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US 11,081,136 B2Granted
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKyosuke Matsumoto, Yushi Yamabe, Tetsunori Itabashi, Kohei Asada
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Abstract
[Object] To provide an information processing apparatus by which sound can be smoothly re-listened to. [Solution] There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a reproduction processing unit that performs reproduction of a recorded sound on a basis of a reproduction start instruction for starting re-listening of the recorded sound from a position tracking back a predetermined time from a reproduction start time, at which the reproduction start instruction is input, to a position of a present time.
Claims16
A hearing-aid apparatus comprising:
- a reproduction processor configured to process a recorded audio signal based on a relistening instruction inputted at an instruction time;
- an input receiver configured to receive user input;
- and
- a sound synthesizer configured to generate a sound signal to be outputted, the sound signal being generated based on one of:
- a relistening signal from the reproduction processor and the recorded audio signal,
- wherein the relistening instruction causes the reproduction processor to process the recorded audio signal such that the relistening signal includes a first portion of the recorded audio signal starting from a start time set at a predetermined amount of time before the instruction time, and also includes a second portion corresponding to a catchup segment of the recorded audio signal from the instruction time to a current time,
- wherein the predetermined amount of time is based on input by a user and corresponds to an amount of time to track back from the instruction time,
- wherein, the sound synthesizer generates the sound signal such that:
- the second portion has a faster speed than a speed of a remainder of the sound signal, and
- upon reaching a current time of the recorded audio signal, outputs the sound signal at a real-time speed, and
- wherein the input receiver is configured to receive user input of any one or any combination of:
- the relistening instruction,
- a selection of the predetermined amount of time for the first portion, and
- a stop instruction to cause the sound synthesizer to stop generating the sound signal based on the relistening signal before an end of the relistening signal is reached.
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A hearing-aid apparatus comprising:
- an audio device configured to acquire an audio signal, produce a digitized signal from the audio signal, produce a recorded signal from the digitized signal, and output a sound signal;
- and
- an information processor that includes:
- a user interface configured to receive input from a user, and
- a reproduction processor configured to process the recorded audio signal based on a relistening instruction inputted at an instruction time,
- wherein the audio device includes a sound synthesizer configured to generate the sound signal based on one of:
- a relistening signal from the reproduction processor and the recorded audio signal,
- wherein the relistening instruction causes the reproduction processor to process the recorded audio signal such that the relistening signal includes a first portion of the recorded audio signal starting from a start time set at a predetermined amount of time before the instruction time, and also includes a second portion corresponding to a catchup segment of the recorded audio signal from the instruction time to a current time,
- wherein the predetermined amount of time is based on input by a user and corresponds to an amount of time to track back from the instruction time,
- wherein, the sound synthesizer generates the sound signal such that:
- the second portion has a faster speed than a speed of a remainder of the sound signal, and
- upon reaching a current time of the recorded audio signal, outputs the sound signal at a real-time speed, and
- wherein the user interface is configured to receive user input of any one or any combination of:
- the relistening instruction,
- a selection of the predetermined amount of time for the first portion, and
- a stop instruction to cause the sound synthesizer to stop generating the sound signal based on the relistening signal before an end of the relistening signal is reached.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer, cause the computer to function as a hearing-aid apparatus,
- wherein the hearing-aid apparatus comprises:
- a reproduction processor configured to process a recorded audio signal based on a relistening instruction inputted at an instruction time,
- an input receiver configured to receive user input, and
- a sound synthesizer configured to generate a sound signal to be outputted, the sound signal being generated based on one of:
- a relistening signal from the reproduction processor and the recorded audio signal,
- wherein the relistening instruction causes the reproduction processor to process the recorded audio signal such that the relistening signal includes a first portion of the recorded audio signal starting from a start time set at a predetermined amount of time before the instruction time, and also includes a second portion corresponding to a catchup segment of the recorded audio signal from the instruction time to a current time,
- wherein the predetermined amount of time is based on input by a user and corresponds to an amount of time to track back from the instruction time,
- wherein the relistening signal is configured to cause the sound synthesizer to generate the sound signal such that:
- the second portion has a faster speed than a speed of a remainder of the sound signal, and
- upon reaching a current time of the recorded audio signal, the sound signal is output at a real-time speed, and
- wherein the input receiver is configured to receive user input of any one or any combination of:
- the relistening instruction,
- a selection of the predetermined amount of time for the first portion, and
- a stop instruction to cause the sound synthesizer to stop generating the sound signal based on the relistening signal before an end of the relistening signal is reached.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.