Patent №
US 9,723,407
Granted
2017-08-01
Filed 2015
Owner
HTC CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
1
speech
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
14817218
A communication apparatus and a sound playing method thereof are provided. The method is adapted for a communication apparatus having a first speaker used as an earpiece and a second speaker, in which the first speaker and the second speaker are disposed at opposite sides of the communication apparatus. In the method, an event with a sound notification is detected. A left channel sound and a right channel sound of the sound notification are mixed to generate a mixed sound in response to detecting the event. The mixed sound is played by the first speaker with a fade-in effect.
AI classification
Ownership
HTC CORPORATION
assignment · 362520222
Assignors
CHANG, WEN-LIN, CHEN, CHIEN-YUAN, HUANG, SHIH-PEI
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