Visual responses to a physical input in a media application

US8519248B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kerstin Heitmann · Hamburg, DE
• Robert Chin · Los Angeles, US
• Jan-Hinnerk Helms · Hamburg, DE
• Sascha Hoehne · Oststeinbek, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 20, 2008
• Grant date: Aug 27, 2013
• Expiry date: Jun 27, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G10H2220/231
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A media application for providing outputs (e.g., audio outputs) in response to inputs received from an input device is provided. The media application may connect input mechanisms of an input device with parameters of channel strips (e.g., which may define output sounds) using an intermediate screen object. The media application may first assign an input mechanism to a screen object, and separately map a screen object to a channel strip parameter. The media application may map a screen object to several channel strips simultaneously such that, based on the value of the screen object, the volume of each of the several channel strips changes. The media application may provide a graphical representation of available channel strips using layers. As the media application accesses a channel strip, the appearance of the portion of the layer associated with the channel strip may change. The media application may also allow the patches, which may include several channel strips, to survive after a new patch is selected instead.