Method for switching mode and electronic device employing the method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10887693-B2
Application number	US-201916543782-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 19, 2019
Priority date	Dec 7, 2018
Publication date	Jan 5, 2021
Grant date	Jan 5, 2021

Abstract

A method for switching modes of an electronic device is presented. The method can collect sound of the predetermined scenario by a collector of the electronic device, and confirm prominent sound from the collected sound. When the duration of the prominent sound is greater than or equal to a first period of time, the method can confirm that the prominent sound is a sample sound, and switch the silent mode to ringing mode of the electronic device when the collector has not collected the prominent sound during a second period of time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a collector;
a storage device;
at least one processor; and
the storage device storing one or more programs that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
turn on a silent mode of the electronic device when the electronic device enters into a predetermined scenario;
collect sound of the predetermined scenario by the collector;
confirm prominent sound from the collected sound;
determine whether a duration of the prominent sound is greater than or equal to a first period of time;
confirm that the prominent sound is sample sound when the duration of the prominent sound is greater than or equal to the first period of time;
determine whether the collector has collected the prominent sound during a second period of time;
switch the silent mode to ringing mode of the electronic device when the collector has not collected the prominent sound during the second period of time; and
store the sample sound into the storage device;
start to count down for a second period of time when storing the sample sound into the storage device;
collect the prominent sound during the second period of time;
determine whether the prominent sound is the same as the sample sound by comparing the prominent sound with the sample sound stored in the electronic device;
determine whether the duration of the prominent sound is greater than or equal to a third period of time when the prominent sound is different from any sample sound; and
confirm that the prominent sound is as a new sample sound when the duration of the prominent sound is greater than or equal to the third period of time.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further caused to:
confirm at least one prominent sound when volume of the collected sound is greater than or equal to a predetermined volume.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further caused to:
delete the sample sound when the silent mode is switched to ringing mode of the electronic device.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further caused to:
filter noise of the collected sound.

5. A mode switching method applied in an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a collector, the method comprising:
turning on a silent mode of the electronic device when the electronic device enters into a predetermined scenario;
collecting sound of the predetermined scenario by the collector;
confirming prominent sound from the collected sound;
determining whether a duration of the prominent sound is greater than or equal to a first period of time;
confirming that the prominent sound is sample sound when the duration of the prominent sound is greater than or equal to the first period of time;
determining whether the collector has collected the prominent sound during a second period of time;
switching the silent mode to ringing mode of the electronic device when the collector has not collected the prominent sound during the second period of time; and
store the sample sound into the storage device;
start to count down for a second period of time when storing the sample sound into the storage device;
collect the prominent sound during the second period of time;
determine whether the prominent sound is the same as the sample sound by comparing the prominent sound with the sample sound stored in the electronic device;
determine whether the duration of the prominent sound is greater than or equal to a third period of time when the prominent sound is different from any sample sound; and
confirm that the prominent sound is as a new sample sound when the duration of the prominent sound is greater than or equal to the third period of time.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the method further comprising:
confirming at least one prominent sound when volume of the collected sound is greater than or equal to a predetermined volume.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the method further comprising:
deleting the sample sound when the silent mode is switched to ringing mode of the electronic device.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the method further comprising:
filtering noise of the collected sound.

9. A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, causes the processor to perform a mode switching method, the electronic device comprising a collector, the method comprising:
turning on a silent mode of the electronic device when the electronic device enters into a predetermined scenario;
collecting sound of the predetermined scenario by the collector;
confirming prominent sound from the collected sound;
determining whether a duration of the prominent sound is greater than or equal to a first period of time;
confirming that the prominent sound is sample sound when the duration of the prominent sound is greater than or equal to the first period of time;
determining whether the collector has collected the prominent sound during a second period of time;
switching the silent mode to ringing mode of the electronic device when the collector has not collected the prominent sound during the second period of time; and
store the sample sound into the storage device;
start to count down for a second period of time when storing the sample sound into the storage device;
collect the prominent sound during the second period of time;
determine whether the prominent sound is the same as the sample sound by comparing the prominent sound with the sample sound stored in the electronic device;
determine whether the duration of the prominent sound is greater than or equal to a third period of time when the prominent sound is different from any sample sound; and
confirm that the prominent sound is as a new sample sound when the duration of the prominent sound is greater than or equal to the third period of time.

10. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the method further comprising:
confirming at least one prominent sound when volume of the collected sound is greater than or equal to a predetermined volume.

11. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the method further comprising:
deleting the sample sound when the silent mode is switched to ringing mode of the electronic device.

12. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the method further comprising:
filtering noise of the collected sound.

Assignees

• Hongfujin Prec Elect Zhengzhou Co Ltd
• Hon Hai Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fan Sen
• Zhang Jun-Wei

Classifications

• H04M19/044

  according to the level of ambient noise · CPC title

• H04M19/045 Primary

  Call privacy arrangements, e.g. timely inhibiting the ring signal · CPC title

• H04R2430/01

  Aspects of volume control, not necessarily automatic, in sound systems · CPC title

• H04M1/60

  including speech amplifiers · CPC title

• H04R3/04 Primary

  for correcting frequency response · CPC title