Audio playing apparatus and system having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9723427-B2
Application number	US-201414508800-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2014
Priority date	Oct 8, 2013
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed is a system including an audio playing apparatus which includes a memory, a wireless communication unit and a controller. The memory stores first data including at least one music information. The wireless communication unit receives, from an exterior, second data including at least one music information. The controller forms an integrated music list using the first and second data. In the audio playing apparatus, the controller performs a control method including comparing a plurality of music information constituting the first and second data; extracting overlapping music information included in the first and second data; and selecting one music information from the pair of overlapping music information. Thus, a user can more easily form a desired music list.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An audio playing apparatus, comprising:
a speaker;
a memory configured to store first data including at least one music information;
a wireless communication unit capable of receiving, from an exterior, second data including at least one music information;
a controller capable of forming an integrated music list using the first and second data; and
a display unit capable of displaying the integrated music list including a plurality of music information bars corresponding to plurality of music included in the first or second data;
wherein the controller is capable of:
comparing a plurality of music information constituting the first and second data;
extracting overlapping music information included in the first and second data; and
selecting one music information from the pair of overlapping music information, and
wherein the controller is further configured to: play, via the speaker, a second music included in the second data;
display a first displaying bar overlapped with one portion of one music information bar corresponding to the second music;
extend the first displaying bar as time to play the second music elapses;
search music information similar to the second music in the first data when wireless communication connection to the exterior is limited while the second music included in the second data is being played;
stop extending the first displaying bar when a playing of the second music is stopped due to interruption of wireless communication;
display an additional music information bar corresponding to the searched music information;
play, via the speaker, a searched music based on the searched music information when the playing of the second music is stopped;
display a second displaying bar overlapped with one portion of the additional music information bar on a position corresponding to a point where the first displaying bar stops extending; and
extend the second displaying bar from the position while the searched music is played via the speaker,
wherein the first displaying bar and the second displaying bar are displayed together,
wherein the first displaying bar does not extend while the searched music is played via the speaker, and
wherein music information includes a music playing file played via the speaker.

2. The audio playing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller searches music information matched to a first music in the second data, when a playing sound quality of the first music in the integrated music list is lower than a predetermined reference sound quality.

3. The audio playing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, when music information matched to a first music does not exist in the second data, the controller extracts, from the second data, a similar music including music information similar to the first music.

4. The audio playing apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the controller controls the wireless communication unit to receive subordinate information related to the first music, and
wherein the controller controls the memory to store the received subordinate information together with the first music.

5. The audio playing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller compares a predetermined reference sound quality with the playing sound quality of music included in the music information constituting the first data.

6. The audio playing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, when a similar music included in the similar music information is the same music as the second music, the controller plays the similar music from a playing time of the similar music, corresponding to the suspension time of the second music.

7. The audio playing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, when a similar music included in the similar music information is different from the second music, the controller suspends the playing of the second music and plays the similar music from the beginning.

8. The audio playing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display unit outputs a pop-up window including information on that the playing of music being played is limited when the wireless communication connection is limited.

9. The audio playing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display unit displays a source image of each music information representing the first or second data.

10. The audio playing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first and second data further include subordinate information related to each music,
wherein the controller controls the wireless communication unit to receive additional music information based on the subordinate information, and
wherein the controller forms music information extracted from the first and second data based on the subordinate information and an additional music list including the extracted music information.

11. The audio playing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the speaker is configured to output a sound based on a digital signal received from the wireless communication unit,
wherein the controller analyzes music information included in the sound, and
wherein the controller forms an additional music list by extracting the overlapping listening music information from the first and second data.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Sangyeop
• Lee Jooeun
• Noh Pilyoung
• Jeon Jeanhee

Classifications

• H04W4/005 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04R2420/07

  Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones · CPC title

• G11B27/034

  on discs (G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04R1/1041

  Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements (switches in general H01H) · CPC title

• H04L67/1095

  Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes · CPC title