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- Most bookedTRH La Motilla Business & Cultural
32 people looked at this hotel in the last hour
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"Parking space was available in abundance and the staff were friendly and helpful. The hotel was spacious and seemed recently refurbished, but looked rather generic. It seemed more suited for the business traveller than the holiday maker. The pool was big but was covered from the sun by the hotel ..."
A Traveller, Jul 2016, GB
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"Hotel was located near Seville in a small village called Dos Hermanas within easy access to the train station (10-15 min walk to the train station). Trains to Seville are often (every 15 minutes) are quick and comfortable, so we found that hotel to be a good balance between the Seville's hotels a..."
A Traveller, Jun 2015, GB
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- Nuestra Señora de ValmeNo Guest Reviews yet
85 people looked at this hotel in the last hour
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"A bit out of the way and far from the center but ok if you figure out the bus system. Very nice manager and good breakfast."
A Traveller, May 2014, CA
48 people looked at this hotel in the last hour
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"Very friendly staff, especially Tony in the restaurant and desk staff."
A Traveller, Oct 2014, CA
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"I would even say, car is essential as it is outside Seville, in a suburban town, but just next to a major road to the city center. Our room had kitchen, but practically without any cooking equipment. Remember to bring your own if you plan to cook."
A Traveller, Sep 2014, GB
18 people looked at this hotel in the last hour
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"The hotel Staff members were fantastic - they were friendly and welcoming. They provided helpful advice on restaurants, transport and sites to see and things to do. Seville is a great little city to visit with a lot to do. Don't miss the opportunity to get to a flamenco."
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"Lovely large grassy pool area; excellent value buffet breakfast; friendly helpful staff (especially those on the reception) but reception desk is much too small for the size of the hotel so very busy at check-in/out times. A bus or taxi ride to the city centre but buses are frequent and there ar..."
A Traveller, Sep 2016, GB
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"Had my wedding here, great experience. The staff's attention to detail was unexpected and wonderful. The wedding suite is very nice and comfortable. Very nice experience for such a rustic hotel."
A Traveller, Sep 2016, US
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Dos Hermanas overviewDos Hermanas is a budget-friendly place unique for its historical sites, gardens, and sports. You'll find a wide variety of coffee and bar choices. Learn about local heritage at popular landmarks in the area like Plaza de Espana and Alcazar. Seville Cathedral and Maria Luisa Park are popular places to visit. If you're looking for a business-friendly getaway, Dos Hermanas is for you.
Where to stay in Dos HermanasWhether you're planning to stay for a night or for the week, Dos Hermanas has accommodations to fit every need. There are 254 hotels in the Dos Hermanas area and you can shop as many as 156 deals for rooms on Hotels.com, some with discounts of up to 42%.
- • 60 2-star hotels with an average price of $15 per night
- • 75 3-star hotels with an average price of $39 per night
- • 78 4-star hotels with an average price of $51 per night
- • 6 5-star hotels with an average price of $67 per night
Here are the top hotels based on 26734 user reviews of Dos Hermanas hotels:
- • TRH La Motilla Business & Cultural
- • Hotel Leflet Valme
- • Mare Hotel
- • Hostal El Emigrante
How to get to Dos HermanasFly in to Seville (SVQ-San Pablo), 12.1 mi (19.5 km) from downtown Dos Hermanas. Jerez de La Frontera (XRY) is the next closest major airport, 35.3 mi (56.8 km) away.
What to see around Dos HermanasFun activities in the area include these attractions:
- • Benito Villamarin Stadium
- • Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium
- • Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza
- • Olympic Stadium
- • Royal Pavilion
- • Nuestra Senora del Aguila Church
- • Realaje Mill
- • Algarrobo Mill
- • San Telmo Palace
- • Plaza de Espana
- • Alcazar
- • Seville Cathedral
- • Maria Luisa Park
- • Torre del Oro Watchtower
When to visit Dos HermanasIf you're still deciding when to visit, here are the seasonal norms to help you plan:
Seasonal temperature averages
- • January-March: 71°F day, 42°F night
- • April-June: 94°F day, 50°F night
- • July-September: 98°F day, 61°F night
- • October-December: 84°F day, 43°F night
- • January-March: 8.4 inches
- • April-June: 3.6 inches
- • July-September: 0.9 inches
- • October-December: 8.6 inches


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A new ordinance in Lincoln, Ill. will regulate fees and authorize new fines to help reduce false fire alarm calls and generate compensation for the Lincoln Fire Department's costs of various runs due to false alarms.
August 3, 2011
LINCOLN, Ill. — A new ordinance here will regulate fees and authorize new fines to help reduce false fire alarm calls. The fines will also generate compensation for the Lincoln Fire Department's costs of various runs due to false alarms.
The new rule allows homeowners three false alarms within a year, reports the Lincoln Courier. If the fire department receives more than three false alarm calls for residences, the fine will cost $50 for each alarm up to 10 in a year. Homeowners will face fines of $150 for every call thereafter.
Business owners will pay $100 for each false alarm up to and including six within a year. For each false alarm up to 10, business owners will face a $200 fine; a $300 fine will be charged for each false alarm above 10.
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YYoga has donation classes throughout their network of studios – but as the schedule is constantly changing it's best to check their website for details. They will also be having free outdoor summer events.
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**updated 22 June 2013** Unity Yoga Teahouse offers 2 Hatha yoga classes by donation: Yoga Tribe at 9am on Fridays and on Sundays at noon. As well they have a great Karma Yoga program – yoga in exchange for a few hours of your time. They're located on Commercial at 10th Ave and have other many other free, almost free or by-donation classes.
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CAPE CANAVERAL NASA's final visit to the Hubble Space Telescope has been delayed at least a month, until the fall, because of extra time needed to build the shuttle fuel tanks needed for the flight and a potential rescue mission.
Atlantis and a crew of seven were supposed to fly to Hubble at the end of August, but now won't make the journey until the end of September or early October.
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Shuttle program manager John Shannon said it's taken more time to incorporate all the post-Columbia design changes to the external fuel tanks than had been expected.
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I may be wrong, but I believe that a cop in America today would have the power to go into a low income community and get away with anything, including murder, if he carefully selected victims with criminal records.
Granted, most cops are great people who signed up for their job out of a desire, if not a duty, to protect and serve. The idea of ever abusing their power would never cross their minds. For many, all they want to do is help and they would be offended by the very insinuation that they would ever abuse their power. I have great respect for them for that and hope that they will not take my criticism of the system as a criticism of them, because it is not.
American government is based on the ideas of checks and balances, separation of powers, and nobody being above the law. Even the president is not above the law and the Constitution goes through great lengths to make sure of that. We would never dream of saying "oh, but this president is a really good person, so let's go ahead and remove the checks and balances." No, even if he is a great person, we would never give him the power to be above the law.
With police in America, however, our culture has held them up to such an exalted place and put very few checks on their power. At the same time, we have disregarded the needs of poor people, we have discounted the intelligence of less educated people, we often distrust the word of minorities, and we have dehumanized people with criminal records. This has created a perfect situation where a bad individual who happens to be a police officer would have an unlimited amount of power in a low income community.
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What we cannot do, however, is act like police officers are infallible, allow them to be above the law, and defend bad cops when they do bad things. By protecting bad cops and opposing even the discussion of checks on police power, we force people in low income communities into a desperate situation where they are powerless even when it comes to protecting their own lives and their own families.
This problem has gone on far too long. It always gets swept under the rug and mired in controversy because there are more people who love police officers than people who have been victims of police brutality. It is difficult for us to really put ourselves in another person's shoes and understand how they feel, so when we see a person talking about police brutality, instead of hearing their fear and desperation, we think about the good police officer who we know and love and completely disregard, if not attack, the person for their criticism.
After years of being totally ignored, victims of police brutality, and the people who know and love them, have become desperate and use whatever form of protest may get attention.
I don't watch football, but this past week a football player took a big risk by using his position to create a controversy that would force people to hear the cries of these powerless communities. I hope we can use this as an opportunity to look at possible solutions to this problem.


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You shouldn't put too much stock in that theory, you're not going off a whole lot. It makes sense, but we don't know what was going through their heads.
I think she's a rather humorous addition t' the roster. Obviously there's an impossibly large list'a characters who deserve the slot more, but what can ya do. So long as the character isn't broken or just shit; the latter of which is very unlikely; it ain't the end'a the world.
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Skip to comments.Scientists prove humans bred with Neanderthals
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For the first time ever, German scientists have drafted a genome sequence for the Neanderthal and believe their results show that the extinct hominid interbred with humans.
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig analysed some four billion base pairs of DNA from Neanderthals a species which died out more than 30,000 years ago. Initial analysis of the resulting genome sequence draft show that Neanderthals left traces of themselves in the genomes of some modern humans, the study published in this months journal Science revealed.
"The comparison of these two genetic sequences enables us to find out where our genome differs from that of our closest relative," research team leader Svante Pääbo said in a statement.
The DNA fragments came from bones found in Croatia, Russia, Spain and the Neandertal region of Germany. But the scientists had to develop a new method of separating DNA microbes that had lived in the bones for some 40,000 years and the DNA of the Neanderthals themselves, the statement said.
Over 95 percent of the DNA in one sample originated from bacteria and micro-organisms which colonised the Neanderthal after his death," Pääbo said.
Once they were able to compare the human and Neanderthal genome sequences, they discovered that contrary to the common belief that the two species are not related, it appears the two actually bred enough for traces to appear in between one and four percent of modern human DNA.
"Those of us who live outside Africa carry a little Neanderthal DNA in us," Pääbo said.
The scientists compared the genome sequences for European, Asian and Africans against the Neanderthal, and found that humans outside Africa show traces.
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"We will also decode the remaining parts of the Neanderthal genome and learn much more about ourselves and our closest relative," says Svante Pääbo.
The proof - Democrats.
Ping for "abnormal angular displacement" of the hips.
It's all Laz's fault.
Beer goggles were available back then?
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Welllllllllllll....they have also proven man made global warming...
Waiting for the picture of Helen Thomas.....................
In other words, Neanderthals were humans.
Understandable. I've also done some things parties while College that I now regret.
I always have wondered why the Left behaves like a bunch of throwbacks!
nuff said ...
This explains EVERYTHING.
"I'm a Neanderthal man
You're a Neanderthal woman
Let's make Neanderthal love
In this Neandrethal world"
- Hot Legs (early 10cc)
Janet Napolitano
This took place just after one scientist named Bullwinkle, said to another, "Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat."
Were they from the Neanderlands?
Not me, man! I wouldn't do a Neanderthal if I fell head first into a vat of viagra. I'm Cro Magnon all the way!
So sick of the template of "scientists prove".
So you knew a HT photo would show up, didn't you....
The President.
Exhibit a: Helen Thomas
Exhibit b: Janet Reno
Case closed
So, this is how that contest of who can bring the ugliest date to the ball staterd.
Neanderthals are still with us, I see them all the time at SEIU rallies . . . just saying.
Yep and they're all in the White House.
Hey, come on!
It was 2:00 am; they called last call, it was dark....
Janet Reno: the long hairy arm of the law.
Hey, some of those Nenderthal females in front or a warm fire might build a fire of another kind. ummm ummm ummm :-)
She's on another thread.
So Darwinists were wrong when they said Neanderthals were an evolutionary "dead end?" Wow, I wonder what else they could be wrong about...
So, my ex was right? Damn!
"In other words, Neanderthals were humans."
Zebras breed with donkies, but a zebra is not a donkey, nor a donkey a zebra. Cross-breeds are not always sterile.
Neanderthals were considerably stronger than Homo Sapien Sapiens and, despite Hollywood, there is nothing to indicate they were any less intelligent.
IMHO, their downfall was their women were almost as tough as the men — and participated in hunting — resulting in less children.
Homo Sapiens Sapiens specialized in having babies by keeping women to safer professsions.
Democrats lack physical courage. Neaderthals did not.
Give 'em the bum's rush!
"So Darwinists were wrong when they said Neanderthals were an evolutionary dead end?"
Do you see any Neaderthals running around?
lol... just clicked on this thread to see what democrat and/or media pics would get posted... browsing now.
Non-African origin is the key line to the article.
"Hey, some of those Nenderthal females in front or a warm fire might build a fire of another kind. ummm ummm ummm :-)"
More likely a big, tough Neanderthal stubled upon the relatively weak homo sapien sapien female, rapes her, and she gets pregnant.
Life was tough.
Do you see any homo erectus?
A little bit of interbreeding with the dominant species doesn't make them not a dead end. Neanderthals are gone, we've got a small amount of trace elements left, but that's all that's left.
Yep, since we share most of our DNA with everything alive already.
More bad science - do they need a headline for funding?
Was homo erectus a "dead end?"
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This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/850,507 filed May 2, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,990,884 which issued on Nov. 23, 1999.
The present invention is related to network communications and, in particular, to a system and method for controlling multimedia information in audio/video/data system using, for example, a personal computer having Graphical User Interface for user control of multimedia components.
Control of multimedia information in audio/video/data systems may be one of the greatest challenges in today's highly integrated systems comprising many multimedia components. The existence of 200 Compact Disk (CD) changer, for example, creates difficulties in determining how to access the required information on the disk in a simple and user-friendly manner. Hence, users must have means for accessing the multimedia components and information on the recording medium with minimum of effort on their part.
Further, when multimedia components, such as the CD changer, the Video Tape Recorder (VTR), etc. are connected into a single integrated system, interface specifications for each component are typically kept at some central controlling device. If a new component is added to the system, the controlling device must be updated with the interface specification for this new component. This inconvenient procedure is also prone to errors resulting in the inoperative component due to the high likelihood of entering incorrect information in the controlling device. This will prevent the newly added multimedia component from functioning in the system.
In addition, due to the numerous configurations of rooms, concert halls, auditoriums, etc. and many possible sound fields, it is nearly impossible for an audio/video receiver in the integrated system to store all of the sound fields, corresponding to the physical configuration of each enclosed space, in memory. Currently, audio/video receivers have only a small selection of sound fields, because of limited storage capacity and processing power in the audio/video receivers.
A need therefore exists for a system and method for overcoming the above disadvantages.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a system for controlling multimedia information.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an interface between user-controlled programmable controller and audio/video/data system.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide an interface specification, pertaining to a multimedia component, that is transferrable to a programmable controller.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide a plurality of sound fields according to the music type.
These and other objects, features and advantages are accomplished by a method and system for controlling multimedia components for manipulating multimedia information in a data storage medium, where each multimedia component has a plurality of control switches. In accordance with the present invention, instructions representing control operations to be carried out on a multimedia component are entered. The instructions are then converted to at least one command for controlling the multimedia component. The multimedia information is manipulated in the data storage medium based on the command corresponding to the control operations carried out on the multimedia component.
The above-mentioned as well as additional objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become readily apparent from the following detailed description thereof which is to be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a high-level block diagram of the system for remotely controlling audio/video/data equipment in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a functional flowchart of the system according to one aspect of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a detailed block diagram of the interface between Intelligent A/V receiver 10 and PC/Web TV 26;
FIG. 4 is a functional flowchart of the interface block diagram of FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a detailed block diagram of the interface between Intelligent A/V receiver 10 and multimedia components of A/V system 14;
FIG. 6 is a functional flowchart of the interface block diagram of FIG. 5.
FIG. 7 is a detailed block diagram for generating and processing sound fields in accordance with one aspect of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a functional flowchart of the block diagram of FIG. 7.
In all Figures, like reference numerals represent the same or identical components of the present invention.
As a general overview, the present invention allows the user to control multimedia equipment via a cable, a network or a group of networks such as the Internet, for example. From a remote location using a personal computer having a modem and Graphical User Interface (GUI), the user may, for example, turn on a Digital Audio Tape (DAT) player to record a particularly interesting radio broadcast or select a particular album/track on a CD for reproduction on the CD player. Such control of audio/video/data equipment is accomplished in a user-friendly environment with minimum of user effort involved in accordance with the present invention, which will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a high-level block diagram of the system for remotely controlling audio/video/data equipment. Intelligent Audio/Video (A/V) receiver 10 receives information signals via a cable or a wireless medium and reproduces information, represented by those information signals, via output devices 12. For example, a radio broadcast program may be received by Intelligent A/V receiver 10 and reproduced via a pair of speakers.
Intelligent A/V receiver 10 also operates as a controller of the integrated Audio/Video (A/V) system 14. That is, Intelligent A/V receiver 10 has a programmable controller for controlling the operations of multimedia components in the system. This can be achieved via such protocol as S-Links. This protocol fully integrates multimedia components into a single coherent system: the components in this system are automatically configured (e.g., switched to a proper mode of operation) in accordance with the user action. For example, when the user inserts a tape into a VTR, Intelligent A/V receiver 10 changes to the VTR playback mode without any additional user involvement.
In addition, the programmable controller in Intelligent A/V receiver 10 executes instructions of an interface program, such as a "Web" server program, which is located in a data storage of Intelligent A/V receiver 10. This and other features of the present invention will be described in detail hereinbelow.
As previously mentioned, FIG. 1 shows A/V system 14 comprising a plurality of multimedia components such as VTR 16 for recording/reproducing a full motion video or still images on tape, as known in the art; CD player 18 for reproducing music or the like from CDs; and Digital Audio Tape (DAT) player 20 for recording/reproducing digital data on tape. The A/V system may comprise additional multimedia components, such as a DVD player, an analog tape player, mini-disk player, etc. As stated above, VTR 16, CD player 18, and DAT player 20 (i.e., individual multimedia components) form the integrated system that is controlled by Intelligent A/V receiver 10, as explained hereinbelow.
In FIG. 1, Intelligent A/V receiver 10 is connected to the Internet 22 via Network Interface Card (NIC)/modem 24. That is, Intelligent A/V receiver 10 establishes a node—via NIC/modem 24—on a particular network, which is a part of the Internet 22. The NIC serves as an interface for Intelligent A/V receiver 10 by setting up a communications path with users of various networks (forming a part of the Internet) in conformance with the Internet protocol. Alternatively, the dial-up modem may be used for logging on to the network by following the proper communications protocol, as well known in the art.
One of such representative users being on the Internet is shown in FIG. 1. The user has PC/Web TV 26 for controlling A/V system 14 via NIC/modem 28 and the Internet 22. It will be appreciated by skillful artisans that any general purpose computer may be used to control A/V system 14 according to the present invention. Alternatively, a dedicated processor with a conventional input device, such as a keyboard, mouse, etc. for use with the Graphical User Interface program displayed on the monitor, may replace the general purpose computer without any loss in the system functionality. That is, such apparatus as Web TV (an application-specific controller displaying images on the conventional TV) may allow the user the complete control over the multimedia components, such as VTR 16, DAT player 20, CD player 18, etc.
Continuing with the description of FIG. 1, also shown is server 30 connected to the Internet 22. As known in the art, the server is typically a fast-processing computer (a mid-range, a mainframe, multiprocessors, etc.) having a fast access to a local or remote database. According to one aspect of the present invention, server 30 analyzes a reflected test signal to generate sound fields. The sound fields represent acoustical properties of the enclosed space (e.g., a room) to achieve the best listening effects according to the type of music that is currently reproduced on CD player 18, for example. This feature will also be described hereinbelow.
The operation of the inventive system in accordance with one aspect of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2. Let it be assumed that the user desires to listen to a particular album in his/her personal multimedia library consisting of CDs, tapes, etc. In step 200, the user searches the personal multimedia library on the PC. The library contents (by album title, track name, data storage medium, etc.) are stored in a data storage, such as PC memory, hard disk, floppy disk, etc. Using the Graphical User Interface program in conjunction with any conventional input device such as a mouse, keyboard, etc., the user selects, in step 202, a graphical representation of the recording (storage) medium displayed on a display screen of the PC. This operation may be performed, for example, by placing a cursor on the graphical symbol representing the CD and "clicking" the mouse to select that particular CD.
In step 204, the PC retrieves the recording medium attributes from a database and displayed for user control. The attributes of a CD, for example, may be as follows:
Album title
Track names
Performing artists
Volume level
Sound field type
Noise reduction
Favorite track
These representative attributes are retrieved from the database (data storage associated with the PC) and displayed on the display screen for user manipulation. In addition, the recording medium identification (media I.D.) is obtained from the data storage for the system operation. The media I.D. may include Table of Contents (TOC) of each disk or tape.
As known in the art, the TOC on each disk/tape is a special recording area allocated for various "house-keeping" non-informational data about the recording medium, including, among other things, the number of tracks and the length of each track. As also known in the art, information on the disk/tape may be identified by the TOC data. That is, the number of tracks and the length of each track recorded in the TOC area uniquely identify the title of the disk/tape and the name of each track thereon.
In step 206, once the CD attributes are displayed on the screen, the user enters various playback control commands using the GUI program and input device. That is, the user may set volume level, bass/treble, balance, sound field type according to the music, and other attributes as listed above.
In step 208, the user commands are sent to Intelligent A/V receiver 10 where they are converted to a command script file that also contains the media I.D. Namely, Intelligent A/V receiver 10 uses the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) program or other server program to generate the command script file based on the user instructions entered via GUI. The command script file includes a series of commands for controlling A/V system 14 in accordance with a smart control protocol used in multimedia components. For example, the Assignee of the present invention has such a protocol referred to as S-Link™, as mentioned above, for obtaining the fully integrated system.
In step 210, Intelligent A/V receiver 10 identifies, based on the media I.D, the multimedia component for replaying the user-selected recording medium. A look-up table, for example, may be used for such a purpose: a table stored in RAM, for example, containing media I.D. corresponding to the multimedia component (VTR 16, CD player 18, DAT player 20) in A/V system 14.
Intelligent A/V receiver 10 then sends the user playback control commands, as converted by the CGI program for example, to the appropriate multimedia component in step 212. The volume, balance, bass/treble, etc. of CD player 18, for example, are controlled, in step 214, in accordance with the user instructions.
In addition to the above exemplary user selection of the recording medium, in another aspect of the present invention, the user may select a track album or a particular track/scene in the library, without indicating the type of the recording medium. In other words, although the user remembers having a particular song in the personal multimedia library, the user does not know whether the song is recorded on DAT, CD, etc. By retrieving the listing of all of the songs in the library and by selecting the song via the GUI program, the recording medium corresponding to the user selection is identified. This operation may be easily implemented using a look-up table (each song I.D. paired with the corresponding multimedia component), similar to the above-described look-up table for the multimedia components. Once the recording medium corresponding to the user-selected song/scene is identified, the system operation continues with step 202 of FIG. 2, as described above.
Although FIG. 1 shows PC/Web TV 26 connected to Intelligent A/V receiver 10 via the Internet 22, it will be appreciated that this connection does not have to be via the Internet 10 (or any other network for that matter). As shown in FIG. 3, for example, a direct cable between the two components (PC/Web TV 26 and Intelligent A/V receiver 10) may enable the user to control A/V system 14 as described above. Namely, PC/Web TV 26 may communicate with Intelligent A/V receiver 10 via a cable in conformance with the RS232 Serial Bus standard using, for example, Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART). It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that any other bus, such as the IEEE 1394 Serial Bus standard, may be used for establishing communication between PC/Web TV 26 and Intelligent A/V receiver 10.
As known in the art, the "Web" server program may include Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) programs for downloading and uploading text and control files between the user and the network server. These application-specific HTTP and FTP programs are included in Intelligent A/V receiver 10 for providing the interface with PC/Web TV 26.
FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate in detail the interface (communications path) between PC/Web TV 26 and Intelligent A/V receiver 10 as described in the above example in connection with FIGS. 1 and 2. In FIG. 3, like reference numerals represent the same or identical components of the present invention, and the description of those components already described with reference to FIG. 1 will be omitted for clarity.
In FIG. 3, microprocessor 32 executes the program instructions for carrying out various user requested operations. Data storage 34 (Random Access Memory (RAM)/Read Only Memory (ROM)), among other things, provides the storage for various software modules indicated with dashed lines. These software modules will now be explained in detail in accordance with FIG. 4 illustrating the interface operation between PC/Web TV 26 and Intelligent A/V receiver 10.
In step 400, the user desires to establish connection with Intelligent A/V receiver 10 using a "Web" browser program on his PC. As known in the art, the "Web" browser provides GUI access to network servers, for example. In response to this user request, the "handshaking" commands are sent from the PC/Web TV 26 to Intelligent A/V receiver 10. In step 402, under the microprocessor control, Operating System (OS) establishes communication with the "Web" browser via Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Program (TCP/IP) protocol using TCP/IP stack 38. As known in the art, TCP/IP protocol was developed for linking dissimilar processors across dissimilar networks and is currently used for the Internet communications.
In step 404, in response to the user instructions to obtain a graphics image of the multimedia component, the "Web" browser program, as executed by the processor, generates "GET Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) Page" command for Intelligent A/V receiver 10. HTTP server module 40 responds to the processor-executed instructions of the "Web" browser by transferring the graphics image of the multimedia component to PC/Web TV 26.
In step 408, the user requests various operations to be performed on the multimedia component. Such operations may include the volume control, bass/treble, balance, etc. as mentioned above in connection with FIGS. 1 and 2. In step 410, a data file containing the user requested commands is generated in PC/Web TV 26.
In step 412, FTP module 42 transfers the data file to Intelligent A/V receiver 10 for use by interface applications 44. Interface applications 44 residing in data storage 34 perform the actual control operations of the multimedia components (VTR 16, DAT player 20, CD player 18) of A/V system 14.
In step 414, using the CGI program, HTTP server module activates the appropriate interface application having its data obtained from the data file. In step 416, the multimedia component is then controlled by the interface application according to the user request. Namely, the volume is adjusted to the desired level, a particular track is reproduced, etc.
FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrate in detail the interface between multimedia components of A/V system 14 and Intelligent A/V receiver 10, as described in the above example in connection with FIGS. 1 and 2. Again, like reference numerals represent the same or identical components of the present invention, and the description of those components already described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3 will be omitted.
In conventional interfaces, such as for example an infrared (IR) remote control device controlling a television set, there is no reverse channel communication. That is, the television set cannot transmit control information to the IR remote control device. This prior art one-way communication may present a problem in the systems where additional components are to be added. In these conventional systems, the controlling device must be reprogrammed (updated) with the new interface information to add this new component to the system.
To overcome the above disadvantage, FIG. 5 shows VTR 16 and CD player 18 containing programmable processors 52, 52′ and various software modules comprising the interface specifications for those components. The program instructions in those software modules are executed by programmable processors 52, 52′. Namely, in accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the interface data required for connecting the multimedia component of A/V system 14 to Intelligent A/V receiver 10 is located in a data storage (RAM, ROM, or other memory device) of that component.
For example, ROM of VTR 16 contains a bit-mapped graphics module, in conformance with Graphics Interface Format (GIF) 136 for example, for encoding and displaying the graphics image of the multimedia component. In addition, the graphics image of control switches located on the multimedia component is generated on the display screen of PC/Intelligent A/V receiver 10 or PC/Web TV 26 as a result of executing the GIF-based program. Also included in the component memory are various audio/image compression algorithms 138, such as, for example, Motion Picture Expert Group (MPEG) or Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), as applicable. These algorithms are used for reducing the amount of data that needs to be recorded on the recording medium for high fidelity reproduction. The description of each control switch (on/off, volume control, bass/treble, balance, etc.) is stored in another ROM/RAM module 140. In addition, another software module 142 contains the code needed to operate each control switch.
In operation, as illustrated in FIG. 6, using the GUI program at PC/Web TV 26, the user selects a multimedia component in his or her A/V system 14 and requests control of that component in step 600. In step 602, the selected multimedia component transfers an appropriate application program to Intelligent A/V receiver 10. The application program includes interface specifications (modules 136, 138, 140 and 142 of FIG. 5) for that particular component. Once the application program is transferred to Intelligent A/V receiver 10, the graphics image of the component and its control switches are displayed in step 604 for user manipulation and control. That is, all of the necessary graphics and control files in a single application are transferred from the multimedia component for providing a seamless interface between that component and Intelligent A/V receiver 10 without the need for controller update, and for allowing the user to control A/V system 14 using PC/Web TV 26.
In yet another aspect of the present invention, various sound fields, based on the music type and the room in which A/V system 14 is located, are generated and transferred to Intelligent A/V receiver 10 for use in the appropriate interface application program. The sound fields create the listening effect, as if one is, for example, in a jazz club listening to jazz, by using the room configuration and objects in the room.
FIG. 7 shows representative room 46 with Intelligent A/V receiver 10, among other things. Connected to Intelligent A/V receiver 10 are a pair of speakers 48 and microphone 50. Server 30 is communicatively coupled with Intelligent A/V receiver 10 via a direct cable, a network, the Internet 22, etc.
In conjunction with FIG. 7, FIG. 8 illustrates the operation of the system according to this aspect of the present invention. In step 800, Intelligent A/V receiver 10 generates a test signal which may be a pulse, a sine wave, etc. In step 802, the generated test signal is transmitted from the speakers 48. In step 804, Intelligent A/V receiver 10 receives the signal reflected from various objects in room 46. It is noted that the walls, ceiling, floor, furniture, etc. located along the propagation path of the test signal cause the signal reflections and deflections which are picked up by microphone 50. That is, the test signal bounces off the various objects and is received by microphone 50 of Intelligent A/V receiver 10.
The received signal is sampled by A/D converters (not shown) in Intelligent A/V receiver 10, and then stored. Next, Intelligent A/V receiver 10 transfers the sampled signal to server 30 in step 806. In step 808, server 30 analyzes the sampled signal to generate a plurality of sound fields according to the room configuration. Under control of Intelligent A/V receiver 10, multimedia information is reproduced in step 812 using the sound fields generated by server 30 and in accordance with the user request.
Having described specific preferred embodiments of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to those precise embodiments, and that various changes and modifications may be effected therein by one skilled in the art without departing from the scope or the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
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