Content output apparatus, mobile apparatus, and controlling methods thereof

• US 10,097,787 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2017
• Issued: 10/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lim, Byung-keuk, Park, Se-hyoung, Sung, Sang-bum
• Primary Examiner(s): HUBER, PAUL W
• Application Number:
  US15/835,165
• Publication Number:
  US 20180098020A1
• Time in Patent Office: 306 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4108 characterised by an identification number or address, e.g. local network address protecting specific internal or external computer components using identification number G06F21/73; network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming H04L61/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43079 of additional data with content streams on multiple devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4341 Demultiplexing of audio and video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4852 for modifying audio parameters, e.g. switching between mono and stereo
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/04 Synchronising for television systems using pulse code modulation H04N7/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/60 for the sound signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 5/00 Pseudo-stereo systems, e.g. in which additional channel signals are derived from monophonic signals by means of phase shifting, time delay or reverberation

Abstract

A content output apparatus, methods for controlling a content apparatus, and a mobile apparatus are provided. The content output apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive content, a display configured to output a video signal of the content, a speaker configured to output an audio signal of the content, a communicator configured to transmit the audio signal to at least one external speaker, and a controller configured to determine whether the audio signal is related to the video signal, and display a user interface screen for inducing a selection of an output mode which transmits the audio signal to the at least one external speaker with a communication method corresponding to the determination result among a plurality of output modes via the display.

Claims

1. A content output apparatus comprising:

a display;

a speaker;

a communicator; and

a processor configured to control the display to output a video image corresponding to a video signal, control the speaker to output an audio corresponding to an audio signal, determine whether the audio signal is related to the video signal, and determine an output mode of the audio signal based on the determination result,

wherein the processor is further configured to transmit the audio signal through the communicator to at least one external speaker with a communication method, among a plurality of communication methods, corresponding to the determined output mode.

2. The content output apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to control the display and the speaker to synchronize the output of the video image and the output of the audio with an audio output operation of the at least one external speaker when the determined output mode is a first output mode among a plurality of output modes, and control the speaker to synchronize the output of the audio with the audio output operation of the at least one external speaker when the determined output mode is a second output mode among the plurality of output modes.

3. The content output apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to, when the determined output mode is a third output mode among the plurality of output modes, control the communicator to transmit the audio signal to the at least one external speaker, and control the display and the speaker to synchronize the output of the video image and the audio independently of the audio output operation of the at least one external speaker.

4. The content output apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to, in a first output mode, control the communicator to perform communication with the at least one external speaker through a first communication method that is different from a second communication method used in a second output mode.

5. The content output apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the processor is configured to, in the first output mode, control the communicator to perform communication with the at least one external speaker through a first communication method that is different from a second communication method used in the second output mode and the third output mode.

6. The content output apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to transmit the audio signal to the at least one external speaker with a Wi-Fi Direct method when the audio signal is related to the video signal, and transmit the audio signal to the at least one external speaker with a Wi-Fi method when the audio signal is not related to the video signal.

7. The content output apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to determine that the audio signal is related to the video signal when the video signal and the audio signal are included in a same content.

8. The content output apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a connector configured to be connectable to a source device configured to provide a content,

wherein when the content is provided from the source device through the connector, the processor is configured to determine the output mode of the audio signal of the content provided through the source device based on a type of the source device coupled to the connector.

9. The content output apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to control the display to display a user interface for inducing a selection of the output mode of the audio signal, and determine the output mode of the audio signal according to a user input received through the user interface.

10. A method of controlling a content output apparatus, the method comprising:

outputting a video image corresponding to a video signal via a display of the content output apparatus and outputting an audio corresponding to an audio signal via a speaker of the content output apparatus;

determining whether the audio signal is related to the video signal; and

determining an output mode of the audio signal based on the determination result; and

transmitting the audio signal to at least one external speaker with a communication method, among a plurality of communication methods, corresponding to the determined output mode.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:

controlling the display and the speaker to output the video image and the audio in synchronization with an audio output operation of the at least one external speaker when the determined output mode is a first output mode among a plurality of output modes, and controlling the speaker to output the audio in synchronization with the audio output operation of the at least one external speaker when the determined output mode is a second output mode among the plurality of output modes.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

when the determined output mode is a third output mode among the plurality of output modes, controlling the display and the speaker to synchronize the output of the video image and the audio independently of the audio output operation of the at least one external speaker.

13. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the transmitting comprises in a first output mode, transmitting the audio signal to at least one external speaker with a first communication method that is different from a second communication method used in a second output mode.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the transmitting comprises, in the first output mode, transmitting the audio signal to at least one external speaker with a first communication method that is different from a second communication method used in the second output mode and the third output mode.

15. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the audio signal to the at least one external speaker with a Wi-Fi Direct method when the audio signal is related to the video signal, and transmitting the audio signal to the at least one external speaker with a Wi-Fi method when the audio signal is not related to the video signal.

16. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the determining whether the audio signal is related to the video signal comprises determining that the audio signal is related to the video signal when the video signal and the audio signal are included in a same content.

17. The method as claimed claim 10, further comprising:

when a content is provided from a source device connected to the content output apparatus, determining the output mode of the audio signal of the content provided through the source device based on a type of the source device.

18. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:

displaying a user interface for inducing a selection of the output mode of the audio signal; and

determining the output mode of the audio signal according to a user input received through the user interface.