US 8,078,037 B2Granted

Information reproducing apparatus and method, and computer program

AssigneePioneer Corporation

InventorsSumie Ajiki, Kazuo Ishikawa, Tetsuya Onishi, Toru Ebata

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Abstract

An information reproducing apparatus is provided with: a video operating device to set a video reproduction effect; a music operating device to set a music reproduction effect; an adding device for adding the video reproduction effect to the video image in accordance with an operation of the video operating device, and for adding the music reproduction effect to the music in accordance with an operation of the music operating device; a change operating device for changing a condition of the music operating device between a condition to set the music reproduction effect and a condition. to set the music reproduction effect and to set the video reproduction effect in linkage of the operation of the music operating device; and a controlling device for controlling the adding device to add the video reproduction effect to the video image in accordance with the operation of the music operating device.

Claims8

Dependent claims

An information reproducing apparatus comprising:

a video operating device which is operated by a user to set a video reproduction effect for a video image;
a music operating device which is operated by the user to set a music reproduction effect for music;
an adding device for setting the video reproduction effect in accordance with an operation amount of said video operating device and adding the set video reproduction effect to the video image, and for setting the music reproduction effect in accordance with an operation amount of said music operating device and adding the set music reproduction effect to the music;
a change operating device which is operated by the user to perform at least one of (i) a change operation of changing a condition of said video operating device between (i-i) a condition to be operated by the user in order to set the video reproduction effect for the video image and (i-ii) a condition to be operated by the user in order to set the video reproduction effect for the video image and to set the music reproduction effect in linkage with the operation of said video operating device, and (ii) a change operation of changing a condition of said music operating device between (ii-i) a condition to be operated by the user in order to set the music reproduction effect for the music and (ii-ii) a condition to be operated by the user in order to set the music reproduction effect for the music and to set the video reproduction effect in linkage of the operation of said music operating device;
and
a controlling device for controlling said adding device to perform at least one of (i) an operation of setting the music reproduction effect in accordance with the operation amount of said video operating device and of adding the music reproduction effect to the music, and (ii) an operation of setting the video reproduction effect in accordance with the operation amount of said music operating device and of adding the video reproduction effect to the video image.

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An information reproducing method in an information reproducing apparatus comprising:

a video operating device which is operated by a user to set a video reproduction effect for a video image;
a music operating device which is operated by the user to set a music reproduction effect for music;
and
a change operating device which is operated by the user to perform at least one of (i) a change operation of changing a condition of said video operating device between (i-i) a condition to be operated by the user in order to set the video reproduction effect for the video image and (i-ii) a condition to be operated by the user in order to set the video reproduction effect for the video image and to set the music reproduction effect in linkage with the operation of said video operating device, and (ii) a change operation of changing a condition of said music operating device between (ii-i) a condition to be operated by the user in order to set the music reproduction effect for the music and (ii-ii) a condition to be operated by the user in order to set the music reproduction effect for the music and to set the video reproduction effect in linkage of the operation of said music operating device, said information reproducing method comprising:
an adding process of setting the video reproduction effect in accordance with an operation amount of said video operating device and adding the set video reproduction effect to the video image, and of setting the music reproduction effect in accordance with an operation amount of said music operating device and adding the set music reproduction effect to the music;
a controlling process of controlling said adding process to perform at least one of (i) an operation of setting the music reproduction effect in accordance with the operation amount of said video operating device and of adding the music reproduction effect to the music, and (ii) an operation of setting the video reproduction effect in accordance with the operation amount of said music operating device and of adding the video reproduction effect to the video image.

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A computer program product in a non-transitory computer readable medium for tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a computer provided in an information reproducing apparatus comprising:

a video operating device which is operated by a user to set a video reproduction effect for a video image;
a music operating device which is operated by the user to set a music reproduction effect for music;
an adding device for setting the video reproduction effect in accordance with an operation amount of said video operating device and adding the set video reproduction effect to the video image, and for setting the music reproduction effect in accordance with an operation amount of said music operating device and adding the set music reproduction effect to the music;
a change operating device which is operated by the user to perform at least one of (i) a change operation of changing a condition of said video operating device between (i-i) a condition to he operated by the user in order to set the video reproduction effect for the video image and (i-ii) a condition to be operated by the user in order to set the video reproduction effect for the video image and to set the music reproduction effect in linkage with the operation of said video operating device, and (ii) a change operation of changing a condition of said music operating device between (ii-i) a condition to be operated by the user in order to set the music reproduction effect for the music and (ii-ii) a condition to be operated by the user in order to set the music reproduction effect for the music and to set the video reproduction effect in linkage of the operation of said music operating device;
and
a controlling device for controlling said adding device to perform at least one of (i) an operation of setting the music reproduction effect in accordance with the operation amount of said video operating device and of adding the music reproduction effect to the music, and (ii) an operation of setting the video reproduction effect in accordance with the operation amount of said music operating device and of adding the video reproduction effect to the video image,
said computer program making the computer function as at least one portion of said adding device and said controlling device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/294,508Filed 14 Mar 2007
Priority: JP 2006-08616727 Mar 2006
Published: US 2010/0239232 A123 Sep 2010
Granted: 13 Dec 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H04N 5/265
Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects ; Cameras specially adapted for the…: mixing
G10H 1/368
Recording/reproducing of accompaniment for use with an external source, e.g. karaoke systems: displaying animated or moving pictures synchronized…
G11B 27/038
Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals: cross-faders therefor
H04N 5/775
Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus: between a recording apparatus and a television receiver