Audio system control device
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorsLauren Taylor Westendorf, Joel Henry Miller, Jenna Marie Duggan-Lykes, Todd Richard Reily, Thomas David Chambers, Zachary James McHugh
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Abstract
Various implementations include devices and approaches for controlling an audio system. In particular cases, a device with a rotatable feature having distinct operating modes is used to control a remote audio device. The rotatable feature can enable multi-aspect control of audio output at an audio device.
Claims21
A device comprising:
- a rotatable feature that can rotate in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction;
- at least one communication module for connecting to a remote audio device;
- and
- at least one processor configured to,
- in a first mode, provide input to the remote audio device to control a first aspect of audio being played on the remote audio device, wherein the input is a first input when the rotatable feature is rotated in the first direction in the first mode and the input is a second input different from the first input when the rotatable feature is rotated in the second direction in the first mode, and
- in a second mode different from the first mode, the second mode initiated by user input, provide the input to the remote audio device to control a second aspect of the audio being played on the remote audio device, the second aspect different from the first aspect, wherein the input is a third input different from the first and second inputs when the rotatable feature is rotated in the first direction in the second mode and the input is a fourth input different from the first, second, and third inputs when the rotatable feature is rotated in the second direction in the second mode.
The device of claim 9, wherein the feedback includes at least one of,
- audible feedback, visual feedback or haptic feedback.
A method of controlling a remote audio device using a device having a rotatable feature that can rotate in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction, the method including:
- in a first mode, providing input to the remote audio device to control a first aspect of audio being played on the remote audio device, wherein the input is a first input when the rotatable feature is rotated in the first direction in the first mode and the input is a second input different from the first input when the rotatable feature is rotated in the second direction in the first mode, and
- in a second mode different from the first mode, the second mode initiated by user input, providing the input to the remote audio device to control a second aspect of the audio being played on the remote audio device, the second aspect different from the first aspect, wherein the input is a third input different from the first and second inputs when the rotatable feature is rotated in the first direction in the second mode and the input is a fourth input different from the first, second, and third inputs when the rotatable feature is rotated in the second direction in the second mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.