SELECTING AUDIO DATA TO BE PLAYED BACK IN AN AUDIO REPRODUCTION DEVICE

• US 20110184539A1
• Filed: 01/22/2010
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Johansson, David, Münchmeyer, Andreas, Agevik, Markus
• Application Number:
  US12/692,211
• Publication Number:
  US 20110184539A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/24 for reducing noise control of amplification in general, e.g. dependent upon noise level H03G
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel

Abstract

A method for selecting audio data to be played back in an audio reproduction device, and an audio reproduction device are described.

Claims

1. A method for selecting audio data to be played back in an audio reproduction device, comprising:

determining ambient information about an ambience of the audio reproduction device, and

automatically selecting audio data to be played back from a plurality of audio data depending on the determined ambient information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ambient information comprises an ambient background noise level of the ambience of the audio reproduction device.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein determining the ambient background noise level comprises:

capturing ambient audio data of the ambience of the audio reproduction device, and

removing audio data currently played back by the audio reproduction device from the captured ambient audio data to determine the ambient background noise level.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ambient information comprises an information selected from the group comprising:

a movement information about objects in an ambience of the audio reproduction device,

a movement information of a user carrying the audio reproduction device,

an ambient illumination information,

a weight sensor information,

a smoke sensor information,

a gas sensor information,

an information about an ambient alcohol concentration of the audio reproduction device,

a voice characteristic information in ambient background noise, and

a temperature sensor information.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein automatically selecting audio data to be played back comprises:

providing a plurality of mood categories,

assigning each of the plurality of audio data to at least one of the plurality of mood categories,

assigning ambient information ranges of the ambient information to each of the plurality of mood categories,

selecting one of the mood categories based on the determined ambient information, and

selecting audio data assigned to the selected mood category as the audio data to be played back.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of audio data is assigned to at least one of the plurality of mood categories based on a speed of a beat of the audio data.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein each mood category comprises a volume offset level to adjust the volume of the audio data of the mood category when being played back.

8. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

capturing an input from a user specifying a mood category, and

playing back audio data assigned to the specified mood category.

9. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

capturing a first input from a user specifying a mood category,

outputting audio data identifiers of the audio data assigned to the specified mood category to the user,

capturing a second input from the user selecting at least one of the audio data identifiers,

playing back the audio data identified by the selected audio data identifier.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the audio data comprises an audio file containing audible music when being played back.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the audio data comprises a list of audio files containing audible music when being played back.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the audio reproduction device comprises a device selected from the group comprising a stationary device, a mobile device, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant, a mobile navigation system, a mobile music player and a mobile computer.

13. A method for selecting audio data to be played back in an audio reproduction device, comprising:

determining a time information, and

automatically selecting audio data to be played back from a plurality of audio data depending on the determined time information.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the time information comprises at least one of a time of day information and a day of the week information.

15. An audio reproduction device comprising a processing unit having access to a plurality of audio data, wherein the processing unit is adapted to:

determine an ambient information about an ambience of the audio reproduction device, and

automatically select audio data to be played back from the plurality of audio data depending on the determined ambient information.

16. The audio reproduction device according to claim 15, wherein the audio reproduction device comprises a device selected from the group comprising a mobile device, a stationary device, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant, a mobile navigation system, a mobile music player and a mobile computer.

17. An audio reproduction device comprising a processing unit having access to a plurality of audio data, wherein the processing unit is adapted to:

determine a time information, and

automatically select audio data to be played back from the plurality of audio data depending on the determined time information.

18. The audio reproduction device according to claim 17, wherein the audio reproduction device comprises a device selected from the group comprising a mobile device, a stationary device, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant, a mobile navigation system, a mobile music player and a mobile computer.