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Granted Patent B2
US 10,262,648 · App. 16/067,043 · Granted Apr 16, 2019

Method for controlling interference in audio service and terminal

Inventors: Henghui Lu (Beijing, CN); Jingqing Mei (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
G10K11/16H04R3/002H04W4/80
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Patent No.
US 10,262,648
App. No.
16/067,043
Granted
Apr 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for controlling interference in an audio service and a terminal, where the method includes sending, by a first terminal, a first message using a short-range wireless communications technology when executing an audio service, determining, by a second terminal according to the first message, whether the second terminal supports interference control, and adjusting, by the second terminal, a setting of the second terminal according to the interference control parameter when the second terminal supports the interference control, and the second terminal falls within a controlled range. It can be learned that in a process in which the first terminal performs interference control on the second terminal, the first terminal may send the first message to the second terminal without a need of a noise reduction device such that the second terminal adjusts the setting of the second terminal.

Claims (37)

1. A method for controlling interference in an audio service, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal, a first message using a short-range wireless communications technology, the first message carrying an interference control parameter indicating an action to be performed by the terminal; and

determining, by the terminal according to the interference control parameter, that the terminal supports interference control, and that the terminal falls within a controlled range; and

adjusting, by the terminal, a setting of the terminal according to the interference control parameter to reduce or avoid noise interference caused to another terminal by the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first message further carries an interference control distance threshold parameter and a signal parameter, and that the terminal falls within the controlled range comprising:

determining, by the terminal according to the interference control distance threshold parameter and the signal parameter that are carried in the first message, that the terminal falls within the controlled range.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the signal parameter is a parameter related to distance measurement, and the signal parameter comprises at least one of the following:

signal receiving time and signal sending time, or received signal power, or transmitted signal power.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of adjusting, by the terminal, a setting of the terminal according to the interference control parameter when the terminal supports the interference control, and the terminal falls within a controlled range comprising:

adjusting, by the terminal, the setting of the terminal according to the interference control parameter when the terminal supports the interference control, the terminal falls within the controlled range, and the terminal is generating a sound.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first message further carries an interference control duration parameter, and the adjusting, by the terminal, a setting of the terminal according to the interference control parameter when the terminal determines, according to the interference control parameter, that the terminal supports interference control, and that the terminal falls within a controlled range is specifically:

configuring, by the terminal, the setting of the terminal according to the interference control duration parameter and the interference control parameter when the terminal supports the interference control, and the terminal falls within the controlled range.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the terminal, a second message, wherein the second message carries an interference control distance threshold parameter and a signal parameter; and

restoring, by the terminal, the setting of the terminal when the terminal determines, according to the interference control distance threshold parameter and the signal parameter that are carried in the second message, that the terminal falls beyond the controlled range.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interference control parameter is used to indicate that the action to be performed by the terminal comprises at least one of the following actions:

muting, decreasing volume, pausing, switching to a headset mode, or turning off.

8. A terminal, comprising:

an antenna configured to receive a first message, the first message carrying an interference control parameter, and the interference control parameter indicating an action to be performed by the terminal; and

a processor coupled to the antenna and configured to:

determine, according to the interference control parameter, that the terminal supports interference control, and that the terminal falls within a controlled range; and

adjust a setting of the terminal according to the interference control parameter to reduce or avoid noise interference caused to a terminal sending the first message.

9. The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to send a second message carrying the interference control parameter using the antenna when the terminal executes an audio service.

10. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein the antenna is further configured to receive a signal parameter from another terminal, and the processor being further configured to:

determine, according to the signal parameter and an interference control distance threshold parameter when the terminal executes the audio service, that the other terminal falls within the controlled range; and

generate the second message.

11. The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the first message further carries an interference control distance threshold parameter and a signal parameter, and the processor being further configured to determine, according to the interference control distance threshold parameter and the signal parameter carried in the first message, that the second terminal falls within the controlled range.

12. The terminal of claim 8 , wherein when adjusting the setting of the terminal, the processor being further configured to adjust the setting of the terminal according to the interference control parameter when the terminal supports the interference control, the terminal falls within the controlled range, and the terminal generates a sound.

13. The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the first message further carries an interference control duration parameter, and when adjusting the setting of the terminal, the processor being further configured to configure the setting of the terminal according to the interference control duration parameter and the interference control parameter when the terminal supports the interference control, and the terminal falls within the controlled range.

14. The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect, by the terminal, displacement of the terminal when the terminal executes an audio service; and

send a third message carrying an interference control distance threshold parameter and a signal parameter using the antenna when the displacement exceeds a preset threshold.

15. The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the antenna is further configured to receive a fourth message, and the processor being further configured to:

determine, according to an interference control distance threshold parameter and a signal parameter carried in the fourth message, that the terminal falls beyond the controlled range; and

restore the setting of the terminal.

16. The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the interference control parameter indicating that the action to be performed by the terminal comprises at least one of muting, decreasing volume, pausing, switching to a headset mode, or turning off.

17. The terminal of claim 8 , wherein a signal parameter comprises a parameter related to distance measurement, and the signal parameter comprising at least one of signal receiving time, signal sending time, received signal power, or transmitted signal power.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2018
From: LU, HENGHUI; MEI, JINGQING
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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