Pioneer Corporation

Pioneer Electronic Corporation

Youichi Yamada

Gen Inoshita

Takeaki Funada

Hiroyuki Isobe

Tomohiko Kimura

Koichiro Sakata

Yoshinori Kataoka

Kazuo Kamei

Yoshiyuki Kakuta

Ko Atsumi

Naomi Amemiya

Keitaro Kaburagi

Akiharu Yagi

Tatsuya Shiraishi

Takashi Suzuki

Junichi Takagaki

Hiroyasu Eguchi

Kensuke Chiba

Kou Atsumi

Chihaya Oga

Toru Yada

Satomi Kasuya

Jun Minokami

Yuuji Murai

Tomohiko Kumura

An operation signal corresponding to an input operation on a rotating body by a user is output to an information-processing unitand the operation signal is processed by a processing condition in accordance with the condition of the input operation. Based on the information property such as sound volume processed based on the operation signal and output by the output unitor a setting position such as a cue point that is set by the input operation on the switch sectionand at which a reproducing position is changed by a processing unitin accordance with a pressing operation on the rotating body, the location of the reproducing position that is moved in accordance with the condition of the input operation on the rotating bodyis recognized. And the rotating bodyis operated (conducting click-like movement restriction, vibration and the like) in accordance with output condition corresponding to the condition of the input operation based on the property. A touch such as the movement restriction and vibration can be provided in accordance with the input operation and the property of the information, thereby providing efficient information-processing by the input operation.

Switch device, information processing device, and reproduction device

An information reproducing control apparatus, a display device, a control method, and a storage medium are disclosed, the control apparatus includes a display control device for controlling to display a reproducing point in sequential content data; an operating device including an operator, a user being able to directly touch the operator, the operator being used for designating a desired point of the content data as a new reproducing point; a specifying device for directly specifying a reproducing point corresponding to the new reproducing point. The operator having an operation area including one end portion provided along with one end portion of a display area of the elapsed time on the display device and the other end portion provided along with the other portion of the display area of the elapsed time on the display device.

Information reproducing apparatus

A reproduction systemincludes a rotating body on which a rotary operation is conducted by a user, a rotary movement detectorthat detects the rotation of the rotating body and outputs a detection signal in accordance with a rotary condition thereof, and a restricting unit that conducts a restriction processing for restricting the rotation of the rotating body based on the detection signal. Accordingly, different resistance feeling in accordance with the rotary operation on the rotating body is provided to a user, thereby exhibiting excellent operational feeling just like a rotation of a turntable of a record player.

The present invention provides an information reproducing apparatus which can directly and intuitively designate a reproduction point, as desired by a user, on the basis of a change in level of a visually-provided information amount. An optical disk reproducing apparatusreads content data from an optical diskloaded and has a reproduction-time specification operating unitwhich is formed by a movable operator MF. The reproduction-time specification operating unitdisplays a change in amount of information on a beat according to elapsed time in the entire content data and includes a movable operator MF which is used to specify reproduction time of the optical diskwhile being movable in an operation area OF corresponding to a display area AThe reproduction-time specification operating unitmoves the movable operator MF such that the center of the movable operator MF corresponds to the reproduction time of the contents data in the beat density data displayed on a display unit

The present invention provides an information processing unit with improved operability. A reading section () reads information recorded in an optical disk, and outputs a read signal. A DSP () detects the read signal and processes to a reproducible form. A quick return button selects at least one of the processing details for starting or stopping the information processing and for changing a reproducing position of the information. When a reproducing state changing section () recognizes a change instruction for changing a processing state for the information, a reproduction control section () changes the processing state by the DSPbased on the processing details selected with the quick return button. Since the processing details for starting or stopping the information processing and for changing a reproducing position are previously stored in the reproducing state changing section () as commonly available change instructions, operating components can be simplified with the operability of the information reproducing unit () substantially improved.

Information processing unit, information processing method, program for the same, recording medium for recording the program therein, and reproducing unit

A sound-processing apparatus is provided that is capable of creating a sound effect without having to worry about changes in parameters such as the beat of the input sound source. The sound-processing apparatus comprises: a delay unit DB that generates at least one or more new synchronized sound signal that is synchronized with a sound signal Si to be modulated; parameter-detection unitthat detects a parameter that indicates an attribute of the generated synchronized sound signal; a signal-conversion unitthat generates a converted signal Sdm based on the detected parameter; and a modulation unit that modulates the sound signal based on the generated converted signal Sdm.

Sound processing apparatus, sound processing method, sound processing program and recording medium which records sound processing program

A signal adjusting apparatus includes a movable member, a setting device, and a prohibiting device. The movable member is movable in a movable range to have the electrical signal adjusted in accordance with a position of the movable member. The setting device sets a prohibition range in the movable range. The prohibition range is a range where a volume level of the electrical signal is to be constant. The prohibiting device prohibits the volume level from being adjusted under the state that the movable member is located in the prohibition range.

Apparatus for adjusting a signal and prohibiting adjustment of the signal based on a position of a movable member

An audio signal processing apparatus comprises a signal processing section for processing audio signals fed from outside equipments, an operating section for producing commands in order for said signal processing section to process the audio signals, a storing memory for storing past operation data containing past operation information of the operating section, a controller for setting parameters in order for said signal processing section to process the audio signals in accordance with said past operation data stored in said storing memory.

Audio signal processing apparatus

A signal adjusting apparatus comprises a movable member, a first detecting device, a second detecting device, and a correction device. The member is movable in a movable range composed of a plurality of intervals. The first detecting device detects one of the intervals where the member is located. The first detecting device is constituted by a first movable portion mounted on the member and a first fixed portion spaced apart from the first movable portion. The one of the intervals is an absolute position. The second detecting device detects a relative position of the member within the detected interval. The second detecting device is constituted by a second movable portion mounted on the member and a second fixed portion spaced apart from the second movable portion. The correction device corrects the detected relative position based on a relationship between the absolute position and the relative position stored in a memory.

Apparatus for adjusting a signal based on a position of a movable member

A reading section () reads information recorded in an optical disk and outputs a read signal. A DSP () detects the read signal, and make it reproducible. An operational instruction recognizing section () recognizes an instruction for a specified position of the information. Then a display control section () makes a cue point position display section of a display section () display an instructed position. Because of this feature, the specified instructed position can be recognized easily and accurately.

Information processing unit, display method for the information processing unit, program for the same, recording medium for recording the program therein and reproducing unit

Both of one audio information and another audio information are recorded on a same information record medium. An audio information reproducing apparatus is provided with: a detecting device for detecting said one audio information and said another audio information from the information record medium and also detecting a time period required for one beat of the detected another audio information; and an accumulating device for accumulating said one audio information detected from the information record medium to thereby continue reproducing and outputting said one audio information through the accumulating device. The audio information reproducing apparatus is also provided with a controlling device for controlling the detecting device to detect said another audio information and the time period required for one beat, within a time duration that the accumulated one audio information is being reproduced and outputted through the accumulating device.

Method of and apparatus for reproducing audio information, program storage device and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave

An audio signal processing apparatus for changing a tempo of an input audio signal is disclosed. The apparatus includes a magnification designator capable of designating a plurality of different magnifications. A device is capable of automatically detecting a beat(s) per minute, BPM, or the audio input signal. The device may also detect a beat period of the input audio signal. The device also changes the BPM or beat period in accordance with a magnification designated by the magnification designator. Further, the device changes the tempo of the audio signal in accordance with the changed BPM and the changed beat period.

A reproducing system is produced for reproducing music recorded on a digital disc, and a rotating dial is provided to be rotated by a user.

System for reproducing information recorded on a disc

An apparatus for sampling partial audio information from audio information and storing it in a memory device provided with: a sampling device for sampling the partial audio information from the audio information in the sampling time which is a integral multiple of a time interval between each beat and the next in the audio information, and a storing device for storing the sampled partial audio information in a memory device.

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Youichi Yamada