US 2019/0158050 A1Published application

Apparatus and method for adjusting an acoustic signal

AssigneeSaronikos Trading and Services, Unipessoal LDA

InventorRobert James

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Abstract

A mobile communication apparatus, an accessory device, and a method for adjusting one physical property of an acoustic signal, wherein the apparatus includes a ringtone generator adapted to generate the acoustic signal, an ultrasound receiver apt to receive an ultrasonic signal, and a processor configured for detecting at least a physical parameter and/or a content of the ultrasonic signal, determining, on the basis of the at least one physical parameter and/or content of the ultrasonic signal, attenuation information that can quantify the attenuation suffered by the ultrasonic signal and/or the acoustic signal, determining, on the basis of the attenuation information, the physical property of the acoustic signal to be generated, and generating the acoustic signal having the determined property, so that the probability to hear the acoustic signal increases.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A mobile communication apparatus for adjusting at least a physical property of an acoustic signal, comprising:

a ringtone generator means adapted to generate the acoustic signal,
processing means in signal communication with said ringtone generator means,
ultrasound receiver means apt to receive at least an ultrasonic signal which can be generated by an accessory device, wherein the processing means are configured for:
a. detecting at least a physical parameter and/or decoding at least a content of said at least one ultrasonic signal received through the ultrasound receiver means,
b. determining, on the basis of said at least one physical parameter and/or content of said at least one ultrasonic signal, attenuation information that can quantify the attenuation suffered by the ultrasonic signal and/or allow an assessment of the attenuation suffered by the acoustic signal along a propagation path,
c. determining, on the basis of said attenuation information, said at least one physical property of the acoustic signal, and
d. generating, through said ringtone generator means, said acoustic signal having said at least determined physical property, so that the probability to hear said acoustic signal at the end of said propagation path increases.

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Application: 16/098,383Filed 3 May 2016
Published: 23 May 2019
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Classification7 codes

H03G 3/32
In amplifiers having semiconductor devices: the control being dependent upon ambient noise level or sound level
G10K 15/02
Acoustics not otherwise provided for: synthesis of acoustic waves
H04M 19/044
With variable loudness of the ringing tone, e.g. variable envelope or amplitude of ring signal: according to the level of ambient noise
H04M 1/725
Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection: cordless telephones

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