Method for providing animation effect and electronic device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017256087-A1
Application number	US-201715449378-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 3, 2017
Priority date	Mar 3, 2016
Publication date	Sep 7, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for providing an animation effect on a looper function in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display configured to display a looper screen that includes a plurality of loop items, a memory configured to store a plurality of sound samples corresponding to the loop items, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is further configured to select at least one loop item from among the plurality of loop items displayed on the display, determine an animation corresponding to an attribute of the at least one loop item, and play the animation corresponding to the attribute of the at least one loop item.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a display configured to display a looper screen that comprises a plurality of loop items; a memory configured to store a plurality of sound samples corresponding to the loop items; and at least one processor configured to:
select at least one loop item from among the plurality of loop items displayed on the display,
determine an animation corresponding to an attribute of the selected at least one loop item, and
control to the display to display the animation corresponding to the attribute of the selected at least one loop item.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to play a sound sample assigned to the selected at least one loop item.

3 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to play the animation corresponding to the attribute of the selected at least one loop item synchronized with the sound sample assigned to the selected at least one loop item.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to select at least one animation corresponding to the attribute of the selected at least one loop item from among a plurality of animations stored in the memory.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the attribute of the loop item comprises at least one of:
a position of the loop item in the looper screen, a length of a sound sample assigned to the loop item, or a performance attribute of the loop item.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
select at least one animation corresponding to a performance attribute of the selected at least one loop item from among a plurality of animations stored in the memory, update the at least one animation to correspond to a position of the selected at least one loop item, and determine a playing scheme of the at least one animation to correspond to a length of a sound sample assigned to the selected at least one loop item.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to change a graphic attribute of at least one loop item from among a plurality of animations in the looper screen to correspond to the animation corresponding to the attribute of the selected at least one loop item.

8 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
select, if the determined animations correspond to attributes of the plurality of loop items, any one animation based on a priority order of the loop items, and control the display to display the any one animation selected based on the priority order of the loop items.

9 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the priority order of the loop item is determined by at least one of:
a performance attribute of the loop item, or a selection sequence of the loop item.

10 . A method for operating in an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying a looper screen that comprises a plurality of loop items; selecting at least one loop item from among the plurality of loop items displayed on the looper screen; determining an animation corresponding to an attribute of the selected at least one loop item; and playing the animation corresponding to the attribute of the selected at least one loop item.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising playing a sound sample assigned to the selected at least one loop item.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the playing of the animation comprises playing the animation corresponding to the attribute of the selected at least one loop item synchronized with the sound sample assigned to the selected at least one loop item.

13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the determining of the animation comprises selecting at least one animation corresponding to the attribute of the selected at least one loop item from among a plurality of animations stored in a memory of the electronic device.

14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the attribute of the loop item comprises at least one of:
a position of the loop item in the looper screen, a length of a sound sample assigned to the loop item, or a performance attribute of the loop item.

15 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the determining of the animation comprises:
selecting at least one animation corresponding to a performance attribute of the selected at least one loop item from among a plurality of animations stored in a memory of the electronic device; updating the at least one animation to correspond to a position of the selected at least one loop item; and determining a playing scheme of the at least one animation to correspond to a length of a sound sample assigned to the selected at least one loop item.

16 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the playing of the animation comprises changing a graphic attribute of at least one loop item from among a plurality of animations in the looper screen to correspond to the animation corresponding to the attribute of the selected at least one loop item.

17 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the playing of the animation comprises:
selecting, if the determined animations correspond to attributes of the plurality of loop items, any one animation based on a priority order of the loop items; and playing the any one animation selected based on the priority order of the loop items.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the priority order of the loop item is determined by at least one of:
a performance attribute of the loop item, or a selection sequence of the loop item.

19 . An electronic device comprising:
a display configured to display a looper screen that comprises a plurality of loop items; a memory configured to store a plurality of animations available to be set to the loop items; and at least one processor configured to:
select any one loop item from among the plurality of loop items displayed on the display,
determine at least one animation corresponding to an attribute of the selected any one loop item, and
set any one animation among the at least one animation, as an animation corresponding to the attribute of the loop item.

20 . The electronic device of claim 19 , wherein the attribute of the loop item comprises at least one of:
a position of the loop item in the looper screen, a length of a sound sample assigned to the loop item, or a performance attribute of the loop item.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Min-Hee
• Kim Hangyul
• Lee Hoyoung

Classifications

• G06T13/80 Primary

  Two-dimensional [2D] animation, e.g. using sprites · CPC title

• G06T2213/12

  Rule based animation · CPC title