Playback apparatus and playback method
First Claim
1. A playback apparatus comprising:
- a music memory device, which memorizes a music file with which date and time information is associated;
a music playback device, which plays back, as a piece of music, the music file memorized in the music memory device;
an image memory device, which memorizes an image file with which date and time information is associated;
an image playback device, which plays back, as an image, the image file memorized in the image memory device;
a search device, which, when the music file is played back by the music playback device, obtains date and time information associated with the music file to be played back, and searches among image files memorized in the image memory device for an image file with which date and time information corresponding to the obtained date and time information is associated; and
a playback control device, which causes the image playback device to play back the image file searched for by the search device while the music file is being played back.
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Abstract
When a music file is played back as a piece of music, a CPU obtains date and time information associated with a music file to be played back, searches among image files memorized in a memory for an image file with which date and time information corresponding to the date and time information is associated, and causes a display unit to play back the searched image file while the music file is being played back. In addition, when an image file is played back as an image, the CPU searches among music files memorized in the memory for a music file with which date and time information corresponding to date and time information associated with an image Pile to be played back is associated, and causes a speaker to play back the searched music file while the image file is being played back.
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30 Claims
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1. A playback apparatus comprising:
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a music memory device, which memorizes a music file with which date and time information is associated; a music playback device, which plays back, as a piece of music, the music file memorized in the music memory device; an image memory device, which memorizes an image file with which date and time information is associated; an image playback device, which plays back, as an image, the image file memorized in the image memory device; a search device, which, when the music file is played back by the music playback device, obtains date and time information associated with the music file to be played back, and searches among image files memorized in the image memory device for an image file with which date and time information corresponding to the obtained date and time information is associated; and a playback control device, which causes the image playback device to play back the image file searched for by the search device while the music file is being played back. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A playback apparatus comprising:
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an image memory device, which memorizes an image file with which date and time information is associated; an image playback device, which plays back, as an image, the image file memorized in the image memory device; a music memory device, which memorizes a music file with which date and time information is associated; a music playback device, which plays back, as a piece of music, the music file memorized in the music memory device; a search device, which, when the image file is played back by the image playback device, searches among music files memorized in the music memory device for a music file with which date and time information corresponding to the date and time information associated with the image file to be played back is associated; and a playback control device, which causes the music playback device to play back the music file searched for by the search device while the image file is being played back. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A playback apparatus comprising:
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a photographing device, which takes a photograph; a photographing instruction input device into which a photographing instruction is entered; an image memory device, which memorizes an image file obtained by the photographing device; an image playback device, which plays back, as an image, the image file memorized in the image memory device; a music memory device, which memorize a music file; a music playback device, which plays back, as a piece of music, the music file memorized in the music memory device; a file control device, which, when a photographing instruction is entered into the photographing instruction input device while a music file is being played back by the music playback device, associates an image file obtained by the photographing device with the music file being played back by the music playback device when the photograph was taken, and causes the image memory device to memorize the image file; and a playback control device, which, when the image file is played back by the image playback device, causes the music playback device to play back the music file associated with the image file while the image file is played back. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A playback apparatus comprising:
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a photographing device, which takes a photograph; a photographing instruction input device into which a photographing instruction is entered; an image memory device, which memorizes an image file obtained by the photographing device; an image playback device, which plays back the image file memorized in the image memory device; a music memory device, which memorize a music file; a music playback device, which plays back the music file memorized in the music memory device; a file control device, which, when a photographing instruction is entered into the photographing instruction input device while a music file is being played back by the music playback device, associates an image file obtained by the photographing device with the music file being played back by the music playback device when the photograph was taken, and causes the image memory device to memorize the image file; and a playback control device, which, when the music file is played back by the music playback device, causes the image playback device to play back the image file associated with the music file while the music file is played back. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A playback method by which an image file is played back as an image, and a music file is played back as a piece of music, comprising the steps of:
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when a music file is played back, obtaining date and time information from a music file to be played back; searching among image files memorized in a predetermined memory device for an image file to which date and time information corresponding to the date and time information is added; preparing a list showing the searched image file; and continuously playing back the image file shown in the list while the music file is being played back. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A playback method by which an image file is played back as an image, and a music file is played back as a piece of music, comprising the steps of:
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when an image file is played back, obtaining date and time information from an image file to be played back; searching among music files memorized in a predetermined memory device for a music file to which date and time information corresponding to the date and time information is added; preparing a list showing the searched music file; and continuously playing back the music file shown in the list while the image file is being played back. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A playback method by which an image file is played back as an image, and a music file is played back as a piece of music, comprising the steps of:
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when a photographing instruction is entered into a predetermined photographing instruction input device while a music file is being played back, associating an image file obtained by taking a photograph with the music file being played back when the photograph was taken, and causing a predetermined memory device to memorize the image file; and
then,when the image file is played back, playing back the music file associated with the image file while the image file is being played back. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. A playback method by which an image file is played back as an image, and a music file is played back as a piece of music, comprising the steps of:
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when a photographing instruction is entered into a predetermined photographing instruction input device while a music file is being played back, associating an image file obtained by taking a photograph with the music file being played back when the photograph was taken, and causing a predetermined memory device to memorize the image file; and
then,when the music file is played back, playing back the image file associated with the music file while the music file is being played back. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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Specification