PLAYER DEVICE WITH AUTOMATIC SETTINGS

• US 20080175411A1
• Filed: 01/19/2007
• Published: 07/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: GREVE, Jens
• Application Number:
  US11/624,760
• Publication Number:
  US 20080175411A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/103
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0041 in coded form
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/12 by filtering complex waveforms G10H1/14, G10H1/16 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/081 Genre classification, i.e. descriptive metadata for classification or selection of musical pieces according to style
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/091 Info, i.e. juxtaposition of unrelated auxiliary information or commercial messages with or between music files

Abstract

The invention relates to a multimedia player device for playing multimedia with automatic sound and video settings, and particularly a player device for playing sound from a data file, capable of automatic equalizer setting based on meta-data contained in the data file. The player device (1) comprises: a decoder (3) for extracting meta-data from a data file (2) further containing sound data; a control unit (4); a sound reproduction system (5) with an equalizer (6), adapted to reproduce sound from the sound data; wherein the control unit (4) is adapted to control the equalizer (6) with regard to tone control in dependence of the meta-data, suitably genre information. A number of predefined equalizer settings may be used automatically by the device.

Claims

1. A player device comprising:

a decoder for extracting meta-data from a data file further containing sound data;

a control unit;

a sound reproduction system with an equalizer, adapted to reproduce sound from the sound data;

a user interface, wherein the control unit is adapted to control the equalizer with regard to tone control in dependence of the meta-data.

2. A player device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the decoder is adapted to extract genre information from the meta-data, and the control unit is adapted to control the equalizer in dependence of the genre information.

3. A player device in accordance with claim 2, wherein the control unit is adapted to store genre information, such that genres are associated in an arrangement with a number of predefined equalizer settings.

4. A player device in accordance with claim 3, wherein the arrangement with the number of predefined equalizer settings is adjustable through the user interface.

5. A player device in accordance with claim 4, wherein the number of predefined equalizer settings is adjustable.

6. A player device in accordance with claim 4, wherein the association between a specific genre and a specific equalizer setting is adjustable.

7. A player device in accordance with claim 2, wherein the control unit is adapted to adjust and store a predefined equalizer setting associated with a genre currently used with a data file, if an adjustment is made through the user interface.

8. A player device in accordance with claim 2, wherein, if the specific genre belonging to a group is used for the first time and if the user adjusts the equalizer setting, the control unit is adapted to remove the genre from the group and to form a new predefined equalizer setting associated with the specific genre.

9. A player device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a communication interface, wherein the control unit is adapted to establish a connection through the communication interface to a database for gathering meta-data, if the data file is lacking meta-data.

10. A player device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the device is a computer, a music player, a mobile telephone, a pager, a communicator, a smart phone, or an electronic organiser.

11. A player device comprising:

a decoder for extracting meta-data from a data file further containing multimedia data;

a control unit;

a reproduction system with controllable presentation means, adapted to present multimedia from the multimedia data;

a user interface, wherein the control unit is adapted to control the presentation means with regard to sound settings and/or video settings in dependence of the meta-data.