IP Library Granted Patent US 10,860,285
Granted Patent B2
US 10,860,285 · App. 16/094,496 · Granted Dec 8, 2020

Scene sound effect control method, and electronic device

Inventors: Yajun Li (Dongguan, CN); Gaoting Gan (Dongguan, CN); Hai Yang (Dongguan, CN); Guang Tu (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
G06F3/165G06F3/16G06F3/162G06F3/167G06F16/65
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,860,285
App. No.
16/094,496
Granted
Dec 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for controlling a scene sound effect and the electronic device includes after an device is turned on, starting a service having monitoring function; the device monitors the audio track of the device by means of the service having monitoring function, and determines whether the audio track includes an audio output; a mapping exists between the audio tracks and the applications in the device; if the device determines that the audio track includes an audio output, the device then determines, on the basis of the mapping, the application mapped to the audio track; the device obtains the scene sound effect corresponding to the application, and set the scene sound effect as the current sound effect of the device. The setting of the scene sound effects is autonomous, thereby simplifying operations and enhancing the utilization efficiency of the device while ensuring higher accuracy of scene sound effect.

Claims (45)

1. A method for controlling a scene sound effect, performed by electronic equipment, comprising:

determining whether an audiotrack of the electronic equipment has audio output, the audiotrack having a mapping relationship with an application in the electronic equipment;

in the case that it is determined that the audiotrack has audio output, establishing a communication connection with a server located at a network side and sending a query request to the server at the network side through the communication connection, the query request comprising a name of a client or a name of the application, and classification information of the client or classification information about classifying clients by names of applications being stored in the server at the network side;

receiving a type of the application returned by the server, the type of the application being determined by the server at the network side according to the classification information of the client or the classification information about classifying clients by names of applications;

acquiring a type of a scene sound effect corresponding to the type of the application; and

setting a sound effect of the electronic equipment to be the scene sound effect corresponding to the type of the scene sound effect.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

updating, by the electronic equipment, the classification information of the client or classification information about classifying clients by names of applications, stored in the server at the network side, through the communication connection.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the application comprises at least one of a music player, a video player or a game application; and the type of the application has a correspondence with the type of the scene sound effect; and

acquiring the type of the scene sound effect corresponding to the type of the application comprises:

determining, by the electronic equipment, the type of the scene sound effect corresponding to the type of the application according to the correspondence between the type of the application and the type of the scene sound effect.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the game application comprises at least one of a real-time strategy game application or a casual game application.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the scene sound effect comprises: scene sound effects of music, a video or a game; and the method further comprises: creating an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file to classify the music, the video or the game, and sending the XML file to a specified server.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

monitoring, by a monitoring service in an application layer, creation and release of the audiotrack to obtain an audio output situation of the audiotrack.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the audiotrack having the mapping relationship with the application in the electronic equipment comprises:

each audiotrack being bound with an application; and

acquiring the type of the scene sound effect corresponding to the type of the application comprises:

determining the type of the scene sound effect corresponding to the created audiotrack according to the XML file.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the audiotrack has at least one attribute, and the at least one attribute comprises at least one of: a tone color of the audiotrack, a tone color library, a channel number, an input/output port, or a volume.

9. A device for controlling a scene sound effect, for use in electronic equipment, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to

determine whether an audiotrack of the electronic equipment has audio output, the audiotrack having a mapping relationship with an application in the electronic equipment;

in the case that it is determined that the audiotrack has audio output, establish a communication connection with a server located at a network side and send a query request to the server at the network side through the communication connection, the query request comprising a name of a client or a name of the application, and classification information of the client or classification information about classifying clients by names of applications being stored in the server at the network side;

receive a type of the application returned by the server, the type of the application being determined by the server at the network side according to the classification information of the client or the classification information about classifying clients by names of applications;

acquire a type of a scene sound effect corresponding to the type of the application; and

set a sound effect of the electronic equipment to be the scene sound effect corresponding to the type of the scene sound effect.

10. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to update the classification information of the client or classification information about classifying clients by names of applications, stored in the server at the network side, through the communication connection.

11. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the application comprises at least one of a music player, a video player or a game application; and the type of the application has a correspondence with the type of the scene sound effect; and

wherein the processor is configured to determine the type of the scene sound effect corresponding to the type of the application according to the correspondence between the type of the application and the type of the scene sound effect, and set the sound effect of the electronic equipment to be the scene sound effect corresponding to the type of the scene sound effect.

12. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the scene sound effect comprises: scene sound effects of music, a video or a game; and

wherein the processor is further configured to create an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file to classify the music, the video or the game and send the XML file to a specified server.

13. The device according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to monitor creation and release of the audiotrack by a monitoring service in an application layer to obtain an audio output situation of the audiotrack.

14. The device according to claim 13 , wherein the audiotrack having the mapping relationship with the application in the electronic equipment comprises: each audiotrack being bound with an application; and

wherein the processor is further configured to determine the type of the scene sound effect corresponding to the created audiotrack according to the XML file.

15. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the audiotrack has at least one attribute, and the at least one attribute comprises at least one of: a tone color of the audiotrack, a tone color library, a channel number, an input/output port, or a volume.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program configured for controlling a scene sound effect,

wherein the computer program is executed by a processor of electronic equipment to implement operations of:

determining whether an audiotrack of the electronic equipment has audio output, the audiotrack having a mapping relationship with an application in the electronic equipment;

in the case that it is determined that the audiotrack has audio output, establishing a communication connection with a server located at a network side and sending a query request to the server at the network side through the communication connection, the query request comprising a name of a client or a name of the application, and classification information of the client or classification information about classifying clients by names of applications being stored in the server at the network side;

receiving a type of the application returned by the server, the type of the application being determined by the server at the network side according to the classification information of the client or the classification information about classifying clients by names of applications;

acquiring a type of a scene sound effect corresponding to the type of the application; and

setting a sound effect of the electronic equipment to be the scene sound effect corresponding to the type of the scene sound effect.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2018
From: LI, YAJUN; GAN, GAOTING; YANG, HAI; TU, GUANG
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047209/0738 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 0447232 · Jun 16, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190102141A1 · Apr 4, 2019