MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HELPING EXERCISING USING A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20110137440A1
• Filed: 03/26/2010
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: NI, YUAN
• Granted Patent: US 8,738,161 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• 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 mobile device and a method include setting a vibration intensity grade and activating a vibration sensor to detect vibration intensity of the mobile device. The mobile device and the method further include obtaining the output induced voltage amplitude, confirming a vibration intensity grade, and controlling a music adjuster to adjust a playing speed and a playing volume of a music player to the confirmed vibration intensity grade.

Claims

1. A mobile device, comprising:

a vibration sensor;

a music player;

a music adjuster;

a setting module operable to set a plurality of induced voltage amplitudes of the vibration sensor, set a vibration intensity grade corresponding to each of the plurality of induced voltage amplitudes, and set a detection function to activate the vibration sensor;

an activating module operable to activate the vibration sensor to detect vibration intensity of the mobile device when the detection function is invoked and the music player is playing music;

an obtaining module operable to obtain an output induced voltage amplitude from the vibration sensor;

a processing module operable to confirm a vibration intensity grade corresponding to the output induced voltage amplitude, and control the music adjuster to adjust a playing speed and a playing volume of the music player according to the confirmed vibration intensity grade.

2. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile device further comprises a determination module operable to determine whether the music player has been turned off.

3. The mobile device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the activating module is further operable to disable the vibration sensor when the music player has been turned off.

4. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vibration intensity grades comprise a weak grade, a medium grade, and a strong grade.

5. The mobile device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the processing module control the music adjuster to increase the playing speed and the playing volume of the music player by 10% if the confirmed vibration intensity grade is weak, control the music adjuster to decrease the playing speed and the playing volume of the music player by 10% if the confirmed vibration intensity grade is strong, or maintain the playing speed and playing volume of the music player if the confirmed vibration intensity grade is medium.

6. A computer-implemented method of a mobile device, the method comprising:

setting a plurality of induced voltage amplitudes of a vibration sensor of the mobile device, and setting a vibration intensity grade corresponding to each of the plurality of induced voltage amplitudes;

set a detection function to activate the vibration sensor;

activating the vibration sensor to detect a vibration intensity of the mobile device when the detection function is invoked and the music player is playing music;

obtaining an output induced voltage amplitude from the vibration sensor;

confirming a vibration intensity grade corresponding to the output induced voltage amplitude,

controlling a music adjuster to adjust a playing speed and a playing volume of the music player according to the confirmed vibration intensity grade.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

determining whether the music player has been turned off;

if the music player has not been turned off, returning to the step of obtaining the output induced voltage amplitude;

or

if the music player has been turned off, disabling the vibration sensor.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the vibration intensity grades comprise a weak grade, a medium grade, and a strong grade.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the controlling step comprises:

controlling the music adjuster to increase the playing speed and the playing volume of the music player by 10% if the confirmed vibration intensity grade is weak;

or

controlling the music adjuster to decrease the playing speed and the playing volume of the music player by 10% if the confirmed vibration intensity grade is strong;

or

maintaining the playing speed and playing volume of the music player if the confirmed vibration intensity grade is medium.

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

setting a plurality of induced voltage amplitude of a vibration sensor of the mobile device, and set a vibration intensity grade corresponding to each of the plurality of induced voltage amplitude, and setting a detection function to activate the vibration sensor;

activating the vibration sensor to detect a vibration intensity of the mobile device when the detection function is invoked and the music player is playing music;

obtaining an output induced voltage amplitude from the vibration sensor;

confirming a vibration intensity grade corresponding to the output induced voltage amplitude;

controlling a music adjuster to adjust a playing speed and a playing volume of the music player according to the confirmed vibration intensity grade.

11. The storage medium as claimed in claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether the music player has been turned off;

if the music player has not been turned off, returning to the step of obtaining the output induced voltage amplitude;

or

if the music player has been turned off, disabling the vibration sensor.

12. The storage medium as claimed in claim 10, wherein the vibration intensity grades comprise a weak grade, a medium grade, and a strong grade.

13. The storage medium as claimed in claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

controlling the music adjuster to increase the playing speed and the playing volume of the music player by 10% when the confirmed determined vibration intensity grade is weak;

or

controlling the music adjuster to decrease the playing speed and the playing volume of the music player by 10% when the confirmed vibration intensity grade is strong;

or

maintaining the playing speed and playing volume of the music player when the confirmed vibration intensity grade is medium.