DYNAMICALLY LEARNING A USER'S RESPONSE VIA USER-PREFERRED AUDIO SETTINGS IN RESPONSE TO DIFFERENT NOISE ENVIRONMENTS

摘要

A radio device 100 includes: a speaker 130, which outputs audio signals, a microphone 129 that detects and receives audible sounds within the surroundings of the radio device; an audio volume/characteristic adjusting mechanism 125, which selectively increases and decreases the volume level or other audio characteristics of the audio signal outputted from the radio device based on a user input; and means (150) for dynamically adjusting the audio volume and other audio characteristics of the audio signal based on a stored relational mapping, which links a user adjustment of the audio volume/characteristic to a specific audible sound previously detected within the environment by the microphone 129, such that future detection of the audible sound by the microphone 129 triggers the dynamically adjusting of the audio volume (320) and other audio characteristics.