Apparatus and method for adjusting volume in terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9621985-B2
Application number	US-201313913204-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2013
Priority date	Jun 8, 2012
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

A method terminal includes an apparatus for automatically adjusting volume in the terminal. An automatic volume adjuster extracts a representative volume from individual frame information of an audio file, and adjusts a master volume by a deviation between the extracted representative volume and a reference volume, and a controller plays the audio file with the master volume adjusted by the automatic volume adjuster.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A terminal comprising:
a representative volume extractor configured to:
extract a gain from a header of each of a plurality of frames of an audio file and set an average gain of all extracted gains as a representative volume;

a reference volume extractor configured to:
set a master volume of a last played audio file as the representative volume if there is an audio file in a music playback list, and
set a predetermined volume value as the reference volume if there is no audio file in the music playback list;

a comparator configured to compare the representative volume provided from the representative volume extractor with the reference volume provided from the reference volume extractor;
a volume adjuster configured to:
adjust the master volume by a deviation between the representative volume and the reference volume if the representative volume is different from the reference volume,
adjust the master volume to correspond to a volume-up or a volume-down if the volume-up or the volume-down occurs during playback of the audio file with the adjusted master volume, and
transfer the adjusted master volume to an audio file player;

the audio file player is configured to play the audio file with the master volume provided from the volume adjuster; and
a controller configured to
determine whether automatic volume adjustment is set if playback of the audio file is selected in a music playback mode,
switch to an automatic volume adjustment mode if the automatic volume adjustment is set, and
control the audio file player to play the audio file with the master volume provided from the volume adjuster in the automatic volume adjustment mode.

2. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the gain extracted from the header of each of the plurality of frames is a global gain indicating an average volume of each frame.

3. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the representative volume extractor comprises:
a gain extractor configured to extract the gain from the header of each of the plurality of frames constituting the audio file;
a pre-processor configured to perform a pre-processing operation of removing or filtering error components in all of the extracted gains from the audio file; and
an extractor configured to
extract the average gain of all the pre-processed extracted gains, and
set the extracted average gain as the representative volume.

4. The terminal of claim 3 , wherein the extractor is further configured to:
extract a first average gain of gains in a partial section of an envelope of the pre-processed all of the extracted gains,
extract a second average gain from Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) data extracted by performing full decoding on the partial section,
apply an offset between the first and second average gains to all the pre-processed extracted gains,
extract an average gain of all of the extracted gains to which the offset is applied,
extract an average gain of all the pre-processed extracted gains if there is no offset between the first and second average gains, and
set the average gain as the representative volume.

5. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to store a last master volume of the audio file upon completion of the playback of the audio file, in order to use the last master volume of the audio file as a reference volume for a next audio file.

6. A terminal comprising:
a representative volume extractor configured to extract, as a representative volume, an average gain of all gains that are extracted from a header of each of a plurality of frames of an audio file;
a reference volume extractor configured to
set a master volume of a last played audio file in a music playback list as a reference volume,
extract a predetermined volume, and
set the extracted volume as the reference volume if there is no audio file in the music playback list;

a comparator configured to compare the representative volume set by the representative volume extractor with the reference volume set by the reference volume extractor;
a volume adjuster configured to:
extract a deviation between the representative volume and the reference volume if the representative volume is different from the reference volume,
adjust the master volume by the extracted deviation, and
transfer the adjusted master volume to an audio file player; and

the audio file player configured to play the audio file with the adjusted master volume provided from the volume adjuster;
wherein the representative volume extractor comprises:
a gain extractor configured to extract a gain from a header of each of a plurality of frames constituting an audio file;
a pre-processor configured to perform a pre-processing operation of removing or filtering error components in all the gains extracted from the audio file; and
an extractor configured to
extract an average gain of all the pre-processed gains, and
set the extracted average gain as the representative volume.

7. The terminal of claim 6 , wherein the gain extracted from the header of each of the plurality of frames is a global gain indicating an average volume of each frame.

8. The terminal of claim 6 , wherein the extractor is configured to:
extract a first average gain of gains in a partial section of an envelope of all the pre-processed gains,
extract a second average gain from Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) data extracted by performing full decoding on the partial section,
apply an offset between the first and second average gains to all the pre-processed gains,
extract an average gain of all of the pre-processed gains to which the offset is applied,
extract an average gain of all the pre-processed gains if there is no offset between the first and second average gains, and
set the average gain as the representative volume.

9. The terminal of claim 6 , wherein if a volume-up or a volume-down occurs during playback of the audio file with the adjusted master volume, the volume adjuster is configured to adjust the master volume to correspond to the volume-up or the volume-down and transfer the adjusted master volume to the audio file player.

10. The terminal of claim 6 , further comprising a controller configured to:
switch to an automatic volume adjustment mode if automatic volume adjustment is set in a music playback mode,
play the audio file with the adjusted master volume provided from the volume adjuster in the automatic volume adjustment mode; and
store a last master volume of the audio file upon completion of playback of the audio file, in order to use the last master volume of the audio file as a reference volume for a next audio file.

11. A method for adjusting volume in a terminal, the method comprising:
determining whether automatic volume adjustment is set, if playback of an audio file is selected in a music playback mode;
switching to an automatic volume adjustment mode if the automatic volume adjustment is set;
setting a master volume of a last played audio file as a reference volume in the automatic volume adjustment mode if there is an audio file in a music playback list,
setting a predetermined value as the reference volume if there is no audio file in the music playback list;
extracting a gain from a header of each of a plurality of frames constituting an audio file, extracting an average gain of all gains extracted from the audio file,
setting the extracted average gain as a representative volume;
comparing the representative volume with the reference volume,
adjusting the master volume by a deviation between the representative volume and the reference volume if the representative volume is different from the reference volume;
playing the audio

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Jae-Hyun
• Bang Kyoung-Ho
• Oh Sang-Hoon
• Lee Jun-Soo

Classifications

• H03G3/3026

  the gain being discontinuously variable, e.g. controlled by switching · CPC title

• H04R3/00 Primary

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

• H03G3/04 Primary

  in untuned amplifiers · CPC title

• G11B20/10 Primary

  Digital recording or reproducing · CPC title

• G11B2020/10574

  volume or amplitude · CPC title