Electronic device and audio output method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorTakashi Minemura
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an electronic device including, a display, an audio output module, a transmission module, a first detection module, a second detection module, a third detection module, and a controller configured to control at least one of the timing of the transmission of the audio signal by the transmission module and the timing of the output of the first reproduction output by the audio output module in accordance with the time difference detected by the third detection module, and to switch whether or not to control the timing in accordance with the positional relationship between the electronic device and the partner device.
Claims17
An electronic device comprising:
- a display configured to display images;
- an audio output module configured to reproduce an audio signal to output a first audio output;
- a transmission module configured to transmit the audio signal to a partner device, wherein the partner device is configured to reproduce the transmitted audio signal to output a second audio output;
- a first detection module configured to detect the second audio output from the partner device or another audio output that is output by the partner device;
- a second detection module configured to detect a parameter corresponding to the positional relationship between the partner device and the electronic device;
- a third detection module configured to detect a time difference between the second audio output and the first audio output;
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- a controller configured to control at least one of the timing of the transmission of the audio signal by the transmission module and the timing of the output of the first audio output by the audio output module in accordance with the time difference detected by the third detection module, wherein the controller is further configured to switch whether to control the timing in accordance with the positional relationship between the electronic device and the partner device.
An electronic device comprising:
- a receiving module configured to receive an audio signal from a partner device;
- a first detection module configured to detect a second audio output, wherein the second audio output is output by an audio output module or the partner device, wherein the audio output module is configured to output a first audio output reproduced from the audio signal received by the receiving module;
- a second detection module configured to detect a parameter corresponding to the positional relationship between the partner device and the electronic device;
- a third detection module configured to detect a time difference between the second audio output of the partner device detected by the first detection module and the first audio output that is output by the first audio output module;
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- a controller configured to control at least one of the timing of the transmission of the audio signal by the partner device and the timing of the output of the first audio output by the audio output module in accordance with the time difference detected by the third detection module, and to switch whether or not to control the timing in accordance with the positional relationship between the electronic device and the partner device.
An audio output method of reproducing an audio signal by a first reproducer and a second reproducer, the first reproducer outputting a first audio output corresponding to the audio signal and displaying images corresponding to a video signal, the second reproducer receiving at least the audio signal and outputting a second audio output independently of the first audio reproduction output, the audio output method comprising:
- receiving, by the first reproducer, the second audio output that is output by the second reproducer;
- detecting a time difference between the first audio output and the second audio output;
- detecting the distance between the first reproducer and the second reproducer in accordance with the detected time difference;
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- setting conditions to transmit the audio signal to the second reproducer in accordance with the detected distance between the first reproducer and the second reproducer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.