SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING MEMO FUNCTION COOPERATING WITH AUDIO RECORDING FUNCTION

• US 20130232413A1
• Filed: 02/27/2013
• Published: 09/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHO, Sungjae
• Granted Patent: US 10,007,403 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• 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 system and a method that executes a memo function cooperating with an audio recording function are provided. The method includes executing a memo including memo data synchronized with audio data, wherein the memo data is configured to a plurality of objects, and each object is synchronized to a index point of the audio data, and outputting a screen corresponding to the execution of the memo, wherein the screen displays a progress bar for displaying a playback state of the audio data to first area and displays the memo data to a second area.

Claims

1. A method for operating a memo function cooperating with an audio recording function, the method comprising:

executing a memo including memo data synchronized with audio data, wherein the memo data is configured to a plurality of objects, and each object is synchronized to an index point of the audio data; and

outputting a screen corresponding to the execution of the memo, wherein the screen displays a progress bar for displaying a playback state of the audio data to a first area and displays the memo data to a second area.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request for playing back the audio data on the screen; and

playing back the audio data according to the reception of the request for playing back the audio data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the playing back of the audio data comprises:

varying a background color of the object in the second area according to the playback of the audio data.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the playing back of the audio data comprises:

receiving a request for selecting an object on the second area while the audio data is played back;

moving a slide bar of the progress bar to a position of the index point synchronized to the selected object; and

playing back the audio data from the position of the index point.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the moving of the slide bar of the progress bar comprises at least one of:

moving the slide bar of the progress bar based on a start time of the object; and

moving the slide bar of the progress bar based on a ratio of a length from a start position of the object to a touch point to an entire length of the object.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising at least one of:

arranging the plurality of objects according to a created order when an arrangement function is executed;

editing the objects, wherein the editing includes deleting, modifying, adding, copying, and cutting and pasting function of objects ; and

modifying a synchronization between the audio data and the memo data.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

executing the memo function and the audio recording function;

receiving audio data via an audio processing unit and memo data via an input unit;

synchronizing the audio data with the memo data; and

storing the memo including the memo data synchronized with the audio data.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the storing of the memo including the memo data synchronized with the audio data comprises:

creating at least one object from the received memo data according to a preset rule; and

synchronizing the created at least one object with a respective index point of the audio data.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the preset rule comprises at least one of a time variable and a length variable.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the creating of the at least one object comprises:

creating, based on a time point when the memo data is first input and a position where the memo data is first input, the at least one object in a certain period of time and within a certain length.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the preset rule is set with different variables according to modes for inputting the memo.

12. A system for operating a memo function cooperating with an audio recording function, the system comprising:

a storage unit for storing a memo including memo data synchronized with audio data, wherein the memo data is configured to a plurality of objects, and each object is synchronized to an index point of the audio data;

a controller for controlling an execution of the memo including memo data synchronized with audio data; and

a touch screen for displaying a screen corresponding to the execution of the memo, wherein the screen displays a progress bar for displaying a playback state of the audio data to a first area and displays the memo data to a second area.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the controller receives a request for playing back the audio data on the screen showing the memo data synchronized with audio data, and plays back the audio data according to the received request for playing back the audio data.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the controller varies a background color of the object in the second area according to the playback of the audio data.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the controller moves, if a request for selecting an object on the second area is received while the audio data is played back, a slide bar of the progress bar to a position of the index point synchronized to the selected object and plays the audio data from the position of the index point.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the controller moves the slide bar of the progress bar based on a start time of the object.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the controller moves the slide bar of the progress bar based on a ratio of a length from a start position of the object to a touch point to an entire length of the object.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the controller can arrange the plurality of objects according to a created order when an arrangement function is executed, wherein the controller controls an editing function comprising a deletion of the object, a modification of the object, a addition of the object, a copy of the object, and a cut and paste of the object, and wherein the controller controls a function modifying a synchronization between the audio data and the memo data.

19. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

an input unit for inputting a request for executing the memo function and the audio recording function; and

an audio processing unit for receiving audio signals and creating the audio data,

wherein the touch screen receives the memo data,

the controller synchronizes the audio data with the memo data and creates the memo including the memo data synchronized with the audio data, and the storage unit stores the created memo.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the controller creates at least one object from the received memo data according to a preset rule, and synchronizes the created at least one object with a respective index point of the audio data, and stores the memo including the memo data synchronized with the audio data.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the preset rule comprises at least one of a time variable and a length variable.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the controller creates, based on a time point when the memo data is first input and a position where the memo data is first input, the at least one object in a certain period of time and within a certain length.

23. The system of claim 20, wherein the preset rule is set with different variables according to modes for inputting the memo.

24. The system of claim 19, wherein the touch screen comprises the input unit.