US 8,078,654 B2 · Method and apparatus for displaying image data acquired based on a string of characters

Abstract

An information reproducing apparatus and method thereof. The information reproducing apparatus includes a storage unit, communication unit, controller, and display unit. The storage unit stores music data and at least one first string of characters corresponding to the music data. The reproducing unit reproduces the music data from the storage unit. The communication unit communicates with an image data storage unit, which stores a plurality of image data each corresponding to at least one second string of characters. The controller controls acquisition of one image data from the image data storage unit via the communication unit. The one image data is acquired based on a comparison between the at least one first string of characters and the plurality of the at least one second string of characters. Further, the display unit is configured to display the acquired image data when the reproducing unit is reproducing the music data.

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Dependent claims

An information reproducing apparatus, comprising:

a storage unit configured to store music data and at least one first string of characters corresponding to the music data, the first string of characters being a title, an artist name, or a genre;
a reproducing unit configured to reproduce the music data from said storage unit;
a communication unit configured to communicate with an image data storage unit, said image data storage unit storing a plurality of image data, each of the plurality of image data corresponding to at least one second string of characters, the second string of characters being a title, an artist name, or a genre;
a controller configured to determine whether image data associated with the music data is stored in the storage unit and, when the image data associated with the music data is not stored in the storage unit, control acquisition of one image data from said image data storage unit via said communication unit, the one image data being acquired based on a comparison between the at least one first string of characters and the plurality of the at least one second string of characters;
and
a display unit configured to display the acquired image data when the reproducing unit is reproducing the music data.

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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program including instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method of an information reproducing apparatus, the method comprising:

storing music data and at least one first string of characters corresponding to the music data to a storage unit, the first string of characters being a title, an artist name, or a genre;
determining whether image data associated with the music data is stored in the storage unit;
when the image data associated with the music data is determined not to be stored in the storage unit,
communicating with an image data storage unit, said image data storage unit storing a plurality of image data, each of the plurality of image data corresponding to at least one second string of characters, the second string of characters being a title, an artist name, or a genre and
controlling, by the information reproducing apparatus, acquisition of one image data from said image data storage unit via a communication unit of the information reproducing apparatus, the one image data being acquired based on a comparison between the at least one first string of characters and the plurality of the at least one of second string of characters;
and
displaying, by the information reproducing apparatus, the acquired image data when the music data from said storage unit is being reproduced.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for displaying image data acquired based on a string of characters

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Method and apparatus for displaying image data acquired based on a string of characters

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