Data processing system having data reproduction independent of data processing

• US 9,530,456 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2012
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Arai, Toshiyuki, Kumagai, Takashi, Inai, Hajime, Sato, Hiroaki, Yodo, Fumitake, Oyama, Masami
• Primary Examiner(s): MERCEDES, DISMERY E
• Application Number:
  US13/693,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20130094334A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,484 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00007 Time or data compression or expansion audio compression based on psychoacoustics G10L19/00; data processing for reproducing audio data at different playback speeds G10L21/04; video compression H04N19/00; data compression per se H03M7/30
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10527 Audio or video recording; Data buffering arrangements G11B20/12 - G11B20/18 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/213 Read-only discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2525 Magneto-optical [MO] discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/005 Reproducing at a different information rate from the information rate of recording for television signals H04N5/783
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• 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: H04R 5/02 Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers

Abstract

A processing unit performs a method including controlling a reading-out of data from a first storage medium at a predetermined read-out data rate to produce inputted data, and controlling a compression of the inputted data to produce first compressed data of a first compressed format. The method includes controlling a storage of the first compressed data in a second storage medium at a faster writing data rate than the predetermined read-out data rate, controlling a reading-out of second compressed data of a second compressed format from the second storage medium, and controlling a decompression of the second compressed data to produce decompressed data. The method also includes controlling simultaneously the storage of the first compressed data in the second storage medium, the reading-out of the second compressed data from the second storage medium, and audibly reproducing the decompressed data. The first compressed format is different from the second compressed format.

Claims

1. A portable apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to receive processed data from an external apparatus and control storage of the processed data,

wherein the external apparatus includes circuitry configured to;

process inputted data,

transmit the processed data to the circuitry of the portable apparatus,

receive data from said circuitry of the portable apparatus,

decompress the data received from the circuitry of the portable apparatus,

reproduce the decompressed data,

determine whether the circuitry of the portable apparatus has storage space available for the processed data;

control the circuitry of the portable apparatus to begin storage of the processed data during reproduction of the decompressed data by the external apparatus after the storage space for the processed data is determined to be available,

wherein the decompressed data and the processed data are different.

2. The portable apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry of the external apparatus is further configured to compress inputted data and produce compressed data.

3. The portable apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry of the external apparatus is further configured to convert a format of the inputted data.

4. The portable apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the inputted data of a first format is converted to a second format by the circuitry of the external apparatus.

5. The portable apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry of the external apparatus is further configured to read-out data stored in a storage medium, and to process said read-out data as the inputted data.

6. The portable apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry of the external apparatus compresses the inputted data into Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) format as the processed data.

7. The portable apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the portable apparatus further includes a semiconductor memory configured to store the processed data.

8. The portable apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

a touch panel or a dial configured to receive a user input, and a headphone jack, and

the circuitry of the portable apparatus reproduces one of a plurality of processed data stored in the semiconductor memory based on the user input via the touch panel or the dial and outputs the reproduced data to the headphone jack.

9. The portable apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

a battery configured to be charged by the external apparatus when the portable apparatus receives the processed data from the external apparatus.

10. The portable apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the circuitry of the external apparatus controls a display to display icons of a plurality of the processed data of the external apparatus and transmits the processed data to the portable apparatus when one of the icons is selected by a drag and drop operation.

11. A method comprising:

receiving, by circuitry of a portable apparatus, processed data from an external apparatus;

determining, by the circuitry of the portable apparatus, whether the portable apparatus has space available to store the processed data;

controlling, by the circuitry of the portable apparatus, a start of storage of the processed data after storage space for the processed data is determined to be available;

processing, by circuitry of an external apparatus, inputted data;

transmitting, by the circuitry of the external apparatus, the processed data to the portable apparatus;

receiving, by the circuitry of the external apparatus, data from the portable apparatus;

decompressing, by the circuitry of the external apparatus, the data received from the portable apparatus; and

reproducing, by the circuitry of the external apparatus, the decompressed data,

wherein the decompressed data and the processed data are different.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with computer-readable instructions thereon that, when executed by circuitry, causes the circuitry to perform a method comprising:

receiving, at a portable apparatus, processed data from an external apparatus;

determining, at the external apparatus, whether the portable apparatus has space available to store the processed data;

controlling, at the portable apparatus, a start of storage of the processed data after storage space for the processed data is determined to be available;

processing, at the external apparatus, inputted data;

transmitting the processed data from the external apparatus to the portable apparatus;

receiving, at the external apparatus, data from the portable apparatus;

decompressing, at the external apparatus, the data received from the portable apparatus; and

reproducing, at the external apparatus, the decompressed data,

wherein the decompressed data and the processed data are different.