Mobile terminal and equalizer controlling method thereof

• US 8,356,250 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2008
• Issued: 01/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Ko, Dong-Seuck
• Primary Examiner(s): RIEGLER, PATRICK F
• Application Number:
  US12/340,204
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164905A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,488 Days
• Field of Search: 715/727, 715/863, 715/702, 715/716, 381/94.1, 381/98, 381/104, 381/124
• US Class Current: 715/727
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6016 in the receiver circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 29/008 Visual indication of individual signal levels visual indication of stereophonic sound image H04S7/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/04 for correcting frequency response
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 7/40 Visual indication of stereophonic sound image

Abstract

A mobile terminal including an output unit configured to output sound, an equalizer configured to adjust parameters of the sound output by the output unit, a display unit including a touch screen and configured to display a Graphic User Interface (GUI) including a graphical guide that can be touched and moved to adjust the parameters of the sound output by the output unit, and a controller configured to control the equalizer to adjust the parameters of the sound output by the output unit in accordance with a shape of the graphical guide that is touched and moved.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

an output unit configured to output sound;

an equalizer configured to adjust parameters of the sound output by the output unit;

a display unit including a touch screen and configured to display a Graphic User Interface (GUI) including a line representing a graphical guide that can be touched and moved to adjust the parameters of the sound output by the output unit; and

a controller configured to control the equalizer to adjust the parameters of the sound output by the output unit in accordance with a shape of the graphical guide that is touched and moved,

wherein the display unit is further configured to display a plurality of points on the graphical guide based on corresponding positions on the graphical guide being touched,

wherein each point corresponds to a respective filter of the equalizer, and

wherein the positions of the plurality of points corresponding to respective filters are randomly selected by a user on the line representing the GUI.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the display unit is further configured to display a default basic guide or a pre-stored guide as the graphical guide.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to generate a sound effect or to change a color of a corresponding point when the corresponding point is touched for a short predetermined period of time.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the display unit is further configured to display a selective menu window allowing for manual inputting of the parameters for the respective filter when the corresponding point is touched for a long predetermined period of time that is longer than the short predetermined period of time.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the selective menu window includes options for changing a frequency, a gain, and a Q-factor of the respective filter corresponding to the touched point and a touch or drag sound effect when the touched point is touched.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to adjust a frequency and a gain of the respective filter of the equalizer when a displayed point on the graphical guide is touched and dragged in a vertical and horizontal direction, and to adjust a Q-factor of the respective filter of the equalizer when a thickness of the line representing the graphical guide is increased or decreased based on a simultaneous double touching and moving of the displayed point.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to remove a displayed point on the graphical guide when the displayed point is double touched, and to return parameters of the filter to an original state when the touched and dragged point is flicked.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the display unit is further configured to display a current output adjustment status of the equalizer on the GUI.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a memory configured to store the adjusted values for each respective filter,

wherein the controller is further configured to read the adjusted values for each respective filter when the output unit outputs the sound.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to adjust a frequency and a gain of first and second filters represented by first and second points displayed on the graphical guide, when a position between the first and second points of the graphical guide is touched and dragged in a vertical and horizontal direction.

10. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

outputting sound via an output unit in the mobile terminal;

displaying a Graphic User Interface (GUI) including a line representing a graphical guide that can be touched and moved to adjust parameters of the sound output by the output unit; and

adjusting the parameters of the sound output by the output unit in accordance with a shape of the graphical guide that is touched and moved,

wherein the displaying step further comprises displaying a plurality of points on the graphical guide based on corresponding positions on the graphical guide being touched,

wherein each point corresponds to a respective filter of an equalizer used to equalize the sound output by the output unit, and

wherein the positions of the plurality of points corresponding to respective filters are randomly selected by a user on the line representing the GUI.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the displaying step further comprises displaying a default basic guide or a pre-stored guide as the graphical guide.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

generating a sound effect or changing a color of a corresponding point when the corresponding point is touched for a short predetermined period of time.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the displaying step further comprises displaying a selective menu window allowing for manual inputting of the parameters for the respective filter when the corresponding point is touched for a long predetermined period of time that is longer than the short predetermined period of time.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the selective menu window includes options for changing a frequency, a gain, and a Q-factor of the respective filter corresponding to the touched point and a touch or drag sound effect when the touched point is touched.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the adjusting step further comprises adjusting a frequency and a gain of the respective filter of the equalizer when a displayed point on the graphical guide is touched and dragged in a vertical and horizontal direction, and adjusting a Q-factor of the respective filter of the equalizer when a thickness of the line representing the graphical guide is increased or decreased based on a simultaneous double touching and moving of the displayed point.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

removing a displayed point on the graphical guide when the displayed point is double touched; and

returning parameters of the filter to an original state when the touched and dragged point is flicked.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the displaying step further comprises displaying a current output adjustment status of the equalizer on the GUI.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

storing the adjusted values for each respective filter; and

reading the adjusted values for each respective filter when the output unit outputs the sound.

20. The method of claim 10, wherein the adjusting step adjusts a frequency and a gain of first and second filters represented by first and second points displayed on the graphical guide, when a position between the first and second points of the graphical guide is touched and dragged in a vertical and horizontal direction.