User Interface Device, Sound Control Apparatus, Sound System, Sound Control Method, and Program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016227342-A1
Application number	US-201414917428-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 13, 2014
Priority date	Sep 12, 2013
Publication date	Aug 4, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A user interface device includes: a display unit that displays a user interface screen associated with a first coordinate axis, the first coordinate axis corresponding to a first attribute of a sound field and being allocated with a plurality of parameters related to the first attribute; a first specification unit that specifies a coordinate value of the first coordinate axis corresponding to a position in the user interface screen specified by a user; and a second specification unit that specifies a value of each of the plurality of parameters, based on the specified coordinate value.

First claim

1 . A user interface device comprising:
a display unit that displays a user interface screen associated with a first coordinate axis, the first coordinate axis corresponding to a first attribute of a sound field and being allocated with a plurality of parameters related to the first attribute; a first specification unit that specifies a coordinate value of the first coordinate axis corresponding to a position in the user interface screen specified by a user; and a second specification unit that specifies a value of each of the plurality of parameters, based on the specified coordinate value.

2 . The user interface device according to claim 1 , wherein the user interface screen includes a stereoscopic image, and the display unit changes the image according to at least one of the specified values of the parameters.

3 . The user interface device according to claim 1 , wherein
the user interface screen is associated with the first coordinate axis and a second coordinate axis, the second coordinate axis corresponding to a second attribute of the sound field and being allocated with a parameter related to the second attribute, the first specification unit specifies a coordinate value of the second coordinate axis corresponding to the position in the user interface screen specified by the user, and the second specification unit specifies a value of the parameter related to the second attribute, based on the specified coordinate value of the second coordinate axis.

4 . The user interface device according to claim 3 , wherein
the parameter allocated to the second coordinate axis is the same as one of the plurality of parameters related to the first attribute, and the second specification unit specifies a value of the parameter allocated to the second coordinate axis, based on the specified coordinate values of the first and second coordinate axes.

5 . The user interface device according to claim 3 , wherein
the second coordinate axis is allocated with a plurality of parameters related to the second attribute, and the second specification unit specifies a value of each of the plurality of parameters allocated to the second coordinate axis, based on the specified coordinate value of the second coordinate axis.

6 . The user interface device according to claim 1 , wherein the user interface screen includes an image, and the display unit changes the image according to at least one of the specified parameters.

7 . The user interface device according to claim 6 , wherein the display unit changes a color, size, or shape of the image according to at least one of the specified values of the parameters.

8 . A sound control apparatus comprising:
the user interface device according claim 1 ; and a signal processing unit that performs signal processing for realizing a sound field, based on the value of each of the plurality of parameters specified by the user interface device.

9 . A sound system comprising a sound control apparatus and sound apparatus independent of each other,
the sound control apparatus including: a display unit that displays a user interface screen associated with a first coordinate axis, the first coordinate axis corresponding to a first attribute of a sound field and being allocated with a plurality of parameters related to the first attribute; a first specification unit that specifies a coordinate value of the first coordinate axis corresponding to a position in the user interface screen specified by a user; a second specification unit that specifies a value of each of the plurality of parameters, based on the specified coordinate value; and a transmission unit that transmits the specified value of each of the plurality of parameters to the sound apparatus, and the sound apparatus including: a reception unit that receives the transmitted value of each of the plurality of parameters, and a signal processing unit that performs signal processing for realizing a sound field, based on the received value of each of the plurality of parameters.

10 . A sound control method comprising:
displaying a user interface screen associated with a first coordinate axis, the first coordinate axis corresponding to a first attribute of a sound field and being allocated with a plurality of parameters related to the first attribute; specifying a coordinate value of the first coordinate axis corresponding to a position in the user interface screen specified by a user; and specifying a value of each of the plurality of parameters, based on the specified coordinate value.

11 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute:
displaying a user interface screen associated with a first coordinate axis, the first coordinate axis corresponding to a first attribute of a sound field and being allocated with a plurality of parameters related to the first attribute; specifying a coordinate value of the first coordinate axis corresponding to a position in the user interface screen specified by a user; and specifying a value of each of the plurality of parameters, based on the specified coordinate value.

Assignees

• Yamaha Corp

Inventors

• Yuyama Yuta
• Usui Atsushi

Classifications

• H04S7/305

  Electronic adaptation of stereophonic audio signals to reverberation of the listening space (H04S7/301 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/162

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

• H04S7/30 Primary

  Control circuits for electronic adaptation of the sound field · CPC title

• H04S7/40 Primary

  Visual indication of stereophonic sound image · CPC title

• H04S2400/11

  Positioning of individual sound objects, e.g. moving airplane, within a sound field (H04S2420/13 takes precedence) · CPC title