Music playback system and music playback machine

• US 20080058973A1
• Filed: 08/29/2007
• Published: 03/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Hirata, Tomohiro, Fujiwara, Makoto, Uda, Kenichiro
• Application Number:
  US11/896,016
• Publication Number:
  US 20080058973A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/61 wherein solid state memory is used for storing A/V content
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A first LSI moves to an energy saving state after saving the header analysis result from a header information analysis unit in a header analysis result storage unit. While the first LSI is in the energy-saving state, a second LSI reads and plays back audio data that is stored in a memory device based on the header analysis result that is saved in the header analysis result storage unit.

Claims

1. A music playback system comprising:

a memory device that comprises a memory area for audio files that contain audio data and a header, which is data for managing the audio data;

a first LSI that comprises a header information analysis unit that reads and analyzes a header from said memory device;

a second LSI that reads and plays back the audio data from the memory device based on the header analysis result by the header information analysis unit; and

a header analysis result storage unit;

wherein the first LSI saves the header analysis result from the header information analysis unit in the header analysis result storage unit, and then moves to an energy saving state; and

the second LSI reads and plays back the audio data that is saved in the memory device based on the header analysis result that is saved in the header analysis result storage unit while the first LSI is in energy-saving state.

2. The music playback system of claim 1 wherein the header analysis result storage unit is provided in the memory device.

3. The music playback system of claim 1 wherein the header analysis result storage unit is provided in the second LSI.

4. The music playback system of claim 1 wherein after the headers of all the audio files that are held in the memory device are analyzed by the header information analysis unit and the analysis results are saved in the header analysis result storage unit, the first LSI moves to the energy-saving state.

5. The music playback system of claim 1 further comprising

a play list management unit that manages a play list that is created by the user from among a group of audio files that are held in the memory device;

wherein

the header information analysis unit analyzes the headers of the audio files that are held in the memory device based on the play list in the play list management unit.

6. The music playback system of claim 1 further comprising

a parallel processing control unit that, immediately after one audio file begins to be played back, reads the header of the next audio file to be played back from the memory device and controls the memory device so that the read-out header is sent to the header information analysis unit;

wherein

the header information analysis unit performs header analysis of the audio file that is stored in the memory device and is to be played back next, and saves that header analysis result while the second LSI plays back the audio file; and

the first LSI moves to an energy-saving state after the header analysis result from the header information analysis unit has been saved.

7. The music playback system of claim 6 wherein the parallel processing control unit is so configured that the process of the second LSI reading from the memory device audio data of the current audio file to be played back takes priority over the process of the first LSI reading from the memory device the header of the audio file to be played back next.

9. The music playback system of claim 1, wherein

the first LSI further comprises a header number list management unit that assigns a number to the header analysis result, and manages header numbers;

the first LSI notifies the second LSI of the header number from the header number list management unit when the second LSI plays back an audio file, then moves to an energy-saving state;

the second LSI reads the header analysis result from the header analysis result storage unit based on the notified header number from the first LSI, then based on the read header analysis result, reads and plays back the audio data that is stored in the memory device.

10. The music playback system of claim 9 wherein

the first LSI selects header numbers at random from the header number list management unit and notifies the second LSI of the header numbers, and

the second LSI plays back at random the audio files that correspond to the header numbers.

11. The music playback system of claim 9 wherein

the first LSI further comprises a play list management unit that manages a play list that was created by the user selecting audio files from among a group of audio files that are stored in the memory device;

and

the first LSI selects header numbers in order that are managed by the header number list management unit according to the play list from the play list management unit, and notifies the second LSI of the header numbers.

12. The music playback system of claim 9 wherein

the first LSI further comprises a play list management unit that manages a play list that is created by the user extracting audio files from among a group of audio files stored in the memory device;

and

the first LSI selects header numbers at random that are managed by the header number list management unit according to the play list from the play list management unit, and notifies the second LSI of the header numbers.

13. A music playback machine comprising:

the music playback system of claim 1; and

a key-input unit that is connected to the first LSI;

wherein

the first LSI moves to an energy-saving state during playback of an audio file, and when there is key input to the key-input unit while in the energy-saving state, performs processing according to that key input.

15. A music playback machine comprising:

the music playback system of claim 1; and

a radio communication unit that is connected to the first LSI of the music playback system;

wherein

the first LSI moves to an energy-saving state during playback of an audio file, and when there is input of a radio communication signal to the radio communication unit while in the energy-saving state, performs processing according to that radio communication signal input.

8. A music playback system comprising:

a memory device that comprises a memory area for audio files that contain audio data and headers, which are data for managing the audio data, and a header analysis result storage unit;

a first LSI that has the memory device save the audio files; and

a second LSI that comprises a header information analysis unit that analyzes the headers and reads and plays back audio data from the memory device based on the header analysis result from the header information analysis unit;

wherein

the first LSI sends the second LSI a request for saving the audio file that was read by the second LSI in the memory device;

the second LSI receives the saving request, and has the header information analysis unit analyze the header, and save the header analysis result in the header analysis result storage unit of the memory device;

the first LSI moves to an energy-saving state each time the process of saving a header analysis result is completed, and repeats the saving request every time when there is an audio file to be saved next while in the energy-saving state, and also moves to the energy-saving state after giving a playback instruction to the second LSI if the second LSI plays back the audio file that is saved in the memory device when the first LSI is on its way to the energy-saving state; and

the second LSI reads and plays back audio data that is saved in the memory device based on the header analysis result saved in the header analysis result storage unit while the first LSI is in the energy-saving state.

14. A music playback machine comprising:

the music playback system of claim 8; and

a key-input unit that is connected to the first LSI;

wherein

the first LSI moves to an energy-saving state during playback of an audio file, and when there is key input to the key-input unit while in the energy-saving state, performs processing according to that key input.

16. A music playback machine comprising:

the music playback system of claim 8; and

a radio communication unit that is connected to the first LSI of the music playback system;

wherein

the first LSI moves to an energy-saving state during playback of an audio file, and when there is input of a radio communication signal to the radio communication unit while in the energy-saving state, performs processing according to that radio communication signal input.