Patent ID: 7783057

Claim:
A music player control apparatus for a music player, the apparatus comprising: an earphone having an earphone jack one end of which is connected with the music player, at least one earphone main body line-connected with the earphone jack and configured to output an audio signal delivered through the earphone jack, and at least one function key installed on the at least one earphone main body of the earphone and to which a key signal for controlling a music play depending on a user selection using the at least one function key installed on the at least one earphone main body is input; and an earphone function controller included in the music player, configured to receive a signal input from the at least one function key of the at least one earphone main body, and perform a music play control operation after recognizing the received signal, wherein the received signal is recognized on the basis of a number of pressings or a pressing time of the at least one function key installed on the at least one earphone main body of the earphone and a current operation status of the music player, wherein when the at least one function key is pressed a short one time, a music play operation is performed and when the at least one function key is pressed a long two times, a forward skip operation is performed, and wherein when another function key of the at least one function key is pressed, a backward skip operation is performed and the music is selected.