Audio playback device capable of independent operations in dual modes
First Claim
1. A play-back device comprising:
- a plurality of play-back sources;
a first output unit and a second output unit for selecting at least one of the play-back sources to output play-back signals from the at least one of the play-back sources;
a first operation unit for operations relating to the first output unit;
a second operation unit for operations relating to the second output unit;
a control unit for deciding whether the first output unit and the second output unit have selected a common play-back source and whether the play-back signals from the common play-back source are in an output-stopped state and for inhibiting the release of the output-stopped state from a lower priority one of the first operation unit and the second operation unit in response to the control unit deciding that the play-back signals from the common play-back source are in an output-stopped state; and
a priority setting unit for setting a priority for the first operation unit and the second operation unit.
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Abstract
A play-back device includes a body device including: a playback mode setting unit for selecting a plurality of playback modes such as a CD mode, an AM mode and an FM mode; a front side speaker and a rear side headphone for selecting an arbitrary one of the playback modes to output play-back signals in the arbitrary playback mode; a front operation unit for operations relating to the front side; and a rear operation unit for operations relating to the rear side. Further included is a control unit for not accepting but making ineffective an operation to release a mute/pause state, even if done from the rear operation unit, when it is decided that the front side is in the mute/pause state while the front side and the rear side are in a common playback mode.
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23 Claims
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1. A play-back device comprising:
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a plurality of play-back sources; a first output unit and a second output unit for selecting at least one of the play-back sources to output play-back signals from the at least one of the play-back sources; a first operation unit for operations relating to the first output unit; a second operation unit for operations relating to the second output unit; a control unit for deciding whether the first output unit and the second output unit have selected a common play-back source and whether the play-back signals from the common play-back source are in an output-stopped state and for inhibiting the release of the output-stopped state from a lower priority one of the first operation unit and the second operation unit in response to the control unit deciding that the play-back signals from the common play-back source are in an output-stopped state; and a priority setting unit for setting a priority for the first operation unit and the second operation unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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7. A play-back device comprising:
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a first operation unit and a second operation unit for operations to control the output states relating to play-back signals from a play-back source; an interruption detecting unit for detecting an interruption signal; a control unit for determining whether the first operation unit and the second operation unit have selected a common play-back source and whether play-back signals from the common play-back source are in an output-stopped state in response to the interruption detecting unit detecting the interruption signal, and for inhibiting the release of the output-stopped state from a lower priority one of the first operation unit and the second operation unit when the control unit determines that the play-back signals from the common play-back source are in an output-stopped state; and a priority setting unit for setting a priority for the first operation unit and the second operation unit. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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8. A play-back device comprising:
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a first operation unit and a second operation unit for operations to control the output states relating to play-back signals from a play-back source; an interruption detecting unit for detecting an interruption signal; a control unit for determining whether the first operation unit and the second operation unit have selected a common play-back source and whether play-back signals from the common play-back source are in an output-stopped state in response to the interruption detecting unit detecting the interruption signal, and for inhibiting the release of the output-stopped state when the control unit determines that the play-back signals from the common play-back source are in an output-stopped state; and a priority setting unit for setting a priority for the first operation unit and the second operation unit, wherein the control unit inhibits the release of the output-stopped state even if the operation to release the output-stopped state is done from a lower priority one of the first operation unit and the second operation unit on the basis of the priority set by the priority setting unit.
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9. A play-back device comprising:
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a plurality of play-back sources; a first output unit and a second output unit for selecting at least one of the play-back sources to output play-back signals from the at least one of the play-back sources; a first operation unit for operations relating to the first output unit; a second operation unit for operations relating to the second output unit; an interruption detecting unit for detecting an interruption signal; an output stop setting unit for bringing play-back signals from the at least one of the play-back sources into an output-stopped state when the interruption signal is detected by the interruption detecting unit; a control unit for determining whether a common play-back source is selected by the first output unit and the second output unit and whether the common play-back source is in an output-stopped state, and for inhibiting the acceptance of the operation relating to the play-back signals in the output-stopped state from a lower priority one of the first operation unit and the second operation unit in response to the control unit determining that the common play-back source is in an output-stopped state; and a priority setting unit for setting a priority for the first operation unit and the second operation unit.
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10. A play-back device comprising:
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a plurality of play-back sources; a first output unit and a second output unit for selecting at least one of the play-back sources to output play-back signals from the at least one of the play-back sources; a first operation unit and a second operation unit for operations to control the output state relating to the play-back signals from the at least one of the play-back sources; an interruption detecting unit for detecting an interruption signal; a control unit for determining whether the first output unit and the second output unit select a common play-back source, and for inhibiting the acceptance of an operation from a lower priority one of the first operation unit and the second operation unit to control the output state relating to the play-back signals from the common play-back source in response to the interruption detecting unit detecting the interruption signal; and a priority setting unit for setting a priority for the first operation unit and the second operation unit. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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Specification