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Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2009
Applicants:

Kuntal Dilipsinh Sampat, San Diego, CA (US);

Eddie L. T. Choy, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Joel Linsky, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kuntal Dilipsinh Sampat, San Diego, CA (US);

Eddie L. T. Choy, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Joel Linsky, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 19/00 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A sensor is configured to determine at least one operating condition of a device and a selector is configured to select an audio coding process for the device, based on the operating condition. The operating condition may include remaining battery life of the device and/or ambient noise level. The selected audio coding process may consume less power than another possible audio coding process during audio processing. The audio may include voice and/or audio playback, e.g., music playback.


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