Image reproduction system and device, image capture device, and information processing device

• US 8,160,431 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2006
• Issued: 04/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nomura, Masaru, Masuda, Hiroki, Matsumura, Eriko
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thai
• Assistant Examiner(s): HASAN, SYED Y
• Application Number:
  US11/484,894
• Publication Number:
  US 20070047915A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,106 Days
• Field of Search: 386/96, 386/52, 386/E5.072, 348/231.4, 348/333.02, 715/708, 715/768
• US Class Current: 386/338
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8063 using time division multiplex of the PCM audio and PCM video signals

Abstract

An image reproduction system configured by an image reproduction device that can accumulate a still image or a moving image for reproduction, and an information processing device that makes a setting to the image reproduction device. The image reproduction device includes: image data recording means recorded with image data; audio data recording means recorded with audio data; setting information recording means recorded with setting information about the audio data recorded on the audio data recording means; a display section displaying thereon the image data recorded on the image data recording means; an audio output section outputting the audio data recorded on the audio data recording means; and a control section making a selection from the audio data for output from the audio output section based on preset details when the image data is displayed on the display section in a predetermined manner, and the information processing device includes: an identification section acquiring, for identification, the setting information about the audio data recorded on the setting information recording means in the image reproduction device; an audio data recording section recorded with audio data; and an audio data process section converting the audio data recorded on the audio data recording section into a predetermined format based on the setting information about the audio data identified by the identification section, and forwarding resulting audio data to the image reproduction device for recording to the audio data recording means.

Claims

1. An image reproduction system configured by an image reproduction device that can accumulate a still image or a moving image for reproduction, and an information processing device that makes a setting to the image reproduction device, wherein

the image reproduction device includes:

image data recording means recorded with image data;

audio data recording means recorded with audio data;

setting information recording means recorded with setting information about the audio data recorded on the audio data recording means;

a display section displaying thereon the image data recorded on the image data recording means;

an audio output section outputting the audio data recorded on the audio data recording means; and

a control section making a selection from the audio data for output from the audio output section based on preset details when the image data is displayed on the display section in a predetermined manner, and

the information processing device includes;

an identification section acquiring, for identification, the setting information about the audio data recorded on the setting information recording means in the image reproduction device;

an audio data recording section recorded with audio data; and

an audio data process section converting the audio data recorded on the audio data recording section into a predetermined format based on the setting information about the audio data identified by the identification section, and forwarding resulting audio data to the image reproduction device for recording to the audio data recording means,

in which the image reproduction device is a digital camera and the information processing device is a computer and in which the computer is separate from the digital camera and is connectable thereto by way of a serial bus such that during operation the audio data process section of the computer converts the audio data recorded on the audio data recording section into the predetermined format based on the setting information about the audio data which was recorded on the setting information recording means of the digital camera and which was identified by the identification section of the computer and forwards the resulting audio data to the audio data recording means of the digital camera for recording thereat, and

in which the setting information about the audio data recorded on the setting information recording means in the image reproduction device at least includes (i) information about a type of encoding for the audio data that can be recorded to the audio data recording means, (ii) data about a maximum volume of the audio data per music that can be reproduced by the image reproduction device, and (iii) information about a maximum reproduction time of the audio data per music that can be reproduced by the image reproduction device.

2. The image reproduction system according to claim 1, wherein the image reproduction device includes an image capture section, and when the image data is displayed in the predetermined manner on the display section of the image reproduction device, a slide show display is made by which the still images plurally captured by the image capture section and stored in a first storage section are sequentially displayed, and during the slide show display, the audio output section outputs audio as background music.

3. The image reproduction system according to claim 1, wherein based on the setting information about the audio data, the audio data process section in the information processing device converts the audio data recorded on the audio data recording section into a format that can be handled by the audio output section in the image reproduction device, and into a format of a data size recordable by the audio data recording means.

4. The image reproduction system according to claim 3, wherein the format conversion in terms of the data size performed by the audio data process section in the information processing device is a process of deriving data only for a segment from a head of the audio data for reproduction of a predetermined fixed length of time.

5. The image reproduction system according to claim 1, wherein the identification section of the information processing device identifies the number of the audio data possibly stored in the audio data recording means of the image reproduction device, and the number of the audio data stored in the audio data recording means, and the display process section displays thereon identification results as GUI images.

6. The image reproduction system according to claim 1, wherein based on a predetermined operation, the audio data process section of the information processing device restores the audio data stored in the audio data recording means of the image reproduction device to be in an initial state.

7. The image reproduction system according to claim 1, in which after activation, the audio data process section in the information processing device determines whether encoded audio data of the type indicated by the setting information can be created by the information processing device and when a result thereof indicates that the encoded audio data of the type indicated by the setting information can be created automatically converts the audio data recorded on the audio data recording section into an encoding format that can be handled by the audio output section in the image reproduction device based on the setting information about the audio data.

8. An information processing device that makes a setting to an image reproduction device capable of recording a still image or a moving image for reproduction, comprising:

an identification section identifying setting information about audio data stored in a predetermined storage section in the image reproduction device;

a display process section subjecting an identification result of the identification section to a display process at a predetermined position;

an audio data recording section recorded with audio data; and

an audio data process section converting the audio data recorded on the audio data recording section into a predetermined format based on the setting information about the audio data identified by the identification section, and forwarding resulting audio data to the image reproduction device for recording,

in which the image reproduction device is a digital camera and the information processing device is a computer and in which the computer is separate from the digital camera and is connectable thereto by way of a serial bus such that during operation the audio data process section of the computer converts the audio data recorded on the audio data recording section into the predetermined format based on the setting information about the audio data which was stored in the predetermined storage section of the digital camera and which was identified by the identification section of the computer and forwards the resulting audio data to the digital camera for recording thereat, and

in which the setting information in the image reproduction device at least includes (i) information about a type of encoding for the audio data that can be recorded in the image reproduction device, (ii) data about a maximum volume of the audio data per music that can be reproduced by the image reproduction device, and (iii) information about a maximum reproduction time of the audio data per music that can be reproduced by the image reproduction device.

9. The information processing device according to claim 8, wherein the audio data process section converts a data size of the audio data to derive data only for a segment from a head of the audio data for reproduction of a predetermined fixed length of time.

10. The information processing device according to claim 8, wherein the identification section identifies the number of the audio data possibly stored in a predetermined storage section of the image reproduction device, and the number of the audio data stored in the predetermined storage section based on the acquired setting information about the audio data, and the display process section displays thereon identification results as GUI images.