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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Bradley Park Strazisar, Cary, NC (US);
Toby John Bowen, Durham, NC (US);
Scott Edwards Kelso, Cary, NC (US);
John Weldon Nicholson, Cary, NC (US);
Steven Richard Perrin, Raleigh, NC (US);
Matthew Price Roper, Raleigh, NC (US);
Song Erin Wang, Cary, NC (US);
Jianbang Zhang, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/60 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/6008 (2013.01); H04M 1/72569 (2013.01); H04M 1/72577 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device includes a transceiver, a microphone, a sensor, and a controller coupled to receive signals from the sensor and to place the device into a mute mode when the signals from the sensor are indicative of a user action to reduce transmission of the user's voice.