Patent ID: 7889605
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An information reproducing apparatus which reproduces content data having a predetermined time length, the information reproducing apparatus comprising: an acquisition device for acquiring said content data and elapsed-time information indicating elapsed time in reproducing said content data; an analysis device for analyzing a change in amount of information according to the elapsed time in reproducing said content data based on said acquired content data and elapsed-time information; a display control device for displaying the change in amount of information on the content data according to the elapsed time in a form of level information on display device, the change in amount of information on said content data according to the elapsed time being analyzed in the whole of said acquired content data; an operation device having an operator, a user being able to directly make contact with said operator, said operator being directly moved within a predetermined operation area according to operation of the user, said operator being used in specifying start time for starting reproduction of said acquired content data from arbitrary time; a detection device for detecting whether or not an operational personnel makes contact with said operator when said content data is reproduced; a reproduction control device for causing said reproduction device to perform the reproduction of said content data from the start time specified by said operator, and for stopping the reproduction of said content data when said detection device detects that the operational personnel makes contact with said operator; and a computation device for computing reproduction time of said content data corresponding to a position in the operation area indicated by said operator, when said reproduction control device stops the reproduction of said content data being caused by the contact of said operational personnel with said operator being detected, and when said detection device detects that said operational personnel does not make contact with said operator, wherein when said reproduction control device stops the reproduction of said content data being caused by the contact of said operational personnel with said operator being detected, and when said detection device detects that said operational personnel does not make contact with said operator, said reproduction control device controls said reproduction device to resumes the reproduction of said content data from said computed reproduction time.