VIRTUAL PHONOGRAPH

• US 20130124993A1
• Filed: 01/11/2013
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyran Daisy
• Original Assignee: Kyran Daisy
• Inventors: DAISY, Kyran
• Granted Patent: US 9,489,122 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A processor-implemented method to control a playback of recorded sound is provided. The method includes displaying on a pressure-sensitive display screen a processor-generated image of a vinyl record and playing, by use of a processor in communication with a processor storage, a sound encoded in the processor storage, to produce a playback of the encoded sound. The method also includes animating the processor-generated image of the vinyl record, to produce an animation of the vinyl record rotating in synchronicity with the playback. The method further includes detecting touch on the animation, the touch including at least one first touch and at least two second touches and controlling the playback and the animation in response to the detected touch.

Claims

1. A processor-implemented method to control a playback of recorded sound, comprising the steps of:

displaying on a pressure-sensitive display screen a processor-generated image of a vinyl record;

playing, by use of a processor in communication with a processor storage, a sound encoded in the processor storage, to produce a playback of the encoded sound;

animating the processor-generated image of the vinyl record, to produce an animation of the vinyl record rotating in synchronicity with the playback;

detecting touch on the animation; and

controlling the playback and the animation in response to the detected touch, wherein the controlling of the playback and the animation includes adjusting a speed of the playback and a speed of the corresponding vinyl record rotation in correlation with an amount of pressure exerted by the detected touch on a portion of the pressure-sensitive screen that is used to display the image of vinyl record.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, by use of the processor, at least one external playback device;

establishing a separate connection with one or more of the at least one detected external playback device;

generating a battle cue window on the pressure-sensitive display screen in response to establishing a first of the established connections; and

enabling a user to initiate a battle cue challenge against another user by sending a battle cue including at least one cue point to one of the connected external playback devices that is used by the another user, wherein a cue point includes at least one of;

a song, a part of a song, a part of an encoded sound, a beat sample, a bridge, a vocal line, a video clip and a part of a video clip.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein at least one of the connections established with the one or more of the at least one external playback device includes a wireless fidelity (WiFi) connection.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

in response to receiving a battle cue from one of the connected external playback devices, displaying on the battle cue window the received battle cue;

enabling the user to choose to accept or decline the received battle cue using a prompt window displayed on the pressure-sensitive display screen; and

if the user accepts the received battle cue, enabling the user to mix the received battle cue with the playback being played.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising playing the received battle cue on a selected speaker including a headphone speaker for the user and wherein the user is a disk jockey.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the establishing of a connection with each of the one or more of the at least one external playback device includes opening a new mixer channel for each of the one or more of the at least one external playback device.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the sending of a battle cue to one of the connected external playback devices includes:

detecting (1) a touch of one of (i) the processor-generated image of the vinyl record or (ii) a cue point that is graphically overlaid on the vinyl record image followed by (2) a touching motion of sliding the selected image across the pressure-sensitive display screen towards a top of the display screen in a direction of the intended one of the connected external playback devices; and

transmitting the battle cue to the intended one of the connected external playback devices through the corresponding connection.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the direction of the intended one of the connected external playback devices is determined based on knowledge of a location of the intended one of the connected external playback devices and wherein the knowledge of the location includes an actual physical location of the intended external playback device and a conceptual location of the intended external playback device based on one of a triangulated location point, a user provided input, or an input from a position locating system, that is related to the actual physical location of the intended external playback device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling a user to control at least one aspect of the playback, including providing a pitch control having a virtual sliding bar and a pitch lock on the pressure-sensitive display screen and wherein the pitch control enables the user to control a pitch and a tempo of the playback by adjusting the virtual sliding bar and the pitch lock enables the user to adjust the tempo of the playback without affecting a quality of the playback vocal.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling a user to set up at least one of one or more playbacks and a mixing of a plurality of playbacks, wherein the mixing of a plurality of playbacks includes at least one of creating one or more playlists, identifying one or more tracks in a plurality of songs or playbacks, determining beats per minutes (BPMs) and key of the identified tracks, designating one or more cue points, and setting introduction parameters of the identified tracks.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising storing information including details of the mixing of the plurality of playbacks and exporting the information.

12. A system to control playback of recorded sound, comprising:

a processor in communication with a processor storage, the processor configured to play a sound encoded in the processor storage, to produce a playback of the encoded sound; and

a pressure-sensitive display screen in communication with the processor, wherein;

the display screen is configured to display a processor-generated image of a sound recording medium including an image of a vinyl record;

the display screen is configured to display a processor-generated animation of the image of the sound recording medium, the processor-generated animation of the vinyl record rotating in synchronicity with the playback;

the display screen is configured to detect touch on the animation; and

the display screen is configured to display a processor-controlled animation, the playback and the animation responsive to the detected touch, to control the playback and the animation, wherein the controlling of the playback and the animation includes adjusting a speed of the playback and a speed of the corresponding vinyl record rotation in correlation with an amount of pressure exerted by the detected touch on a portion of the pressure-sensitive screen that is used to display the image of the vinyl record.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein

the processor is further configured to:

detect at least one external playback device; and

establish a separate connection with one or more of the at least one detected external playback device; and

the pressure-sensitive display screen is further configured to;

generate a battle cue window in response to establishing a first of the established connections; and

enable a user to initiate a battle cue challenge against another user by sending a battle cue including at least one cue point to one of the connected external playback devices that is used by the another user, wherein a cue point includes at least one of a song, a part of a song, a part of an encoded sound, a beat sample, a bridge, a vocal line, a video clip and a part of a video clip.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein at least one of the connections established with the one or more of the at least one external playback device includes a wireless fidelity (WiFi) connection.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the pressure-sensitive display screen is further configured to:

display a battle cue on the battle cue window in response to receiving the battle cue from one of the connected external playback devices;

enable the user to choose to accept or decline the received battle cue using a prompt window; and

enable the user to mix the received battle cue with the playback being played, if the user accepts the received battle cue.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the establishing of a separate connection with the one or more of the at least one external playback device includes opening a separate new mixer channel for the one or more of the at least one external playback device.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the pressure-sensitive display screen is further configured to enable a user to control at least one aspect of the playback, including providing a pitch control having a virtual sliding bar and a pitch lock and wherein the pitch control enables the user to control a pitch and a tempo of the playback by adjusting the virtual sliding bar and the pitch lock enables the user to adjust the tempo of the playback without affecting a quality of the playback vocal.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the pressure-sensitive display screen is further configured to enable a user to set up at least one of one or more playbacks and a mixing of a plurality of playbacks, wherein the mixing of a plurality of playbacks includes at least one of creating one or more playlists, identifying one or more tracks in a plurality of songs or playbacks, determining beats per minutes (BPMs) and key of the identified tracks, designating one or more cue points, and setting introduction parameters of the identified tracks.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured to:

store information including details of the mixing of the plurality of playbacks; and

export the information.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for controlling playback of a recorded sound, the method comprising:

displaying on a pressure-sensitive display screen a processor-generated image of a sound recording medium including an image of a vinyl record;

playing, by use of a processor in communication with a processor storage, a sound encoded in the processor storage, to produce a playback of the encoded sound;

animating the processor-generated image of the sound recording medium, to produce an animation of the vinyl record rotating in synchronicity with the playback;

detecting touch on the animation; and

controlling the playback and the animation in response to the detected touch, wherein the controlling of the playback and the animation includes adjusting a speed of the playback and a speed of the corresponding vinyl record rotation in correlation with an amount of pressure exerted by the detected touch on a portion of the pressure-sensitive screen that is used to display the image of vinyl record.