TWI407759B - Mobile phone and voice signal switching method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile phone and voice signal switching method thereof are provided. The mobile phone includes a body, a cover, a first speaker, and a second speaker. The cover is lying with the body, and can be rotated to a first position or a second position relative to the body. The first speaker and the second speaker are disposed on the two opposite end of the cover. When the cover is in the first position, the first speaker of the mobile phone emits a voice signal. When the cover is in the second position, the second speaker of the mobile phone emits the voice signal.

Description

Mobile phone and its voice signal switching method

The present invention relates to a mobile phone and a method for switching the same, and particularly relates to a mobile phone capable of switching a speaker with different positions of the cover and a method for switching the voice signal thereof.

The invention of mobile phones allows people to communicate with each other anytime, anywhere, without being limited to a fixed location. However, with the shift in consumer awareness, in addition to its functions, mobile phones are also an important consideration in consumers' willingness to purchase, thus launching a rotary slide phone.

Please refer to FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B. FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram showing a conventional rotary slide type mobile phone, and FIG. 1B is a schematic view showing the upper cover of the rotary slide type mobile phone in FIG. A conventional rotary slide type mobile phone 10 includes an upper cover 12 and a lower cover 14. The upper cover 12 completely covers the lower cover 14, and the upper cover 12 includes a speaker member 16, wherein the speaker member 16 is used to emit an audible signal. When the messenger needs to open the upper cover 12, the upper cover of FIG. 1A is first unscrewed along the arrow a1 to expose the upper surface of the lower cover 14 (as shown in FIG. 1B). As shown in FIG. 1A, when the conventional rotary slide type mobile phone 10 answers the call, two methods can be used. One is to open the upper cover 12 to the position of FIG. 1B to answer, and the direction of the speaker 16 is used. The speaker is adjusted to align the speaker 16 with the user's ear; the other is that the user answers the call when the upper cover covers the lower cover in FIG. 1A, and the speaker 16 is still located below the mobile phone 10. And can not be aimed at the user's ear, causing the user to not hear the sound of the speaker 16.

In addition, referring to FIG. 1B, the rotary slide type mobile phone 10 further includes a receiving component 18. The receiving component 18 is for receiving an external sound source. If the user answers the call in the manner of FIG. 1A, then the receiving element 18 is shielded by the upper cover 12 and approaches the speaker 16. In addition to the receiving component 18 receiving the sound will be shielded by the upper cover 12, it will also be interfered by the speaker 16, and both of the above cases will greatly reduce the receiving effect of the receiving component 18.

The invention relates to a mobile phone and a method for switching the sound signal thereof. When the cover body is at different positions, the position of the sound signal is switched correspondingly. Make the operation of mobile phones more convenient and more diverse.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a mobile phone is provided. The mobile phone includes a body, a cover, a first speaker, and a second speaker. The cover system is flat on the body and rotated relative to the body in a first position or a second position. The first speaker and the second speaker are disposed on the cover, and the first speaker and the second speaker are located at opposite ends of the cover. When the cover is in the first position, the mobile phone emits an audio signal with the first speaker. When the cover is in the second position, the mobile phone emits an audible signal with the second speaker.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a method for switching a voice signal of a mobile phone is provided, comprising: first, determining that a cover of the mobile phone is rotated relative to a body of the mobile phone to a first position or a second position; and then, when the cover is rotated When the first position is reached, the first speaker provided at one end of the cover body emits an audio signal; and when the cover body is rotated to the second position, the second speaker provided at the other end of the cover body emits an audible signal .

In order to make the above-mentioned contents of the present invention more comprehensible, the preferred embodiments are described below, and the detailed description is as follows:

The present invention provides a mobile phone and a method for switching the voice signal thereof, which are switched by an audio signal to facilitate the operation of the mobile phone. The answer mode will be described below in the first embodiment, respectively, and the media play mode will be described in the second embodiment.

First embodiment

Please refer to FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B. FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram of the mobile phone in the first position according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2B is a side view of the mobile phone according to FIG. 2A. The mobile phone 200 includes a body 220, a cover 210, a first speaker 230, and a second speaker 240. The cover 210 is flatly attached to the body 220 and rotated relative to the body 220 in a first position or a second position.

Referring to FIGS. 2A and 2B simultaneously, when the cover 210 is in the first position, the cover 210 substantially covers and is flat against the body 220.

Please refer to both Figures 3A and 3B. 3A is a schematic view showing the mobile phone in the second position according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3B is a side view showing the mobile phone according to FIG. 3A. When the cover 210 is in the second position, a portion of the cover 210 covers and is flat against the body 220.

As shown in FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B , the first speaker member 230 and the second speaker member 240 are both disposed on the cover 210 , and the first speaker member 230 and the second speaker member 240 are disposed on the cover. The opposite ends of the body 210. When the cover 210 is in the first position, the mobile phone 200 emits an audio signal V with the first speaker 230.

As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, when the cover 210 is in the second position, the mobile phone 200 emits an audio signal V by the second speaker 240.

In this embodiment, the mobile phone 200 further includes a display screen 250. The display screen 250 is disposed on the cover 210, and the first speaker 230 and the second speaker 240 are oppositely disposed on both sides of the display screen 250. As shown in FIG. 2A, when the cover 210 is in the first position, the display screen 250 displays a first screen 252. In this embodiment, the first screen 252 is, for example, an apple pattern. The apple pattern is oriented toward the first speaker 230.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3A, when the cover 210 is in the second position, the display screen 250 displays a second screen 254. This second picture 254 is substantially rotated 180 degrees relative to the first picture 252. In this embodiment, the second screen 254 is the same as the first screen 252, and is also an apple pattern. However, the fruit of the apple pattern in the second screen 254 is directed toward the second speaker 240, and the fruit of the apple pattern in the first screen 252 is directed toward the first speaker 230. As a result, when the cover 210 is rotated from the first position to the second position relative to the body 220, the screen of the display screen 250 is also rotated from the first screen 252 to the second screen 254. The screen transition of the display screen 250 allows the user to view the positive icon during operation to facilitate user operation.

As shown in FIG. 2A, in the embodiment, the mobile phone 200 further includes an answering component 202. The answering component 202 is used to answer an incoming call and activate the first speaker 230. The answering element 202 is disposed on the outer surface of the cover 210. When the cover 210 is in the first position, although most of the keys are hidden under the cover 210, the user can press the answering component 202 to answer a call and activate the first speaker 230.

In this embodiment, the mobile phone 200 further includes a receiving component 204. The receiving member 204 is disposed on one side surface of the body 220. The receiving component 204 is configured to receive an external sound source, such as a sound when the user speaks a telephone. The receiving member 204 is preferably disposed on the side surface of the body 220 such that the receiving member 204 is not shielded by the cover 210, and the external sound source can be smoothly received. In this way, the mobile phone 200 does not need to unscrew the cover 210 (ie, when the cover 210 is in the first position), that is, the first speaker 230 can answer the incoming call.

When the cover 210 is in the first position, the mobile phone 200 emits an audio signal V (as shown in FIG. 2A) with the first speaker 230. When the cover 210 is in the second position, the mobile phone 200 emits an audio signal V by the second speaker 240 (as shown in FIG. 3A). That is, since the first speaker member 230 is ergonomically close to the ear of the human body when the cover 210 of the mobile phone 200 is in the first position, the first speaker member 230 emits the voice signal V. When the cover 210 is in the second position, the mobile phone 200 emits the sound signal V with the second speaker 240 that is closer to the ear of the human body. In this embodiment, the mobile phone 200 can switch the first speaker 230 or the second speaker 240 of the mobile phone 200 to emit the voice signal V according to the cover 210 in the first position or the second position. In this way, since the mobile phone 200 can automatically switch to the most suitable speaker, the voice signal V is emitted. In addition, the display screen 250 of the mobile phone 200 can also automatically adjust the display screen through the first position and the second position, so that the user can view the positive icon during operation without having to adjust the body direction to watch the positive direction. Illustration.

Referring to FIG. 4, a block diagram of a mobile phone in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention is shown. The mobile phone 200 further includes a detector 260 and a processor 270. The detector 260 is configured to detect that the cover 210 is in the first position or the second position, and correspondingly sends a first position signal SR1 and a first second position signal SR2. The processor 270 is electrically connected to the detector 260 and configured to receive the first location signal SR1 or the second location signal SR2. The processor 270 further controls the first speaker 230 or the second speaker 240 to emit an audio signal V according to the first position signal SR1 or the second position signal SR2.

Next, the method of switching the audio signal V of the mobile phone 200 will be further described. First, please refer to FIG. 5, which is a flowchart of a method for switching a voice signal of a mobile phone according to the first embodiment. First, in step 402, it is determined that the cover 210 is rotated relative to the body 220 to the first position or the second position. If the cover 210 is rotated to the first position, the process proceeds to step 403. If the cover 210 is rotated to the second position, the process proceeds to step 404.

Please refer to FIG. 2A and FIG. 6 again. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the mobile phone in the first position according to the fourth embodiment. In step 403 of FIG. 5, the processor 270 automatically controls the first speaker 230 to emit the sound signal V according to the first position signal SR1. In addition, the processor 270 automatically controls the display screen 250 to display the first screen 252 according to the first position signal SR1. The mobile phone 200 can receive an incoming call by pressing the answering component 202 when the cover 210 is in the first position. In other words, the user can directly answer the call without unscrewing the cover 210, reducing the step of unscrewing the cover 210.

Please refer to FIG. 3A and FIG. 7 at the same time. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the mobile phone in the second position according to the fourth embodiment. In step 404 of FIG. 5, the processor 270 automatically controls the second speaker 24 to emit the sound signal V according to the second position signal SR2. In addition, the processor 270 can automatically control the display screen 250 to display the second screen 254 according to the second position signal SR2.

In this way, the user can have two types of answering modes at the same time, including the answering mode without unscrewing the cover 210 and unscrewing the cover 210 receiving mode.

Second embodiment

Please refer to FIG. 8, which is a schematic diagram of a mobile phone according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The mobile phone 300 and the audio signal switching method of the present embodiment are different from the mobile phone 200 of the first embodiment and the audio signal switching method thereof in that the mobile phone 300 and its audio signal switching method further have a media playing mode. The same reference numerals are used for the same points and will not be repeated.

Referring to FIG. 9, a flow chart of a method for switching a voice signal of a mobile phone according to a second embodiment of the present invention is shown. First, in step 601, it is determined whether a media play mode is executed, and if so, step 605 is performed; if not, step 606 is performed. In step 605, the processor 370 controls the first speaker 230 and the second speaker 240 to simultaneously emit the media playback voice signal V1. In step 606, it is determined whether the call answering mode is entered, and if so, step 402, step 403, and step 404 are performed. Step 402, step 403, and step 404 are the same as steps 402, 403, and 404 of the first embodiment, and are not repeated herein.

Since the first speaker member 230 and the second speaker member 240 are in the first embodiment, the two speaker members are used to emit the sound signal V. In the second embodiment, the first speaker 230 and the second speaker 240 simultaneously emit the media playback audio signal V1.

Please refer to FIG. 8 and FIG. 10 simultaneously. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a mobile phone performing a media play mode in the second embodiment. In step 605 of FIG. 9, when the processor 370 is in the media play mode, the first speaker 230 emits the media play sound signal V1, and the second speaker 240 sends the media play sound signal V1. In this way, when the media play mode is executed, the first speaker 230 and the second speaker 240 simultaneously emit the media play sound signal V1.

Third embodiment

Referring to FIG. 11, a schematic diagram of a mobile phone in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention is shown. The mobile phone 400 of the present embodiment and the voice signal switching method thereof are different from the mobile phone 300 of the second embodiment and the voice signal switching method thereof in that the mobile phone 400 and its voice signal switching method are in the media playing mode. The first speaker unit 230 and the second speaker unit 240 respectively play the left and right channel signals VL and VR. The same reference numerals are used for the same points and will not be repeated.

Please refer to FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 simultaneously. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a mobile phone performing a media play mode in the third embodiment. In this embodiment, when the processor 470 is in the media play mode, the first speaker 230 is respectively caused to emit the left channel signal VL of the media playback audio signal, and the second speaker 240 is configured to send the media playback voice signal. Right channel signal VR. In this way, the first speaker 230 and the second speaker 240 simultaneously and separately emit the left and right channel signals VL and VR, so that the sound emitted by the mobile phone 400 in the media playing mode has left and right stereo sounds. Effect.

The mobile phone and the audio signal switching method thereof disclosed in the above embodiments of the present invention are configured to switch the position of the sound signal correspondingly when the cover body is at different positions. The cover of the mobile phone can be spoken in both the first position and the second position. In this way, the user can answer the mobile phone without having to unscrew, so as to simplify the action of opening and closing the cover when answering, so as to facilitate the user's operation. At the same time, regardless of whether the user answers the phone by opening and closing the cover body, the user can make an audible signal to the utterer of the user's ear, so that the sound of the user answering the call is clearer. In addition, by controlling the first speaker and the second speaker to simultaneously emit an audio signal, the mobile phone has a left and right stereo effect in the media playback mode.

In conclusion, the present invention has been disclosed in the above preferred embodiments, and is not intended to limit the present invention. A person skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

10. . . Rotating slide type mobile phone

12. . . Upper cover

14. . . lower lid

16. . . Speaker

200, 300, 400. . . mobile phone

202. . . Answering component

204. . . Receiving element

210. . . Cover

220. . . Ontology

230. . . First speaker

240. . . Second speaker

250. . . Display screen

252. . . First picture

254. . . Second screen

260. . . Detector

270, 370. . . processor

A1. . . arrow

SR1. . . First position signal

SR2. . . Second position signal

V. . . Sound signal

V1. . . Media playback sound signal

VL. . . Left channel signal

VR. . . Right channel signal

1A is a schematic view showing a conventional rotary slide type mobile phone; FIG. 1B is a schematic view showing the upper cover of the rotary slide type mobile phone in FIG. 1A; FIG. 2A is a view showing a first embodiment according to the present invention; FIG. 2B is a side view of the mobile phone according to FIG. 2A; FIG. 3A is a schematic view showing the mobile phone in the second position according to the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a side view of a mobile phone according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a mobile phone according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the audio signal switching system in the first position according to FIG. 4; and FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the mobile phone in the second position according to FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a mobile phone according to a second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing a method for switching a voice signal of a mobile phone according to a second embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 10 is a view of the present invention. Second embodiment execution medium A block diagram of a mobile phone in a play mode; FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a mobile phone in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a mobile phone in a media playback mode in the third embodiment.

200. . . mobile phone

202. . . Answering component

210. . . Cover

230. . . First speaker

240. . . Second speaker

250. . . Display screen

252. . . First picture

V. . . Sound signal

Claims (14)

A mobile phone includes: a body; a cover body flatly attached to the body and rotated relative to the body to a first position or a second position; a display screen according to the first position and the second The position is automatically adjusted to be a positive icon during operation; a first speaker is disposed on the cover; and a second speaker is disposed on the cover, wherein the first speaker And the second speaker is located at opposite ends of the cover; a receiving component is disposed on a side surface of the body for receiving an external sound source; wherein, when the cover is in the first position, The mobile phone emits an audio signal by the first speaker, and the external component is received by the receiving component; when the cover is in the second position, the mobile phone emits the sound by the second speaker The signal receives the external sound source with the receiving component. The mobile phone of claim 1, wherein when the cover is in the first position, the cover substantially covers and lies flat to the body, when the cover is in the second position, the portion The cover is covered and flattened to the body. The mobile phone of claim 1, further comprising: an answering component for answering an incoming call and starting the first speaker. The mobile phone of claim 1, further comprising: a detector, when the cover is located at the first position, the detector sends a first position signal is output; and when the cover is in the second position, the detector sends a second position signal. The mobile phone of claim 4, further comprising: a processor for receiving the first location signal or the second location signal, when the processor receives the first location signal, the processor The first speaker is automatically controlled to emit the sound signal, and when the processor receives the second position signal, the processor automatically controls the second speaker to emit the sound signal. The mobile phone of claim 1, wherein the second position is rotated by 180 degrees with respect to the first position. The mobile phone of claim 6, further comprising: a display screen disposed on the cover body, the display screen displaying a first screen when the cover is in the first position, when the cover is When the body is in the second position, the display screen displays a second picture, wherein the second picture is rotated by 180 degrees with respect to the first picture. The mobile phone of claim 1, wherein the first speaker and the second speaker simultaneously emit a media playing sound signal when the mobile phone performs a media playing mode. The mobile phone of claim 8, wherein when the mobile phone performs the media playing mode, the first speaker sends a left channel signal of the media playing sound signal, the second speaker The piece sends a right channel signal of one of the media playback sound signals. The mobile phone of claim 1, wherein the first speaker and the second speaker are disposed on an outer surface of the cover. A method for switching a voice signal of a mobile phone, comprising: determining that a cover of a mobile phone is rotated relative to a body of the mobile phone to a first position or a second position; when the cover is rotated to the first position The first speaker is disposed on the first speaker of the cover to emit an audio signal, and the receiving component is disposed on one of the side surfaces of the body to receive an external sound source, and the display screen is automatically adjusted to be a positive icon during operation. And when the cover is rotated to the second position, the second speaker is disposed at the other end of the cover to emit the sound signal, and the receiving component disposed on the side surface of the body receives the external component; The sound source, the display screen is automatically adjusted to the positive icon during operation. The method for switching the voice signal of the mobile phone according to claim 11, further comprising: when the cover is in the first position, sending a first position signal; when the cover is in the second position, Sending a second position signal; automatically controlling the first speaker to emit the sound signal according to the first position signal; and automatically controlling the second speaker to emit the sound signal according to the second position signal. The method for switching the voice signal of the mobile phone according to claim 11 further includes: controlling the first speaker and the second speaker to simultaneously send a media when the mobile phone performs a media play mode Play the sound signal. The voice of the mobile phone as described in claim 13 The signal switching method, wherein the step of executing the media play mode further comprises: controlling the first speaker to emit a left channel signal; and controlling the second speaker to emit a right channel signal.