Context-Aware Volume Control for Per-App Audio Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing volume adjusting methods in electronic devices can only adjust global volumes simultaneously, lacking the ability to selectively adjust volumes for specific application scenes or third-party applications.
Innovation Solution
A volume adjusting method and apparatus that display a first volume adjusting interface with a volume adjusting area corresponding to the current application scene and a selecting area, allowing users to choose whether the volume adjustment applies to all or only the current application scene, enabling selective volume adjustment for current or all application scenes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a physical volume adjusting key is used to adjust volume, then the volume can be adjusted, but the volume adjustment applies to all application scenes globally, making it impossible to adjust volume for specific applications only
Solution Approach 1:
The volume adjustment function is segmented into global volume adjustment and per-application volume adjustment. The system divides the single volume control into multiple independent control dimensions, allowing users to adjust volume for specific applications independently from the global volume setting.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimension to volume control by introducing application-specific volume adjustment alongside global volume control. This transforms the traditional one-dimensional global volume control into a two-dimensional control system with both global and per-application volume dimensions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If global volume adjustment is applied to all application scenes, then volume control is simple, but it cannot provide selective volume adjustment for different applications
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects the current application scene and provides context-aware volume adjustment options. When a user presses the volume key, the system identifies the active application and presents relevant volume adjustment choices, reducing the need for manual scene selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The volume adjustment mechanism is designed to serve multiple functions: it can adjust global volume for all applications, adjust volume for the current application only, or provide selective adjustment for specific applications. This multi-functional design maintains ease of operation while enhancing adaptability.
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AI summary
A method, an apparatus for adjusting volume and an electronic device using the same is provided. The method comprises: receiving a volume adjusting signal; detecting a current application scene based on a display content of the electronic device after receiving the volume adjusting signal; displaying a volume adjusting interface, the volume adjusting interface including an volume adjusting area which corresponds to the detected current application scene and a selecting area for indicating whether the volume adjusting signal is applied to all application scenes of the electronic device; adjusting volume based on the volume adjusting signal and applying the adjusted volume to the detected current application scene in case that a selected state of the selecting area is in a first state or applying the adjusted volume to all application scenes of the electronic device in case that the selected state of the selecting area is in a second state.