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Granted Patent B2
US 9,990,171 · App. 14/437,091 · Granted Jun 5, 2018

Audio device and method for automatically adjusting volume thereof

Inventors: Jiuxia Yang (Beijing, CN); Jiantao Liu (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 9,990,171
App. No.
14/437,091
Granted
Jun 5, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a method for automatically adjusting volume of an audio device, including steps of: S1, obtaining user identity information; S2, detecting an actual environmental volume; S3, determining user hearing condition according to the obtained user identity information, and adjusting a volume of the audio device according to corresponding relationship of user hearing condition, environmental volume and target volume of the audio device, so that the volume of the audio device reaches a target volume corresponding to the detected actual environmental volume and the determined user hearing condition. Accordingly, the present invention further provides an audio device for automatically adjusting volume. With the present invention, the volume of the audio device can be automatically adjusted according to environmental volume with respect to different users.

Claims (35)

1. A method for automatically adjusting volume of an audio device, comprising steps of:

S1: obtaining user identity information;

S2: detecting an actual environmental volume; and

S3: determining user hearing condition according to the obtained user identity information, and adjusting a volume of the audio device according to corresponding relationship of user hearing condition, environmental volume and target volume of the audio device, so that the volume of the audio device reaches a target volume corresponding to the detected actual environmental volume and the determined user hearing condition,

wherein the method further comprises steps, prior to step S3, of:

obtaining, with respect to each user hearing condition, a plurality of preset environmental volumes and characteristic target volumes in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of preset environmental volumes;

obtaining the corresponding relationship of user hearing condition, environmental volume and target volume of the audio device according to the preset environmental volumes and the characteristic target volumes in one-to-one correspondence with the preset environmental volumes; and

storing the corresponding relationship of user hearing condition, environmental volume and target volume of the audio device,

and wherein the corresponding relationship of user hearing condition, environmental volume and target volume of the audio device is obtained by performing, with respect to each user hearing condition, linear fitting or quadratic curve fitting on the plurality of preset environmental volumes and the characteristic target volumes in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of preset environmental volumes.

2. The method for automatically adjusting volume of an audio device of claim 1 , wherein the preset environmental volumes are obtained by fitting actual environmental volumes and simulated environmental volumes.

3. The method for automatically adjusting volume of an audio device of claim 1 , further comprising steps of:

S4: detecting a distance between the audio device and a user; and

S5: adjusting, according to the detected distance between the audio device and the user, the volume of the audio device in such a way that the volume of the audio device is increased when the detected distance between the audio device and the user is larger than a preset distance, and the volume of the audio device is decreased when the detected distance between the audio device and the user is smaller than the preset distance.

4. The method for automatically adjusting volume of an audio device of claim 2 , further comprising steps of:

S4: detecting a distance between the audio device and a user; and

S5: adjusting, according to the detected distance between the audio device and the user, the volume of the audio device in such a way that the volume of the audio device is increased when the detected distance between the audio device and the user is larger than a preset distance, and the volume of the audio device is decreased when the detected distance between the audio device and the user is smaller than the preset distance.

5. An audio device for automatically adjusting volume, comprising:

a user identity obtaining unit, configured to obtain user identity information;

a volume detector, configured to detect an actual environmental volume;

a storage device, configured to store corresponding relationship of user hearing condition, environmental volume and target volume of the audio device; and

a data processor, configured to receive the user identity information obtained by the user identity obtaining unit and the actual environmental volume detected by the volume detector, determine user hearing condition according to the user identity information, and adjust a volume of the audio device according to the corresponding relationship of user hearing condition, environmental volume and target volume of the audio device stored in the storage device, so that the volume of the audio device reaches a target volume corresponding to the actual environmental volume and the user hearing condition,

wherein the data processor fits, with respect to each user hearing condition, a relationship curve of a plurality of preset environmental volumes and characteristic target volumes in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of preset environmental volumes, to obtain the corresponding relationship of user hearing condition, environmental volume and target volume of the audio device, and stores the corresponding relationship in the storage device.

6. The audio device of claim 5 , further comprising: an environmental volume simulator, which is electrically connected with the data processor and used for simulating environmental volume, wherein the preset environmental volumes are obtained by fitting actual environmental volumes and simulated environmental volumes.

7. The audio device of claim 5 , further comprising:

a distance detecting unit, which is electrically connected with the data processor and used for detecting a distance between a user and the audio device;

wherein the data processor is capable of adjusting, according to the distance between the audio device and the user detected by the distance detecting unit, the volume of the audio device in such a way that the volume of the audio device is increased when the detected distance between the audio device and the user is larger than a preset distance, and the volume of the audio device is decreased when the detected distance between the audio device and the user is smaller than the preset distance.

8. The audio device of claim 7 , wherein the distance detecting unit comprises a camera device and/or an acoustic detection device.

9. The audio device of claim 5 , further comprising:

a distance detecting unit, which is electrically connected with the data processor and used for detecting a distance between a user and the audio device;

wherein the data processor is capable of adjusting, according to the distance between the audio device and the user detected by the distance detecting unit, the volume of the audio device in such a way that the volume of the audio device is increased when the detected distance between the audio device and the user is larger than a preset distance, and the volume of the audio device is decreased when the detected distance between the audio device and the user is smaller than the preset distance.

10. The audio device of claim 9 , wherein the distance detecting unit comprises a camera device and/or an acoustic detection device.

11. The audio device of claim 6 , further comprising:

a distance detecting unit, which is electrically connected with the data processor and used for detecting a distance between a user and the audio device;

wherein the data processor is capable of adjusting, according to the distance between the audio device and the user detected by the distance detecting unit, the volume of the audio device in such a way that the volume of the audio device is increased when the detected distance between the audio device and the user is larger than a preset distance, and the volume of the audio device is decreased when the detected distance between the audio device and the user is smaller than the preset distance.

12. The audio device of claim 11 , wherein the distance detecting unit comprises a camera device and/or an acoustic detection device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2015
From: YANG, JIUXIA; LIU, JIANTAO
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2014 1 0177644 · Apr 29, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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