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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2001
Valérie Crocitti, Saint Armel, FR;
Pierre Houeix, Cesson Sévigné, FR;
Willem Lubbers, Cesson-Sévigné, FR;
Valérie Crocitti, Saint Armel, FR;
Pierre Houeix, Cesson Sévigné, FR;
Willem Lubbers, Cesson-Sévigné, FR;
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of adjusting the sound levels originating from several audio sources, within a television receiver. The audio components originating from at least two audiovisual or audio sources are received in an audiovisual receiver and mixed so as to generate a single audio signal. The levels assigned to each source can be adjusted by the user with the aid of an icon displayed on a screen. The icon comprises at least two points representing the two sources and a cursor which moves along two dimensions, the distance between this cursor and the point representing a source being proportional to the sound level assigned to this source. The present invention also relates to the audiovisual terminal for the implementation of the method.