract
One embodiment provides an apparatus, including: a device housing; a sensor disposed within the device housing; a plurality of audio devices disposed within the device housing; a processor operatively coupled to the plurality of audio devices; and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to: activate a first set of the plurality of audio devices; detect, using the sensor, a use mode; and change, using the processor, to a second active set of the plurality of audio devices based on the use mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a device housing comprising an upper housing and a lower housing, the upper housing and the lower housing operatively connected by at least one hinge, wherein the at least one hinge allows rotation in a plane other than parallel to the plane of the lower housing;
- a sensor disposed within the device housing;
- a plurality of audio devices disposed within the device housing;
- a processor operatively coupled to the plurality of audio devices;
- and
- a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- activate a first set of the plurality of audio devices;
- detect, using the sensor, a use mode, wherein the use mode is based upon the upper housing orientation with respect to the lower housing orientation;
- and
- change, using the processor, to a second active set of the plurality of audio devices based on the use mode.
A method, comprising:
- activating, using a processor of an electronic device comprising an upper housing and a lower housing, the upper housing and the lower housing operatively connected by at least one hinge, a first set of a plurality of audio devices, wherein the at least one hinge allows rotation in a plane other than parallel to the plane of the lower housing;
- detecting, using a sensor of the electronic device, a device use mode, wherein the device use mode is based upon the upper housing orientation with respect to the lower housing orientation;
- and
- changing, using the processor, to a second active set of the plurality of audio devices based on the device use mode.
A program product, comprising:
- a program storage device comprising code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:
- code that activates a first set of a plurality of audio devices of an electronic device housing comprising an upper housing and a lower housing, the upper housing and the lower housing operatively connected by at least one hinge, wherein the at least one hinge allows rotation in a plane other than parallel to the plane of the lower housing;
- code that detects, using a sensor of the electronic device, a device use mode, wherein the device use mode is based upon the upper housing orientation with respect to the lower housing orientation;
- and
- code that changes to a second active set of the plurality of audio devices based on the device use mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.