Electronic device and method for controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016253145-A1
Application number	US-201415028208-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 31, 2014
Priority date	Oct 31, 2013
Publication date	Sep 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic device and a method for controlling an electronic device. The present invention is capable of receiving local network information by accessing a wireless access device via a wireless communication part, receiving the local network information to a first speaker and requesting, through the first speaker, at least one second speaker that is synchronizable with the first speaker to share the local network information.

First claim

1 . An electronic device, comprising:
a wireless communication unit; and a controller configured to: connect to a wireless access device through the wireless communication unit to receive local network information, and receive the local network information to a first speaker, and request sharing of the local network information to at least one second speaker that can synchronize with the first speaker through the first speaker.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a touch screen,
wherein the controller is configured to connect to the wireless access device to receive information about a plurality of speakers included in a local network, to control to display information about the plurality of speakers on the touch screen, and to control to display information about each speaker in a partitioned area or into a representative icon comprising information about the each speaker.

3 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to generate a speaker corresponding to a start point and an end point of a drag input into one group and to generate a control signal that controls to subordinate a speaker corresponding to the end point of the drag input to a speaker corresponding to the start point of the drag input, when receiving the drag input to the partitioned area or the representative icon.

4 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit the control signal to a subordinated speaker through the wireless access device.

5 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to control to integrate a partitioned area that displays information about speakers included in the generated group and to display the integrated area on the touch screen or to control to integrate a representative icon comprising information about speakers included in the generated group into one group icon and to display the integrated icon on the touch screen.

6 . The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to control to further display a screen that selects whether to subordinate at least one speaker formed into the group to operation of a main speaker on the touch screen.

7 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to generate speakers corresponding to a drag input into one group and to control to distribute and output a multichannel output signal to speakers included in the generated group according to a drag direction, when receiving the drag input to the partitioned area or the representative icon.

8 . The electronic device of claim 2 , further comprising a sensing unit configured to detect a tagging signal of the plurality of speakers or a detection signal using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology,
wherein the controller is configured to store location information of the electronic device as location information of each speaker and to control the touch screen to display the partitioned area or the representative icon to correspond to the location information, when the sensing unit detects a tagging signal or a detection signal.

9 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit the tagging signal or the detection signal to other speakers included in the same group and to control speakers included in the group to continuously reproduce music, when the sensing unit detects a tagging signal or a detection signal.

10 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to control to display a menu icon that sets music reproduction information and a surround effect of the first speaker or a specific speaker of the at least one second speaker on the touch screen and to control to display a screen that sets a speaker to give a surround effect to the specific speaker, when receiving an input to a menu icon that sets the surround effect.

11 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to control to display a menu icon that sets sharing of music reproduction information and a reproduction music list of the first speaker or a specific speaker of the at least one second speaker on the touch screen and to control to display a speaker list that can share the reproduction music list, when receiving an input to a menu icon that sets sharing of the reproduction music list.

12 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit a music file of other electronic devices included in the local network to the first speaker and to control the first speaker and the another electronic device to enable the first speaker to integrally manage the music file.

13 . The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit the control signal to the first speaker so as to integrally manage the music file, when a control signal for integration management of the music file is input to a specific speaker included in the local network.

14 . A method of controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:
connecting to a wireless access device to receive local network information; transmitting the local network information to a first speaker and requesting sharing of the local network information to at least one second speaker that can synchronize with the first speaker through the first speaker; receiving, when the first speaker and the at least one second speaker connect to the wireless access device, information about the connected plurality of speakers; and displaying the information about the plurality of speakers into a partitioned area or a representative icon.

15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
receiving a drag input to the partitioned area or the representative icon; generating speakers corresponding to the drag input into a group; and integrally displaying an area or a representative icon in which information about speakers included in the generated group is displayed into one area or a group icon.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Seokhee
• Khang Hyunkook
• Hong Seongpyo
• Seo Inhye

Classifications

• H04R2420/03

  Connection circuits to selectively connect loudspeakers or headphones to amplifiers · CPC title

• H04R3/00

  Circuits for transducers (arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K15/08; amplifiers H03F) · CPC title

• H04R2420/05

  Detection of connection of loudspeakers or headphones to amplifiers · CPC title

• H04R2420/07

  Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones · CPC title

• G06F3/162 Primary

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