Sony Corporation

Kiyoshi Aida

Toshihiro Morita

Hideyuki Ono

Osamu Shimoyoshi

Rie Usukura

Toshio Ohkouchi

Yoshinori Utsumi

Tomohiko Shirahama

An information processing method is disclosed for use with an information processing apparatus for acquiring data and executing signal processing on the data. The method includes the steps of: acquiring information necessary for executing the signal processing on the data; determining whether a certain parameter included in the information acquired in the information acquiring step is changed; if the parameter is found changed in the determining step, then controlling recording of setting information for the signal processing; discarding execution status settings of a signal processing program called up to execute the signal processing; calling up again the signal processing program; initializing, using the changed parameter, the signal processing program called up in the program calling step; reading out the setting information of which the recording was controlled in the setting information recording controlling step; and resetting the signal processing program based on the setting information read out in the setting information reading step.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

An information processing apparatus is disclosed which includes: a signal processing executing device for executing signal processing on data that has been acquired; a recording device for temporarily recording the data and information so that either the data or the information may be transmitted and received by the signal processing executing device, the information being necessary for the signal processing executing device to execute the signal processing on the data; and a data controlling device for controlling a destination to which to output the data after acquiring the data and the information and determining whether to execute signal processing. When determining that the signal processing is to be executed, the data controlling device writes the data and the information to the recording device. The signal processing executing device acquires either the data or the information from the recording device in order to execute the signal processing on the data.

Data relating to a predetermined media are formed as a database which can be retrieved by key data generated based on information of a predetermined area of such media. When a predetermined media is inserted into an apparatus, data relating to corresponding media within the database is retrieved and the retrieved data can be obtained. Therefore, information relating to package media such as a CD can be provided with ease.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Kiyoshi Aida