Media device turntable

• US 9,449,640 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2014
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Kent
• Assistant Examiner(s): Edwards, Mark
• Application Number:
  US14/294,402
• Publication Number:
  US 20150348581A1
• Time in Patent Office: 840 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156
• 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. 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 render media wherein the media is rendered based at least in part on output of the motion sensing circuitry responsive to rotation of the device about an axis substantially normal to the display, and wherein the one or more modules comprise processor-executable instructions to instruct the device to render a graphical user interface to the display in a stationary reference frame with respect to a rotational reference frame associated with rotation of the device about the axis substantially normal to the display wherein the graphical user interface comprises, in the stationary reference frame, fixed information associated with the media and information associated with the media that changes responsive to rotation of the device about the axis substantially normal to the display.

2. The device of claim 1 comprising a flash unit.

3. The device of claim 2 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.

4. The device of claim 1 comprising audio recording circuitry.

5. The device of claim 1 comprising a touch sensitive display.

6. The device of claim 1 comprising wireless communication circuitry that communicates audio information.

7. The device of claim 1 comprising a smart phone.

10. The device of claim 1 wherein the rotation of the device comprises clockwise or counter-clockwise rotation about the axis substantially normal to the display.

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

render media wherein the media is rendered based at least in part on output of motion sensing circuitry of the smart phone responsive to rotation of the smart phone about an axis substantially normal to a display of the smart phone; and

render a graphical user interface to the display in a stationary reference frame with respect to a rotational reference frame associated with rotation of the smart phone about the axis substantially normal to the display wherein the graphical user interface comprises, in the stationary reference frame, fixed information associated with the media and information associated with the media that changes responsive to rotation of the smart phone about the axis substantially normal to the display.

9. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8 wherein the rotation of the smart phone comprises clockwise or counter-clockwise rotation about the axis substantially normal to the display.