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Sound output selection in relation to an accessory

A sound output and accessory technology, applied in electrical components, branch office voice amplifiers, telephone structures, etc., can solve problems such as battery exhaustion, wasted power, and missed call users, and achieve limited disturbance, efficient selection, and battery power saving. Effect

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-06-17
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMM AB
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However, if the user is not using the headset, the alarm may be issued with the wrong sound output unit, which wastes power unnecessarily
Since cellular phones are battery operated, this causes the battery to be drained more quickly
And, if no other sound output unit is selected except the earphone, there is also a risk that the call will be missed by the user

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[0068] The present invention relates to accessories for portable electronic devices, such as portable communication devices, eg cellular telephones, and to such portable electronic devices. Such a phone 10 is schematically shown in front view at figure 1 middle. Phone 10 includes a display 14, which may be a liquid crystal display, a keypad 12 including a plurality of keys, and an electrical interface in the form of a system connector 16 for connecting accessories. Also, there is a telephone sound output unit in the form of a speaker 17 . The phone usually also includes an antenna. However, it is usually provided inside the phone 10 today. A cellular telephone is just one example of a portable electronic device. It could also be something like a laptop computer, palmtop computer, electronic organizer, smartphone or communicator.

[0069] figure 2 The accessory according to the invention is shown schematically. The accessory is here a portable hands-free device 18 compr...

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Abstract

A portable electronic device can detect whether an output unit of an accessory is connected to the body of a user and determines audio output units to which its application will transmit audio signal. The portable electronic device comprises an interface connected to the accessory, an application handling unit and a control unit. The control unit determines if the accessory is attached to the body of a user, selects audio output units to be used for the electronic device and transmits audio signals to the selected audio output unit for the application.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to application selection where sound is output in a portable electronic device. In particular, the invention relates to a method for determining where to output sound for an application of a portable electronic device with respect to an accessory, a portable electronic device connected to an accessory, a computer program product for determining where to output sound for an application of a portable electronic device with respect to an accessory, enabling A method of determining where to output sound for an application of a portable electronic device and an accessory for connecting to the portable electronic device. Background technique [0002] In the field of portable electronic devices, especially in the field of portable communication devices such as cellular telephones, it is well known to provide accessories such as portable hand-free devices. The portable hands-free device can be connected to the electronic system c...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04M1/60H04M1/05H04M19/04
Inventor M·安德烈森
Owner SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMM AB
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