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US 8,618,939 B2Granted
Mobile electrical device
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorsToshihisa Nabata, Toshikazu Hiramoto
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Abstract
A mobile electronic device comprising an odor sensor and methods of operation are disclosed. An odor is detected using an odor sensor coupled to the mobile electronic device, and a predetermined process is performed if the odor is a predefined odor.
Claims19
A mobile electronic device comprising:
- a microphone operable to receive a user voice input;
- a user interface for alerting a user of an incoming call;
- an odor sensor located adjacent to the microphone, and operable to detect at least one predefined odor of the user voice input when the microphone is receiving the user voice input;
- and
- a control module electrically coupled to the user interface, the microphone and the odor sensor, the control module operable to initiate a fake incoming call alert on the user interface when a communication is not actually received by the mobile electronic device, the control module further operable to cause the odor sensor to operate when the microphone is receiving the user voice input in response to the fake incoming call alert, and to perform a predetermined process if the at least one predefined odor is detected.
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A method for operating a mobile electronic device, the method comprising:
- a controller of the mobile electronic device initiating a fake incoming call alert on a user interface when a communication is not actually received by the mobile electronic device;
- in response to the fake incoming call alert, receiving a user voice input into a microphone located adjacent to an odor sensor;
- detecting an odor of the user voice input using the odor sensor when the user voice input is received into the microphone;
- and
- performing a predetermined process, if the odor is a predefined odor.
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A mobile electronic device comprising:
- a control module operable to initiate a fake incoming call alert when a communication is not actually received by the mobile electronic device;
- a microphone operable to receive a user voice input in response to the fake incoming call alert;
- an odor sensor located adjacent to the microphone, and operable to detect at least one predefined odor of the user voice input when the microphone is receiving the user voice input;
- a communication module operable to perform a communication with a different electronic device;
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- the control module operable to perform a predetermined process if the at least one predefined odor is detected.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.