Information reproducing apparatus, information reproducing method, and program storage medium

• US 6,373,791 B1
• Filed: 10/26/2000
• Issued: 04/16/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ukita, Yoshitaka, Hattori, Masakazu
• Primary Examiner(s): PSITOS, ARISTOTELIS
• Application Number:
  US09/697,488
• Time in Patent Office: 537 Days
• Field of Search: 369/2, 369/6, 455/527
• US Class Current: 369/6
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 31/00 Arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus with cameras or projectors G03B31/00 ; recording/reproducing of music for electrophonic musical instruments G10H1/0033; automatic arrangements for answering calls or for recording messages for absent subscribers H04M1/64; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with dictation recording and playback systems H04M11/10; connection of TV recorder with other related apparatus, e.g. TV camera or receiver, in which the TV signal is significantly involved H04N, e.g. H04N23/00, H04N5/765; combination of radio or TV with other apparatus, e.g. with vehicles H05K11/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/05 specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface

Abstract

Listening to a CD by using headphones for example is interrupted by voice signals. A control microcomputer 55 executes a procedure for establishing a connection for communication with a communication unit. When the connection has been established, the control microcomputer 55 sets a switch 59 from a terminal a for supplying, to headphones 22, the reproduction output of a CD 23 to a terminal b for supplying a voice signal received at an antenna 21 to the headphones 22.

Claims

1. An information reproducing apparatus for reproducing data stored in a recording medium loaded in said information reproducing apparatus, comprising:

a connecting means for executing a connection procedure for making connection with a communication device;

a receiving means for receiving data supplied from said communication device on the basis of a result obtained by the execution of said connection procedure by said connecting means;

a sending means for sending a notification to said communication device of an acceptance of the connection on the basis of the result obtained by the execution of the said connection procedure by said connecting means; and

a switching means for switching, when the sending of said notification by said sending means has completed, an output of said information reproducing apparatus from data reproduced from said recording medium to data received by said receiving means.

2. The information reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a selecting means for selecting the execution of said connection procedure;

wherein said sending means sends said notification to said communication device on the basis of a result of the selection made by said selecting means.

3. The information reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data reproduced from said storage medium and the data supplied from said communication device are voice data.

4. The information reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data reproduced from said storage medium and the data supplied from said communication device are image data.

5. An information reproducing method for use in an information reproducing apparatus for reproducing data stored in a recording medium loaded in said information reproducing apparatus, said information reproducing method comprising the steps of:

executing a connection procedure for making connection with a communication device;

receiving data supplied from said communication device on the basis of a result obtained by the execution of said connection procedure by said connecting means;

sending a notification to said communication device of an acceptance of the connection on the basis of the result obtained by the execution of the said connection procedure by said connecting means; and

switching, when the sending of said notification by said sending means has completed, an output of said information reproducing apparatus from data reproduced from said recording medium to data received by said receiving means.

6. A program storage medium storing a computer-readable program for controlling an information reproducing apparatus for reproducing data stored in a recording medium loaded in said information reproducing apparatus, said computer-readable program comprising the steps of:

executing a connection procedure for making connection with a communication device;

receiving data supplied from said communication device on the basis of a result obtained by the execution of said connection procedure by said connecting means;

sending a notification to said communication device of an acceptance of the connection on the basis of the result obtained by the execution of the said connection procedure by said connecting means; and

switching, when the sending of said notification by said sending means has completed, an output of said information reproducing apparatus from data reproduced from said recording medium to data received by said receiving means.