Patent ID: 6321129
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A portable sound recording device, comprising:a microphone;a speaker;recording/playback means connected to the microphone and speaker, said recording/playback means including a recording medium on which a sound signal is recorded and from which the sound signal is reproduced;control means for controlling operation of said recording/playback means; anda plurality of operating switches for providing user input signals to said control means, said plurality of operating switches including a record switch;wherein said control means places said recording/playback means in a record-lock mode when the record switch is actuated for less than a predetermined period of time, and said control means places said recording/playback means in a momentary-record mode when the record switch is actuated for more than the predetermined period of time;wherein, in said record-lock mode, recording continues with the record switch in an unactuated condition, and said momentary-record mode is entered upon actuation of the record switch in said record-lock mode; andwherein, in said momentary-record mode, recording continues so long as the record switch remains in an actuated condition and recording ceases when the record switch ceases to be actuated.