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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2002
Yukari Mizumura, Saitama, JP;
Hidetsugu Kubota, Saitama, JP;
Toshiyuki Murata, Saitama, JP;
Takamasa Yamaguchi, Saitama, JP;
Hitoshi Sato, Saitama, JP;
Rie Yamashita, Saitama, JP;
Hidetoshi Yamaguchi, Saitama, JP;
Yukari Mizumura, Saitama, JP;
Hidetsugu Kubota, Saitama, JP;
Toshiyuki Murata, Saitama, JP;
Takamasa Yamaguchi, Saitama, JP;
Hitoshi Sato, Saitama, JP;
Rie Yamashita, Saitama, JP;
Hidetoshi Yamaguchi, Saitama, JP;
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a digital acoustic reproducing apparatusfor selecting and outputting one sound information from a sound information sourcehaving plural kinds of sound information with at least the number of channels or different data formats, there are provided sound information readout memberfor reading sound information out of the sound information sourceinformation acquisition memberfor acquiring information about data formats capable of decoding by a decoderto which the sound information read out is supplied or information about the number of speakersto which the sound information decoded by the decoderis supplied, and sound information selection memberfor selecting sound information to be outputted to the decoderbased on the acquired information.