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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2003
Chikara Ushimaru, Ome, JP;
Chikara Ushimaru, Ome, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An audio reproducing apparatus reproduces audio data to be reproduced in sync with video data. The audio reproducing apparatus includes a communication device configured to execute communication with another apparatus that reproduces the video data, a unit configured to detect an amount of an error between a reproduction point of the video data in the other apparatus and a reproduction point of the audio data in the audio reproducing apparatus by making use of the communication executed by the communication device with the other apparatus, a unit configured to detect, from a stream of the audio data, an audio data time period of audio data with a sound volume level lower than a specified value, and a unit configured to alter a reproduction speed of the audio data belonging to the detected audio data time period, on the basis of the detected amount of the error in reproduction point.