BR102012033812A2 - BUTTON AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZED DISPLAY OF AUDIO AND AUDIO INFORMATION - Google Patents

Abstract

MACHINE AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZED DISPLAY OF VISUAL AND AUDIO INFORMATION. The present invention is in the field of communication and provides an apparatus and system for synchronized display of visual and audio information to the user. The invention also provides user interaction with reproduced content such that the reproduction of visual information occurs dynamically in a content display region (4.1). The visual information is updated synchronously with the audio information and the proportion of the amount of audio and / or video information reproduced, illustrated by the gradual padding (8) of a region called a timeline (6).

Description

Patent Invention Descriptive Report

Apparatus and System for Synchronized Information Display

Visual and audio

Field of the Invention

The present invention is in the field of communication. The present invention provides an apparatus and system for synchronized display of visual and audio information to a user. More precisely, the present invention provides for the reproduction of visual information dynamically and synchronized with audio information in order to provide viewing and access to at least part of the reproduced or reproducing content. The invention also provides means for the rapid sharing of said information through different communication channels, including social networking sites, providing the user's online interactivity with the information they receive.

Background of the Invention

When broadcasting information via audio, whether through radio frequencies, online radios or informational announcements, 20 the speaker needs to give a complete description of the content to be transmitted so that the listener can receive the information from the radio. as complete as possible. However, even if the speaker is able to provide a huge amount of detail about the information to be transmitted, the overuse of details in an audio communication may in some cases result in the listener being disinterested or not. be fully understood by the listener, impairing communication.

The need to present information in a complete and dynamic manner is therefore highly necessary, so that it is possible to transmit information in an optimized and assertive manner, without generating the listeners' disinterest. In order to complement the information and facilitate the comprehension of the announced information, radio broadcasters began to make available on their Internet pages, complementary information to those transmitted through audio, which may be such complementary information: texts;

tables; graphic; figures; and / or videos on your site, blogs, social networks or the like, enabling the listener to complement the information transmitted over the radio. This technique, however, is not dynamic and has no sync with other sources of information, making it necessary for the user to access data sources independent of those in which the information arrived initially, which does not provide convenience and convenience.

The current technological advance has enabled the creation of multimedia devices with internet access, such as: tablets; smartphones; computers and equivalents, enabling the user to receive and transmit audiovisual information in various ways and facilitating the complementation of information initially received only by audio.

Searches in the scientific and patent literature have pointed to some documents partially relevant to the present invention, which deal with interfaces for information presentation.

The BBC product known commercially as “iPIayer” is

It is available on the Internet and allows the user to view the schedule grid and choose the program they wish to watch or listen to. "IPIayer", however, refers to a media player without displaying information related to audio streamed content. The present invention differs from said product, among other technical reasons, by presenting visual information in a synchronized manner to the transmitted audio information, in order to provide a complement to the information transmitted to the user, in addition to accessing the synchronized information by means of a timeline that can be interactively manipulated 30 by controlling the sequence of past programming and anticipating the future one. Such features are not present or even suggested or mentioned by iPIayer.

Nokia's commercially known product as “Nokia Visual Radio” refers to a project designed to address the lack of existing information in radio broadcasts by including images complementary to the audio information transmitted to the radio player. In this product, the audio information comes from broadcasting and the visual information comes from the internet, not resulting in perfect synchronization between the 10 information. In addition, the visual information received is limited to very simple data. The present invention differs from said product, among other technical reasons, in that it comprises an interactive and dynamic visual interface capable of providing the user with the selection of the content they wish to hear, the program they wish to watch and / or the news they desire. read. Additionally, the present invention provides for audio information and visual information to be sourced from a single source, enabling perfect synchronization in the display thereof, a fact not suggested or mentioned by Nokia Visual Radio.

GB2428830 describes an interactive information system having a static Iayout interface capable of allowing the user to access various different information on a single screen, such as: a region for video transmissions; a region for climate information; and a chat region for channel users to interact with, as well as allowing the user to share programs and files through their multimedia device with other connected users. The present invention differs from said document, among other technical reasons, in that it provides a system with dynamic output, which is updated according to the transmitted audio information. Additionally, the present invention provides the user with the choice of content complementary to the audio information they access, and can navigate throughout the programming quickly and intuitively, accessing content already transmitted and / or to be transmitted, a fact not suggested or mentioned by GB2428830 .

From what can be inferred from the researched literature, no documents were found anticipating or suggesting the teachings of the present invention, so that the solution proposed here, in the eyes of the inventors, has novelty and inventive activity in the state of the art.

Summary of the Invention

The present invention provides an apparatus and system for synchronizing visual information and audio information display to a user. The inventive concept common to the different objects of the invention includes the concept of providing the user with dynamic visualization of visual information in sync with audio information and providing the user with access to content already played or to be reproduced, Practically and intuitively, it optimizes navigation and information reception through an interactive timeline that controls the sequence of past programming and anticipates future programming.

An object of the invention is a system for synchronized display of visual information and audio information to a user, said system comprising means for:

- reproduce visual information dynamically in a content display region (4.1);

- update visual information synchronously with information reproduced in audio; and

- compute the proportion of the amount of audio information and / or

reproduced video, illustrated by the gradual filling (8) of a region called a timeline (6).

In a preferred embodiment, said system further comprises means for providing a user interaction with the reproduced content. In another preferred embodiment, said content display region (4.1) is subdivided into interleaved indent lines (4.2), each indent of the lines revealing a new content access region (5) provided with information consistent with the display information. audio played at the time the advance is started.

In another preferred embodiment, said content access region (5) comprises a fast sharing region (3), which provides for sharing of information contained in the respective content access region (5) on social networking sites; In another preferred embodiment, said timeline (6) is

navigable, giving the user access to any piece of information reproduced or to be reproduced.

In another preferred embodiment, said timeline is subdivided into segments (7) equivalent to specific portions of the information reproduced or to be reproduced.

Another object of the present invention is an apparatus for synchronized display of visual and audio information to user, said apparatus comprising:

- means for audio reproduction;

- means for reproducing visual content;

- means for dynamically reproducing visual information in a content display region (4.1);

means for updating visual information in a synchronized manner with information reproduced in audio; and

- means for computing the proportion of the amount of information of

reproduced audio and / or video, illustrated by gradually filling in (8) a region called a timeline (6).

In a preferred embodiment, said apparatus further comprises means for providing a user interaction with the reproduced content. In another preferred embodiment, said apparatus further comprises:

- means of reproduction control;

- means for providing rapid sharing of reproduced content;

means for proportionally displaying the amount of content played and to be played; and

- means of navigation over content being played and being played.

In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus is selected from the group.

comprising: cell phone apparatus; tablet, computer; equivalents; or combinations thereof.

These and other objects of the invention will be appreciated by those skilled in the art who may reproduce the invention in the exemplary embodiments described below or in variations thereof.

Brief Description of the Figures

Figure 1 illustrates a first preferred arrangement of regions for visual content display and user interaction;

Figure 2 illustrates a second preferred arrangement of regions for

display of visual content and for user interaction.

Detailed Description of the Invention

The examples shown herein are intended solely to exemplify one of the numerous ways of carrying out the invention, however, without limiting the scope thereof.

In the synchronized display of visual information and audio information of the present invention, the user receives audio information and synchronously with audio information receives visual information with content related to said audio information. In this way, the user has access to additional information to the audio information, in a practical and dynamic way, since the audio information and visual information are transmitted to the user from a single channel and on a single platform.

Audio and visual information is preferably displayed to the user in real time, coming from a single data source, such as broadcasting, satellite, internet, local area networks, or equivalent, or from the memory of a electronic device, in which case the information is previously saved and subsequently reproduced at the user's discretion.

The fact that the real-time display has data derived from a

Single data source provides perfect synchronization between audio information and reproduced visual information.

The system for synchronized display of visual and audio user information of the present invention provides:

The. playing audio information through speakers,

headphones or any equivalent means for audio reproduction;

B. reproduction of visual information through conventional screens, touch screens, projectors or

user view visual information; and

ç. a user's interaction with the playback content through any peripheral devices such as mice, keyboards, joysticks, touch sensors, motion sensors or the like so that the user actively interacts with the playback content.

The system of the present invention further provides the reproduction of

dynamically visual information in a content display region 4.1 such that visual information is updated synchronously with audio information.

Preferably, the content display region 4.1 is subdivided into at least two interleaved indent lines 4.2, i.e. they interleave each other, where each indent reveals new visual content with information related to the audio information transmitted on the such visual content is defined as content access regions 5.

The content access regions 5 are provided with information 5 consistent with the audio information reproduced at the beginning of the advance of said interleaved indent line 4.2, and such information may be any visual information that complements the audio content and / or refer to the same subject, complementing the information transmitted by audio, such as photos, text, graphics and / or graphic content in general. Preferably, content access regions 5 are defined by tables as shown in Figure 1 and Annexes 1 to 7.

Preferably, content access regions 5 are links capable of redirecting the user to a web page, application layer, or specific content (text files, videos, images, tables, graphics, or equivalents) that configure additional visual content. the audio information transmitted to the user, if the user chooses to interact with said content access region 5.

Preferably, when the user interacts with the content access region 5, audio information continues to play, except when access to the content access region 5 redirects the user to content that includes embedded audio, for example. videos. In this case, the audio information is reduced or paused so that the audio of the accessed content can be played to the user.

In the system of the present invention, the proportion of the amount of

Audio and / or video information reproduced is illustrated by the gradual padding 8 of a region titled as timeline 6.

The timeline 6 is preferably navigable, ie it provides the user with access to any piece of information reproduced or to be reproduced quickly and intuitively. Timeline navigation can be straightforward, user interaction directly at the point of the timeline that they want to access content (via a virtual cursor or by contacting a touchscreen device, for example ), or by interacting with play forward and rewind buttons 12 (by means of a virtual cursor, by contacting a touchscreen on the screen in the region where said button 12 is virtually arranged, or by buttons the device used to access audio and visual information in accordance with the system of the present invention).

Preferably, the timeline is subdivided into segments 7, which delimit the specific portions of the information reproduced or to be reproduced, enabling the user to quickly identify the portions of interest and consequently to quickly access them. More preferably, the content access region 5 comprises a fast sharing region 3 for providing sharing of the information contained in the respective content access region 5 on social networking sites 15 such as: Orkut; Twitter; Facebook; Google+; Tumblr, email forwarding, bluetooth or any other equivalent means of data sharing.

The apparatus for synchronized display of visual and audio user information of the present invention comprises:

- means for audio reproduction;

- means for reproducing visual content;

- means for dynamically reproducing visual information in a content display region (4.1);

means for updating visual information in a synchronized manner with information reproduced in audio; and

means for computing the proportion of the amount of audio and / or video information reproduced, illustrated by the gradual padding (8) of a region called a timeline (6).

In a preferred embodiment, said apparatus further comprises means for providing a user interaction with the reproduced content. In another preferred embodiment, said apparatus further comprises means

- means of reproduction control;

- means for providing rapid sharing of reproduced content;

means for proportionally displaying the amount of content played and to be played; and

- means of navigation over content being played and being played.

In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus is selected from the group comprising: cellular apparatus; tablet, computer; equivalents; or combinations thereof.

Preferably, but without limiting the invention, the apparatus comprises:

The. means for reproducing audio defined by at least one of the elements within the group consisting of: speakers, audio output connectors, headphones, or any equivalent means;

B. means for reproducing visual content defined by at least one of the elements belonging to the group comprising: conventional screens, touch screens, projectors or equivalents to provide the user with visual information display;

ç. Means to allow user interaction with the playback content are defined by at least one of the elements belonging to the group comprised of: mice, keyboards, joysticks, touch sensors, motion sensors or equivalents to provide active user interaction with the content. reproduced;

d. reproduction control means defined by the user interaction with the device, the user interaction means with the reproduced content, as defined in the item above, acting on a graphical interface that provides the effect to the invention;

and. means to provide rapid sharing of playback content, triggered by regions of

fast sharing 3 and realized by the functions provided by the device, such as: internet, bluetooth or equivalent;

f. means for proportionally displaying the amount of content being reproduced and to be reproduced, being defined by the

time 6, graphically represented by the visual content reproducing means of the device as defined in item b) above; and

g. means of navigation over the content being played and to be played, providing user interaction with the

reproduced content as defined in item c) above. Example 1 - Preferred Embodiment

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in Annexes 1 to

7, which illustrate the visual and interactive region provided to the user, illustrating the region for content display 4.1 being dynamically updated, according to the currently playing audio information. In said preferred embodiment, the system for synchronized display of audio information and visual information is employed in a newscast, where the visual and interactive region (A) is displayed, while an audio source plays the 25 headlines, characterizing the audio information. .

As headlines are narrated, interleaved indent lines 4.2 advance, revealing regions of content access 5, which are endowed with visual information relative to narrated audio information, defining visual information and, additionally, timeline 6. is gradually filled by checking the gradual fill bar. Looking at attachments 1 through 7 sequentially, it can be seen that as the gradual fill bar 8 advances along the timeline 6, new visual information appears in the content display region 4.1. More precisely, the information appears 5 interleaved on the interleaved indent lines 4.2, configuring the horizontal linear movement of each of the 4.2 lines at a time, interleaved with each other, revealing one content access region 5 at a time, such that region endowed with visual content related to the audio content reproduced at the line advance 4.2. Thus, it is noted that the advance of lines 4.2 occurs in an interleaved manner, that is, a single line advances at a time, optimizing the content display region 4.1.

Additionally, when interacting with content access regions 5, the user has access to additional visual and / or audio information regarding the content revealed by it, thus featuring a fast, practical and intuitive way to gain access to such information, optimizing user navigation and / or learning.

The system of the invention for synchronized display of audio and visual information provides the user with dynamically receiving information and optimizing the use of the region of the device used for content viewing, in the present invention being represented by the visual and interactive region (A ).

When interacting with an information access region 5, the user has access to additional information related to the theme linked to the visual information contained in the information access region 5. In annex 8 a layer showing additional content is displayed after the interaction. with a content access region 5.

In the visual and interactive region (A) as shown in Figure 1 and Annexes 1 to 7, tabs 2 may be noted which provide access to other independent pages or layers, each tab comprising a content type. Appendix 9 shows a page displayed from the user by interacting with one of tabs 2. In the embodiment illustrated in figure 2, the content display region 4.1 is updated according to the audio information played by the device itself. In Figure 2, the apparatus providing the display system of the present invention is a tablet; however the present invention should not be limited to such devices only.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate the knowledge presented herein and may reproduce the invention in the embodiments presented and in other embodiments within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A system for synchronized display of visual and audio information to a user, comprising means for: - dynamically reproducing visual information in a content display region (4.1); - update visual information synchronously with information reproduced in audio; and computing the proportion of the amount of audio and / or video information reproduced, illustrated by the gradual padding (8) of a region called a timeline (6). The system of claim 1 further comprising means for providing user interaction with the reproduced content. System according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said content display region (4.1) is subdivided into interleaved feed lines (4.2), each line feed revealing a new content access region ( 5) provided with information consistent with the audio information reproduced at the time of the beginning of the advance. System according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that said content access region (5) comprises a fast sharing region (3), which provides for the sharing of the information contained in the respective access region. to content (5) on social networking sites. System according to any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that said timeline (6) is navigable, providing the user with access to any piece of information reproduced or to be reproduced. System according to any one of claims 1-5, characterized in that said timeline is subdivided into segments (7) equivalent to specific portions of the information reproduced or to be reproduced. Apparatus for synchronized display of visual and audio information to a user, comprising: - means for reproducing audio; - means for reproducing visual content; - means for dynamically reproducing visual information in a content display region (4.1); means for updating visual information in a synchronized manner with information reproduced in audio; and means for computing the proportion of the amount of audio and / or video information reproduced, illustrated by the gradual padding (8) of a region called a timeline (6). Apparatus according to claim 7 further comprising means for providing a user interaction with the reproduced content. Apparatus according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising: - reproduction control means; - means for providing rapid sharing of reproduced content; means for proportionally displaying the amount of content played and to be played; and - means of navigating content being played and to be played. Apparatus according to claim 7, 8 or 9, characterized in that it is selected from the group comprising: cell phone apparatus; tablet, computer; equivalents; or combinations thereof.