Electronic apparatus and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9779710-B2
Application number	US-201615130169-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2016
Priority date	Apr 17, 2015
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a plurality of pads, each of the plurality of pads including a touch sensor and an acceleration sensor, a sound output interface configured to output sounds that are set to the respective pads, a display configured to display visual feedback, and a processor configured to, in response to the touch sensor in a pad among the plurality of pads detecting a touch of the pad, and the acceleration sensor in the pad detecting an intensity of the touch that is greater than or equal to a value, determine that a beat is performed on the pad, control the sound output interface to output a sound that is set to the pad on which the beat is determined to be performed, with a magnitude corresponding to an intensity of the beat, and control the display to display the visual feedback corresponding to the beat determined to be performed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a plurality of pads, each of the plurality of pads comprising a touch sensor and an acceleration sensor;
a sound output interface;
a display; and
a processor configured to:
in response to a touch being detected by a touch sensor in one pad among the plurality of pads, and an intensity of the touch that is detected by an acceleration sensor in the one pad being greater than or equal to a threshold value, determine that a beat is performed on the one pad among the plurality of pads;
in response to the touch not being detected by the touch sensor in the one pad, or in response to the intensity of the touch that is detected by the acceleration sensor in the one pad being less than the threshold value, determine that the beat is not performed on the one pad;
in response to determining that the beat is performed on the one pad, control the sound output interface to output a sound that is set to the one pad, with a magnitude corresponding to an intensity of the beat; and
control the display to display a visual feedback corresponding to the beat.

2. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
detect the touch based on a change of a touch value of a touch sensor signal that is received from the touch sensor; and
detect the intensity of the touch based on an acceleration value that is determined based on an acceleration sensor signal that is received from the acceleration sensor.

3. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine that the beat is performed on the one pad of which the touch value is ON and the acceleration value is greater than or equal to the threshold value.

4. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine that the beat is not performed on the one pad of which the touch value is OFF or the acceleration value is less than the threshold value.

5. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
compensate the acceleration sensor signal with an offset for gravitational acceleration; and
determine the acceleration value based on the compensated acceleration sensor signal.

6. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the offset for the gravitational acceleration based on a slope of the electronic apparatus.

7. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of pads comprise a first pad and a second pad, and
the processor is further configured to:
detect a first touch value of a first touch sensor signal that is received from a first touch sensor in the first pad;
detect a first acceleration value that is determined based on a first acceleration sensor signal that is received from a first acceleration sensor in the first pad;
determine that a first beat is performed on the first pad of which the first touch value is ON and the first acceleration value is greater than or equal to the threshold value;
detect a second touch value of a second touch sensor signal that is received from a second touch sensor in the second pad;
detect a second acceleration value that is determined based on a second acceleration sensor signal that is received from a second acceleration sensor in the second pad; and
determine that a second beat is not performed on the second pad of which the second touch value is OFF or the second acceleration value is less than the threshold value.

8. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display the visual feedback at a level corresponding to the intensity of the beat determined to be performed.

9. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display comprises a light emitting diode (LED) corresponding to the one pad, and
the processor is further configured to:
turn on the LED corresponding to the one pad on which the beat is determined to be performed; and
adjust at least one among a brightness and a color of the LED based on the intensity of the beat determined to be performed.

10. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an input interface configured to receive sound content from an external source,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
mix the sound content and the sound that is set to the one pad on which the beat is determined to be performed, to generate a mixed sound; and
control the sound output interface to output the mixed sound.

11. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display the visual feedback based on information of the sound content and the intensity of the beat determined to be performed.

12. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an input interface configured to receive sound content from an external source,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
in a first mode, mix the sound content and the sound that is set to the one pad on which the beat is determined to be performed, to generate a mixed sound, and control the sound output interface to output the mixed sound; and
in a second mode, control the sound output interface to output the sound content other than the sound that is set to the one pad on which the beat is determined to be performed.

13. A method of controlling an electronic apparatus comprising a plurality of pads, each of the plurality of pads comprising a touch sensor and an acceleration sensor, and a sound output interface, the method comprising:
detecting a touch of one pad among the plurality of pads through a touch sensor in the one pad;
detecting an intensity of the touch through an acceleration sensor in the one pad;
determining that a beat is performed on the one pad in response to the touch of the one pad being detected, and the intensity of the touch detected by the acceleration sensor in the one pad being greater than or equal to a threshold value;
determining that the beat is not performed on the one pad in response to the touch not being detected by the touch sensor in the one pad, or in response to the intensity of the touch detected by the acceleration sensor in the one pad being less than the threshold value being; and
outputting a sound that is set to the one pad, with a magnitude corresponding to an intensity of the beat, and displaying a visual feedback corresponding to the beat, in response to determining that the beat is performed on the one pad.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the detecting the touch comprises detecting the touch based on a change of a touch value of a touch sensor signal that is received from the touch sensor, and
the detecting the intensity of the touch comprises detecting the intensity of the touch based on an acceleration value that is determined based on an acceleration sensor signal that is received from the acceleration sensor.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the determining that the beat is performed comprises determining that the beat is performed on the one pad of which the touch value is ON and the acceleration value is greater than or equal to the threshold value.

16. The method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the determining that the beat is performed comprises determining that the beat is not performed on the one pad of which the touch value is OFF or the acceleration value is less than the threshold value.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yu Mi-Ra
• Choi Eun-Seok
• Choi Yong-Wan
• Kang Kun-Sok
• Choi Sang-On

Classifications

• G10H3/146 Primary

  using a membrane, e.g. a drum; Pick-up means for vibrating surfaces, e.g. housing of an instrument · CPC title

• G10H1/0058

  Transmission between separate instruments or between individual components of a musical system (G10H1/0083 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G10H1/42

  comprising tone forming circuits · CPC title

• G10H2220/005

  Non-interactive screen display of musical or status data · CPC title

• G10H2220/081

  Beat indicator, e.g. marks or flashing LEDs to indicate tempo or beat positions · CPC title