STORAGE AND REPRODUCTION APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A portable reproducing apparatus, comprising:
- a storage medium configured to store input data, the input data being identifiable based on auxiliary data corresponding thereto;
a reproduction unit configured to reproduce said input data read out from said storage medium;
a display configured to display said auxiliary data; and
a controller configured to perform operations of said portable reproducing apparatus according to signals received from an operation unit and being configured (1) to search said auxiliary data, (2) to receive a selection of said auxiliary data displayed on said display, (3) to read said input data corresponding to the selected auxiliary data from said storage medium, (4) to transmit said read input data to said reproduction unit, and (5) to interrupt reproduction by said reproduction unit;
wherein said controller is configuredto search auxiliary data in forward direction upon receiving a signal representing a manual rotational input to an operation unit in a first direction of a circular path around an imaginary rotational axis,to search auxiliary data in backward direction upon receiving a signal representing a manual rotational input to the operation unit in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, of the circular path around the imaginary rotational axis, andto select said one from said auxiliary data based upon receiving a signal representing a pressing input to the operation unit so as to reproduce said input data associated with the selected auxiliary data by the reproduction unit.
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Abstract
The storage and reproducing apparatus includes a signal processing block, a memory, a reproduction block, an operation block, and a control block. The signal processing block converts a sound signal entered, into a digital signal. The memory stores a digital signal outputted form the signal processing block and a management data of the digital data. The reproduction block at least converts a digital signal read out from the memory, into a hearable sound for reproduction output. The operation block is provided on an apparatus main body and includes a rotary operation block provided on the apparatus main body in such a manner that the rotary operation block can be rotated around a rotation center and shifted along plane which almost orthogonally intersects the rotation center. The control block, according to an input from the operation block, writes a digital signal and a management data into the memory and reads out a digital signal and a management data stored in the memory. The control block, according to a rotation direction of the rotary operation block, reads out a management data from the memory. When the rotary operation block is shifted along the plane, the control block reads out a digital signal from the memory according to a management information which is being read out from the memory.
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18 Claims
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1. A portable reproducing apparatus, comprising:
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a storage medium configured to store input data, the input data being identifiable based on auxiliary data corresponding thereto; a reproduction unit configured to reproduce said input data read out from said storage medium; a display configured to display said auxiliary data; and a controller configured to perform operations of said portable reproducing apparatus according to signals received from an operation unit and being configured (1) to search said auxiliary data, (2) to receive a selection of said auxiliary data displayed on said display, (3) to read said input data corresponding to the selected auxiliary data from said storage medium, (4) to transmit said read input data to said reproduction unit, and (5) to interrupt reproduction by said reproduction unit; wherein said controller is configured to search auxiliary data in forward direction upon receiving a signal representing a manual rotational input to an operation unit in a first direction of a circular path around an imaginary rotational axis, to search auxiliary data in backward direction upon receiving a signal representing a manual rotational input to the operation unit in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, of the circular path around the imaginary rotational axis, and to select said one from said auxiliary data based upon receiving a signal representing a pressing input to the operation unit so as to reproduce said input data associated with the selected auxiliary data by the reproduction unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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