IP Library Granted Patent US 8,060,151
Granted Patent B2
US 8,060,151 · App. 12/084,064 · Granted Nov 15, 2011

Apparatus for position-dependent control

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Patent No.
US 8,060,151
App. No.
12/084,064
Granted
Nov 15, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for position-dependent control has a control unit, where the control unit takes the position of the apparatus as a basis for: a) controlling damping and/or echo cancellation for the apparatus, and/or b) switching a summit of the apparatus on or off or to a power saving mode, and/or c) prompting call acceptance.

Claims (19)

1. An apparatus for position-dependent control, comprising:

a control unit, wherein dependent on the position of the apparatus the control unit:

controls an attenuation or an echo cancellation of the apparatus, or

switches a subunit of the apparatus on or off or into a power-saving mode, or

initiates acceptance of a call, wherein

the control unit controls the attenuation as a function of the position and as a function of a frequency of signals output to an input by a user of the apparatus,

the control unit specifies a frequency range for signals output to the user or signals supplied to the apparatus from the user, and

the control unit specifies filter coefficients of a filter unit in the transmission branch or selects one of a plurality of filter units which can be switched into the transmission branch.

2. An apparatus for position-dependent control, comprising:

a control unit, wherein dependent on the position of the apparatus the control unit:

controls an attenuation or an echo cancellation of the apparatus, or

switches a subunit of the apparatus on or off or into a power-saving mode, or

initiates acceptance of a call, wherein

the apparatus further comprises a detection unit to detect the position of the apparatus, the detection unit having an output connected to an input of the control unit,

the control unit switches at least a portion of the apparatus off as a function of the position detected by the detection unit,

the detection unit includes an acceleration sensor,

the control unit switches a display unit of the apparatus off to enter a power-saving mode,

the detection unit detects if the display unit is facing in a direction of the earth's gravitational pull, and

the display unit is automatically switched off by the control unit when the display unit faces the direction of the earth's gravitational pull.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2009
From: SIEMENS HOME AND OFFICE COMMUNICATION DEVICES MANAGEMENT GMBH
To: GIGASET COMMUNICATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 023594/0531 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2008
From: OBERSTELEHN, ROLF; THEWES, STEFAN
To: SIEMENS HOME AND OFFICE COMMUNICATION DEVICES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 020926/0418 →