Music storage apparatus and picture storage apparatus
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1. A music storage apparatus comprising:
- an audio signal source for supplying audio signals;
an audio-signal recording unit for recording the audio signals supplied from said audio signal source;
an audio-signal switching unit for providing one of the audio signals supplied from said audio signal source and the audio signals recorded in said audio-signal recording unit; and
a control unit for controlling said audio-signal recording unit and said audio-signal switching unit in response to an operation by a user, wherein said control unit starts recording audio signals of a musical piece in said audio-signal recording unit in synchronization with the start of playing of the musical piece, leaves audio signals of an unoperated musical piece in said audio-signal recording unit, and deletes audio signals of an operated musical piece from said audio-signal recording unit, the unoperated musical piece not being subjected to a specific operation during the playing thereof, and the operated musical piece being subjected to the specific operation during the playing thereof.
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Abstract
In a music storage apparatus, a control unit controls a signal switching unit so that audio signals supplied from a digital radio tuner or a CD player are transmitted to both an amplifier and an encoder. The control unit also determines whether a musical piece is completely provided to the user, based on program information or TOC information obtained from the digital radio tuner or the CD player. Audio signals of a musical piece that is incompletely provided are deleted from a hard disk.
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21 Claims
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1. A music storage apparatus comprising:
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an audio signal source for supplying audio signals;
an audio-signal recording unit for recording the audio signals supplied from said audio signal source;
an audio-signal switching unit for providing one of the audio signals supplied from said audio signal source and the audio signals recorded in said audio-signal recording unit; and
a control unit for controlling said audio-signal recording unit and said audio-signal switching unit in response to an operation by a user, wherein said control unit starts recording audio signals of a musical piece in said audio-signal recording unit in synchronization with the start of playing of the musical piece, leaves audio signals of an unoperated musical piece in said audio-signal recording unit, and deletes audio signals of an operated musical piece from said audio-signal recording unit, the unoperated musical piece not being subjected to a specific operation during the playing thereof, and the operated musical piece being subjected to the specific operation during the playing thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A music storage apparatus comprising:
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an audio signal source for supplying audio signals;
an audio-signal recording unit for recording the audio signals supplied from said audio signal source;
an audio-signal switching unit for providing one of the audio signals supplied from said audio signal source and the audio signals recorded in said audio-signal recording unit; and
a control unit for controlling said audio-signal recording unit and said audio-signal switching unit in response to an operation by a user, wherein said control unit starts recording audio signals of a musical piece in said audio-signal recording unit in synchronization with the start of playing of the musical piece, and adds, to the audio signals to be recorded in said audio-signal recording unit, data for discriminating between an unoperated musical piece that is not subjected to a specific operation and an operated musical piece that is subjected to the specific operation during the playing thereof. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A picture storage apparatus comprising:
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a video signal source for supplying video signals;
a video-signal recording unit for recording the video signals supplied from said video signal source;
a video-signal switching unit for providing one of the video signals supplied from said video signal source and the video signals recorded in said video-signal recording unit; and
a control unit for controlling said video-signal recording unit and said video-signal switching unit in response to an operation by a user, wherein said control unit starts recording video signals of a program in said video-signal recording unit in synchronization with the start of the program, leaves video signals of an unoperated program in said video-signal recording unit, and deletes video signals of an operated program from said video-signal recording unit, the unoperated program not being subjected to a specific operation before the end of the program, and the operated musical piece being subjected to the specific operation before the end of the program. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A picture storage apparatus comprising:
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a video signal source for supplying video signals;
a video-signal recording unit for recording the video signals supplied from said video signal source;
a video-signal switching unit for providing one of the video signals supplied from said video signal source and the video signals recorded in said video-signal recording unit; and
a control unit for controlling said video-signal recording unit and said video-signal switching unit in response to an operation by a user, wherein said control unit starts recording video signals of a program in said video-signal recording unit in synchronization with the start of the program, and adds, to the video signals to be recorded in said video-signal recording unit, data for discriminating between an operated program that is not subjected to a specific operation and an operated program that is subjected to the specific operation before the end of the program. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. An automated method of storing a program comprising one of audio and video, the method comprising:
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supplying audio and/or video signals for playing a program from a signal source, for listening and/or viewing by a user;
recording the program if a specified operation by the user is not instructed during playing of said program; and
not recording the program if said specified operation by the user is instructed during playing of said program. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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