A voice processing device includes a first sound collecting unit for generating a first voice signal; a human-body vibration obtaining unit for generating a human-body vibration signal; a first distance calculating unit for calculating a ratio in power or amplitude between the human-body vibration signal and the first voice signal and for calculating a first distance from the first sound collecting unit to a sound source in accordance with the ratio and distance estimation information; a second distance calculating unit for calculating, for each of a plurality of frequencies, a second distance from the first sound collecting unit to a sound source which produces a component of a frequency of a first frequency signal; a gain determining unit for determining, for each of the plurality of frequencies, a gain based on a comparison result between the first distance and the second distance.

This application discloses a display control method and an apparatus. The method is applied to a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal includes a display, the mobile terminal is connected to an external device, and the method includes: when the mobile terminal is on a voice call by using the external device, determining that the mobile terminal is in a handheld state or a non-handheld state; and when the mobile terminal is in the handheld state, controlling the display to be in a screen-on state; or when the mobile terminal is in the non-handheld state, controlling the display to be in a screen-off state. When the mobile terminal is on the voice call by using the external device, a display control solution is intelligently selected by determining that the mobile terminal is in the handheld state or the non-handheld state.

The present invention relates to a sound effect control method and apparatus, where the method includes: when a hands-free call is performed for a mobile terminal, detecting whether a hands-free call channel of the mobile terminal is shielded; and adjusting a configuration of the hands-free call channel of the mobile terminal and/or outputting an alarm signal to inform a user that the hands-free call channel is shielded, when it is detected that the hands-free call channel of the mobile terminal is shielded. According to the method, when a hands-free call is performed for a mobile terminal, whether a hands-free call channel of the mobile terminal is shielded is detected; when it is shielded, a configuration of the hands-free call channel of the mobile terminal is adjusted and/or an alarm signal is output, which can effectively improve quality of the hands-free call of the mobile terminal.

There is disclosed a communication device. The communications device includes a radio transceiver for transmitting and receiving radio transmissions and a push-to-talk toggle, integral to the communication device, for enabling capture and transmission of audio when the push-to-talk toggle is engaged and for disabling capture and transmission of audio when the push-to-talk toggle is disengaged. The push-to-talk lock toggle is integral to the communication device, and disables capture and transmission of audio and disabling engagement of the push-to-talk toggle while the push-to-talk lock toggle is enabled.

A method of controlling a converged communications device. The method includes executing a first call between the converged communications device and a first network using a first communication modality, audibilizing the first call with one of an earpiece speaker and a loudspeaker, receiving a second call from a second network having a second communication modality different from the first communication modality, sensing an action by a user in response to receiving the second call, and audibilizing the second call with the other of the earpiece speaker and the loudspeaker based on the action and based on the second communication modality. Also discloses is a converged communications device performing the method.

Embodiments of the present invention relate to telecommunications technologies. A sensor is disposed on at least one of the electronic device or the external audio device. The method includes receiving, by the electronic device, a detection result signal sent by the sensor, where the detection result signal is a signal that carries a detection value obtained by means of detection by the sensor and determining, by the electronic device according to a preset correspondence and the detection value, an action performed by a user on the electronic device or the external audio device. The method also includes controlling, by the electronic device, an execution status of an audio and video application program according to the action.

A method in a communications device includes the following operations. During a call, a process automatically detects that the device has moved from an at-the-ear position to an away-from-the-ear position. Based on the detection, a noise suppressor that operates upon an uplink signal for the call is signaled to change its noise suppression performance. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

A portable communication device (100) comprises a housing that provides an elongated aperture (114) having a non-touch user interface (116) residing therein. The non-touch user interface (116) is formed of an elongated rounded rectangular shaped body. A plurality of non-touch user interface features (118) are spaced apart side-by-side along the single elongated rounded rectangular shaped body of the non-touch user interface (116). The elongated aperture (114) with non-touch user interface (116) residing therein define a visible non-touch user interface zone (120) on the surface of the portable communication device for the protection of the non-touch user interface features (118).

Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to user experience oriented audio signal processing. There is provided a method for user experience oriented audio signal processing. The method includes obtaining a first audio signal from an audio sensor of an electronic device; computing, based on the first audio signal, a compensation factor for an acoustic path from the electronic device to a listener and applying the compensation factor to a second audio signal outputted from the electronic device. Corresponding system and computer program products are disclosed.

A mobile communications device contains at least two microphones. One microphone is designated by a selector to provide a voice dominant signal and another microphone is designated to provide a noise or echo dominant signal, for a call or a recording. The selector communicates the designations to a switch that routes the selected microphone signals to the inputs of a processor for voice signal enhancement. The selected voice dominant signal is then enhanced by suppressing ambient noise or canceling echo therein, based on the selected noise or echo dominant signal. The designation of microphones may change at any instant during the call or recording depending on various factors, e.g. based on the quality of the microphone signals. Other embodiments are also described.