MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LOCATING THE MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20100216446A1
• Filed: 09/22/2009
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: CHANG, TANG-YU
• Granted Patent: US 8,249,525 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72421 with automatic activation of emergency service functions, e.g. upon sensing an alarm
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72484 wherein functions are triggered by incoming communication events
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means

Abstract

A mobile electronic device stores a standard voice command and a voice command identification standard. When an incoming call is regarded as a missed call and a voice command is detected, the mobile electronic device compares characteristics of the voice command with characteristics of the standard voice command, so as to determine if the voice command satisfies the voice command identification standard. The mobile electronic device further activates a ringing circuit to play a predetermined ring tone in response that the voice command satisfies the voice command identification standard, so as to help a user locate the mobile electronic device even if the mobile electronic device is in a silent mode.

Claims

1. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

a storage system;

at least one processor; and

one or more programs stored in the storage system to be executed by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

a setting module operable to receive a standard voice command input via a voice command input unit by a user of the mobile electronic device, receive a voice command identification standard input by the user, and store the standard voice command and the voice command identification standard in the storage system;

a detecting module operable to detect a missed call received by the mobile electronic device;

a voice identification module operable to compare characteristics of a voice command with characteristics of the standard voice command, so as to determine if the voice command satisfies the voice command identification standard; and

an activation module operable to activate a ringing circuit of the mobile electronic device to play a predetermined ring tone in response that the voice command satisfies the voice command identification standard, so as to help the user locate the mobile electronic device according to the ring tone.

2. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, wherein the activation module is further operable to shut down the voice identification module after playing of the predetermined ring tone.

3. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, wherein the voice command identification standard defines a similarity degree between the characteristics of the voice command and the characteristics of the standard voice command.

4. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, wherein the characteristics of each voice command comprise a frequency, amplitude, a volume and a pulse width of the voice command.

5. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, wherein the voice command input unit is a microphone.

6. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, wherein the storage system is selected from the group consisting of a read only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable, programmable, read only memory (EEPROM), and a random access memory (RAM).

7. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, wherein the mobile electronic device is a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant.

8. A computer-implemented method for locating a mobile electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving a standard voice command input via a voice command input unit by a user of the mobile electronic device and a voice command identification standard input by the user, and storing the standard voice command and the voice command identification standard in a storage system of the mobile electronic device;

detecting a missed call received by the mobile electronic device;

comparing characteristics of a voice command input via the voice command input unit with characteristics of the standard voice command;

determining if the voice command satisfies the voice command identification standard; and

activating a ringing circuit of the mobile electronic device to play a predetermined ring tone in response that the voice command satisfies the voice command identification standard, so as to help the user locate the mobile electronic device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the voice command identification standard defines a similarity degree between the characteristics of the voice command and the characteristics of the standard voice command.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the characteristics of each voice command comprise a frequency, amplitude, a volume and a pulse width of the voice command

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the voice command input unit is a microphone.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the storage system is selected from the group consisting of a read only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable, programmable, read only memory (EEPROM), and a random access memory (RAM).

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the mobile electronic device is a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant.

14. A storage medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor to perform a method for locating a mobile electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving a standard voice command input via a voice command input unit by a user of the mobile electronic device and a voice command identification standard input by the user, and storing the standard voice command and the voice command identification standard in a storage system of the mobile electronic device;

detecting a missed call received by the mobile electronic device;

comparing characteristics of a voice command input via the voice command input unit with characteristics of the standard voice command;

determining if the voice command satisfies the voice command identification standard; and

activating a ringing circuit of the mobile electronic device to play a predetermined ring tone in response that the voice command satisfies the voice command identification standard, so as to help the user locate the mobile electronic device.

15. The storage medium of claim 14, wherein the voice command identification standard defines a similarity degree between the characteristics of the voice command and the characteristics of the standard voice command

16. The storage medium of claim 14, wherein the characteristics of each voice command comprise a frequency, amplitude, a volume and a pulse width of the voice command.

17. The storage medium of claim 14, wherein the voice command input unit is a microphone.

18. The storage medium of claim 14, wherein the storage system is selected from the group consisting of a read only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable, programmable, read only memory (EEPROM), and a random access memory (RAM).

19. The storage medium of claim 14, wherein the mobile electronic device is a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant.