IP Library Granted Patent US 8,260,349
Granted Patent B2
US 8,260,349 · App. 12/186,782 · Granted Sep 4, 2012

Image/audio playback device of mobile communication terminal

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Patent No.
US 8,260,349
App. No.
12/186,782
Granted
Sep 4, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an image/audio playback technology in a mobile communication terminal. According to the present invention, a single image is divided into two halves, i.e., left-half and right-half images, which are displayed on two mobile communication terminals, respectively. In addition, two mobile communication terminals can play left-side and right-side audio data, respectively, which compose stereo audio data, according to the relative locations of the two mobile communication terminals.

Claims (28)

1. An audio playback device of a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a control unit to recognize a relative location of the mobile communication terminal in relation to another mobile communication terminal, and to generate left-side or right-side location information corresponding to the relative location;

a codec unit to decode audio data and output decoded left-side and right-side audio data;

a path switching unit to transmit a first one of the two decoded audio data to an audio output unit and to transmit a second one of the two decoded audio data to a communication interface unit according to the location information;

an audio output unit to process and output the first one of the two divided audio data; and

the communication interface unit to transmit the second one of the two divided audio data to the other mobile communication terminal.

2. The audio playback device of claim 1 , wherein the audio data decoded by the codec unit is received from a mobile communication unit, a camera unit, a broadcast receiving unit, and/or a storing unit.

3. The audio playback device of claim 1 ,

wherein the mobile communication terminal includes a left-side connector and a right-side connector to couple with a corresponding connector in the other mobile communication terminal,

the communication interface unit performs communication with a corresponding communication interface unit in the other mobile communication through the left-side connector or the right-side connector, and

the control unit recognizes the relative location of the mobile communication terminal according to whether a connector coupled with the other mobile communication terminal is the left-side connector or the right-side connector.

4. The audio playback device of claim 3 , wherein the left-side connector is receptacle and the right-side connector is a plug, or the right-side connector is a receptacle and the left-side connector is a plug.

5. The audio playback device of claim 1 , further comprising a buffering unit to buffer audio data outputted from the path switching unit and to transmit the buffered audio data to the audio output unit, wherein the control unit transmits a synchronization control signal to the other mobile communication terminal through the communication interface unit according to a buffering condition of the buffering unit.

6. The audio playback device of claim 1 , wherein the audio output unit with a stereo function outputs the audio data through a left output path of stereo output paths if the transmitted audio data corresponds to a left side, and outputs the audio data through a right output path of the stereo output paths if the transmitted audio data corresponds to a right side.

7. The audio playback device of claim 1 , wherein if an order of division playback of the audio data is input from an input unit, the control unit notifies the other mobile communication terminal through the communication interface unit that the control unit is a main terminal.

8. An audio playback device of a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a control unit to recognize a relative location of the mobile communication terminal in relation to another mobile communication terminal;

a first communication interface unit to receive a first one of two divided audio data, the divided audio data comprising left-side audio data and right-side audio data, from a second communication interface unit in the other mobile communication terminal; and

an audio output unit to output the received audio data.

9. The audio playback device of claim 8 , wherein the divided audio data is wirelessly received by a mobile communication unit of the other mobile communication terminal, photographed by a camera unit of the other mobile communication terminal, wirelessly received by a broadcast receiving unit of the other mobile communication terminal, and/or stored in a storing unit of the other mobile communication terminal.

10. The audio playback device of claim 8 ,

wherein the mobile communication terminal includes a left-side connector and a right-side connector to couple with a corresponding connector in the other mobile communication terminal,

the first communication interface unit performs communication with the second communication interface unit in the other mobile communication through the left-side connector or the right-side connector, and

the control unit recognizes the relative location of the mobile communication terminal according to whether a connector coupled with the other mobile communication terminal is the left-side connector or the right-side connector.

11. The audio playback device of claim 10 , wherein the left-side connector is a receptacle and the right-side connector is a plug, or the right-side connector is a receptacle and the left-side connector is a plug.

12. The audio playback device of claim 8 , further comprising a buffering unit to buffer the received audio data and to transmit the buffered audio data to the audio output unit, wherein the control unit controls a transmission timing of the buffering unit in response to a synchronization control signal received from the other mobile communication terminal through the first communication interface unit.

13. The audio playback device of claim 8 , wherein the audio output unit with a stereo function outputs the audio data through a left output path of stereo output paths if the transmitted audio data corresponds to a left side, and outputs the audio data through a right output path of the stereo output paths if the transmitted audio data corresponds to a right side.

14. The audio playback device of claim 8 , wherein the control unit receives information notifying that the other mobile communication terminal is a main terminal through the first communication interface unit, and waits for the first one of the two divided audio data to be received from the other mobile communication terminal.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2020
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: CORANCI, LLC
Reel/Frame 051398/0499 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2019
From: GOLDPEAK INNOVATIONS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050949/0641 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2017
From: PANTECH INC
To: GOLDPEAK INNOVATIONS INC
Reel/Frame 042098/0653 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVAL OF PATENTS 09897290, 10824929, 11249232, 11966263 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 040654 FRAME: 0749. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE MERGER. Recorded Jan 18, 2017
From: PANTECH CO., LTD.
To: PANTECH INC.
Reel/Frame 041413/0799 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 10221139 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 040005 FRAME 0257. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 10221139 SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INCLUED IN THIS RECORDAL. Recorded Nov 7, 2016
From: PANTECH CO., LTD.
To: PANTECH INC.
Reel/Frame 040654/0749 →
DE-MERGER Recorded Sep 13, 2016
From: PANTECH CO., LTD.
To: PANTECH INC.
Reel/Frame 040005/0257 →