Shaomin S Peng

US Patent:

20130065213, Mar 14, 2013

Filed:

Sep 13, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/231778

Inventors:

Ping Gao - South Pasadena CA, US
Shaomin Sharon Peng - Agoura Hills CA, US

Assignee:

Harman International Industries, Incorporated - Northridge CA

International Classification:

G09B 15/00

US Classification:

434307 A

Abstract:

A system adapted to process non-karaoke-mode audio content for karaoke presentations is provided. An audio filter module filters a vocal portion from the non-karaoke-mode audio content to obtain filtered audio content. An audio rendering module renders the filtered audio content to generate an audio signal for output of the filtered audio content at an audio output device. A lyric acquiring module acquires lyric information associated with the non-karaoke-mode audio content. A lyric rendering module renders the lyric information to generate a display signal for display of the lyric information such that the lyric information is adapted to be displayed synchronously with the output of the filtered audio content.

US Patent:

20160142029, May 19, 2016

Filed:

Jul 18, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/904845

Inventors:

- Stamford CT, US
Shaomin Sharon PENG - Agoura Hills CA, US

International Classification:

H03G 7/00
H04R 3/00

Abstract:

A volume controller may maintain a volume mapping including a plurality of zones of volume level, each zone defined according to a range of included volume levels and specifying a volume ramp up control rate and a volume ramp down control rate for adjustment of volume levels within the range, determine, according to the volume mapping based on a current volume level and a direction of a requested volume change, a step value for adjusting the current volume level, and adjust the current volume level according to the step value.