Audio playback apparatus, control and usage method for audio playback apparatus, and mobile phone terminal with storage device
View Patent ↗An audio playback apparatus includes an integrated circuit in which an FM reception circuit and a near field wireless communication circuit are integrated and packaged into one chip, a switch unit configured to switch between output of an audio signal supplied from the FM reception circuit and output of an audio signal supplied from the near field wireless communication circuit, and a connection terminal configured to output an audio signal selected using the switch unit and supply an FM broadcast signal received through a cable of an earphone connected to the connection terminal to the FM reception circuit. An associated method performed by the audio playback apparatus cooperates with the mobile terminal apparatus and associated method to provide a functional system.
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first communication interface configured to receive a broadcast signal;
a second communication interface configured to receive a signal from a mobile terminal apparatus, a range of the second communication interface being less than a range of the first communication interface; and
circuitry configured to switch an audio source for output between the broadcast signal and the signal received from the mobile terminal apparatus based on a control signal received from the mobile terminal apparatus via the second communication interface, wherein
the second communication interface is configured to provide said mobile terminal apparatus metadata associated with programming content contained in the broadcast signal received by the first communication interface to be displayed on said mobile terminal apparatus.
2. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a terminal configured to electrically connect the electronic device to an external device.
3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the electronic device is a headset including speakers configured to output an audio signal.
4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the first communication interface is a broadcast reception circuit configured to receive the broadcast signal.
5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein
the broadcast reception circuit is configured to receive a frequency modulated (FM) broadcast signal.
6. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein
the broadcast reception circuit is further configured to receive at least one of a satellite radio signal, a digital audio broadcast signal, and a wireless Internet radio station signal.
7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the second communication interface is a near field wireless communication circuit.
8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the circuitry includes a switch configured to switch the audio source for output between the broadcast signal and the signal received from the mobile terminal apparatus.
9. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a user interface including a display.
10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein
the user interface is configured to display information indicating an audio output mode of the electronic device.
11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein
the audio output mode indicates the audio source for output by the electronic device, the audio source being one of the broadcast signal and the signal received from the mobile terminal apparatus.
12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the control signal received from the mobile terminal apparatus indicates an audio output mode of the electronic device.
13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein
the control signal is generated by the mobile terminal apparatus based on an input received at a user interface of the mobile terminal apparatus.
14. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein
the circuitry is configured to control switching the audio source to the broadcast signal when the control signal indicates that the selected audio output mode is a mode to output the broadcast signal.
15. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein
the circuitry is configured to control switching the audio source to the signal received from the mobile terminal apparatus when the control signal indicates that the selected audio output mode is a mode to output the signal received from the mobile terminal apparatus.
16. A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving, via a first communication interface, a broadcast signal;
receiving, via a second communication interface having a range smaller than a range of the first communication interface, a signal from a mobile terminal apparatus;
switching, by circuitry, an audio source for output between the broadcast signal and the signal received from the mobile terminal apparatus based on a control signal received from the mobile terminal apparatus via the second communication interface; and
providing, via the second communication interface, said mobile terminal apparatus metadata associated with programming content contained in the broadcast signal received by the first communication interface to be displayed on said mobile terminal apparatus.
17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-program instructions, which when executed by an electronic device having a first communication interface and a second communication interface having a range smaller than a range of the first communication interface, cause the electronic device to:
switch an audio source for output between a broadcast signal received via the first communication interface and a signal received from a mobile terminal apparatus via the second communication interface based on a control signal received from the mobile terminal apparatus via the second communication interface;
provide, via the second communication interface, said mobile terminal apparatus metadata associated with programming content contained in the broadcast signal received by the first communication interface to be displayed on said mobile terminal apparatus.