Patent ID: 9497332
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G06F,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A ringtone control method for an electronic device, the method comprising: (a) detecting, via a control device, when the electronic device receives a call; (b) controlling, via the control device, an image capturing device to capture images of surroundings of the electronic device in event the electronic device receives the call; (c) detecting, via the control device, whether there is a person in the surroundings of the electronic device according to the images, and hanging up the call upon condition that there is no person in the surroundings of the electronic device; (d) detecting, via the control device, whether the person is moving towards or away from the electronic device upon condition that there is the person in the surroundings of the electronic device; and (e) decreasing, via the control device, a ringtone volume of the call upon condition that the person is moving towards the electronic device, and increasing, via the control device, the ringtone volume of the call upon condition that the person is moving away from the electronic device.