Tablet computer equipped with microphones
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- providing a convertible tablet computer with a plurality of microphones to form a microphone array capable of operating in a sound emphasis mode during which sound signals collected by said microphones are processed while forming an emphasis space and capable of operating in a non-processing mode during which sound signals collected by said microphones are processed without forming said emphasis space;
allowing said tablet computer in a PC use mode to operate in said sound emphasis mode;
determining whether or not a user mode of said tablet computer has been changed from said PC use mode to a tablet use mode; and
in response to a determination that said tablet computer has been changed from said PC use mode to said tablet use mode, processing said emphasis space to allow sound signals collected by said microphones to be utilized in said tablet use mode.
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Abstract
A tablet PC capable of providing continuous utilization of a sound signal collected from a microphone without requiring any user intervention when a use mode thereof has been changed from a PC use mode to a tablet use mode is disclosed. The tablet PC includes a set of microphones to form a microphone array. The tablet PC is able to operate in a sound emphasis mode wherein sound signals collected from the microphones are processed while forming an emphasis space, and to operate in a non-processing mode wherein the sound signals are processed without forming the emphasis space. When a user manipulates a chassis orientation of the tablet PC from a PC use mode to a tablet use mode, the tablet PC operates to process the emphasis space so that the sound signals collected by the microphones can be utilized in the tablet use mode.
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15 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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providing a convertible tablet computer with a plurality of microphones to form a microphone array capable of operating in a sound emphasis mode during which sound signals collected by said microphones are processed while forming an emphasis space and capable of operating in a non-processing mode during which sound signals collected by said microphones are processed without forming said emphasis space; allowing said tablet computer in a PC use mode to operate in said sound emphasis mode; determining whether or not a user mode of said tablet computer has been changed from said PC use mode to a tablet use mode; and in response to a determination that said tablet computer has been changed from said PC use mode to said tablet use mode, processing said emphasis space to allow sound signals collected by said microphones to be utilized in said tablet use mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A convertible tablet computer comprising:
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a plurality of microphones forming a microphone array; sound data creation module for generating sound data from sound signals collected by said plurality of microphones; sound processing module for forming an emphasis space to process sound data received from said sound data creation module; mode detection module for detecting said tablet computer being in a PC use mode or in a tablet use mode; sound utilization module for receiving and utilizing sound data from said sound data creation module or said sound processing module; and control module for controlling said sound processing module to allow said sound utilization module to receive sound data from said sound data creation module or said sound processing module, in response to said mode detection module detecting said tablet use mode when said sound utilization module is receiving sound data from said sound processing module in said PC use mode. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer readable medium having a computer program product for permitting a convertible tablet computer having a plurality of microphones to form a microphone array capable of operating in a sound emphasis mode during which sound signals collected by said microphones are processed while forming an emphasis space and capable of operating in a non-processing mode during which sound signals collected by said microphones are processed without forming said emphasis space, said computer readable medium comprising:
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computer program code for allowing said tablet computer in a PC use mode to operate in said sound emphasis mode; computer program code for determining whether or not a user mode of said tablet computer has been changed from said PC use mode to a tablet use mode; and computer program code for, in response to a determination that said tablet computer has been changed from said PC use mode to said tablet use mode, processing said emphasis space to allow sound signals collected by said microphones to be utilized in said tablet use mode.
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