Mobile Terminal Speaker Control for Interference Reduction

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Solution Overview

Problem

The challenge in mobile terminals is ensuring a consistent and effective sound effect when multiple speakers are used, as they often interfere with each other, leading to a compromised audio experience.

Innovation Solution

A speaker control method that determines the use state of a mobile terminal and adjusts the audio modes of its speakers accordingly, ensuring they cooperate without interference by switching between different audio modes such as mono-channel, mixed-channel, and off modes based on the terminal's state, such as screen folding or display mode.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If more speakers are added to improve sound effect, then audio quality can be enhanced, but speaker interference increases and sound effect deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesound effectVSAvoidspeaker interference
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic audio mode switching that adjusts speaker operation modes based on real-time use states. The system transitions between mono-channel mode, mixed-channel mode, and off mode depending on whether the terminal is in pocket, on table, or handheld states, thereby dynamically preventing speaker interference while maintaining optimal sound quality for each scenario.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes operational parameters of speakers by switching between different audio modes (mono-channel, mixed-channel, off). These parameter changes are triggered by detected use states such as pocket mode, table mode, and handheld mode, allowing the speakers to operate in interference-free configurations for each specific usage scenario.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Ease of operation

If speakers operate in fixed modes, then control is simple, but sound effect is affected when speakers interfere with each other

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespeaker controlVSAvoidsound effect
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically detects the terminal's use state and autonomously switches between audio modes without requiring manual user intervention. The speaker control mechanism serves itself by monitoring use states (pocket, table, handheld) and independently adjusting speaker configurations to prevent interference, thereby maintaining both ease of operation and sound quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a feedback mechanism where the detected use state informs the speaker mode selection. The terminal continuously monitors its physical state and uses this feedback to dynamically adjust speaker operating modes, ensuring that speakers operate in configurations that prevent interference for the current usage scenario.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11496835B2Speaker control method and mobile terminal
Publication Date: 2022.11.08 VIVO MOBILE COMM CO LTD
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AI summary

This disclosure provides a speaker control method and a mobile terminal. The method is performed by the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal includes at least two speakers. The method includes obtaining a use state of the mobile terminal, and determining corresponding audio mode information based on the use state of the mobile terminal, where the audio mode information includes audio modes of the at least two speakers. The method further includes controlling each speaker to work in a corresponding audio mode in the audio mode information.