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US 12,731,565 B2Granted
Portable interactive music player
AssigneeTeenage Engineering AB
InventorsJesper Kouthoofd, David Eriksson, David Möllerstedt, Jonatan Blomster, Marcus Nilsson, Oscar Ahlgren
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an interactive music player, the interactive music player adapted to allow a user to control and mix a plurality of simultaneously played audio tracks. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding method and computer program product.
Claims11
A portable interactive music player adapted to output a mixed audio stream, comprising:
- a memory device configured to store a first audio track and a second audio track in a digital format,
- an output device configured to output the mixed audio stream,
- first and second interface elements controllable by a user, wherein each of the first and second interface elements comprises at least one of a rotatable knob, a button or a slider,
- at least one processor connected to the memory device, the output device and the first and second user interface elements, and
- a housing, wherein the memory device and the at least one processor are arranged within the housing, and the first and second interface elements are controllable from an outside of the housing,
- wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
- receive a first control signal and a second control signal from the first and second interface elements, respectively, wherein the user interacts with the first and second interface elements to generate the first and second control signals in order to control at least one of a plurality of attributes of the first and second audio tracks, respectively,
- simultaneously play the first and second audio tracks streams stored at the memory device based on the first and second control signals,
- form the mixed audio stream by mixing and synchronizing the simultaneously played first and second audio stream and tracks, wherein the forming and synchronization of the mixed audio stream is based on the first and second control signals, and
- output the mixed audio stream using the output device.
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A computer implemented method for operating a portable interactive music player, the portable interactive music player comprising:
- a memory device configured to store a first audio track and a second audio track in a digital format,
- an output device configured to output a mixed audio stream,
- first and second interface elements controllable by a user, wherein each of the first and second interface elements comprises at least one of a rotatable knob, a button or a slider,
- at least one processor connected to the memory device, the output device and the first and second user interface elements, and
- a housing, wherein the memory device and the at least one processor are arranged within the housing, and the first and second interface elements are controllable from an outside of the housing,
- wherein the method comprises:
- storing a first audio track and a second audio track at the memory device,
- receiving, at the at least one processor, a first control signal and a second control signal from the first and second interface elements, respectively, wherein the user interacts with the first and second interface elements to generate the first and second control signals in order to control at least one of a plurality of attributes of the first and second audio tracks, respectively,
- simultaneously playing, using the at least one processor, the first and second audio tracks stored at the memory device based on the first and second control signals,
- forming, using the at least one processor, the mixed audio stream by mixing and synchronizing the simultaneously played first and second audio tracks, wherein the forming and synchronization of the mixed audio stream is based on the first and second control signals, and
- outputting, using the at least one processor and the output device, the mixed audio stream.
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A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer program means operating a portable interactive music player, the portable interactive music player comprising:
- a memory device configured to store a first audio track and a second audio track in a digital format,
- an output device configured to output a mixed audio stream,
- first and second interface elements controllable by a user, wherein each of the first and second interface elements comprises at least one of a rotatable knob, a button or a slider,
- at least one processor connected to the memory device, the output device and the first and second user interface elements, and
- a housing, wherein the memory device and the at least one processor are arranged within the housing, and the first and second interface elements are controllable from an outside of the housing,
- wherein the computer program product comprises:
- code for storing a first audio track and a second audio track at the memory device,
- code for receiving, at the at least one processor, a first control signal and a second control signal from the first and second interface elements, respectively, wherein the user interacts with the first and second interface elements to generate the first and second control signals in order to control at least one of a plurality of attributes of the first and second audio tracks, respectively,
- code for simultaneously playing, using the at least one processor, the first and second audio tracks stored at the memory device based on the first and second control signals,
- code for forming, using the at least one processor, the mixed audio stream by mixing and synchronizing the simultaneously played first and second audio tracks, wherein the forming and synchronization of the mixed audio stream is based on the first and second control signals, and
- code for outputting, using the at least one processor and the output device, the mixed audio stream.
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