Transducer control based on position of an apparatus
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a first portion movably coupled to a second portion such that the first and second portions are positionable at a first relative position and a second relative position;
a transducer positioned in the first portion or the second portion;
a sensor for detecting whether the first and second portions are in the first relative position or the second relative position; and
control logic configured to control the transducer to operate differently depending on whether the first and second portions are in the first or second relative position, without turning off the transducer.
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Abstract
Techniques for transducer control based on position of an apparatus are described. In at least one implementation, the apparatus comprises a peripheral device that can be connected to a user terminal. The apparatus includes a first portion moveably coupled to a second portion such that the first portion and the second portion are positionable at different positions relative to each other. According to one or more implementations, the apparatus includes a transducer (e.g., a speaker, a microphone, and so forth) that can be selectively controlled based on different relative positions of the first portion and the second portion of the apparatus. In at least some implementations, the apparatus can include multiple transducers that can be controlled differently based on different relative positions of the first portion and the second portion of the apparatus.
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21 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a first portion movably coupled to a second portion such that the first and second portions are positionable at a first relative position and a second relative position; a transducer positioned in the first portion or the second portion; a sensor for detecting whether the first and second portions are in the first relative position or the second relative position; and control logic configured to control the transducer to operate differently depending on whether the first and second portions are in the first or second relative position, without turning off the transducer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for operating an apparatus comprising first and second portions movably coupled to each other such that the first and second portions are positionable at a first relative position and a second relative position, the method comprising:
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determining whether the first and second portions are in the first or second relative position; and controlling a transducer of the apparatus to operate differently depending on whether the first and second portions are in the first or second relative position, without turning off the transducer. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus system comprising:
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first and second portions movably coupled to each other so as to be positionable at a first relative position and a second relative position; a sensor configured to determine whether the first and second portions are in the first or second relative position; a transducer positioned in one of the first and second portions; a processor; and a memory in communication with the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform functions of; determining, using the sensor, whether the first and second portions are in the first or second relative position; and controlling the transducer to operate differently depending on whether the first and second portions are in the first or second relative position, without turning off the transducer. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus comprising:
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a first portion movably coupled to a second portion such that the first portion and the second portion are positionable at a first relative position and a second, different relative position relative to each other; a transducer positioned in one of the first portion or the second portion; at least one sensor for detecting whether the first portion and the second portion are in the first relative position or the second relative position; and control logic configured to control the transducer differently based on whether the at least one sensor indicates that the first portion and the second portion are in the first relative position or the second relative position, wherein; the transducer comprises a speaker, and the control logic is configured to control the speaker by applying different audio filters or gain levels to audio for output from the speaker based on whether the at least one sensor indicates that the first portion and the second portion are in the first relative position or the second relative position.
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