Patent application EP17162507A (EP), filed 2017-03-23
Publication number: EP3223175A1
Title: DATA POSITIONING METHOD, DATA POSITIONING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
Abstract: A data positioning method includes obtaining positional information indicating a position which is designated by operation of an operation unit in any region among a plurality of regions, each of the plurality of regions corresponding to a predetermined direction along which values of a series of pieces of data are varied and being provided for designating a position of the series of pieces of data in the predetermined direction, and the plurality of regions include at least one region for designating a plurality of discrete positions of the series of pieces of data in the predetermined direction. The method further includes determining the position for designating a portion of data corresponding to the obtained positional information, any one position being determined among the plurality of discrete positions when positional information indicating a position in the region for designating the discrete positions is obtained.
IPC codes: G06F  17/    30            A I
G06F  16/    64            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A data positioning method of determining a position for designating a portion of data included in a series of pieces of data which have values varying along a predetermined direction, the data positioning method comprising:
number: 2
text: The data positioning method according to claim 1, wherein the position for designating the portion of data includes at least one of a start point position and an end point position of the portion of data.
number: 3
text: The data positioning method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the plurality of regions include at least two regions for designating the plurality of discrete positions of the series of pieces of data in the predetermined direction at different intervals, respectively.
number: 4
text: The data positioning method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the plurality of regions corresponds to a plurality of display regions of a display device.
number: 5
text: The data positioning method according to claim 4, further comprising:
number: 6
text: The data positioning method according to claim 5, wherein the series of pieces of data stored in the storage device is displayed in one display region among the plurality of display regions, as images for designating the positions of the series of pieces of data in the predetermined direction.
number: 7
text: The data positioning method according to claim 6, wherein the series of pieces of data stored in the storage device is audio waveform data sampled with a lapse of time.
number: 8
text: The data positioning method according to claim 5, wherein the series of pieces of data stored in the storage device is audio waveform data sampled with a lapse of time, and
wherein a plurality of images for designating a plurality of discrete positions are displayed at different intervals in the plurality of display regions of the display device, respectively, so as to be along a common time axis and in a consistent direction.
number: 9
text: The data positioning method according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of images displayed in the plurality of display regions of the display device include an image indicating an onset timing of sound signal in the audio waveform data, an image indicating a beat timing in the audio waveform data, or an image indicating a performance sectioning timing between a main part and a prelude part or a postlude part of a musical piece.
number: 10
text: A data positioning apparatus that determines a position for designating a portion of data included in a series of pieces of data which have values varying along a predetermined direction, the data positioning apparatus comprising:
number: 11
text: The data positioning apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:
number: 12
text: The data positioning apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the series of pieces of data stored in the storage device is displayed in one display region among the plurality of display regions, as images for designating the positions of the series of pieces of data in the predetermined direction.
number: 13
text: The data positioning apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the series of pieces of data stored in the storage device is audio waveform data sampled with a lapse of time.
number: 14
text: The data positioning apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the series of pieces of data stored in the storage device is audio waveform data sampled with a lapse of time, and
wherein the display device displays a plurality of images for designating a plurality of discrete positions at different intervals in the plurality of display regions, respectively, so as to be along a common time axis and in a consistent direction.
number: 15
text: A computer program executing each process in the data positioning method as defined in any one of claims 1 to 9.
Office action: search_report, dated 2017-09-27
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
Prior art cited: ref_id: JP2012247957A
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US6541687B1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US7177795B1
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severity: background
ref_id: EP2161715A2
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US6541687
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severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: US7177795
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: EP2161715
ref_type: patent
severity: background
Final disposition: pending (2017-09-27)