Alexander Steinert wrote: > <Ivan Lucas, Thu 2006-11-30 23:34 CET> >> Talking about using the Microphone as a sensor reminded me of an idea I had >> some time ago, I'm regularly in noisy places such as crowded railway >> stations >> or bars. Wouldn't it be good if the neo1973 could check the ambient noise >> level before it started to ring, adjusting the ring tone volume to be heard >> over the background noise. i.e. ring nice and quietly (or on vibrate) when >> I'm in a library, or ring at full volume when I'm in a noisy bar. > > I like this idea very much! Simple but really helpful, like light sensor > --> backlight.
See http://treoware.com/brightcam.html for a great example of how this works on the Treo 650 via a third party utility which measures brightness through the camera, and sound levels through the microphone. This utility does everything mentioned in this thread so far I think. -- Rod _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/community
