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US 8,576,046 B2Granted
Playback control apparatus and audio system
AssigneeSuncorporation
InventorYasuhiro Uozumi
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Abstract
One aspect of the present invention can include a playback device capable of externally receiving a playback signal for playing back a sound or an image, and capable of transmitting the playback signal to the playback device if it is detected that a predetermined electric source was externally supplied.
Claims10
A playback control apparatus for use with a playback device having a battery and capable of receiving a playback signal for playing back a sound signal, the playback control apparatus comprising:
- a connector configured to removably connect the playback control apparatus electrically to the playback device, the playback device including a battery;
- a microcomputer configured to detect that a predetermined electric source is externally supplied to the playback control apparatus, and to automatically transmit the playback signal to the playback device when the detected predetermined electric source is externally supplied to the playback control apparatus;
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- an FM transmitter receiving the sound signal played back by the playback device and transmitting the sound signal.
1 more element
An audio system for outputting a sound or an image comprising:
- a playback device capable of outputting a sound or an image from at least one of a speaker or a display, the playback device including a battery and configured to receive an external playback signal to initiate the play of the sound or the image, and
- a playback control apparatus comprising:
- a connector configured to removably connect the playback control apparatus electrically to the playback device;
- a microcomputer configured to detect that a predetermined electric source is externally supplied to the playback control apparatus, and to automatically transmit the playback signal to the playback device when the detected predetermined electric source is externally supplied to the playback control apparatus;
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- an FM transmitter receiving the sound signal played back by the playback device and transmitting the sound signal.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.