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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2019
Applicant:

E.f. Johnson Company, Irving, TX (US);

Inventors:

Christian K. Barker, Roanoke, TX (US);

Joshua Alan Johnson, Lincoln, NE (US);

Stephen Joseph Borer, Lincoln, NE (US);

Marshall Pommier Schiring, Lincoln, NE (US);

Assignee:

E.F. Johnson Company, Irving, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/32 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); H03G 3/20 (2006.01); H03G 3/00 (2006.01); H03G 5/16 (2006.01); H03G 3/24 (2006.01); H04B 1/44 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/32 (2013.01); B64D 45/0059 (2019.08); H03G 3/00 (2013.01); H03G 3/20 (2013.01); H03G 3/24 (2013.01); H03G 5/16 (2013.01); H03G 5/165 (2013.01); H04B 1/44 (2013.01); H04M 1/6016 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a radio and method for automatically adjusting, in response to ambient noise, the volume setting of a radio. The radio comprises a microphone for receiving ambient audio and generating a microphone signal; a codec for receiving the microphone signal and generating a processor signal representative of the ambient audio; and processor circuitry operable to receive the processor signal, determine an ambient audio level in response to the processor signal, and determine an adjusted radio volume to generate a radio volume control signal, wherein the adjusted radio volume is determined by calculating a difference between a baseline volume level and ambient audio level and adding a current volume level setting, wherein the codec is also operable to receive the radio volume control signal and generate an output signal to adjust the radio volume setting to maintain a net difference between the adjusted radio volume and ambient audio.


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