Apparatus for displaying image and driving method thereof, apparatus for outputting audio and driving method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9502041-B2
Application number	US-201414322182-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 2, 2014
Priority date	Nov 22, 2013
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

An image display apparatus, a method for driving an image display apparatus, a sound output apparatus and a method for driving a sound output apparatus, are provided. The image display apparatus comprising a signal separator configured to separate an audio signal and a video signal from an input image signal, an audio decoder configured to decode the audio signal, a sound outputter configured to output the decoded audio signal, a sound effect generator configured to generate a sound effect at a user's request, a communication interface configured to transmit the separated audio signal and the generated sound effect to a surrounding sound output apparatus, respectively, and a controller configured to control the communication interface to transmit the audio signal and the sound effect to the sound output apparatus, wherein the separated audio signal is transmitted when the sound output apparatus is connected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image display apparatus comprising:
a signal separator configured to separate an audio signal and a video signal from an input image signal;
an audio decoder configured to decode the audio signal;
a sound outputter configured to output the decoded audio signal;
a sound effect generator configured to generate a sound effect by a user's request;
a communication interface configured to communicate with a sound output apparatus; and
a controller configured to, when the sound output apparatus is connected to the communication interface, control the communication interface to transmit the separated audio signal and the generated sound effect to the sound output apparatus such that the separated audio signal is decoded and mixed with the generated sound effect in the sound output apparatus.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the separated audio signal is transmitted in a compressed state to the sound output apparatus.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a user interface configured to receive the user's request.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the separated audio signal and the generated sound effect are transmitted to the sound output apparatus through short distance wireless communication.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an audio processor configured to post-process the decoded audio signal,
wherein the sound outputter configured to output the post-processed audio signal.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein the sound outputter operates when the sound output apparatus does not operate.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 ,
further comprising a mixer configured to mix the sound effect generated in the sound effect generator with the post-processed audio signal, when the sound outputter is operating,
wherein the sound outputter outputs the mixed audio signal and the sound effect.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 ,
further comprising a digital/analog (D/A) converter configured to convert the mixed audio signal and the sound effect having a digital format into a signal having an analog format,
wherein the sound outputter outputs the audio signal and the sound effect converted to have an analog format.

9. A sound output apparatus comprising:
a communication interface configured to receive an audio signal that is separated from an image signal from an image display apparatus and a sound effect other than the audio signal generated in response to a user's request;
an audio decoder configured to decode the received audio signal;
a mixer configured to mix the decoded audio signal and the received sound effect generated in response to the user's request; and
a sound outputter configured to output the mixed decoded audio signal and the generated sound effect,
wherein the audio signal transmitted from the image display apparatus is received when the image display apparatus is connected to the sound output apparatus.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9 ,
further comprising an audio processor configured to convert the mixed audio signal and the sound effect into an audio format of the sound outputter.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 ,
wherein the audio processor comprises a digital/analog (D/A) converter configured to convert the mixed audio signal and the sound effect having a digital format into a signal having an analog format.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9 ,
wherein the communication interface receives the audio signal that is separated from the image signal and the sound effect other than the audio signal generated in response to the user's request through short distance wireless communication with the image display apparatus.

13. A method for driving an image display apparatus, the method comprising:
separating an audio signal and a video signal from an input image signal;
generating a sound effect by a user's request; and
transmitting the separated audio signal and the generated sound effect to a sound output apparatus, respectively, through a communication interface such that the separated audio signal is decoded and mixed with the generated sound effect in the sound output apparatus, when the sound output apparatus is connected to the communication interface.

14. The method according to claim 13 ,
wherein the separated audio signal is transmitted in a compressed state to the sound output apparatus.

15. The method according to claim 13 ,
further comprising receiving the user's request.

16. The method according to claim 13 ,
wherein the separated audio signal and the generated sound effect are transmitted to the sound output apparatus through short distance communication.

17. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:
decoding the separated audio signal;
post-processing the decoded audio signal; and
outputting the post-processed audio signal to a sound outputter.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the sound outputter operates when the sound output apparatus does not operate.

19. The method according to claim 18 ,
further comprising mixing the provided sound effect with the post-processed audio signal, when the sound outputter is operating,
wherein the outputting comprises outputting the mixed audio signal and the sound effect to the sound outputter.

20. The method according to claim 19 ,
further comprising converting the mixed audio signal and the sound effect having a digital format into a signal having an analog format,
wherein the outputting comprises outputting the audio signal and the sound effect converted to have an analog format to the sound outputter.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Je-Ik

Classifications

• H04N21/43637

  involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth®, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] (arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114) · CPC title

• H04N21/8106

  involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages · CPC title

• H04N5/60 Primary

  for the sound signals · CPC title

• H04N21/439

  Processing of audio elementary streams · CPC title

• H04N21/4341

  Demultiplexing of audio and video streams · CPC title