Portable electronic device comprising an environment-adaptable interface
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Abstract
The invention relates to a portable electronic object (1) consisting of a “voice” user interface (2) containing sound signal-reception means (3) and a management unit (8) comprising sound signal-processing means (9a). The invention is characterised in that it also comprises an ambient noise sensor (10) which can be used to measure the level of ambient noise (Bm), said sensor being connected to the aformementioned control unit. The invention is further characterised in that the control unit also comprises comparison means (12a) which are used to compare the measured ambient noise level with a pre-defined noise level (Bo), and control means (13) which are arranged such as to deactivate the sound signal-processing means when the ambient noise level exceeds the pre-defined noise level (Bm>Bo).
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43 Claims
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24. A portable electronic object including
(a) a first user interface; -
(b) at least one second user interface;
(c) a management unit for said user interfaces including first and at least second processing means respectively associated with said first and at least second user interfaces;
(d) means for measuring at least one external parameter linked to at least one of said user interfaces, said measuring means being connected to said management unit;
(e) comparison means for comparing a level of said measured external parameter to a predefined level of said external parameter; and
(f) control means arranged for activating or deactivating said processing means associated with said user interface linked to the measured external parameter as a function of the result of the comparison, wherein the portable electronic object further comprises;
(g) means for selecting a user interface from among said user interfaces whose associated processing means are not deactivated, in accordance with a determined criterion. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. The method of determining a user interface of a portable electronic object including a first user interface, at least a second user interface, a management unit for said user interfaces including first and at least second processing means respectively associated to said first and at least second user interfaces, the method including the following operations:
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(a) carrying out the measurement of at least one external parameter linked to at least one of said user interfaces by means of a sensor for sensing the level of the external parameter, the sensor being connected to the management unit;
(b) comparing the measured external parameter level to a predefined external parameter level;
(c) deactivating said processing means associated to the user interface linked to the measured external parameter in accordance to the result of the comparison;
wherein the method includes the following additional operation;
(d) selecting a user interface among the user interfaces whose associated processing means are not activated in accordance with a predetermined criterion. - View Dependent Claims (43)
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37. The method of determining a user interface of a portable electronic object including a first user interface, at least a second user interface, a management unit for said user interfaces including first and at least second processing means respectively associated to said first and at least second user interfaces, the method including the following operations:
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(a) carrying out the measurement of at least one external parameter linked to at least one of said user interfaces by means of a sensor for sensing the level of the external parameter, the sensor being connected to the management unit;
(b) comparing the measured external parameter level to a predefined external parameter level;
(c) deactivating said processing means associated to the user interface linked to the measured external parameter in accordance to the result of the comparison;
wherein the method includes the following additional operation;
(d) selecting a user interface among the user interfaces whose associated processing means are not activated in accordance with a predetermined criterion;
whereinthe portable electronic object includes i. a first user interface;
ii. at least one second user interface;
iii. a management unit for said user interfaces including first and at least second processing means respectively associated with said first and at least second user interfaces;
iv. means for measuring at least one external parameter linked to at least one of said user interfaces, said measuring means being connected to said management unit;
v. comparison means for comparing a level of said measured external parameter to a predefined level of said external parameter; and
vi. control means arranged for activating or deactivating said processing means associated with said user interface linked to the measured external parameter as a function of the result of the comparison;
wherein the portable electronic object further comprises v. means for selecting a user interface from among said user interfaces whose associated processing means are not deactivated, in accordance with a determined criterion, wherein said first user interface includes sound signal reception means, said first associated processing means being sound signal processing means;
said second user interface includes control members and display means, said second associated processing means being control member processing means; and
said measuring means include an ambient noise sensor for measuring an ambient noise level, said management unit also including first comparison means for comparing said ambient noise level to a predefined noise level, said control means being arranged for deactivating the sound signal processing means when the ambient noise level exceeds the predefined noise level, wherein the measuring means further comprise a light sensor for measuring a received light level, said management unit also including second comparison means for comparing said received light level to a predefined light level, said control means also being arranged for deactivating said control member processing means when the received light level passes below the predefined light level;
whereinfor the first user interface the following operations are carried out;
(e) carrying out a measurement of the ambient noise level by means of an ambient noise sensor connected to the management unit;
(f) comparing the measured ambient noise level to a predefined noise level; and
(g) deactivating said first processing means when the measured ambient noise level exceeds the predefined noise level; and
wherein the following operations are carried out for the second user interface;
(h) carrying out a measurement of the received light level by means of a light sensor connected to said management unit;
(i) comparing the measured received light level to a predefined light level; and
(j) deactivating said second and third processing means when the measured received light level passes below the predefined light level. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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