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US 2003/0147625 A1Published application
Music storage apparatus and picture storage apparatus
AssigneeAlpine Electronics, Inc.
InventorTakayuki Takada
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Abstract
In a music storage apparatus, a control unit controls a signal switching unit so that audio signals supplied from a digital radio tuner or a CD player are transmitted to both an amplifier and an encoder. The control unit also determines whether a musical piece is completely provided to the user, based on program information or TOC information obtained from the digital radio tuner or the CD player. Audio signals of a musical piece that is incompletely provided are deleted from a hard disk.
Claims21
A music storage apparatus comprising:
- an audio signal source for supplying audio signals;
- an audio-signal recording unit for recording the audio signals supplied from said audio signal source;
- an audio-signal switching unit for providing one of the audio signals supplied from said audio signal source and the audio signals recorded in said audio-signal recording unit;
- and
- a control unit for controlling said audio-signal recording unit and said audio-signal switching unit in response to an operation by a user,
- wherein said control unit starts recording audio signals of a musical piece in said audio-signal recording unit in synchronization with the start of playing of the musical piece, leaves audio signals of an unoperated musical piece in said audio-signal recording unit, and deletes audio signals of an operated musical piece from said audio-signal recording unit, the unoperated musical piece not being subjected to a specific operation during the playing thereof, and the operated musical piece being subjected to the specific operation during the playing thereof.
3 more elements
A music storage apparatus comprising:
- an audio signal source for supplying audio signals;
- an audio-signal recording unit for recording the audio signals supplied from said audio signal source;
- an audio-signal switching unit for providing one of the audio signals supplied from said audio signal source and the audio signals recorded in said audio-signal recording unit;
- and
- a control unit for controlling said audio-signal recording unit and said audio-signal switching unit in response to an operation by a user,
- wherein said control unit starts recording audio signals of a musical piece in said audio-signal recording unit in synchronization with the start of playing of the musical piece, and adds, to the audio signals to be recorded in said audio-signal recording unit, data for discriminating between an unoperated musical piece that is not subjected to a specific operation and an operated musical piece that is subjected to the specific operation during the playing thereof.
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A picture storage apparatus comprising:
- a video signal source for supplying video signals;
- a video-signal recording unit for recording the video signals supplied from said video signal source;
- a video-signal switching unit for providing one of the video signals supplied from said video signal source and the video signals recorded in said video-signal recording unit;
- and
- a control unit for controlling said video-signal recording unit and said video-signal switching unit in response to an operation by a user, wherein said control unit starts recording video signals of a program in said video-signal recording unit in synchronization with the start of the program, leaves video signals of an unoperated program in said video-signal recording unit, and deletes video signals of an operated program from said video-signal recording unit, the unoperated program not being subjected to a specific operation before the end of the program, and the operated musical piece being subjected to the specific operation before the end of the program.
2 more elements
A picture storage apparatus comprising:
- a video signal source for supplying video signals;
- a video-signal recording unit for recording the video signals supplied from said video signal source;
- a video-signal switching unit for providing one of the video signals supplied from said video signal source and the video signals recorded in said video-signal recording unit;
- and
- a control unit for controlling said video-signal recording unit and said video-signal switching unit in response to an operation by a user,
- wherein said control unit starts recording video signals of a program in said video-signal recording unit in synchronization with the start of the program, and adds, to the video signals to be recorded in said video-signal recording unit, data for discriminating between an operated program that is not subjected to a specific operation and an operated program that is subjected to the specific operation before the end of the program.
3 more elements
An automated method of storing a program comprising one of audio and video, the method comprising:
- supplying audio and/or video signals for playing a program from a signal source, for listening and/or viewing by a user;
- recording the program if a specified operation by the user is not instructed during playing of said program;
- and
- not recording the program if said specified operation by the user is instructed during playing of said program.
1 more element
A method according to claim 17, wherein the specified operation includes at least one of stopping, fast-forwarding, fast reversing, tracking-up, tracking-down, scanning, and channel change.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.