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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Shinichi Kikuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Hironari Nishino, Hachiouji, JP;
Yasushi Tsukamoto, Yamato, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD., New Tech Park, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 5/00 (2006.01); H03G 3/30 (2006.01); H03G 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 5/005 (2013.01); H03G 3/3005 (2013.01); H03G 5/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided with a device storing machine readable code and a processor executing the machine readable code. The machine readable code includes sound setting code and audio processing code. The sound setting code detects use of a microphone and sets sound characteristics that are suitable for conversation in response to detecting the use of the microphone. The audio processing code processes sound on the basis of the sound characteristics set by the sound setting code.