REGULATION OF AUDIO VOLUME AND/OR RATE RESPONSIVE TO USER APPLIED PRESSURE AND RELATED METHODS

• US 20130077804A1
• Filed: 06/14/2010
• Published: 03/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Petef, Andrej, Glebe, Dag
• Granted Patent: US 9,106,194 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/109
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 3/02 Manually-operated control H03G3/001 and H03G3/002 take precedence

Abstract

An electronic device includes a force sensor that is configured to generate a force signal that indicates an amount of force being exerted thereon by a user, and a controller circuit that is configured to control a volume and/or rate that an audio signal is broadcast by a speaker responsive to the force signal.

Claims