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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jae Lee, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/04 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); G10L 21/0232 (2013.01); H04R 5/027 (2006.01); H03G 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/04 (2013.01); G10L 21/0232 (2013.01); H04R 5/027 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for dynamically adjusting the quantity of volume levels and/or the loudness delta are disclosed. The quantity of volume levels may the number of increments between a minimum and maximum volume. The loudness delta may be the difference between adjacent volume levels. The device may one or more microphones to determine a background noise level. Based on the determined background noise level, and after receiving a user input to adjust the volume, the device may adjust the quantity of volume levels and/or the loudness delta depending on if the background noise level is increased or low.