Reproduction apparatus, reproduction method and program

• US 8,493,335 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2008
• Issued: 07/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Shinkai, Mitsutoshi, Tokunaka, Junzo, Kashiwa, Kotaro
• Primary Examiner(s): Beck, Alexander S
• Assistant Examiner(s): RAYAN, MIHIR K
• Application Number:
  US12/207,003
• Publication Number:
  US 20090096755A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,778 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0393 Accessories for touch pads or touch screens, e.g. mechanical guides added to touch screens for drawing straight lines, hard keys overlaying touch screens or touch pads
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• 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

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a reproduction apparatus which includes a touch panel and vibrates the touch panel, including: a reproduction circuit configured to reproduce data in a unit of a frame in response to an operation of the touch panel by a user; and a driving circuit configured to vibrate the touch panel every time the data of each frame are reproduced.

Claims

1. A video editing apparatus which includes a touch panel and vibrates said touch panel, the video editing apparatus comprising:

a reproduction circuit configured to reproduce recorded data on a frame by frame basis in response to an operation of said touch panel by a user;

a vibration control signal generating unit configured to generate a vibration control signal based on a frame change signal which is generated each time that the data of each frame are reproduced; and

a driving circuit configured to vibrate said touch panel based on the vibration control signal, wherein

when a speed of the reproduction by the reproduction circuit is not higher than a substantially normal speed of the recorded data, the driving circuit vibrates the touch panel every time the data of each frame are reproduced, and

when the speed of the reproduction by the reproduction circuit is higher than the substantially normal speed of the recorded data, the driving circuit vibrates the touch panel at predetermined intervals of time, the predetermined intervals of time being different times from the time the data of each frame are reproduced.

2. The video editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a determination circuit configured to determine the speed of the reproduction in response to an operation of said touch panel by the user;

said reproduction circuit reproducing the recorded data at the speed of the reproduction determined by said determination circuit.

3. The video editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display section configured to display an image based on the recorded data reproduced by said reproduction circuit.

4. A video editing method for a video editing apparatus which includes a touch panel and vibrates said touch panel, the video editing method comprising the steps of:

reproducing recorded data on a frame by frame basis in response to an operation of the touch panel by a user;

generating a vibration control signal based on a frame change signal which is generated each time that the data of each frame are reproduced; and

vibrating the touch panel based on the vibration control signal, the vibrating step including vibrating the touch panel every time the data of each frame are reproduced when a speed of the reproduction in the reproducing step is not higher than a substantially normal speed of the recorded data, and vibrating the touch panel at predetermined intervals of time when the speed of the reproduction in the reproducing step is higher than the substantially normal speed of the recorded data, the predetermined intervals of time being different times from the time the data of each frame are reproduced.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method for video editing, the method comprising the steps of:

reproducing recorded data on a frame by frame basis in response to an operation of a touch panel by a user;

generating a vibration control signal based on a frame change signal which is generated each time that the data of each frame are reproduced; and

vibrating the touch panel based on the vibration control signal, the vibrating step including vibrating the touch panel every time the data of each frame are reproduced when a speed of the reproduction in the reproducing step is not higher than a substantially normal speed of the recorded data, and vibrating the touch panel at predetermined intervals of time when the speed of the reproduction in the reproducing step is higher than the substantially normal speed of the recorded data, the predetermined intervals of time being different times from the time the data of each frame are reproduced.

6. A video editing apparatus which includes a touch panel and vibrates said touch panel, the video editing apparatus comprising:

a reproduction circuit configured to reproduce recorded data on a field by field basis in response to an operation of said touch panel by a user;

a vibration control signal generating unit configured to generate a vibration control signal based on a field change signal which is generated each time that the data of each field are reproduced; and

a driving circuit configured to vibrate said touch panel based on the vibration control signal, wherein

when a speed of the reproduction by the reproduction circuit is not higher than a substantially normal speed of the recorded data, the driving circuit vibrates the touch panel every time the data of each field are reproduced, and

when the speed of the reproduction by the reproduction circuit is higher than the substantially normal speed of the recorded data, the driving circuit vibrates the touch panel at predetermined intervals of time, the predetermined intervals of time being different times from the time the data of each frame are reproduced.