SYSTEM AND INTERFACE FOR MIXING MEDIA CONTENT

• US 20100287476A1
• Filed: 05/10/2010
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sakai, Ryutaro
• Application Number:
  US12/777,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20100287476A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/723
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

A visual display interface involving an associated display icon. The display icon is dragged across the visual display interface in a movement so as to cause the mixing of media streams. The output is a new mix of the various media streams.

Claims

1. An interface for mixing audio and visual streams, comprising:

a display having a plurality of display areas adapted to display information about a plurality of media streams; and

an icon visible on the display adapted to be moveable across the display,

wherein a position of the icon on the display determines a mix of the plurality of media streams including an amount of each of the plurality of media streams in the mix.

2. The interface of claim 1, wherein the plurality of media streams comprises a first audio stream, a second audio stream, a first visual stream, and a second visual stream.

3. The interface of claim 2, further comprising a first display area for displaying the first visual stream and a second display area for displaying the second visual stream.

4. The interface of claim 3, further comprising a visual overlap slider to control a degree of overlap of the first visual stream and the second visual stream on the first display area and the second display area.

5. The interface of claim 2, further comprising an auto mix button for generating a random movement of the icon.

6. A system for mixing audio and visual streams, comprising:

a display screen;

an icon associated with the display screen having a plurality of display areas adapted to display information about a plurality of media streams; and

a controller in communication with the icon, the controller adapted to receive an indication of a movement of the icon and programmed to mix a plurality of media streams based upon the indication,

wherein the position of the icon indicates an amount of each of the plurality of media streams in the mix.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the plurality of media streams comprises a first audio stream, a second audio stream, a first visual stream and a second visual stream.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the controller is programmed to cause the mixing of the first audio stream and the second audio stream as the display icon is moved in generally a vertical direction.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the controller is programmed to cause the mixing of the first visual stream and the second visual stream as the display icon is moved in generally a horizontal direction.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the controller is programmed to cause the mixing of the first audio stream and the second audio stream as the display icon is moved in a generally vertical direction and to cause the mixing of the first visual stream and the second visual stream as the display icon is moved in generally a horizontal direction.

11. The system of claim 7, further comprising a visual overlap slider to control a degree of overlap of the first visual stream and the second visual stream.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the first visual stream and the second visual stream are selected from a group consisting of:

a first video stream, a second video stream, a first static image and a second static image.

14. The system of claim 6, further comprising a visual overlap slider to control a degree of overlap of the first visual stream and the second visual stream,

wherein the plurality of media streams comprises a first audio stream, a second audio stream, a first visual stream, and a second visual stream,

wherein the controller is programmed to cause the mixing of the first audio stream and the second audio stream as the display icon is moved in generally a vertical direction,

wherein the controller is programmed to cause the mixing of the first visual stream and the second visual stream as the display icon is moved in generally a horizontal direction,

wherein the controller is programmed to cause the mixing of the first audio stream and the second audio stream as the display icon is moved in a generally vertical direction and to cause the mixing of the first visual stream and the second visual stream as the display icon is moved in generally a horizontal direction, and

wherein the first visual stream and the second visual stream are selected from a group consisting of:

a first video stream, a second video stream, a first static image, and a second static image.

13. An interface for mixing audio and visual streams, comprising:

a display having a plurality of display areas adapted to display information about a plurality of media streams;

an icon visible on the display adapted to be moveable across the display;

a first display area for displaying the first visual stream and a second display area for displaying the second visual stream;

a visual overlap slider to control a degree of overlap of the first visual stream and the second visual stream on the first display area and the second display area; and

an auto mix button for generating a random movement of the icon,

wherein a position of the icon on the display determines a mix of the plurality of media streams including an amount of each of the plurality of media streams in the mix,

wherein the plurality of media streams comprises a first audio stream, a second audio stream, a first visual stream, and a second visual stream.