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US 7,636,444 B2Granted
Automatic adjustments of audio alert characteristics of an alert device using ambient noise levels
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorThomas Cronin
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Abstract
The automatic adjustment of audio alert characteristics of an alert device using ambient noise levels is described. In one aspect of the invention, a machine-readable medium has executable instructions to cause a machine to perform a method to receive an audio sample of ambient noise and adjust a characteristic of the audio alert, such as, the volume level of the audio alert, based on the ambient noise level.
Claims41
A machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed, cause a machine to:
- receive a plurality of audio samples of ambient noise prior to receiving a first notification of an occurrence of an audio alert to be broadcast;
- adjust a volume level of an audio alert between a first active setting and a second active setting prior to broadcasting the audio alert, the adjustment based on a median of a history of the plurality of audio samples stored in a memory;
- and
- broadcast the adjusted audio alert.
1 more element
An apparatus comprising:
- an audio input to receive a plurality of audio samples of ambient noise prior to receiving a first notification of an occurrence of an audio alert to be broadcast;
- a processor to adjust a volume level of an audio alert between a first active setting and a second active setting prior to broadcasting the audio alert, the adjustment based on a median of a history of the plurality of audio samples stored in a memory;
- a circuit coupling the audio input and the processor;
- and
- an audio output to broadcast the adjust audio alert.
2 more elements
A computerized method comprising:
- receiving an audio sample of ambient noise at a computer system to determine a decibel level of the ambient noise prior to receiving a first notification of an occurrence of an audio alert to be broadcast;
- adjusting a volume level of an audio alert between a first active setting and a second active setting prior to broadcasting the audio alert, the adjustment based on a median of a history of the decibel level of the ambient noise stored in a memory;
- and
- broadcasting the adjusted audio alert from an audio output of the computer system.
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A system comprising:
- an alert device having a plurality of components embedded on a circuit board, the plurality of components including:
- an audio input to receive a plurality of audio samples of ambient noise prior to receiving a first notification of an occurrence of an audio alert to be broadcast;
- a processor to adjust a volume level of an audio alert between a first active setting and a second active setting prior to broadcasting the audio alert, the adjustment based on a median of a history of the plurality of audio samples stored in a memory;
- a circuit coupling the audio input and the processor;
- and
- an audio output to broadcast the adjust audio alert.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.