KR20080101414A - Terminal and method for playing music thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A terminal for playing music and a method therefor are provided to improve the convenience of a user and play the desired part of music as a user touches due to playing desired part of music repeatedly. When playing music, lyrics on regeneration are indicated in a music play mode(S205). It determines whether to select viewing of the whole lyrics while playing music(S209). If the view of whole lyrics is selected, the whole lyrics of the music is indicated(S211). It determines whether to touch at a specific part of the indicated lyrics(S207). If the specific part of lyrics is touched, the music is reproduced from the touched part of lyrics(S215).

Description

Terminal and its music playback method {TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PLAYING MUSIC THEREOF}

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a terminal for music playback according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a music reproduction method of a terminal according to the present invention.

3A to 3D are diagrams schematically illustrating an example screen according to the music reproduction operation method of FIG. 2.

4 is a diagram schematically showing another example of a music reproduction method of a terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a screen according to the method for reproducing music of FIG. 4.

The present invention relates to a terminal and a method of reproducing music thereof, and more particularly, to a terminal and a method of reproducing a music, in which the user can easily select a specific part of a desired music and accurately reproduce the music from the selected part, when the device is reproducing music. It is about.

In recent years, the terminal has developed into a multimedia device that can provide various additional services such as an electronic organizer function, a game function, a schedule management function as well as a telephone call. In addition, the terminal is able to search for Internet information through the wireless Internet as well as an e-mail service, and its convenience has been greatly increased.

Recently, according to the multimedia trend of the terminal, a terminal with a built-in music player capable of playing a music file has been developed. That is, the terminal capable of reproducing the music file is to listen to the music, such as a conventional music file player or a portable cassette, and reproduces the music file and outputs it through the speaker or earphone of the terminal itself.

When playing music, the user may want to move to a specific portion of the music being played. In this case, the user can move to the desired portion of the music being played by using the fast forward (FF) or rewind (REW) key. The fast forward or rewind key described above shifts the playback point of music at short time intervals, for example, at two second intervals. However, when the fast forward or rewind key is pressed for a long time, the playback time is shifted or the previous or next music is played at a long time interval.

In general, the user wants to move to a specific lyrics portion of the music being played and uses the fast-forward or rewind keys. However, as described above, the fast-forward or rewind key shifts the playback time point of the music being played in units of time, and thus, there is a problem in that the user cannot easily move to the lyrics part of the exact music desired by the user.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a terminal for reproducing music from a portion where a touch is generated and a method for reproducing music when a touch occurs in a specific lyrics portion during music reproduction.

According to another object of the present invention, when two specific lyrics are touched while the section repeat function key is held during music playback, and the hold of the section repeat function key is released, the two specific lyrics sections touched are repeatedly The present invention provides a terminal for playing and a method for playing music thereof.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of reproducing music of a terminal, the process of displaying the lyrics of the music being played in a music playback mode, a process of checking whether a specific part of the displayed lyrics is touched, When the specific lyrics part is touched, the method may include playing music from the touched lyrics part.

Another invention for achieving the above object is a terminal, a memory unit for storing the music and the lyrics of the music, a music player for playing the music, the touch screen structure and the lyrics of the music being played during the music playback And a display unit for displaying a and a controller for reproducing music from the touched lyrics part when a specific part of the lyrics displayed when the music is touched is touched.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A detailed description of preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Before the detailed description of the present invention, the above and below will be described by taking the terminal as an example for convenience of description, but the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, the terminal according to the embodiments of the present invention is a terminal provided with a music player, preferably a mobile terminal, a mobile phone, a wired / wireless phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart phone It will be apparent that the present invention can be applied to all information communication devices and multimedia devices such as audio devices, MP3 players, notebooks and personal computers, and applications thereof.

Example

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a terminal for music playback according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a terminal according to the present invention has a configuration of a display unit 101, a memory unit 103, an input unit 105, a control unit 107, an audio processing unit 109, and a music player 111.

The display unit 101 displays data that is controlled and controlled by the controller 107. The display unit 101 may use an LCD, in which case the display unit 101 includes an LCD control unit, an LCD display element, and the like. When the LCD is implemented using a touch screen method, the display unit 101 may operate as an input unit. In the present embodiment, the display unit 101 is a touch screen.

The display unit 101 displays lyrics of the music being played in the music playback mode according to the present embodiment. Here, the lyrics to be displayed may be displayed only the lyrics portion of the music currently being played, or the entire lyrics of the music being played may be displayed.

The memory unit 103 stores programs and information necessary for the operation of the portable terminal. The memory unit 103 stores music files and lyrics information according to the present embodiment.

The input unit 105 receives a user's operation signal for controlling the operation of the terminal. The input unit 105 performs operations such as entering a music play mode, selecting a music, playing a music, and the like according to the present embodiment. When the display unit 101 is a touch screen, the display unit 101 serves as the input unit 105.

The input unit 105 may include a keypad having a plurality of key buttons, a touch panel that converts a user's contact into an input signal, a pointing device such as an optical mouse, and a rotary dial. A jog dial, a touch wheel that converts a user's contact and contact rotation into an input signal, a scroll wheel that converts a user's rotational motion into an input signal, or an equivalent unit It may be configured to include at least one.

The controller 107 performs a function of controlling the overall operation of the terminal. The control unit 107 may be built-in or external to the music player 111 according to the present embodiment, this embodiment is an embedded form. If the music player 111 selects a particular music from the music list, the music player 111 plays the selected music. The music player 111 is, for example, an MP3 player.

When the music is played and the lyrics of the music being played are displayed, the controller 107 recognizes that a touch is generated in the specific lyrics, and plays the music from the touched lyrics. The controller 107 displays the entire lyrics of the music being played when the entire lyrics view is selected while the music is played and some lyrics of the music being displayed are displayed. In addition, when the controller 107 recognizes that two specific lyrics portions are touched while the section repeat function key is held during music playback, the controller 107 repeatedly plays the music of the touched section. Here, when it is recognized that the section repeat function key is touched again, the controller 107 plays music from the lyrics part of the touched time point. In the present embodiment, the interval repetition function key is described as an "A-B" key of FIG. 5 as an example, but is not limited thereto.

The audio processor 109 plays a music output from the controller 107 or transmits an audio signal generated from a microphone to an audio codec of the controller 107.

Meanwhile, the aforementioned terminal may further include an RF unit for performing a wireless communication function. Here, the RF unit includes an RF transmitter for upconverting and amplifying a frequency of a transmitted signal, an RF receiver for low noise amplifying and downconverting a received signal, and the like.

Hereinafter, the music reproduction method of the terminal according to the present embodiment will be described. 2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a music reproduction method of a terminal according to the present invention, and FIGS. 3A to 3D are diagrams schematically illustrating an example screen according to the music reproduction operation method of FIG. 2.

Referring to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3A to 3D, referring to the music reproduction operation of the terminal according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the controller 107 is in the standby mode of the terminal (S201). In step S203, it is checked whether the music play mode is selected.

When the music play mode is selected, the controller 107 plays the selected music and displays the lyrics of the music to be played on the display 101 (S205). Here, the displayed lyrics may be the currently played lyrics portion of the music being played or may be the entire lyrics of the music.

Subsequently, the controller 107 checks whether a specific lyrics part is touched in the displayed lyrics (S207). The currently played lyrics portion of the music being played is displayed, and a screen in which a touch is generated on the specific lyrics portion is shown in FIG. 3A. As shown in Fig. 3A, while the lyrics portion of the music currently being played is displayed, the user touches a specific lyrics portion that is desired to be played again.

When it is confirmed that the specific lyrics part is touched, the controller 107 plays music from the touched lyrics part (S215). Due to the touch of a particular lyrics part, a screen in which music is played again from the touched part is shown in FIG. 3B. As shown in FIG. 3A, when a specific lyrics part is touched, as shown in FIG. 3B, music is played back from the touched lyrics part.

On the other hand, if it is not confirmed that the specific lyrics portion is touched in the above-described step S207, the controller 107 checks whether or not to select the entire lyrics view of the music currently being played (S209). When the lyrics of the music being played are displayed only in the lyrics part currently being played in step S205, that is, when the music is played in the form as shown in FIG. 3A, the user may select to view the entire lyrics. The screen in which the entire lyrics view is selected is shown in Fig. 3C. As illustrated in FIG. 3C, the user may select the menu key to select the entire lyrics display function among the displayed functions to view the entire lyrics of the music currently being played.

If the entire lyrics view is selected, the controller 107 displays the entire lyrics as shown in FIG. 3C (S211). In addition, the controller 107 checks whether a specific lyrics part is touched in the displayed lyrics (S213). The entire lyrics of the music being played are displayed, and a screen in which a touch is generated in a specific lyrics portion is shown in FIG. 3D. As shown in Fig. 3A, while the entire lyrics of the music being played are displayed, the user touches a specific lyrics portion that is desired to be played.

When it is confirmed that the specific lyrics part is touched, the controller 107 plays music from the touched lyrics part (S215). After that, the control unit 107 confirms whether or not the function is terminated (S217), and terminates the function.

Hereinafter, another example of the music reproduction method of the terminal according to the present embodiment will be described. That is, the music section repetition reproduction method of the terminal according to the present embodiment will be described. 4 is a diagram schematically showing another example of a music reproduction method of a terminal according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a screen according to the music reproduction operation method of FIG. 4.

Referring to FIGS. 1, 4, and 5, the music playing operation of the terminal according to the present embodiment will be described first. As shown in FIG. 4, the controller 107 plays music in the standby mode of the terminal (S401). Check whether the mode is selected (S403).

When the music play mode is selected, the controller 107 plays the selected music and displays the lyrics of the music to be played on the display 101 (S405). Here, the displayed lyrics may be the currently played lyrics portion of the music being played or may be the entire lyrics of the music.

Subsequently, the controller 107 checks whether the interval repeat function key is held (S407). The user may hold the interval repeat function key ("A-B" in FIG. 5) during music playback. Here, the hold means a state in which the corresponding key is pressed.

When the interval repeat function key is held, the controller 107 recognizes that two specific lyrics parts are touched and the hold of the interval repeat function key is released (S409). That is, the user designates a specific part of the lyrics to which the section is to be repeated while holding the section repeat function key in step S407, and then releases the hold of the section repeat function key. A screen showing this process is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the user may hold the interval repeat function key using his left hand, touch 'dong' and 'ri' using his right hand, and then release the hold of the interval repeat function key.

Next, the controller 107 repeatedly plays the music of the touched section (S411). That is, as shown in Figure 5, the control unit 107 repeatedly plays the music of the section from 'dong' to 'ri'.

Subsequently, the controller 107 checks whether the section repeat function key is touched (S413). If the touch of the section repeat function key is confirmed while repeatedly playing the specific section of the music selected by the user, the controller 107 plays the music from the lyrics part of the touched time point and displays the lyrics (S417). That is, when the section repeat function key is touched again, the controller 107 plays music from the portion of the touched point in the conventional manner.

On the other hand, if the touch of the section repeat function key is not confirmed in the above-described step S413, the control unit 107 checks whether the function is terminated (S415), and terminates the function.

Here, although FIG. 5 has been described as an example in which a screen displaying all lyrics of a music being played is not limited thereto. As described above with reference to FIG. 2, the present embodiment with reference to FIG. 5 may also be applied to the case where only the currently played lyrics part of the music being played is displayed. In this case, after selecting the entire lyrics view, the present embodiment may be applied.

Meanwhile, the terminal and its music reproduction method according to the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments and may be variously modified within the scope not departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. This will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art.

According to the present invention, when the music is reproduced, a desired portion of the music can be accurately reproduced by the user's touch, and the desired section of the music can be repeatedly reproduced, so that the user's convenience can be improved.

Claims (10)

Displaying the lyrics of the music being played in the music playback mode; Checking whether a specific part of the displayed lyrics is touched; When the specific lyrics part is touched, playing the music from the touched lyrics part. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying process comprises: Checking whether or not to select the entire lyrics view of the music being played; If the view of the entire lyrics is selected, displaying the entire lyrics of the music being played; And returning to the touch confirmation process. The music playback process of claim 1, wherein Checking whether the interval repeat function key is held; Detecting a touch of two specific portions of the displayed lyrics and releasing of the interval repeating function key when the interval repeating function key is held; And repeatedly playing the music of the touched section. The method of claim 3, wherein the repeating music playback process comprises: The method of claim 1, further comprising releasing the repeated playback of the music when the interval repeat function key is touched during the repeated playback of the touched music. The method of claim 4, wherein the repeating music playback process comprises: And reproducing the music from the music portion of the time point at which the interval repetition function key is touched, when releasing the interval repetition playback of the music. A memory unit for storing music and lyrics of the music; A music player for playing the music, A display unit which has a touch screen structure and displays lyrics of the music being played when the music is played; And a controller for reproducing music from the touched lyrics when a specific portion of the lyrics displayed when the music is touched is touched. The method of claim 6, wherein the control unit, And when the view of all lyrics of the music is selected when the music is played, controlling to display the entire lyrics of the music being played. The method of claim 6, wherein the control unit, And when the section repeat function key is held, and the hold of the section repeat function key is released after two specific portions of the displayed lyrics are touched, the terminal of the music section of the touched section is repeatedly played. The method of claim 8, wherein the control unit, When the section repeat function key is touched while the music of the touched section is repeatedly played, the terminal repeats the play of the music. The method of claim 9, wherein the control unit, And reproducing the music from the music portion of the time point at which the interval repetition function key is touched when releasing the interval repetition playback of the music.

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