US 11,895,471 B2
Method for operating a device having a speaker so as to prevent unexpected audio output
Nan Ye, Beijing (CN); and Meng Suo, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Orange
Appl. No. 17/279,829
Filed by Orange, Paris (FR)
PCT Filed Sep. 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/001092
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/065405, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2018/108185 (WO), filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0400384 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H04R 3/04 (2006.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01)
CPC H04R 3/04 (2013.01) [G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02163 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating an electronic device comprising a processing unit and a speaker, the method being performed by the processing unit and comprising
detecting that a process regarding an application installed in the electronic device which implies audio output from the speaker is to be performed,
determining (a) that the electronic device is in a quiet environment; and
when the electronic device is determined as being in a quiet environment, performing (b) the process with a reduced level of audio output from the speaker,
wherein a situation wherein the process regarding the application installed in the electronic device which implies audio output from the speaker is to be performed corresponds to:
a switching of the application from running in a background to running in the foreground while the application provides the audio output.