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US 9,972,297 B2Granted
Sound processing device, sound data selecting method and sound data selecting program
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorsDezheng Xu, Junichi Kosaka, Kosei Yamashita
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus that stores a plurality of pieces of audio data, displays information corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of audio data, receives an input selecting at least one of the plurality of pieces of audio data, reproduces a first piece of the plurality of pieces of audio data, and initiates simultaneous reproduction of a second piece of the plurality of pieces of audio data based on an input received at the interface, processes the first and second pieces of the audio data such that the first and second pieces of the audio data are separately audible by the user, and outputs the processed first and second pieces of the audio data.
Claims19
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- circuitry configured to:
- store a plurality of pieces of audio data;
- control a display to display information corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of audio data;
- receive a first touch input selecting a first piece of audio data of the plurality of pieces of audio data;
- start reproduction of the first piece of audio data in response to receiving the first touch input;
- receive a second touch input selecting a second piece of audio data of the plurality of pieces of audio data;
- determine that the second touch input is continuously received for a time period exceeding a predetermined threshold;
- simultaneously reproduce the first piece of audio data and the second piece of audio data when it is determined that the second touch input is continuously received for the time period exceeding the predetermined threshold;
- process the simultaneously reproduced first piece of audio data and second piece of audio data to be separately audible by the user while the second touch input is continuously maintained;
- detect a touch gesture operation corresponding to the second touch input;
- perform a first function including stopping reproduction of the first piece of audio data while continuing reproduction of the second piece of audio data in response to the touch gesture operation when the touch gesture operation includes a combination of a long press of a single finger touch that is associated with continuously receiving the second touch input selecting the second piece of audio data for the time period exceeding the predetermined threshold and a direct transition from the long press to a flick of the single finger on the display in a linear direction;
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- perform a second function including stopping reproduction of the second piece of audio data while continuing reproduction of the first piece of audio data in response to the touch gesture operation when the touch gesture operation includes a combination of the long press of the single finger touch that is associated with continuously receiving the second touch input selecting the second piece of audio data for the time period exceeding the predetermined threshold and a direct transition from the long press to a release of the single finger from the display.
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An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- storing a plurality of pieces of audio data;
- displaying, at an interface of the information processing apparatus, information corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of audio data;
- receiving, at the interface, a first touch input selecting a first piece of audio data of the plurality of pieces of audio data;
- starting reproduction of the first piece of audio data in response to receiving the first touch input;
- receiving, at the interface, a second touch input selecting a second piece of audio data of the plurality of pieces of audio data;
- determining that the second touch input is continuously received for a time period exceeding a predetermined threshold;
- initiating simultaneous reproduction of the first piece of audio data and the second piece of audio data when it is determined that the second touch input is continuously received for the time period exceeding the predetermined threshold;
- processing the simultaneously reproduced first piece of audio data and second piece of audio data to be separately audible by the user while the second touch input is continuously maintained;
- detecting, at the interface, a touch gesture operation corresponding to the second touch input;
- performing a first function including stopping reproduction of the first piece of audio data while continuing reproduction of the second piece of audio data in response to the touch gesture operation when the touch gesture operation includes a combination of a long press of a single finger touch that is associated with continuously receiving the second touch input selecting the second piece of audio data for the time period exceeding the predetermined threshold and a direct transition from the long press to a flick of the single finger on the display in a linear direction;
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- performing a second function including stopping reproduction of the second piece of audio data while continuing reproduction of the first piece of audio data in response to the touch gesture operation when the touch gesture operation includes a combination of the long press of the single finger touch that is associated with continuously receiving the second touch input selecting the second piece of audio data for the time period exceeding the predetermined threshold and a direct transition from the long press to a release of the single finger from the display.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program instructions, which when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to perform a method comprising:
- storing a plurality of pieces of audio data;
- displaying information corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of audio data;
- receiving a first touch input selecting a first piece of audio data of the plurality of pieces of audio data;
- starting reproduction of the first piece of audio data in response to receiving the first touch input;
- receiving a second touch input selecting a second piece of audio data of the plurality of pieces of audio data;
- determining that the second touch input is continuously received for a time period exceeding a predetermined threshold;
- initiating simultaneous reproduction of the first piece of audio data and the second piece of audio data when it is determined that the second touch input is continuously received for the time period exceeding the predetermined threshold;
- processing the simultaneously reproduced first piece of audio data and second piece of audio data to be separately audible by the user while the second touch input is continuously maintained;
- detecting, at the interface, a touch gesture operation corresponding to the second touch input;
- performing a first function including stopping reproduction of the first piece of audio data while continuing reproduction of the second piece of audio data in response to the touch gesture operation when the touch gesture operation includes a combination of a long press of a single finger touch that is associated with continuously receiving the second touch input selecting the second piece of audio data for the time period exceeding the predetermined threshold and a direct transition from the long press to a flick of the single finger on the display in a linear direction;
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- performing a second function including stopping reproduction of the second piece of audio data while continuing reproduction of the first piece of audio data in response to the touch gesture operation when the touch gesture operation includes a combination of the long press of the single finger touch that is associated with continuously receiving the second touch input selecting the second piece of audio data for the time period exceeding the predetermined threshold and a direct transition from the long press to a release of the single finger from the display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.