Method and apparatus for adjusting volume of user terminal, and terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11044369-B2
Application number	US-202016735926-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 7, 2020
Priority date	Apr 16, 2014
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

A volume adjustment method comprising performing analysis on the collected sound signal surrounding a user terminal, to obtain composition information, where the composition information includes sound types included in the sound signal and proportions of sounds of the various types, and the sound types include blank sound, human sound, and noise, determining a current scene mode of the user terminal according to the composition information, and adjusting volume of the user terminal according to the determined scene mode.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for adjusting volume of a user terminal performed by the user terminal, comprising:
detecting an arrival of a call signal;
in response to detecting the arrival of the call signal:
acquiring a microphone volume of the user terminal in real time;
increasing an earpiece volume of the user terminal when the microphone volume is greater than a pre-stored reference volume:
periodically collecting a sound signal surrounding the user terminal;
periodically performing an analysis on the sound signal that is periodically collected to obtain composition information of the sound signal, wherein the composition information comprises one or more of blank sound, human sound, or noise;

determining whether the sound signal comprises the human sound and a sound of only one person according to the composition information of the sound signal;
calculating a volume of the sound signal when the sound signal comprises the human sound and the sound of the only one person;
obtaining an average value of the volume of the sound signal and the pre-stored reference volume; and
storing the average value as a new reference volume:

increasing a volume of the user terminal when the composition information of the sound signal indicates that the user terminal is located in a first scene; and
decreasing the volume of the user terminal when the composition information of the sound signal indicates that the user terminal is located in a second scene.

2. The method of claim 1 , periodically collecting the sound signal of a current environment in which the user terminal is located.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the volume of the user terminal comprises a ring tone volume and an earpiece volume, wherein a volume adjustment coefficient comprises a ring tone volume adjustment coefficient and an earpiece volume adjustment coefficient, and wherein increasing and decreasing the volume of the user terminal comprises:
increasing the ring tone volume of the user terminal according to the ring tone volume adjustment coefficient and the earpiece volume of the user terminal according to the earpiece volume adjustment coefficient; and
decreasing the ring tone volume of the user terminal according to the ring tone volume adjustment coefficient and the earpiece volume of the user terminal according to the earpiece volume adjustment coefficient.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein periodically performing the analysis on the sound signal to obtain composition information of the sound signal comprises:
dividing the sound signal into a plurality of pieces of audio data;
calculating a sound frequency of each piece of audio data to obtain a calculated sound frequency;
classifying each piece of audio data according to the one or more of the blank sound, the human sound, or the noise included in the composition information according to the calculated sound frequency;
collecting statistics on proportions of the one or more of the blank sound, the human sound, or the noise included in the composition information in the plurality of pieces of audio data;
calculating a mel-frequency cepstral coefficient of audio data of the human sound for the audio data distinguished as the human sound; and
collecting statistics on audio data of a same mel-frequency cepstral coefficient as sounds of one person to determine information about a quantity of people comprised in the human sound.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein classifying each piece of audio data according to the one or more of the blank sound, the human sound, or the noise included in the composition information according to the calculated sound frequency comprises:
determining whether the sound frequency of each piece of audio data is in a range of 20 hertz (Hz) to 20000 Hz;
calculating a fundamental frequency of the audio data when the calculated sound frequency of the audio data is in the range of 20 Hz to 20000 Hz;
determining that the audio data is the human sound when the fundamental frequency is in a range of 85 Hz to 255 Hz;
determining that the audio data is noise when the fundamental frequency is out of the range of 85 Hz to 255 Hz; and
determining that the audio data is a blank sound when the calculated sound frequency of the audio data is out of the range of 20 Hz to 20000 Hz.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the volume of the user terminal comprises a ring tone volume and an earpiece volume.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a current scene mode of the user terminal according to the composition information of the sound signal.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the scene mode indicates an environment situation in which the user terminal is located.

9. A user terminal, comprising:
a memory configured to store-instructions; and
a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions, wherein the instructions cause the processor to:
detect an arrival of a call signal;
in response to the arrival of the call signal being detected;
acquire a microphone volume of the user terminal in real time;
increase an earpiece volume of the user terminal when the microphone volume is greater than a pre-stored reference volume;
periodically collect a sound signal surrounding the user terminal;
periodically perform an analysis on the sound signal that is periodically collected to obtain composition information of the sound signal, wherein the composition information comprises one or more of blank sound, human sound, or noise;
determine whether the sound signal comprises the human sound and a sound of only one person according to the composition information of the sound signal;
calculate a volume of the sound signal when the sound signal comprises the human sound and the sound of the only one person;
obtain an average value of the volume of the sound signal and the pre-stored reference volume; and
store the average value as a new reference volume;

increase a volume of the user terminal when the composition information of the sound signal indicates that the user terminal is located in a first scene; and
decrease the volume of the user terminal when the composition information of the sound signal indicates that the user terminal is located in a second scene.

10. The user terminal of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to be configured to periodically collect the sound signal of a current environment in which the user terminal is located.

11. The user terminal of claim 9 , wherein the volume of the user terminal comprises a ring tone volume and an earpiece volume, wherein a volume adjustment coefficient comprises a ring tone volume adjustment coefficient and an earpiece volume adjustment coefficient, and wherein the instructions further cause the processor to be configured to:
increase the ring tone volume of the user terminal according to the ring tone volume adjustment coefficient and the earpiece volume of the user terminal according to the earpiece volume adjustment coefficient; and
decrease the ring tone volume of the user terminal according to the ring tone volume adjustment coefficient and the earpiece volume of the user terminal according to the earpiece volume adjustment coefficient.

12. The user terminal of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to be configured to:
divide the sound signal into a plurality of pieces of audio data;
calculate a sound frequency of each piece of audio data to obtain a calculated sound frequency;
classify each piece of audio data according to the one or more of the blank sound, the human sound, or the noise included in the composition information according to the cal

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Dong

Classifications

• H04M19/044 Primary

  according to the level of ambient noise · CPC title

• H04M1/60

  including speech amplifiers · CPC title

• H04M1/725

  Cordless telephones (user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724) · CPC title

• H04M2250/12

  including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion · CPC title

• H04M1/724 Primary

  User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones · CPC title