Method of playing and controlling audio using handheld display device
First Claim
1. A method of controlling audio playback using a handheld display device having an image sensor, a transceiver and an opaque touch-sensitive screen, said method comprising the steps of:
- overlaying said screen on part of a printed substrate, said printed substrate containing printed content associated with audio;
imaging an area of the printed substrate and generating image data using the image sensor;
determining interaction data using said image data, said interaction data identifying a page description corresponding to the printed substrate;
sending the interaction data to a computer system, thereby causing the computer system to identify the page description and retrieve display data corresponding to the printed content and audio data associated with said printed content;
receiving the display data and audio data from the computer system;
displaying, on said touch-sensitive screen, display information corresponding to the printed content underlying said screen together with at least one static element for controlling audio playback, such that the opaque screen has real-time virtual transparency through the opaque screen to the printed content underlying said screen from a user'"'"'s perspective to provide a virtual window to the printed content underlying said screen; and
controlling audio playback by interacting with said at least one static element via said touch-sensitive screen.
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Abstract
A method of controlling audio playback using a handheld display device having a touch-sensitive screen and a transceiver for sending and receiving digital information. The method comprises the steps of: imaging an area of a printed substrate and generating image data using an optical sensor, the printed substrate containing printed content associated with audio; determining interaction data using the image data, the interaction data identifying a substrate identity; retrieving audio data associated with said printed content; displaying, on the touch-sensitive screen, display information identifying the audio together with a static element for controlling audio playback; and controlling audio playback by interacting with the static element via the touch-sensitive screen.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of controlling audio playback using a handheld display device having an image sensor, a transceiver and an opaque touch-sensitive screen, said method comprising the steps of:
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overlaying said screen on part of a printed substrate, said printed substrate containing printed content associated with audio; imaging an area of the printed substrate and generating image data using the image sensor; determining interaction data using said image data, said interaction data identifying a page description corresponding to the printed substrate; sending the interaction data to a computer system, thereby causing the computer system to identify the page description and retrieve display data corresponding to the printed content and audio data associated with said printed content; receiving the display data and audio data from the computer system; displaying, on said touch-sensitive screen, display information corresponding to the printed content underlying said screen together with at least one static element for controlling audio playback, such that the opaque screen has real-time virtual transparency through the opaque screen to the printed content underlying said screen from a user'"'"'s perspective to provide a virtual window to the printed content underlying said screen; and controlling audio playback by interacting with said at least one static element via said touch-sensitive screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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