Volume control
First Claim
1. A volatile or non-volatile storage storing information for enabling a device to display on a display a user interface of a volume control, the device rendering an electric audio signal comprised of audio signal fluctuations and emitting corresponding sound fluctuations from a loudspeaker, the volume control having a variable control level that controls the volume of the sound coming from the loudspeaker such that when the variable control level is raised or lowered amplitudes of the fluctuations are correspondingly raised or lowered, the user interface comprising:
- a graphical interface component that is displayed on the display and that varies the control level in accordance with interactive user manipulation of the graphical interface component, where the graphical interface component responds to user manipulation thereof at any given time while the device is rendering the electric audio signal to raise or lower the amplitude of the sound fluctuations emitted from the loudspeaker, the graphical interface component comprising a displayed signal indication graphic that is graphically united on the display with the graphical interface component, the signal indication graphic having an appearance on the display that fluctuates in accordance with the audio signal fluctuations as the corresponding sound fluctuations are emitted from the loudspeaker, where the signal indication graphic is displayed within at least a portion of the graphical interface component that is manipulated by the user to vary the control level.
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Abstract
A volume control may be provided with some integrated graphical indication of the presence and/or level of an audio signal that it controls. For example, a slider-type volume control may be provided with a signal meter within the slider itself. A volume control may be provided with a mechanism for showing the non-mute volume control level of a volume when the volume control is muted. For example, a slider-type volume control may display a ghosted slider tab at the level of volume control in effect before muting while at the same time displaying a regular slider tab at a muted level. A user may be able to glance at a volume control and quickly and intuitively understand aspects of the volume control'"'"'s state such as the level and condition of the signal that is flowing through or blocked by (if muted) the control.
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19 Claims
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1. A volatile or non-volatile storage storing information for enabling a device to display on a display a user interface of a volume control, the device rendering an electric audio signal comprised of audio signal fluctuations and emitting corresponding sound fluctuations from a loudspeaker, the volume control having a variable control level that controls the volume of the sound coming from the loudspeaker such that when the variable control level is raised or lowered amplitudes of the fluctuations are correspondingly raised or lowered, the user interface comprising:
a graphical interface component that is displayed on the display and that varies the control level in accordance with interactive user manipulation of the graphical interface component, where the graphical interface component responds to user manipulation thereof at any given time while the device is rendering the electric audio signal to raise or lower the amplitude of the sound fluctuations emitted from the loudspeaker, the graphical interface component comprising a displayed signal indication graphic that is graphically united on the display with the graphical interface component, the signal indication graphic having an appearance on the display that fluctuates in accordance with the audio signal fluctuations as the corresponding sound fluctuations are emitted from the loudspeaker, where the signal indication graphic is displayed within at least a portion of the graphical interface component that is manipulated by the user to vary the control level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A device comprising a display unit, the device, when operating, displays a volume control widget on the display, wherein when displaying the volume control widget:
- when muting occurs in response a first audio level indicator is displayed in the volume control widget to indicate a muted audio level and a second audio level indicator is displayed in the volume control widget to indicate a pre-muted audio level.
- View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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displaying a volume control that comprises an area receptive to stroke, drag, or click inputs to raise or lower a setting that raises or lowers a level of an audio signal regulated by the volume control; and receiving a mute command and in response;
muting the audio signal, displaying in the area receptive to stroke, drag, or click inputs a first marker indicating the value of the setting prior to the muting, and displaying in the area receptive to stroke, drag, or click inputs a second marker indicating a muted value of the setting. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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Specification