Dynamic Ring Tone Volume Control for Mobile Terminals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile communication terminals lack the ability to adjust ring tone volume dynamically based on changing circumstances, leading to either intrusive or inaudible notifications, depending on the environment.
Innovation Solution
A method and mobile communication terminal that allow users to set a multilevel ring tone volume, adjustable by predetermined intervals, enabling the ring tone to ring at varying output levels for specific durations, allowing users to customize the notification experience according to their environment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the ring tone volume is set at a high level, then the user can recognize the incoming call clearly, but it may interrupt other people in quiet places
Solution Approach 1:
The ring tone volume is divided into multiple levels (first volume level and second volume level) instead of a single fixed level. The system segments the volume control to allow different volume levels at different times, enabling high volume for reliable call recognition while avoiding constant high volume that would disturb others in quiet places.
Solution Approach 2:
The ring tone volume is made dynamic and adjustable rather than static. Users can change the volume level based on the current situation (quiet place vs. noisy place), allowing the system to adapt between high volume for recognition and low volume for etiquette, resolving the contradiction between reliability and harm to others.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the ring tone volume is set at a low level, then it is unobtrusive in quiet places, but the user cannot recognize the incoming call in noisy places
Solution Approach 1:
The ring tone volume is segmented into multiple levels, allowing the system to use low volume in quiet places to avoid disturbing others while switching to high volume in noisy places to ensure call recognition, thus resolving the contradiction between harm to others and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The volume parameter is made changeable and adaptable. Users can adjust the volume level based on environmental conditions, changing from low volume in quiet places to high volume in noisy places, thereby maintaining both etiquette and reliable call recognition across different scenarios.
3Ease of operation
If a single ring tone volume level is used, then the device is simple to operate, but it cannot adapt to different places and circumstances
Solution Approach 1:
The volume control is segmented into multiple levels while maintaining a simple user interface. Users can select between different volume levels through straightforward menu options, making the system both easy to operate and adaptable to different environments, resolving the contradiction between simplicity and versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The volume setting is made dynamic and configurable while keeping the operation simple. Users can easily adjust volume levels through intuitive interfaces, allowing the system to adapt to different places and circumstances without complicating the user experience, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and adaptability.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a method for adjusting a ring tone volume in a mobile communication terminal. The method implements a function by which a user can directly adjust the ring tone volume in a mobile communication terminal in consideration of circumstances. To this end, the present invention includes a user interface screen by which a user can adjust the output volume level of the ring tone which rings according to the passage of time. Thus, the present invention provides a user interface screen by which a user can adjust the output volume level of a ring tone which rings according to the passage of time, and enables the user to set the output level of the ring tone and the output time of the ring tone at a corresponding level according to predetermined intervals through the screen.