Method for reproducing music patterns and electronic device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10540137-B2
Application number	US-201615230570-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 8, 2016
Priority date	Aug 10, 2015
Publication date	Jan 21, 2020
Grant date	Jan 21, 2020

Abstract

A method for use in an electronic device, comprising: displaying a looper screen including a plurality of loop items; displaying, on the looper screen, a first shortcut item that is associated with one or more of the loop items; and reproducing a first music pattern associated with one or more loop items in response to a first selection of the first shortcut item.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for use in an electronic device, comprising:
displaying a looper screen including a plurality of loop items and a shortcut icon;
displaying loop shortcut items on a side of the looper screen, in response to selecting the shortcut icon;
reproducing music patterns corresponding to at least two loop items and displaying visual effect representing activation of the at least two loop items, in response to selecting the at least two loop items among the plurality of loop items;
mapping the at least two loop items to a loop shortcut item among the loop shortcut items, in response to selecting the loop shortcut item by using a first touch gesture; and
reproducing the music patterns mapped to the at least two loop items, in response to selecting the loop shortcut item by using a second touch gesture after mapping the at least two loop items to the loop shortcut item,
wherein the plurality of loop items comprise a first column of loop items associated with a first instrument and a second column of loop items associated with a second instrument,
wherein the plurality of loop items is arranged in columns including the first column and the second column, and
wherein a single loop item is selected from each of the columns including the at least two loop items mapped to the loop shortcut item.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the visual effect comprises colored light.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying effect shortcut items on another side of the looper screen; and
applying an audio effect to the music patterns, in response to selecting an effect shortcut item among the effect shortcut items by using a third touch gesture.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
displaying a plurality of effect items, in response to selecting the effect shortcut item among the effect shortcut items by using a fourth touch gesture; and
mapping the effect shortcut item to at least one audio effect of at least one effect item, in response to selecting the at least one effect item among the plurality of effect items,
wherein each of the plurality of effect items corresponds to a different one of a plurality of audio effects.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the loop shortcut items and the effect shortcut items are displayed concurrently, in response to selecting the shortcut icon.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the looper screen further comprises:
a loop region in which the plurality of loop items are arranged in a grid; and
an icon region comprising the shortcut icon used for shortcut setting or shortcut executing.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the loop shortcut items are displayed by overlapping at least part of the plurality of loop items.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first touch gesture comprises touching the loop shortcut item during a period longer than a threshold, and
wherein the second touch gesture comprises touching the loop shortcut item during a period less than the threshold.

9. An electronic device comprising:
a display unit;
an audio processor;
a memory;
at least one processor operatively coupled to the display unit, the audio processor and the memory, configured to:
display, by using the display unit, a looper screen including a plurality of loop items and a shortcut icon;
display, on the looper screen, loop shortcut items on a side of the looper screen, in response to selecting the shortcut icon;
reproduce music patterns corresponding to at least two loop items and display visual effect representing activation of the at least two loop items, in response to selecting the at least two loop items among the plurality of loop items;
map the at least two loop items to a loop shortcut item among the loop shortcut items, in response to selecting the loop shortcut item by using a first touch gesture; and
reproduce the music patterns mapped to the at least two loop items, in response to selecting the loop shortcut item by using a second touch gesture after mapping the at least two loop items to the loop shortcut item,
wherein the plurality of loop items comprise a first column of loop items associated with a first instrument and a second column of loop items associated with a second instrument,
wherein the plurality of loop items is arranged in columns including the first column and the second column, and
wherein a single loop item is selected from each of the columns including the at least two loop items mapped to the loop shortcut item.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the visual effect comprises colored light.

11. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
display effect shortcut items on another side of the looper screen; and
apply an audio effect to the music patterns, in response to selecting an effect shortcut item among the effect shortcut items by using a third touch gesture.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
display a plurality of effect items, in response to selecting the effect shortcut item among the effect shortcut items by using a fourth touch gesture; and
map the effect shortcut item to at least one audio effect of at least one effect item, in response to selecting the at least one effect item among the plurality of effect items,
wherein each of the plurality of effect items corresponds to a different one of a plurality of audio effects.

13. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the loop shortcut items and the effect shortcut items are displayed concurrently.

14. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the looper screen further comprises:
a loop region in which the plurality of loop items are arranged in a grid; and
an icon region comprising the shortcut icon used for shortcut setting or shortcut executing.

15. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the loop shortcut items are displayed by overlapping at least part of the plurality of loop items.

16. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the first touch gesture comprises touching the loop shortcut item during a period longer than a threshold, and
wherein the second touch gesture comprises touching the loop shortcut item during a period less than the threshold.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Hangyul
• Cho Taemin
• Kim Sungmin
• Lee Min-Hee
• Lee Yunjae

Classifications

• G06F3/162 Primary

  Interface to dedicated audio devices, e.g. audio drivers, interface to CODECs · CPC title

• G06F3/165

  Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/04817 Primary

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title