Method, apparatus and software for play list selection in digital music players

a digital music player and play list technology, applied in the field of accelerometers, can solve the problems of not being suitable for joggers who are not using treadmills, and the biehl treadmill does not address joggers

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-11-01
NOKIA CORP
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However, Biehl does not address joggers who are not trying to follow any particular schedule, or who do not want music as an aide in maintaining a particular workout schedule.
Also, Biehl's accelerometer is attached to devices (each a computing device) mounted on a treadmill, and this arrangement would therefore be unsuitable for a jogger who is not using a treadmill.

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[0020] Suppose a person named Frank wants to go jogging. He puts his headphones on and accesses his music player's options menu, in order to choose “Smart” or “BPM Shuffle” mode. Then he presses a play button on the device, puts the device in his pocket, and starts running. Accelerometer software (AS) functioning as a pedometer within the device generates a BPM value based upon the pace at which Frank is running, and feeds the data to the music player (MP) in the device, in order to pick a song close, or closest, to the generated BMP number. The songs can be stored in a music file meta data area or internal database of the device. Frank starts running slowly, so the first couple of songs that are chosen match his slow pace. Then Frank speeds up, and the MP correspondingly chooses a faster song. After he stops running and switches to walking, the next song will be slower, again matching his pace.

[0021] The MP can also slightly modify the tempo of a single song in order to closely ma...

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An apparatus, method, and software product are used to sense a repetitive motion, such as walking, running, or tapping. Thus, a rate of the repetitive motion is determined. A piece of music is then selected in response to the determined rate, and the piece of music is played. This piece of music has a tempo selected to match or approximate the rate of the repetitive motion, so that the repetitive motion and the music are substantially in harmony.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to accelerometers, and more particularly accelerometers for enhancing an audio experience. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] There are a number of digital music players (MPs) on the market that use a beats-per-minute (BPM) value to create play lists. However, the user must make a choice manually by inputting either a “mood” setting, or by explicitly inputting a desired BPM. It would be desirable to improve the user experience by enabling new methods of selecting songs on digital music players, without requiring manual inputs to determine BPM. [0003] The tempo of a song is the overall speed of the most prominent rhythm (often the drum track in popular music), in beats per minute. Different songs have different tempos, and people often want to listen to a song—or series of songs—that have a particular tempo, depending upon what the people are doing or what mood they are in. [0004] Before invention of the metronome, words wer...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63B69/00
CPCA63B69/0028A63B69/0053A63B2225/50A63B71/0686A63B71/0622
Inventor BURLIK, VOLODIMIRJORDAN, EDWARD
Owner NOKIA CORP
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