Disc reproduction system with sequential reproduction of audio and image data
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTakeshi Kato, Takeshi Miura
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Abstract
A disc reproducing apparatus for reproducing a disc on which at least audio data such as sound, music or the like and image data such as pictures, characters or the like are recorded is comprised of a reproducing device for reproducing audio data recorded on the disc, a memory for writing therein image data recorded on the disc, a video signal generating circuit for generating a video signal on the basis of image data stored in the memory, a display supplied with the video signal and displaying thereon the image data, and an image processor for writing the image data on the memory when the audio data is reproduced and selecting the image data written so that selected image data is sequentially displayed on the display.
Claims9
A disc reproducing apparatus for reproducing a disc on which at least audio data, for playing back as sound, and image data, corresponding to visual displays, are recorded, the disc reproducing apparatus comprising:
- reproducing means for reproducing audio data recorded on the disc;
- memory means for storing image data received from the disc;
- video signal generating means for generating a video signal on the basis of the image data stored in the memory means;
- display means supplied with the video signal and for displaying a display based on the video signal which corresponds to the image data;
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- image processing means for storing the image data in the memory means when the audio data is reproduced and selecting the stored image data so that displays corresponding to selected image data are sequentially displayed on the display means, such that the displays are changed in sequence based upon the passage of predetermined amounts of time measured from the start of reproduction of the audio data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.