Audio output apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJi-gwang Kim, Joon-soo Kim, Yu-li Sung, Young-soo Hong
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Abstract
An audio output apparatus a display configured to display an output image; a speaker configured to output audio; and a processor configured to control the speaker to output music content as the audio, determine, based on meta data and external environment information, an image category corresponding to the music content among presorted image categories, determine at least one image corresponding to the determined image category as a background image, and control the display to display the determined at least one image as the output image.
Claims17
An audio output apparatus comprising:
- a speaker configured to output audio;
- a display configured to display an output image;
- and
- a processor configured to control the speaker to output music content as the audio, determine, based on meta data and external environment information, an image category corresponding to the music content among presorted image categories, determine at least one image corresponding to the determined image category as a background image, and control the display to display the determined at least one image as the output image,
- wherein the presorted image categories are categorized based on a corresponding genre of the music content and each of the presorted image categories comprise sub-categories based on corresponding external environment information.
A method of controlling an audio output apparatus, the method comprising:
- outputting music content;
- determining, based on meta data and external environment information an image category corresponding to the output music content among presorted image categories;
- determining at least one image corresponding to the determined image category as a background image;
- and
- displaying the determined at least one image,
- wherein the presorted image categories are categorized based on a corresponding genre of the music content and each of the presorted image categories comprise sub-categories based on corresponding external environment information.
A non-transitory storage medium containing program instructions for causing at least one processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
- outputting music content;
- determining, based on meta data and external environment information an image category corresponding to the output music content among presorted image categories;
- determining at least one image corresponding to the determined image category as a background image;
- and
- displaying the determined at least one image,
- wherein the presorted image categories are categorized based on a corresponding genre of the music content and each of the presorted image categories comprise sub-categories based on corresponding external environment information.
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