Method for reproducing audio documents with the aid of an interface comprising document groups and associated reproducing device
First Claim
1. Method of reproduction within an audio documents reproduction apparatus wherein it comprises the following steps:
- partitioning of the documents into groups of documents possessing at least one similar audio characteristic,determination of at least one number of the group'"'"'s representative documents,determination of a determined number of audio documents representing each group,positioning of a plurality of audio documents in a space, the positioning of an audio document being dependent on at least one characteristic of the document, the user occupying a position in the said space,reproduction of the identifiers of the several documents representing a group, the reproduced identifiers having a position situated at a distance less than a determined distance with respect to the position of the user in the space, the identifiers being reproduced loopwise when this group is selected.
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Abstract
A method of reproduction by a reproduction apparatus for reproducing audio documents forming part of a set of documents. The method includes a prior step of partitioning of the documents of the set into groups of documents whose audio parameters exhibit a similitude, making it possible to determine at least one document representing each group by taking into account its audio parameters. Then, an identifier of a document representing the group is reproduced graphically and/or in a sound manner. In this way, the user can take note of the type of music involved and can select this group by virtue of the graphical identifier. A command may be activated making it possible to go from one group to another; a group may be selected and reproduce the documents of this group. The invention also relates to a reproduction apparatus furnished with a user interface allowing reproduction.
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23 Claims
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1. Method of reproduction within an audio documents reproduction apparatus wherein it comprises the following steps:
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partitioning of the documents into groups of documents possessing at least one similar audio characteristic, determination of at least one number of the group'"'"'s representative documents, determination of a determined number of audio documents representing each group, positioning of a plurality of audio documents in a space, the positioning of an audio document being dependent on at least one characteristic of the document, the user occupying a position in the said space, reproduction of the identifiers of the several documents representing a group, the reproduced identifiers having a position situated at a distance less than a determined distance with respect to the position of the user in the space, the identifiers being reproduced loopwise when this group is selected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. Audio documents reproduction apparatus comprising a means of command introduction;
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a means of determination of at least one number of the group'"'"'s representative documents, a means of calculation for partitioning documents into groups of documents possessing at least one similar audio characteristic, a means of determination of a determined number of documents representing each group, a means of calculation of positioning data associated with each document in a space, the data being determined by at least one characteristic specific to the document, a positioning datum also being assigned to the position of the user within the space, a means of selection of each document representing a group, the selected documents having a position situated at a distance less than a determined distance with respect to the position of the user in the space, a means of reproduction reproducing the identifiers of the several documents representing a group loopwise when the group is selected. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- wherein the apparatus comprises
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