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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
May. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Sony Mobile Communications Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Jan Nilsson, Lund, SE;
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Mobile Communications Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0254 (2013.01); H04M 1/72569 (2013.01); H04W 68/005 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mobile device configured to modify the mobile device's behavior based on the local environment of the mobile device. The mobile device determines the local environment based on a comparison of sound detected by the mobile device's audio sensor to sound detected by an exterior audio sensor. In particular, the mobile device determines if it is covered and, if covered, the mobile device determines properties of the covering material.