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Apparatus and method for controlling volume in portable terminal

  • US 9,548,712 B2
  • Filed: 02/09/2010
  • Issued: 01/17/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for controlling a volume level of audio from an audio source, comprising:

  • a mobile terminal receiving the audio and outputting the audio to a speaker with a first volume level, the mobile terminal including;

    a housing;

    a motion detector in the housing configured to detect motion information comprising a movement velocity corresponding to a movement of the mobile terminal;

    a storage unit in the housing storing in advance a plurality of predetermined volume levels corresponding respectively to a plurality of predetermined strengths of activities with continuous motion; and

    a controller in the housing configured to perform determining a current strength of the current activity with continuous motion from the detected motion information, determining a second volume level of the plurality of predetermined volume levels corresponding to the current strength of the current activity with continuous motion, and determining an output volume level of the speaker by adjusting the first volume level of the audio with the second volume level corresponding to the current strength of the current activity with continuous motion.

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