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Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2012
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventor:

Sang-Cheol Lee, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/06 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04M 19/04 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/72569 (2013.01); H04M 1/00 (2013.01); H04M 1/6016 (2013.01); H04M 19/044 (2013.01); H04M 2250/10 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method for adjusting the volume in a portable terminal. The apparatus includes an information collection unit and a volume adjustment unit. The information collection unit collects noise judgment information that is used for judging the extent of background noise. The volume adjustment unit estimates background noise using the collected information, and adjusts the volume according to the background noise.


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