Data recording and reproducing apparatus and data reproducing apparatus
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsMichio Nagai, Hiroaki Miura, Miyuki Shiojima, Osamu Kowatari
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Abstract
A data recording and reproducing apparatus has a reproduction-only mode capable of reproducing a voice file and a recording and reproducing mode capable of recording and reproducing a voice file as an operating mode. An operating mode switching section automatically switches the operating mode to the recording and reproducing mode when an instruction to record a voice file is given in the reproduction-only mode. A recording section records the voice file after the operating mode is switched to the reproduction-only mode.
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A data recording and reproducing apparatus having a reproduction-only operating mode capable of reproducing a voice file and a recording and reproducing operating mode capable of recording and reproducing a voice file, comprising:
- operating mode switching means for switching the operating mode to the recording and reproducing mode when an instruction to record a voice file is given in the reproduction-only mode;
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- recording means for recording the voice file after the operating mode is switched to the recording and reproducing mode.
A data recording and reproducing apparatus having a first operating mode capable of control related to both reproducing and recording a voice file coded by a first coding scheme and a second operating mode capable of control related to only reproduction out of reproducing and recording a voice file coded by a second coding scheme, comprising:
- operating mode switching means for switching an operating mode to the first operating mode when an instruction to record a voice file is given in the second operating mode;
- and
- recording means for recording the voice file by the first coding scheme after the operating mode is switched to the first operating mode.
A data recording and reproducing apparatus having a player mode serving as an operating mode related to control of only reproduction out of reproducing and recording voice data and a recorder mode serving as an operating mode capable of control related to both reproducing and recording voice data, comprising:
- search means for fast-forwarding or fast-reversing voice data;
- reproducing means for reproducing voice data;
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- control means for controlling reproduction of voice data during operation of fast-forwarding or fast-reversing voice data by the search means, in accordance with the operating modes.
A data recording and reproducing apparatus having a first operating mode capable of control related to both reproducing and recording a voice file and a second operating mode capable of control related to only reproduction out of reproducing and recording a voice file, comprising setting means for setting an upper limit of a reproduction level when audio data is reproduced in the second operating mode.
A data recording and reproducing apparatus having a first operating mode capable of processing first coded data and a second operating mode capable of processing second data whose sound quality is higher than that of the first coded data, comprising:
- warning means for giving a warning when a volume value is a given value or more when an operating mode is shifted to other operating mode;
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- inhibiting means for inhibiting voice data from being reproduced until a given operation is performed when the volume value is the given value or more when the operating mode is shifted to other operating mode.
A data reproducing apparatus having a first operating mode capable of reproducing a voice file coded by a first coding scheme and a second operating mode capable of reproducing a voice file coded by a second coding scheme comprising:
- time setting means for setting arbitrary set time;
- selecting means for selecting an arbitrary voice file;
- reproducing means for reproducing a voice file;
- control means for performing control to reproduce the selected voice file when an operating mode in which the set time comes corresponds to an operating mode capable of reproducing the selected voice file;
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- warning means for giving a warning when the operating mode in which the set time comes differs from the operating mode capable of reproducing the selected voice file.
A data reproducing apparatus capable of recording a first voice file processable only in a first operating mode and a second voice file processable only in second operating mode, comprising:
- time setting means for setting arbitrary set time;
- selecting means for selecting an arbitrary voice file;
- reproducing means for reproducing a voice file;
- control means for performing control to reproduce the selected voice file when an operating mode in which the set time comes corresponds to an operating mode corresponding to the selected voice file;
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- warning means for giving a warning when the operating mode in which the set time comes differs from the operating mode capable of reproducing the selected voice file.
A data reproducing apparatus capable of recording a first voice file processable only in a first operating mode and a second voice file processable only in second operating mode, coeprising:
- time setting means for setting arbitrary set time;
- selecting means for selecting an arbitrary voice file;
- reproducing means for reproducing a voice file;
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- control means for performing control to reproduce the selected voice file when an operating mode is an operating mode corresponds to the selected voice file when the set time comes, and changes the operating mode to the operating mode corresponding to the selected voice file when the operating mode is not the operating mode corresponding to the selected voice file and then reproducing the selected voice file.
A data recording and reproducing apparatus having a recording and reproducing operating mode capable of recording and reproducing first audio information and a reproducing-only operating mode capable of reproducing second audio information, comprising:
- operating mode switching means for switching the operating mode to the recording and reproducing mode when a command to record first audio information is given while in the reproducing-only mode and for switching the operating mode to the reproducing-only mode while in the recording and reproducing mode;
- recording means for recording the first audio information;
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- reproducing means for reproducing the first and second audio information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.