COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ANSWERING INCOMING PHONE CALLS

• US 20110223978A1
• Filed: 06/02/2010
• Published: 09/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• 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: CHU, CHIH-CHIEN
• Application Number:
  US12/791,883
• Publication Number:
  US 20110223978A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/567
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6075 adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72418 for supporting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

A method and a communication device that includes a proximity sensor acquires a current distance between a user and the communication device when the communication device receives an incoming phone call. The method and the communication device establishes a communication with the incoming phone call and starts a speaker of the communication device to answer the incoming phone call, when the current distance is less than a preset threshold distance.

Claims

1. A method for answering incoming phone calls of a communication device, the communication device comprising a proximity sensor, the method comprising:

(a1) in response to the communication device receiving an incoming phone call, acquiring a current distance between a user and the communication device in real-time using the proximity sensor;

(a2) determining whether the current distance is less than a preset threshold distance, if the current distance is less than the preset threshold distance, step (a3) is implemented, otherwise, step(a1) is repeated if the current distance is not less than the preset threshold distance;

(a3) controlling the communication device to establish a communication with the incoming phone call and start a speaker of the communication device to answer the incoming phone call.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

presetting the threshold distance according to determined requirements; and

storing the preset threshold distance in a storage system of the communication device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant.

4. A communication device, the communication device comprising:

a proximity sensor operable to acquire a current distance between a user and the communication device in real-time, when the communication device receives an incoming phone call;

a storage system;

a communication system stored in the storage system, the communication system comprising;

a determination module operable to determine whether the current distance is less than a preset threshold distance; and

a control module operable to control the communication device to establish a communication with the incoming phone call and start a speaker of the communication device to answer the incoming phone call in response to the current distance being less than the preset threshold distance.

5. The communication device according to claim 4, wherein the communication system further comprises:

a setting module operable to preset the threshold distance according to determined requirements, and store the preset threshold distance in the storage system.

6. The communication device according to claim 4, wherein the communication device is a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant.

7. A storage medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor of a communication device, causing the communication device to perform a method for answering incoming phone calls, the method comprising:

(a1) in response to the communication device receiving an incoming phone call, acquiring a current distance between a user and the communication device in real-time using the proximity sensor;

(a2) determining whether the current distance is less than a preset threshold distance, if the current distance is less than the preset threshold distance, step (a3) is implemented, otherwise, step(a1) is repeated if the current distance is not less than the preset threshold distance;

(a3) controlling the communication device to establish a communication with the incoming phone call and start a speaker of the communication device to answer the incoming phone call.

8. The storage medium as claimed in claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

presetting the threshold distance according to determined requirements; and

storing the preset threshold distance in a storage system of the communication device.

9. The storage medium as claimed in claim 7, wherein the communication device is a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant.