Patent ID: 8705763
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An in-vehicle audio device mounted to a vehicle, the in-vehicle audio device comprising: a metadata acquisition section configured to acquire a metadata from each of a plurality of music possession devices, wherein the metadata which is acquired includes (i) information on tracks of a music data and (ii) retrieval source information, wherein the retrieval source information in the metadata which is acquired indicates which of the plurality of the music possession devices is a retrieval source of the metadata, wherein each of the plurality of the music possession devices includes a storage medium storing therein the music data, wherein at least one of the plurality of the music possession devices is a portable music carrier device capable of performing a wireless communication, wherein the metadata acquisition section acquires the metadata from the portable music carrier device by the wireless communication; a metadata registration memory device configured to register the metadata acquired by the metadata acquisition section from the each of the plurality of the music possession devices, the metadata registration memory device being further configured so that as for the metadata acquired from the portable music carrier device by the metadata acquisition section, registration of the metadata acquired from the portable music carrier device by the metadata acquisition section is maintained after the wireless communication between the portable music carrier device and the metadata acquisition section of the in-vehicle audio device is cut off; a list creation section configured to create a list from the metadata registered in the metadata registration memory device so that the list includes at least the tracks of the music data; a list display section configured to display the list created by the list creation section; a music data acquisition section configured to acquire, from the plurality of the music possession devices, the music data corresponding to the tracks of the music data in the list which is displayed by the list display section, wherein when acquiring the music data from the portable music carrier device, the music data acquisition section acquires the music data by the wireless communication; a playback output section configured to play back and output the music data acquired by the music data acquisition section from the plurality of the music possession devices; and a track selection section configured to accept a user input for selecting a target track from the tracks of the music data in the list which is displayed by the list display section, wherein: based on the metadata registered in the metadata registration memory device, the list creation section integrates the metadata acquired from the plurality of the music possession devices by the metadata acquisition section and creates the list which includes at least the tracks of the music data so that each track in the list is provided with at least the retrieval source information indicating which of the plurality of the music possession devices is a retrieval source of the metadata for the each track in the list which is displayed by the list display section; and when the track selection section accepts the user input for selecting the target track from the list which is displayed by the list display section: