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US 8,078,239 B2Granted
Mobile phone with a plurality of speakers
AssigneeFujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications Limited
InventorsYasuhisa Numano, Kenji Satake
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Abstract
A mobile phone includes a microphone and a plurality of speakers, the mobile phone changes its configuration state into at least two states, a closed state in which the microphone is covered, and an open state in which the microphone is not covered. The mobile phone further includes a determination unit configured to determine the configuration state; and an output control unit configured to, on the basis of the determination result by the determination unit, control on/off action of the plurality of speakers and the microphone.
Claims12
A mobile phone comprising:
- a microphone and a plurality of speakers including a first speaker and a second speaker, the mobile phone configured to transition between at least two states, a closed state in which the microphone is covered and the first speaker is a first distance from the microphone, and an open state in which the microphone is not covered and the first speaker is a second distance from the microphone that is greater than the first distance, the second speaker being, in both the closed state and the open state, a single third distance from the microphone and not covered;
- a determination unit configured to determine the configuration state;
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- an output control unit configured to, on the basis of the determination result of the determination unit, control the on/off action of the plurality of speakers and the microphone.
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A mobile phone comprising:
- a microphone and a plurality of speakers including a first speaker and a second speaker, the mobile phone configured to transition between at least two states, a closed state in which the microphone is covered and the first speaker is a first distance from the microphone, and an open state in which the microphone is not covered and the first speaker is a second distance from the microphone that is greater than the first distance, the second speaker being, in both the closed state and the open state, a single third distance from the microphone and not covered;
- a determination unit configured to determine the configuration state;
- and
- an output control unit configured to, when the mobile phone is determined to be in the open state by the determination unit, turn on the plurality of speakers at a predetermined sound volume level and turn on the microphone, and, when the mobile phone is determined to be in the closed state by the determination unit, turn on some of the plurality of speakers at a predetermined sound volume level while turning on the rest of the plurality of speakers at a lower sound volume level than the predetermined sound volume level, and turn on the microphone.
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A mobile phone comprising:
- a microphone and a plurality of speakers including a first speaker and a second speaker, the mobile phone configured to transition between at least two states, a closed state in which the microphone is covered and the first speaker is a first distance from the microphone, and an open state in which the microphone is not covered and the first speaker is a second distance from the microphone that is greater than the first distance, the second speaker being, in both the closed state and the open state, a single third distance from the microphone and not covered;
- a determination unit configured to determine the configuration state;
- and
- an output control unit configured to, when the mobile phone is determined to be in the open state by the determination unit, turn on the plurality of speakers at a predetermined sound volume level and turn on the microphone, and, when the mobile phone is determined to be in the closed state by the determination unit, turn on some of the plurality of speakers with a sound volume level thereof raised while turning on the rest of the plurality of speakers with a sound volume level thereof lowered, and turn on the microphone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.