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Patent US7532559 - Audio player - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsAn audio-player comprises a loading-unit, a memory, an operating-unit, a dubbing-unit, a playback-unit, and a display-unit. The loading-unit loads a disc. The memory has a plurality of data-memory-areas. The operating-unit has direct keys for selecting the specific data-memory-area in the plurality of...http://www.google.com/patents/US7532559?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7532559 - Audio playerAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7532559 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/392,204Publication dateMay 12, 2009Filing dateMar 29, 2006Priority dateApr 7, 2005Fee statusPaidAlso published asDE102006000160A1, US20060233064Publication number11392204, 392204, US 7532559 B2, US 7532559B2, US-B2-7532559, US7532559 B2, US7532559B2InventorsShinsaku TanakaOriginal AssigneeTanashin Denki Co., Ltd.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (20), Classifications (9), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetAudio playerUS 7532559 B2Abstract An audio-player comprises a loading-unit, a memory, an operating-unit, a dubbing-unit, a playback-unit, and a display-unit. The loading-unit loads a disc. The memory has a plurality of data-memory-areas. The operating-unit has direct keys for selecting the specific data-memory-area in the plurality of data-memory-areas. The dubbing-unit dubs sound-data recorded on the disc with a proper disc identification number which the disc has, into the data-memory-area selected by the direct key. The playback-unit plays back the sound-data stored in the selected memory area. The display-unit has a quantity-display-area and a location-display-area. The quantity-display-area has a plurality of display parts. The quantity of memory used for storing the sound-data in each of the data-memory-areas is indicated in each of the display parts. The location where the sound-data is being played back from or is stored in the memory, is indicated in the location-display-area.
16. The audio player according to claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of display parts functions in the same way as each of said direct keys. Description
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an audio player which specifies data memory areas in which sound data recorded on a disc, are stored.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention is described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a construction diagram which shows an audio player with a virtual disc changing function. The virtual disc changer (a body 10) stores sound data and plays back the stored sound data, which are recorded on a first disc 1 a, a second disc 1 b, a third disc 1 c, a fourth disc 1 d, a fifth disc 1 e, and a sixth disc 1 f. The virtual disc changer can be operated like a real disc changer such as a CD changer etc. Accordingly, a user can select sound data stored in the virtual disc changer in the same way that the user selects the sound data recorded on the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth disc 1 a, 1 b, 1 c, 1 d, 1 e, and 1 f in a real disc changer.
The track numbers corresponding to the music data which are stored in the memory 13, are set to the same track numbers corresponding to the music data which are recorded on the first disc 1 a, the second disc 1 b, the third disc 1 c, the fourth disc 1 d, the fifth disc 1 e, and the sixth disc 1 f. In the case where the first disc 1 a, the second disc 1 b, the third disc 1 c, the fourth disc 1 d, the fifth disc 1 e, and the sixth disc 1 f are MDs, the dubbing unit 12 dubs the sound data with track numbers and disc identification numbers based on the UTOC (User Table of Contents) information.
The memory 13 has a first data memory area 20 a, a second data memory area 20 b, a third data memory area 20 c, a fourth data memory area 20 d, a fifth data memory area 20 e, and a sixth data memory area 20 f. A memory area of the dubbed data, including the music data, can be optionally selected from the first data memory area 20 a, the second data memory area 20 b, the third data memory area 20 c, the fourth data memory area 20 d, the fifth data memory area 20 e, and the sixth data memory area 20 f. When the memory area is optionally selected by the user, the music data recorded on the disc are stored in the selected memory area (20 a or 20 b or 20 c or 20 d or 20 e or 20 f), and the disc identification number is stored in the selected memory area.
In the first quantity display area 22, the quantity of used memory in each of the data memory areas 20 a, 20 b, 20 c, 20 d, 20 e, and 20 f, is indicated. The first quantity display area 22 has a first display part 24 a, a second display part 24 b, a third display part 24 c, a fourth display part 24 d, a fifth display part 24 e, and a sixth display part 24 f. In the first display part 24 a, a first quantity of memory used for storing music data in the first data memory area 20 a, is indicated, by a graphical indication such as a pie graph (see FIG. 3).
The six direct keys 25 a, 25 b, 25 c, 25 d, 25 e, and 25 f are used for directly selecting the number of the data memory area (selecting the specific data memory area) for the six data memory areas 20 a, 20 b, 20 c, 20 d, 20 e, and 20 f. When one of the six direct keys 25 a, 25 b, 25 c, 25 d, 25 e, and 25 f is pushed without pushing the dubbing start key 28, the data memory area corresponding to the pushed direct key is specified and the music data which is stored in this data memory area is played back. For example, when the direct key 25 a is pushed by the user without pushing the dubbing start key 28, the first data memory area 20 a corresponding to the pushed direct key 25 a is specified and the music data which is stored in the first data memory area 20 a is played back.
The display-part 61 a has the same functions as the first display part 24 a and the direct key 25 a. The display-part 62 a has the same functions at the second display part 24 b and the direct key 25 b. The display-part 62 c has the same functions at the third display part 24 c and the direct key 25 c. The display-part 62 d has the same functions at the fourth display part 24 d and the direct key 25 d. The display-part 62 e has the same functions at the fifth display part 24 e and the direct key 25 e. The display-part 62 f has the same functions at the sixth display part 24 f and the direct key 25 f. The track select-key unit 26 is composed of horizontal direction keys and is used for selecting the track corresponding to the number of times the keys are pressed. The track select-key unit 26 has a track up key 26 a and a track down key 26 b. When the track up key 26 a is pushed one time by the user, the number of the track containing the music data which is being played back is changed by only one, in ascending order. When the track down key 26 b is pushed one time by the user, the number of the track containing the music data which is being played back is changed by only one, in descending order.
Therefore, the music data (track) which is being played back can be easily changed to the next music data (track) by using the track up key 26 a and the track down key 26 b. The data-memory-area number-select-key unit 27 is composed of vertical direction keys and is used for selecting the number of the data memory area corresponding to the number of times the keys are pressed. The data-memory-area number-select-key unit 27 has an up key 27 a and a down key 27 b. When the up key 27 a is pushed one time by the user, the number of the data memory area containing the music data which is being played back is changed by only one, in ascending order. When the down key 27 b is pushed one time by the user, the number of the data memory area containing the music data which is being played back is changed by only one, in descending order.
Therefore, the data memory area of the music data which is played back can be easily changed to the next data memory area by using the up key 27 a and the down key 27 b. The track select-key unit 26 and the data-memory-area number-select-key unit 27 are arranged in a cross configuration.
In step S4, the data memory area is selected by pushing one of the direct keys 25 a, 25 b, 25 c, 25 d, 25 e, and 25 f. In step S5, the distinguishing unit 21 judges whether the music data has been stored in the selected data memory area in step S4 yet.
If the user would not like to overwrite the music data in the selected data memory area, the user does not push the dubbing start key 28 and waits while the second indication is indicated on the display unit 15. After the second indication is finished, the control unit 16 judges that the overwrite operation is not needed, so that the flow is moved back to step S4. After step S12, in step S4, another data memory area is selected by pushing one of the direct keys 25 a, 25 b, 25 c, 25 d, 25 e, and 25 f. The selecting operation by using the direct keys 25 a, 25 b, 25 c, 25 d, 25 e, and 25 f in step S4 does not have to be performed by the user. In this case where the data memory area is not selected (specified), the data memory area in which the music data recorded on the disc can be stored, is automatically selected as a vacant data memory areas 20 a, 20 b, 20 c, 20 d, 20 e, and 20 f, by the control unit 16.
In the second quantity display area 31, the quantity of used memory in each of the data memory areas 20 a, 20 b, 20 c, 20 d, 20 e, and 20 f is indicated. The second quantity display area 31 has a seventh display part 32 a, an eighth display part 32 b, a ninth display part 32 c, a tenth display part 32 d, an eleventh display part 32 e, and a twelfth display part 32 f. In the seventh display part 32 a, the first quantity of the memory used for storing music data in the first data memory area 20 a, is indicated, by a graphical indication such as a bar graph.
In the first embodiment, the memory 13 has the first data memory area 20 a, the second data memory area 20 b, the third data memory area 20 c, the fourth data memory area 20 d, the fifth data memory area 20 e, and the sixth data memory area 20 f. However, in the second embodiment, the memory 13 has a seventh data memory area 42 a, an eighth data memory area 42 b, a ninth data memory area 42 c, a tenth data memory area 42 d, an eleventh data memory area 42 e, a twelfth data memory area 42 f, a thirteenth data memory area 42 g, a fourteenth data memory area 42 h, a fifteenth data memory area 42 i, a sixteenth data memory area 42 j, a seventeenth data memory area 42 k, and an eighteenth data memory area 42 l. In the second embodiment, the six direct keys 25 a, 25 b, 25 c, 25 d, 25 e, and 25 f are used for directly selecting the number of the data memory area (selecting the specific data memory area) for the six data memory areas 42 a, 42 b, 42 c, 42 d, 42 e, and 42 f. When one of the six direct keys 25 a, 25 b, 25 c, 25 d, 25 e, and 25 f is pushed, the data memory area corresponding to the pushed direct key is specified and the music data which is stored in this data memory area is played back. For example, when the direct key 25 a is pushed by the user, the seventh data memory area 42 a corresponding to the pushed direct key 25 a is specified and the music data which is stored in the seventh data memory area 42 a is played back.
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