FR3026544A1 - - Google Patents

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention relate to adjustable audio playback coordinated with externally presented video imagery. An adjustable audio readout method coordinated with externally presented video imaging includes selecting a movie from a set of movies in a mobile device user interface and downloading into the mobile device persistent memory, an audio file associated with the selected movie. The method also includes starting playback of the audio file via the mobile device and presenting one or more selectable fine-tuning controls in the mobile device user interface. In this respect, the commands respond to a selection thereof by skipping the audio file from a predetermined period. Finally, the method includes responding to a selection of one of the commands in the user interface, skipping the playback of the audio file of the predetermined period.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] The present invention relates to audio playback in a mobile device, and more particularly to audio playback coordinated with a mobile device. an external video playback. [0003] Description of the Related Art [0004] Video playback refers to the presentation on a previously recorded video imaging display substrate. Historically, video playback only included the projection of a multiplicity of frames stored in a movie slab on a screen-typically fabric. The audio playback was performed simultaneously with the playback of the video imagery in a coordinated manner based on the transduction of optical patterns printed on the film in association with one or more imaging frames also printed on the film. Thus, the coordination of both audio and video playback remained the responsibility of a single projection device in the context of traditional film projection. [0005] In contrast to cinematographic films, in the school environment and even in the context of modern visual presentations, the visual reading of a series of images such as a slide show takes place separately from the reading of the associated audio. In this regard, it is common that the presenter starts playback, and in response to a particular signal, such as the presentation of a slide that says "now press play", the presenter can manually start playing a tape audio intended to audibly supplement the presentation of a series of slides in the slide show. Nevertheless, the need for precision in coordinating the playback of the audio cassette with the presentation of different slides is lacking in that each slide of the slide show may remain visible on a presentation screen for an extended period of time. The coordination of the playback of an audio track separately from the projection of a film in a cinema is not a problem under study at the moment because the modern file projectors manage the reading of both the audio tracks. and video. Nevertheless, there are circumstances where an external audio track may be desired to supplement or replace the inherently present audio track during movie projection. For example, for a member of the audience who speaks a language other than the language of the film presented and other members of the audience, it is desirable to simultaneously broadcast an audio track in a native language of the audience member. instead of the audio track of the presented movie that is different from the language of the audience member. However, coordinating the synchronized playback of the additional audio track with video playback without the filmmaker's cooperation can be a cumbersome process of manually synchronizing the launch of playback of the additional audio track with respect to a particular signal of the film. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0007] Embodiments of the present invention address the shortcomings of the art with respect to synchronized playback of an audio track with externally presented video and provide a method, a system and a new and non-obvious computer program product for adjustable playback of a coordinated audio track with externally presented video imaging. In one embodiment of the invention, an adjustable playback method of a coordinated audio track with externally presented video imaging is provided. The method includes selecting a movie from a set of movies in a user interface to a mobile device and downloading into the mobile device's persistent memory an audio file (or track) associated with the selected movie. The method also includes starting playback of the audio file via the mobile device and presenting one or more selectable fine-tuning controls in the mobile device user interface. In this respect, the commands respond to a selection thereof by skipping the audio file from a predetermined period. Finally, the method includes responding to a selection of one or more of the selectable fine-tuning controls in the user interface, skipping the playback of the audio file of the predetermined period. 10008] In one aspect of the embodiment, the set of films is filtered in accordance with a determined location of the mobile device. In another aspect of the embodiment, a user interface display is idle while the audio file is playing. In yet another aspect of the embodiment, the mobile device is in airplane mode while reading the file. audio. In still another aspect of the embodiment, the audio track (or file) is read on a wireless headset communicatively coupled to the mobile device. Finally, in yet another aspect of the embodiment, the controls include a read advance control configured to respond to a selection thereof by advancing the playback of the audio track by a predetermined amount of time, and a read reverse command configured to respond to a selection thereof by reversing the playback of the audio track by a predetermined amount of time. In another embodiment of the invention, an audio presentation data processing system is configured for adjustable playback of a coordinated audio track with externally presented video imagery. The system includes a mobile device that includes a display, an audio circuitry, a memory and at least one processor. The system also includes a module for playing an adjustable audio file executing in the memory of the mobile device. The module includes a program code activated during execution in the memory to present in the display a set of films, to select one of the films of the set, to download into the memory an audio file associated with that of the movies that has been selected, to start playing the audio file via the audio circuitry, to present in the display one or more selectable fine-tuning commands, the commands responding to a selection thereof by skipping the file reading audio of a predetermined period of time and to respond to a selection of one of the selectable fine-tuning commands in the display by skipping the playback of the audio file of the predetermined period. [0010] Additional aspects of the invention will be set forth in the following description, and will become apparent in part from the description, or may be learned by practicing the invention. The aspects of the invention will be realized and attained by means of the elements and combinations particularly set forth in the appended claims. It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are given by way of example and explanation only and do not restrict the invention as claimed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE MULTIPLE VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS [00011] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and form part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention. . The embodiments illustrated herein are presently preferred, it being understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements and instruments shown, in which: [0012] FIG. 1 is a graphic illustration of a process of adjustable playback of a coordinated audio track with externally presented video imaging; FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of an audio presentation data processing system configured for adjustable playback of a coordinated audio track with externally presented video imaging; and, [0014] FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an adjustable playback process of a coordinated audio track with externally presented video imaging. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [0015] Embodiments of the invention provide an adjustable reading of a coordinated audio track with externally presented video imaging. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a user interface may be presented in a mobile device via which an end user may select one of several movies whose presentation is provided in a particular location. Optionally, the films may be filtered to include only films whose presentation is programmed in a location determined to be coextensive with a determined location of the mobile device. Then, an audio track (or file) associated with the selected movie can be downloaded to the mobile device and a user interface command can be presented in the user interface in response to its selection, playing the audio track via the device mobile can be launched. Note that one or more selectable fine-tuning controls may be presented in the user interface to control fine-tuning adjustment of audio track playback by advancing or reversing audio track playback. a discrete number of seconds. In this way, an end user viewing a presented movie simultaneously can fine-tune the synchronized playback of the audio track. In a further illustration, Figure 1 graphically shows an adjustable playback process of a coordinated audio track with externally presented video imaging. As shown in Fig. 1, a selection user interface 120 may be presented in a mobile computing device 110 so as to present a list of movies whose presentation is programmed near a location of the mobile computing device 110. files in the selection user interface 120 may be selected, in response to which an associated audio file 130 may be downloaded into the mobile computing device 110. Next, a read user interface 140 may be presented in the mobile computing device 110 The read user interface 140 may include a read user interface command 150 in response to the selection from which the audio file 130 may be read in the mobile computing device. The playback user interface 140 may further include fine-tuning commands 160, 170 in response to whose selection the audio file 130 may be skipped by a predetermined period. For example, during the initial presentation of a selected movie among the movies in the selection user interface 120, a prompt may be provided in the playback user interface 140 to start playback of the associated audio file 130. selecting the playback user interface command 150 when a particular image is presented in the movie, or when a particular sound is heard in the movie. Optionally, the mobile computing device 110 can audibly detect the particular sound via a microphone and the mobile computing device 110 can automatically start playing the associated audio file 130. Then, since the playback of the associated audio file 130 n is not perfectly synchronized with the presentation of the film, the fine-adjustment commands 160, 170 can be selected to adjust the playback of the associated audio file 130 so as to better synchronize the playback of the associated audio file 130 with the presentation of the movie . The process illustrated in connection with FIG. 1 can be implemented within an audio presentation data processing system. In a further illustration, Figure 2 schematically shows an audio presentation data processing system configured for tunable audio playback coordinated with externally presented video imaging. The system may include a mobile computing device 280 that includes at least one processor 210 and a memory 220. The mobile computing device 280 may also include a display 230 and audio circuitry 240. The mobile computing device 280 may further further include a GPS location system circuit 250 as well as a Bluetooth communication circuit 270. GPS location system circuit 250 may be activated to locate mobile computing device 280 and provide its location to applications that request and function. in the mobile computing device 280. The Bluetooth communication circuit 270 can manage the exchange of audio communications data from the audio circuitry to a Bluetooth headset. A media player 260 may be included in the mobile computing device 280. The media player 260 may be configured to play an audio file loaded into the memory 220 of the mobile computing device 280. Finally, an adjustable audio playback module 300 may be included in the mobile computing device 280. The module 300 may include a program code activated during execution in the memory 220 to present a list of movies whose presentation is programmed for playback in the vicinity of a signaled location by the GPS location system circuit 250. The program code may further be activated to select one of the movies from the list and to download into the mobile computing device 280 an audio file associated with that of the movies that has been selected. . The program code may also be activated to start the playback of the audio file in the media player 260. Optionally, the program code may direct the standby of the display 230 and the airplane mode of the device during the playback of the audio file (for example by disabling the cellular communications of the mobile computing device 280). Finally, the program code may be activated to adjust the playback of the audio file by responding to the selection of one or more user interface commands in the display 230 by directing a directional jump of a predetermined time segment of the file. audio. In this way, the playback of the audio file can be synchronized with the presentation of the one of the movies that has been selected. In yet another illustration of the operation of the adjustable audio playback module 300, Fig. 3 is a flow chart illustrating an adjustable audio playback process coordinated with externally presented video imaging. Beginning with box 310, a location of the mobile computing device can be obtained and in box 320 a list of scheduled movies, filtered in proximity to the location, can be retrieved from a network of computer communications, such as the global Internet. At box 330, one of the movies in the list may be selected and in box 340, an associated audio file may be downloaded from a remote repository into a network communicatively coupled to the mobile computing device. In box 350, the playback of the audio file can be started in the mobile computing device and in decision box 360, it can be determined whether the synchronization of the playback of the audio file must be finely tuned or not in relation to the presentation of the audio file. the one of the films that has been selected. If this is the case, in box 370, the playback of the audio file can be skipped by a predetermined period. The present invention may be integrated into a system, method, computer program product or any combination thereof. The computer program product may include one or more computer readable storage media on which computer readable program instructions are located to cause a processor to realize aspects of the present invention. The computer readable storage medium may be a tangible device that can store and store instructions for use by an instruction executing device. The computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but is not limited to, an electronic storage device, a magnetic storage device, an optical storage device, an electromagnetic storage device, a storage device for semiconductor, or any suitable combination of the foregoing elements. A non-exhaustive list of more specific examples of the computer-readable storage medium comprises the following elements: a laptop diskette, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), a reprogrammable read-only memory (EPROIVI or Flash memory), a static random access memory (SRAM), a compact disc 20 with a read-only memory (CD-ROM), a digital versatile disc (DVD), a USB key, a floppy disk, an encoded device mechanically such as punched cards or structures raised in a groove on which are recorded instructions, and any suitable combination of the previous elements. A computer readable storage medium, as used herein, should not be construed as being transient signals per se, such as radio waves or other electromagnetic waves propagating freely, electromagnetic waves propagating through a medium. waveguide or other transmission media (e.g., light pulses passing through an optical fiber cable), or electrical signals transmitted via a wire. The computer readable program instructions described herein can be downloaded into respective computing / processing devices from a computer readable storage medium or into an external computer or external storage device via a network. for example, the Internet, a local area network, a wide area network and / or a wireless network. The network may include copper transmission cables, optical transmission fibers, wireless transmission, routers, firewalls, switches, gateway computers, and / or peripheral servers. A network adapter or network interface in each computing / processing device receives computer readable program instructions from the network and routes the computer readable program instructions for storage in a computer readable storage medium to the computer. within the respective computing / processing device. Computer readable program instructions for performing operations of the present invention may be assembly instructions, instruction set architecture instructions, machine instructions, machine specific instructions, micro-code, firmware instructions, state setting data, or either source code or object code written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object-oriented programming language such as as Smalltalk, C ++ or the like, and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The computer readable program instructions can run entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone package, partly on the user's computer, and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the computer or remote server. In this last scenario, the remote computer can be connected to the user's computer via any type of network, including a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (VAN), or the connection can be made an external computer (for example, via the Internet using an Internet service provider). In some embodiments, an electronic circuitry including, for example, programmable logic circuitry, user programmable gate array (FPGA), or programmable logic network (PLA) may execute the computer readable program instructions using the computer readable program instruction status information for customizing the electronic circuitry to realize aspects of the present invention. Aspects of the present invention are described herein with reference to flow chart illustrations and / or block diagrams of methods, apparatuses (systems), and computer program products according to the embodiments of the invention. It should be understood that each box of flowchart and / or block diagram illustrations, and combinations of boxes in the flowchart and / or block diagram illustrations, may be implemented by computer readable program instructions. [0027] These computer readable program instructions may be provided to a processor of a universal computer, a specialized computer or other programmable data processing apparatus for producing a maGhine, so that the instructions, which run through the processor of the computer or other programmable data-processing apparatus, create a way to implement the functions / actions specified in the flowchart and / or slabs case (s) of the block diagram. These computer readable program instructions may also be stored in a computer readable storage medium that can direct a computer, a programmable data processing apparatus, and / or other devices to operate in a particular manner. , so that the computer-readable storage medium in which instructions are stored includes an article of manufacture including instructions that implement aspects of the function / action specified in the flowchart and / or the box (s) ( s) of the schematic diagram. The computer readable program instructions may also be loaded on a computer, another programmable data processing apparatus or other device to cause the realization of a series of operational steps on the computer, another apparatus programmable or other device to produce a computer-implemented process, so that the instructions that run on the computer, the other programmable device, or the other device implement the functions / actions specified in the flowchart and / or or the box (es) of the schematic diagram. The flowchart and block diagrams of the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods, and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present invention. In this regard, each box of the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment or part of instructions, which includes one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function (s). In implementation variants, the functions noted in the box may occur in a different order from that noted in the figures. For example, two boxes presented in succession can, in fact, be executed substantially simultaneously, or the boxes can sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending on the functionality involved. It should also be noted that each box of the block diagrams and / or the flowchart illustration, and combinations of boxes in the block diagrams and / or flowchart illustration, may be implemented by hardware-based systems. that perform the specified functions or actions or perform combinations of specialized hardware and computer instructions. Finally, the terminology used herein is intended to describe only particular embodiments and is not meant to limit the invention. As used herein, the singular forms "one", "one", "the" and "the" are meant to include plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should further be understood that the terms "includes" and / or "including" when used in this specification, specify the presence of features, integers, steps, operations, elements and / or from components to utterances, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other characteristics, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and / or groups thereof. The corresponding structures, materials, actions and equivalents of any of the means or steps as well as function elements of the claims below are intended to include any structure, material or action intended to perform the function in combination with 15 d other elements claimed as specifically claimed. The description of the present invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description, but is not intended to be exhaustive or limited to the disclosed form of the invention. Many modifications and variations will occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. The embodiment has been chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and the practical application, and to enable others of skill in the art to understand the invention for various embodiments with various modifications. adapted to the particular use envisaged. [0032] After such a description of the invention of the present application in detail and with reference to its embodiments, it will be apparent that modifications and variations are possible without departing from the scope of the invention defined in the present invention. following appended claims:

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REVENDICATIONS1. A method of controllably reading a coordinated audio file with externally presented video imaging, the method comprising: selecting a movie from a set of movies in a user interface of a mobile device; downloading into the persistent memory of the mobile device, an audio file associated with the selected movie; launching the playback of the audio file via the mobile device; presenting one or more selectable fine-tuning controls in the mobile device user interface, the commands responding to a selection thereof by skipping the audio file playback by a predetermined period; and in response to a selection of one of the selectable fine-tuning commands in the user interface, skipping the playback of the audio file of the predetermined period. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of films is filtered in accordance with a determined location of the mobile device. The method of claim 1, wherein a user interface display is idle during playback of the audio file. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is put in airplane model during the playback of the audio file. The method of claim 1, wherein the audio file is played on a wireless headset communicatively coupled to the mobile device. The method of claim 1, wherein the commands include a read advance command configured to respond to a selection of the same by advancing the audio file reading by a predetermined amount of time. playback recoil configured to respond to a selection thereof by reversing the playback of the audio file by a predetermined amount of time. An audio presentation data processing system configures for adjustable playback of a coordinated audio file with externally presented video imaging, the system comprising a mobile device including a display, an audio circuitry, a memory and at least one processor ; and, an adjustable audio playback module executing in the memory of the mobile device, the module comprising a program code activated during execution in the memory for presenting in the display a set of movies, for selecting one movies of the set, for downloading into the memory an audio file associated with that of the movies that has been selected, to start playing the audio file via the audio circuitry, to present in the display one or more selectable control commands end, the commands responding to a selection thereof by skipping the playback of the audio file a predetermined period and to respond to a selection of one of the selectable fine-tuning commands in the display by skipping the file reading audio of the predetermined period. The system of claim 7, wherein the set of films is filtered in accordance with a determined location of the mobile device. 9. System according to claim 7, wherein the display is idle during the playback of the audio file. The system of claim 7, wherein the mobile device is in airplane mode during playback of the audio file. The system of claim 7, wherein the audio file is played on a wireless headset communicatively coupled to the mobile device. The system of claim 7, wherein the commands include a read advance control configured to respond to a selection thereof by advancing the audio file playback by a predetermined amount of time, and recoil control. configured to respond to a selection thereof by reversing the playback of the audio file by a predetermined amount of time. A computer program product for the controllable playback of a coordinated audio file with externally presented video imaging, the computer program product including program code instructions recorded on a computer-readable storage medium for the computer program. performing the steps of a method according to claim 1 when said program is executed on a computing device. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the set of movies is filtered in accordance with a determined location of the mobile device. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein a user interface display is idle while the audio file is playing. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the mobile device is in airplane mode during the playback of the audio file. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the audio file is played on a wireless headset communicatively coupled to the mobile device. 1e. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the commands include a read advance control configured to respond to a selection thereof by advancing the audio file playback by a predetermined amount of time, and a command playback reversal configured to respond to a selection thereof by reversing the playback of the audio file by a predetermined amount of time.