Visual indication of active speech reception

摘要

A method includes, during operation of a mobile handset when a voice call is in progress with a remote party, detecting an occurrence of a start of a discontinuous transmission period that results from a cessation of speech by the remote party; and activating a visual indicator of the mobile handset to assume a first state that indicates that a speech signal is not being received from the remote party.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
during operation of a mobile handset when a voice call is in progress with a remote party, detecting an occurrence of a start of a discontinuous transmission period that results from a cessation of speech by the remote party; activating a visual indicator of the mobile handset to assume a first state that indicates that a speech signal is not being received from the remote party; activating the visual indicator to assume a second state that indicates that a speech signal is being received from the remote party; and during operation of the mobile handset when the voice call is in progress with the remote party, detecting an occurrence of an end of the discontinuous transmission period; wherein the visual indicator is located on the mobile handset, or on a peripheral unit associated with the mobile handset, so as to provide an indication to a non-user in proximity to the mobile handset in response to the receiving of the speech signal from the remote party; and wherein detecting the occurrence of the start of the discontinuous transmission period comprises detecting in the mobile handset a change of state of a speech codec associated with discontinuous transmission operation of the speech codec.