Title:
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VOLUME AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2000112710
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To reduce volume adjusting operation by user's operation by controlling the volume to reproduce, based on the degree of noise around a device so as to reproduce by a proper volume.
A sound sensor 2 detects environmental noise volume around an electronic appliance and a first volume level comparing circuit compares the detected noise volume and threshold data stored in a memory 13 to decide the degree of noise. By receiving this result, a volume controller 1 controls an electronic volume 4 in order to adjust a presently set volume to be a proper volume.
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Inventors:
SUZUKI YUICHIRO
Application Number:
JP28829898A
Publication Date:
April 21, 2000
Filing Date:
October 09, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CANON KK
International Classes:
G06F3/16; G10L21/034; G10L21/0364; (IPC1-7): G06F3/16; G10L21/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yasunori Otsuka (2 outside)
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