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Apparatus and method for performing auto-playing in synchronism with reproduction of audio data

  • US 5,189,237 A
  • Filed: 12/10/1990
  • Issued: 02/23/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An auto-playing apparatus which employs a recording medium that stored audio data and first position data representing a recording position of the audio data such that the audio data and the first position data are associated with each other, and in which the audio data and the auto-play data can be reproduced in synchronism with each other, said auto-playing apparatus comprising:

  • reproducing means for reproducing the audio data and the first position data from the recording medium by playing the recording medium;

    storing means for storing (a) a series of auto-play data items which are to be reproduced in synchronism with the audio data recorded on the recording medium, and (b) second position data corresponding to the first position data and which represents at the same reproduction timing as that of the auto-play data,auto-playing means, coupled to the storing means, for reading the auto-play data from the storing means and for sequentially generating corresponding tone signals to execute auto-playing;

    setting means for setting conditions under which synchronous reproduction of the audio data and auto-play data is performed, said setting means including means for selecting a reproduction start point, and means for determining a second position data corresponding to the selected reproduction start point from among the second position data stored in the storing means;

    retrieving means, coupled to the reproducing means, for detecting the second position data stored in the storing means in accordance with the setting of the setting means and for retrieving the first position data corresponding to the detected second position data from among the first position data stored in the recording medium; and

    control means, coupled to the setting means, to the auto-playing means, to the retrieving means, and to the reproducing means, for performing control to start auto-playing from the position which the setting means selects as the reproduction start point, and to play the recording medium from the audio data corresponding to the first position data retrieved by the retrieving means, and wherein when the reproduction start point is an intermediate position, intermediate a beginning and an end of the audio data, auto-play starts without delay.

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