MEDIA DEVICE TURNTABLE

• US 20150348581A1
• Filed: 06/03/2014
• Published: 12/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Benjamin Bloch, Glenn Kreisel
• Original Assignee: Benjamin Bloch, Glenn Kreisel
• Inventors: Kreisel, Glenn, Bloch, Benjamin
• Granted Patent: US 9,449,640 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/38 with means for controlling the display position
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing

Abstract

An assembly can include a base; and a turntable rotatably coupled to the base where the turntable can include an optical port, a mount that positions an electronic device with respect to the optical port and at least one waveguide operatively coupled to the optical port.

Claims

1. An assembly comprising:

a base; and

a turntable rotatably coupled to the base wherein the turntable comprises an optical port, a mount that positions an electronic device with respect to the optical port and at least one waveguide operatively coupled to the optical port.

2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the mount comprises a rectangular recess.

3. The assembly of claim 2 wherein the optical port is disposed in a floor of the rectangular recess.

4. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the at least one waveguide comprises an optical fiber.

5. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the at least one waveguide comprises a polymer.

6. The assembly of claim 5 wherein the polymer comprises at least one member selected from a group consisting of poly(methyl 2-methylpropenoate) and polycarbonate.

7. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the turntable comprises at least one opening configured for emission of light carried by at least one of the at least one waveguide.

8. A device comprising:

a processor;

memory operatively coupled to the processor;

a display operatively coupled to the processor;

media player circuitry operatively coupled to the processor;

motion sensing circuitry operatively coupled to the processor; and

one or more modules stored in the memory wherein the one or more modules comprise processor-executable instructions to instruct the media player circuitry to co-render data of a first media file and data of a second media file wherein the data of the second media file is rendered based at least in part on output of the motion sensing circuitry.

9. The device of claim 8 comprising a flash unit.

10. The device of claim 9 wherein the one or more modules stored in the memory comprise processor-executable instructions to instruct the flash unit to flash based at least in part on output of the motion sensing circuitry.

11. The device of claim 8 wherein the first media file comprises a song file and wherein the second media file comprises a sample file.

12. The device of claim 8 comprising audio recording circuitry.

13. The device of claim 8 comprising a touch sensitive display.

14. The device of claim 8 wherein the one or more modules stored in the memory comprise processor-executable instructions to instruct the display to display information based at least in part on output of the motion sensing circuitry.

15. The device of claim 8 comprising wireless communication circuitry that communicates audio information.

16. The device of claim 8 wherein the device comprises a central axis and wherein motion sensing circuitry outputs information responsive to clockwise and counter-clockwise rotation of the device about its central axis.

17. The device of claim 8 wherein the data of the second media file is rendered forward or backward responsive to output of the motion sensing circuitry that indicates that the device is rotated clockwise or counter-clockwise.

18. The device of claim 8 comprising a smart phone.

19. One or more computer-readable media comprising processor-executable instructions to instruct a smart phone to:

co-render data of a first audio file and data of a second audio file wherein the data of the first media file is rendered at a predetermined rate and wherein the data of the second media file is rendered at a rate that is based at least in part on rotation of the smart phone within a geometrical plane.

20. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 19 comprising processor-executable instructions to instruct the smart phone to co-render data of a third audio file based at least in part on motion of the smart phone other than rotation of the smart phone within the geometrical plane.