IP Library Granted Patent US 11,720,323
Granted Patent B2
US 11,720,323 · App. 17/909,018 · Granted Aug 8, 2023

Audio device, program, and playback control method

Inventors: Takashi Mashita (Yokohama, JP); Shintaro Kido (Yokohama, JP); Masayuki Mikasa (Yokohama, JP); Masamichi Tomii (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: ALPHATHETA CORPORATION
G06F3/165G06F3/0481G06F3/04847G10H2220/116
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,720,323
App. No.
17/909,018
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An audio device being a mobile terminal includes: first and second playback units; and a display controller that causes a display to display a screen including an operation element for accepting a user operation. The display controller includes: a first display controller to display a first screen including an operation element for the first music data; a second display controller to display a second screen including an operation element for the second music data; a third display controller to display a third screen including a third operation element including one of an operation element for both the first and second music data or an operation element for adjusting an audio output ratio, the third screen not including an operation element related to the playback setting; and a display transition controller to display the first-third screens so as to make transition between the first-third screens based on the user operation.

Claims (28)

1. An audio device comprising:

a first playback unit configured to play back first music data;

a second playback unit configured to play back second music data; and

a display controller configured to cause a display to display a screen, the screen including an operation element for accepting a user operation related to at least one of playback setting or playback control with respect to at least one of the first music data or the second music data, wherein

the playback setting comprises setting of a playback position in music data to be set,

the display controller comprises:

a first display controller configured to cause the display to display a first screen, the first screen including a first operation element related to the playback setting and the playback control with respect to the first music data;

a second display controller configured to cause the display to display a second screen, the second screen including a second operation element related to the playback setting and the playback control with respect to the second music data;

a third display controller configured to cause the display to display a third screen, the third screen including a third operation element comprising at least one of an operation element related to the playback control with respect to both the first music data and the second music data or an operation element for adjusting an output level ratio between the first music data and the second music data, the third screen not including an operation element related to the playback setting; and

a display transition controller configured to cause the display to display the first screen, the second screen, and the third screen in a manner as to make transition between the first screen, the second screen, and the third screen on a basis of the user operation, and

the audio device is a mobile terminal.

2. The audio device according to claim 1 , wherein

the third display controller performs switching, on the basis of the user operation, between: a first mode that displays the third operation element including separately the operation element related to the playback control with respect to the first music data and the operation element related to the playback control with respect to the second music data; and a second mode that displays the third operation element including the operation element related to the playback control in an integrated manner with respect to the first music data and the second music data.

3. The audio device according to claim 1 , wherein

when the display transition controller makes transition in display content on the display, the first playback unit and the second playback unit each retain a set value of the playback setting and a set value of the playback control setting with respect to the first music data or the second music data that have been set in the first screen, the second screen, or the third screen prior to the transition.

4. The audio device according to claim 1 , wherein the playback setting includes setting of specifying a playback position in music data to be set and a playback action to be associated with the playback position.

5. The audio device according to claim 1 , wherein

the playback setting includes setting related to beat position information which is to be a reference of a playback position in music data to be set.

6. The audio device according to claim 1 , wherein

the playback setting includes setting related to playback repetition of a portion of music data to be set.

7. The audio device according to claim 1 , wherein

at least a portion of the operation element is displayed, within a display screen on the display, at a position selectable by a thumb of a hand with which a user holds the mobile terminal in a state of holding the mobile terminal with the hand.

8. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing therein a program configured to cause a computer to operate as the audio device according to claim 1 .

9. A playback control method to be executed by an audio device, the audio device comprising a first playback unit configured to play back first music data, a second playback unit configured to play back second music data, and a display controller configured to cause a display to display a screen, the screen including an operation element for accepting a user operation related to at least one of playback setting or playback control with respect to at least one of the first music data or the second music data,

the playback setting comprising setting of a playback position in music data to be set, the audio device being a mobile terminal,

the playback control method comprising:

accepting the user operation; and

causing the display to display a first screen, a second screen, and a third screen in a manner as to make transition between the first screen, the second screen, and the third screen on a basis of the user operation, the first screen including a first operation element related to the playback setting and the playback control with respect to the first music data, the second screen including a second operation element related to the playback setting and the playback control with respect to the second music data, the third screen including a third operation element comprising at least one of an operation element related to the playback control with respect to both the first music data and the second music data or an operation element for adjusting an audio output ratio between the first music data and the second music data, the third screen not including an operation element related to the playback setting.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2022
From: MASHITA, TAKASHI; KIDO, SHINTARO; MIKASA, MASAYUKI; TOMII, MASAMICHI
To: ALPHATHETA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060976/0184 →
Continuity (1)
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