Electronic device and operation method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017047082-A1
Application number	US-201615233523-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 10, 2016
Priority date	Aug 10, 2015
Publication date	Feb 16, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic device, which can acoustically or visually synchronize a plurality of independent beats and output the synchronized beats (or tempos) when executing a music application, including a user interface, a memory, and one or more processors electrically connected to the user interface and the memory, which display tempo progress information of music in response to playing of the music, detect an event while the music is played, synchronize the played music and tempo progress information of music according to the event, and output the synchronized music and tempo progress information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a user interface; a memory; and one or more processors electrically connected to the user interface and the memory, wherein the one or more processors: display tempo progress information of music in response to playing of the music, detect an event while the music is being played, synchronize the played music and tempo progress information of the music according to the event, and output the synchronized music and tempo progress information.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the user interface includes a basic control area for a general control of a music application, a looper area including a plurality of cells on which various sound samples are set, and a looper control area for controlling the plurality of cells, and
wherein the basic control area and the looper control area include a metronome object that outputs a metronome function of each segments of played music.

3 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the played music and the music according to the event correspond to segments of music which have different attributes and independently operate based on different layers.

4 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the music includes first music in which a performance or an effect by at least one virtual musical instrument is configured as one package, and second music that repeats a melody or a beat in an identical music pattern.

5 . The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the processor detects an event for the first music in the basic control area, outputs the tempo progress information corresponding to the first music through a metronome object of the basic control area, detects an event for the second music in the looper area, and outputs the tempo progress information corresponding to the second music through a metronome object of the looper control area.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor determines playing information related to the played music and the event music in response to the detection of the event while the music is played, and synchronizes a tempo of the played music and a tempo of the event music based on a result of the determination.

7 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the processor plays first music, displays tempo progress information of the first music, synchronizes an event starting time point of a second music with a next beat of the first music when detecting an event related to simultaneous playing of the second music, and displays tempo progress information of the first music and the second music with the same tempo.

8 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the processor starts the playing of the second music and the looper metronome in time with the next beat of the first music, and, in response to a control of the event starting time point of the second music, shifts a location of an indicator indicating a play progress state to a location corresponding to the controlled event starting time point and display the moved indicator.

9 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the processor plays second music and displays tempo progress information of the second music, plays a first music in time with the tempo of the played a second music when detecting an event related to simultaneous playing of the first music, and displays the tempo progress information in accordance with independent tempos of the first music and the second music.

10 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the processor stops playing the first music after playing the first music by a bit length defined to the first music, and continuously maintains the playing of the second music after stopping playing of the first music.

11 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the memory stores instructions to instruct the one or more processors to display the tempo progress information of the music in response to the playing of the music, to detect the event while the music is played, and to synchronize and output the played music and the tempo progress information of the music according to the event when the instructions are executed.

12 . A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
playing music and displaying tempo progress information of the music based on a user interface; detecting an event while the music is played; and synchronizing the played music and tempo progress information of the music according to the event and outputting the synchronized music and tempo progress information.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the user interface includes a basic control area for a general control of a music application, a looper area including a plurality of cells on which various sound samples are set, and a looper control area for controlling the plurality of cells, and the basic control area and the looper control area include a metronome object that outputs a metronome function of each segments of played music.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the played music and the music according to the event correspond to segments of music which have different attributes and independently operate based on different layers, and the music includes a first music in which a performance or an effect by at least one virtual musical instrument is configured as one package, and a second music that repeats a melody or a beat in an identical music pattern.

15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
detecting an event for the first music in the basic control area and outputting the tempo progress information corresponding to the first music through a metronome object of the basic control area; and detecting an event for the second music in the looper area and outputting the tempo progress information corresponding to the second music through a metronome object of the looper control area.

16 . The method of claim 12 , wherein synchronizing the played music and tempo progress information comprises determining playing information related to the played music and the event music in response to the detection of the event while the music is played and synchronizing a tempo of the played music and a tempo of the event music based on a result of the determination.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein synchronizing the played music and tempo progress information comprises:
playing first music and displaying tempo progress information of the first music; synchronizing an event starting time point of second music with a next beat of the first music when detecting an event related to simultaneous playing of the second music; and displaying tempo progress information of the first music and the second music with the same tempo.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein synchronizing the played music and tempo progress information comprises:
starting the playing of the second music and the looper metronome in time with the next beat of the first music; and in response to a control of the event starting time point of the second music, shifting a location of an indicator indicating a play progress state to a location corresponding to the controlled event starting time point and displaying the moved indicator.

19 . The method of claim 16 , wherein synchronizing the played music and tempo progress information comprises:
playing second music and displaying tempo progress information of the second music; playing first music in time with the tempo of the played second music when detecting an event related to simultaneous playing of the first music; and displaying t

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G10H1/0008 Primary

  Associated control or indicating means · CPC title

• G10H2220/106

  using icons, e.g. selecting, moving or linking icons, on-screen symbols, screen regions or segments representing musical elements or parameters · CPC title

• G10H1/42

  comprising tone forming circuits · CPC title

• G10H2240/325

  Synchronizing two or more audio tracks or files according to musical features or musical timings · CPC title

• G10H2220/096

  using a touch screen · CPC title