Sound System Visualization for Multi-Speaker Output Status
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in understanding the functionality and features of sound systems until they purchase and use sound output devices, and struggle to visualize the operating status of multiple sound output devices, especially in stereophonic sound environments.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device and method for visually displaying sound output forms and systems, including a list of available sound systems, selecting a desired system, and providing sound visualization data based on user inputs and audio environment information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users purchase and use sound output devices to understand sound system functionality, then users can experience stereophonic sound, but users cannot understand the sound system's functionality or predict its features before purchase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the sound system environment through graphical user interface elements that replicate the spatial arrangement and operational characteristics of physical sound output devices. Users can interact with virtual representations of speakers, sound bars, and audio channels to experience and understand sound system functionality before making purchase decisions, eliminating the need to physically possess the equipment to grasp its capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a graphical user interface as an intermediary between the user and the sound system. This interface mediates the user's understanding by visually representing sound output devices, their positions, and operational status, allowing users to predict features and functionality without direct physical interaction with the actual sound equipment.
2Reliability
If users use multiple sound output devices for stereophonic sound, then sound quality improves, but users cannot clearly understand the operating status of multiple sound output devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions the representation of sound output device operating status from the auditory dimension alone to a visual dimension through graphical user interface elements. By displaying visual indicators such as icons, color-coded status markers, and spatial arrangements on a screen, the system enables users to detect and measure the operating status of multiple sound output devices simultaneously, converting an inherently auditory monitoring task into a visual one that is easier to comprehend.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the complex operating status information of multiple sound output devices into distinct visual elements within the graphical user interface. Each sound output device is represented by separate visual indicators showing its specific status, allowing users to individually monitor and understand the state of each device rather than perceiving a unified undifferentiated audio signal.
Data Source
AI summary
An operating method of an electronic device may include: obtaining content data; displaying an audio system list comprising at least one audio system that is usable for the content data; identifying an audio system from the at least one audio system; obtaining information about a plurality of audio output devices included in the audio system; obtaining audio data of the plurality of audio output devices by decoding the content data on the basis of the information about the plurality of audio output devices; generating output information of the plurality of audio output devices, for the content data, on the basis of the audio data of the plurality of audio output devices; generating sound visualization data for the content data on the basis of the information about the plurality of audio output devices and the output information of the plurality of audio output devices; and displaying a screen on the basis of the content data and the sound visualization data. Various other embodiments identified by the specification are possible.