Companion display module to a main display screen for displaying auxiliary information not displayed by the main display screen and a processing method therefor
AssigneeCreative Technology Ltd
InventorsYee Shian LEE, Chee Kin CHEONG, Feng XU
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Abstract
There is provided an electronic device operable with a computer. The computer can be configured to run/execute a program which can be associated with graphic based data and audio based data. The computer can include a main display screen which can be configured to display information based on graphic based data. The electronic device can include a display module which can be configured to display auxiliary information. Auxiliary information displayed by the display module, but not the main display, is derivable based on audio based data
Claims5
An electronic device operable with a computer running a program associable with graphic based data and audio based data, the computer having a main display screen displaying information based on graphic based data, the electronic device comprising:
- a display module being in the form of a display screen that is configurable to display auxiliary information related to information being displayed via the main display screen, auxiliary information not being displayed by the main display screen,
- wherein display by the display module is partitioned into sections, each section corresponding to a respective audio output channel signal from one of a plurality of audio output channel signals, wherein audio based data associated with each of the plurality of audio output channel signals can be quantified in decibels as a visual display on the corresponding section of the display module, and
- wherein auxiliary information displayed by the display module, but not the main display screen, is derivable based on audio based data.
A processing method associated with a system comprising a computer and an electronic device, the computer being communicable with the electronic device, the processing method comprising:
- a selection step where a user of the computer selects an object of interest;
- an identification step where audio based data associated with the selected object of interest is identified at the computer;
- a derivation step where supplementary signals are generated, at the computer, based on the identified audio based data;
- a transmission step where generated supplementary signals are communicated from the computer to the electronic device;
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- an output step where received supplementary signals are processed to generate at least one visual cue visually perceivable via a display module of the electronic device but not the computer, wherein display by the display module is partitioned into sections, each section corresponding to a respective audio output channel signal from one of a plurality of audio output channel signals, wherein audio based data associated with each of the plurality of audio output channel signals can be quantified in decibels as a visual display on the corresponding section of the display module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.