PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND SOUND OUTPUT-CONTROLLING PROGRAM
First Claim
1. A portable electronic apparatus, comprising:
- a sound outputting portion for outputting a sound either to an external sound-outputting unit connected to an apparatus main body or to an internal sound-outputting unit provided in the apparatus main body;
a use situation-acquiring portion for acquiring information in accordance with which an output of the sound is controlled in correspondence to a use situation of the apparatus main body; and
a control portion for detecting connection between the external sound-outputting unit and the apparatus main body, and separation of the external sound-outputting unit from the apparatus main body;
wherein when detecting one of the connection between the external sound-outputting unit and the apparatus main body, and the separation of the external sound-outputting unit from the apparatus main body, the control portion controls a volume of the sound in accordance with the information acquired by the use situation-acquiring portion.
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Abstract
Information on a use situation of a portable electronic apparatus possessed by a user is acquired from an illuminance sensor, a contact sensor, and a GPS portion as use situation-acquiring portions, and a volume of a sound outputted either to a speaker provided as an internal sound-outputting unit in the portable electronic apparatus or to an external sound-outputting unit such as a headphone is controlled in accordance with the acquired information. Thus, even when a plug of the headphone falls off from the portable electronic apparatus despite an intention of the user, an unpleasant sound is prevented from being outputted from the speaker to a circumference.
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20 Claims
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1. A portable electronic apparatus, comprising:
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a sound outputting portion for outputting a sound either to an external sound-outputting unit connected to an apparatus main body or to an internal sound-outputting unit provided in the apparatus main body; a use situation-acquiring portion for acquiring information in accordance with which an output of the sound is controlled in correspondence to a use situation of the apparatus main body; and a control portion for detecting connection between the external sound-outputting unit and the apparatus main body, and separation of the external sound-outputting unit from the apparatus main body; wherein when detecting one of the connection between the external sound-outputting unit and the apparatus main body, and the separation of the external sound-outputting unit from the apparatus main body, the control portion controls a volume of the sound in accordance with the information acquired by the use situation-acquiring portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A portable electronic apparatus, comprising:
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a sound outputting portion for outputting a sound either to an external sound-outputting unit connected to an apparatus main body or to an internal sound-outputting unit provided in the apparatus main body; a plurality of use situation-acquiring portions for acquiring information in accordance with which an output of the sound is controlled in correspondence to a use situation of the apparatus main body; a storage portion for storing therein set values for volumes of the sound outputted either from the external sound-outputting unit or from the internal sound-outputting unit; and a control portion for detecting connection between the external sound-outputting unit and the apparatus main body, and separation of the external sound-outputting unit from the apparatus main body; wherein when detecting one of the connection between the external sound-outputting unit and the apparatus main body, and separation of the external sound-outputting unit from the apparatus main body, the control portion controls the volume of the sound in accordance with the information acquired by at least one of the plurality of use situation acquiring portions by referring to the set values stored in the storage portion. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A sound output-controlling program for, in order to control an output of a sound, causing a computer to function in a form of an apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
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a sound outputting portion for outputting a sound either to an external sound-outputting unit connected to an apparatus main body or to an internal sound-outputting unit provided in the apparatus main body; a use situation-acquiring portion for acquiring information in accordance with which an output of the sound is controlled in correspondence to a use situation of the apparatus main body; and a control portion for detecting connection between the external sound-outputting unit and the apparatus main body, and separation of the external sound-outputting unit from the apparatus main body, and when detecting one of the connection between the external sound-outputting unit and the apparatus main body, and the separation of the external sound-outputting unit from the apparatus main body, controlling a volume of the sound in accordance with the information acquired by the use situation-acquiring portion
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