The surrounding environment where an electronic apparatus is placed is detected according to external sounds, and therefore it is difficult to accurately switch the output of a ring-tone. A control apparatus controls the sound generated by the electronic device. The control apparatus includes a sound producing section that outputs a sound output signal causing a sound output section to generate the sound, a sound acquiring section that acquires a sound input signal generated from external sound, and an adjusting section that adjusts the sound output signal or the output of an output device according to the sound input signal acquired in a state where the sound is being generated.

A method includes recording, at an electronic device utilizing a microphone of the electronic device, ambient noise of an environment the electronic device is disposed in; electronically analyzing, utilizing one or more processors, the recorded ambient noise of the environment to determine one or more frequency bands to avoid; dynamically adapting, based on the electronic analysis, an auditory alert to be played at the electronic device, such adaptation including frequency equalization adjustments based on the determination of one or more frequency bands to avoid; and playing, at the electronic device utilizing one or more speakers of the electronic device, the adapted auditory alert.

A method for generating adaptive notifications include analyzing, at a user device, a spectrum of environmental noise. A portion of the spectrum for adaptive notification enhancement is selected based on the analyzing the spectrum of environmental noise. An adapted notification is generated at the user device by enhancing the selected portion of the spectrum. The adapted notification is transmitted at the user device.

A prompting method and device are provided. The method includes that: if a working state of first equipment changes, a state parameter of second equipment is acquired; a prompting manner in which the first equipment prompts that its working state changes is determined according to the state parameter of the second equipment; and the first equipment is controlled to perform prompting according to the prompting manner.

A volume adjustment method and apparatus, and a terminal is presented. Perform analysis on the collected sound signal surrounding a user terminal, to obtain composition information, where the composition information includes sound types included in the sound signal and proportions of sounds of the various types, and the sound types include blank sound, human sound, and noise; determine a current scene mode of the user terminal according to the composition information; and adjust volume of the user terminal according to the determined scene mode, thereby significantly reducing occurrence of a case, caused by mistaken determining of the scenario, in which play volume adjustment does not conform to the scenario, and enhancing user experience.

A volume adjustment method and apparatus, and a terminal is presented. Perform analysis on the collected sound signal surrounding a user terminal, to obtain composition information, where the composition information includes sound types included in the sound signal and proportions of sounds of the various types, and the sound types include blank sound, human sound, and noise; determine a current scene mode of the user terminal according to the composition information; and adjust volume of the user terminal according to the determined scene mode, thereby significantly reducing occurrence of a case, caused by mistaken determining of the scenario, in which play volume adjustment does not conform to the scenario, and enhancing user experience.

A method for generating adaptive notifications include analyzing, at a user device, a spectrum of environmental noise. A portion of the spectrum for adaptive notification enhancement is selected based on the analyzing the spectrum of environmental noise. An adapted notification is generated at the user device by enhancing the selected portion of the spectrum. The adapted notification is transmitted at the user device.

A method of updating a notification preference of a system includes detecting a remote alert, identifying at least one feature of the remote alert, determining a plurality of alerts available to the system, mapping the at least one feature of the remote alert and the available alerts to a concept map, and selecting an alert from the plurality of available alerts using the mapping, wherein a selected alert changes a notification preference of the system.

A method includes recording, at an electronic device utilizing a microphone of the electronic device, ambient noise of an environment the electronic device is disposed in; electronically analyzing, utilizing one or more processors, the recorded ambient noise of the environment to determine one or more frequency bands to avoid; dynamically adapting, based on the electronic analysis, an auditory alert to be played at the electronic device, such adaptation including frequency equalization adjustments based on the determination of one or more frequency bands to avoid; and playing, at the electronic device utilizing one or more speakers of the electronic device, the adapted auditory alert.

A method of updating a notification preference of a system includes detecting a remote alert, identifying at least one feature of the remote alert, determining a plurality of alerts available to the system, mapping the at least one feature of the remote alert and the available alerts to a concept map, and selecting an alert from the plurality of available alerts using the mapping, wherein a selected alert changes a notification preference of the system.