User terminal apparatus, external device, and method for outputting audio

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016302286-A1
Application number	US-201615094611-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 8, 2016
Priority date	Apr 8, 2015
Publication date	Oct 13, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A user terminal apparatus includes a display unit; a storing unit configured to store audio data; a communication unit configured to transmit the stored audio data to an external device to output the stored audio data from the external device; and a processor configured to extract color information from image data and control the communication unit so that the extracted color information is transmitted to the external device to turn on a lighting according to the extracted color information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A user terminal apparatus, comprising:
a display unit; a storing unit configured to store audio data; a communication unit configured to transmit stored audio data to an external device to output the stored audio data from the external device; and a processor configured to extract color information from image data and control the communication unit to transmit extracted color information to the external device to turn on lighting according to the extracted color information.

2 . The user terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor extracts dominant color information from the image data and controls the communication unit to transmit extracted dominant color information to the external device to turn on the lighting according to the extracted dominant color information.

3 . The user terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a photographing unit configured to photograph a subject to generate the image data.

4 . The user terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the image data is at least one of an album image, a music video image, and an artist image related to the audio data.

5 . The user terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor detects audio pattern information from the audio data and controls the communication unit to transmit detected audio pattern information to the external device to turn on the lighting according to the detected audio pattern information.

6 . The user terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor controls the communication unit to transmit meta data of the audio data to the external device.

7 . The user terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the meta data of the audio data includes at least one of music genre information, artist information, beat information, and language information of the audio data.

8 . The user terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the external device comprises one of an audio device and a display apparatus.

9 . An external device, comprising:
a lighting unit; a communication unit configured to receive audio data and color information of image data from a user terminal apparatus; an audio outputting unit configured to output received audio data; and a processor configured to control the lighting unit to turn on lighting on based on received color information.

10 . The external device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the color information is dominant color information extracted from the image data by the user terminal apparatus, and
the processor controls the lighting unit to turn on the lighting corresponding to received dominant color information.

11 . The external device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the processor controls the lighting unit to turn on lighting corresponding to at least one of a music genre, an artist, a beat, and a language of the received audio data.

12 . The external device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the communication unit further receives pattern information of the audio data, and the processor controls the lighting unit to turn on lighting corresponding to the received pattern information and color information.

13 . The external device as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising a display unit, wherein the processor controls the display unit to display an image corresponding to the received color information.

14 . The external device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the communication unit further receives pattern information of the audio data, and the processor controls the display unit to display an image corresponding to the pattern information of the received audio data and the color information.

15 . A method for outputting audio, the method comprising:
transmitting audio data to an external device to output the audio data from the external device; extracting color information from image data; and transmitting extracted color information to the external device to turn on lighting according to the extracted color information.

16 . The method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the extracting of the color information from the image data includes extracting dominant color information from the image data, and
the transmitting of the extracted color information to the external device includes transmitting extracted dominant color information to the external device to turn on the lighting according to the extracted dominant color information.

17 . The method as claimed in claim 15 , further comprising photographing a subject to generate the image data.

18 . The method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the image data is at least one of an album image, a music video image, and an artist image related to the audio data.

19 . A method for outputting audio, the method comprising:
receiving audio data and color information of image data from a user terminal apparatus; outputting received audio data; and turning on lighting based on received color information.

20 . The method as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the color information is dominant color information extracted from the image data by the user terminal apparatus, and
in the turning on of the lighting, lighting corresponding to received dominant color information is turned on.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Ji-Hyae
• Kim Jung-Geun
• So Yong-Jin
• Choi Won-Min
• Hyun Jea-Hun

Classifications

• H05B47/155

  Coordinated control of two or more light sources · CPC title

• H04R2420/07

  Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones · CPC title

• H04R2499/15

  Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops · CPC title

• H04R3/12

  for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers {(specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407)} · CPC title

• H05B47/19

  via wireless transmission · CPC title