Patent ID: 9026183
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A mobile device for making a call in a speakerphone mode, the mobile device comprising: an earpiece loudspeaker; a mouthpiece loudspeaker; a preset function key configured to be pressed by a user of the mobile device; a sensor for detecting an orientation of the mobile device, the orientation of the mobile device comprising a landscape orientation and a portrait orientation; and a controller for, when making a call in the speakerphone mode, (i) activating, when the mobile device is oriented in the landscape orientation, both of the earpiece and mouthpiece loudspeakers, (ii) activating, when the mobile device is oriented in the portrait orientation, only the earpiece loudspeaker, and (iii) activating at least one of the earpiece loudspeaker and the mouthpiece loudspeaker, regardless of the detected orientation of the mobile device, when the preset function key has been pressed by the user.