Information processing device and information processing program

• US 20040167783A1
• Filed: 10/02/2003
• Published: 08/26/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OM Digital Solutions Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: Nagai, Michio
• Granted Patent: US 7,617,107 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/270
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/65 wherein solid state memory is used for storing indexing information or metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

According to the present invention, an information processing device is capable of processing audio data linked with predetermined image data in each of positions on a display screen, the positions corresponding to a plurality of playback times for the audio data. The apparatus includes a function of displaying a link information display representing playback-time position information of image data linked with selected audio data, a function of displaying image data, which is not linked with any audio data, on the screen, a function of permitting the user to select desired image data among the image data which are not linked with any audio data, a function of inserting the selected desired image data in a position, in the link information display, which the user desires when the user selects the desired image data, and a function of calculating a playback-time position in the selected audio data corresponding to the position, in the link information display, in which the image data is inserted, and linking the selected image data to the calculated position.

Claims

1. An information processing device capable of processing audio data linked with predetermined image data which the user desires, at each of positions on a display screen, the positions corresponding to a plurality of arbitrary playback times for the audio data, the apparatus comprising:

position information display means having a display area to display playback-time position information of image data linked with selected audio data;

image data display means for displaying image data which is not linked with any audio data;

insertion means for inserting selected image data in the display area when desired image data is selected among the image data which are not linked with any audio data; and

link means for linking the selected image data to a playback-time position of the selected audio data, the playback-time position corresponding to a position in the display area in which the image data is inserted.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the link means rewrites a file header area of the selected audio data upon linking.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the link means rewrites a file header area of the selected image data upon linking.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the link means moves the selected image data to a folder, in which the selected audio data is stored, upon linking.

5. An information processing program for allowing a computer to process audio data linked with predetermined image data which the user desires, at each of positions on a display screen, the positions corresponding to a plurality of arbitrary playback times for the audio data, the program comprising:

a function of displaying a link information display representing playback-time position information of image data linked with selected audio data on the screen;

a function of displaying image data, which is not linked with any audio data, on the screen;

a function of permitting the user to select desired image data among the image data which are not linked with any audio data;

a function of inserting the selected desired image data in a position, in the link information display, which the user desires, when the user selects the desired image data; and

a function of calculating a playback-time position of the selected audio data corresponding to the position, in the link information display, in which the image data is inserted, and linking the selected image data to the calculated position.