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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2004
Applicants:
Hiromi Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Yagisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Fukada, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/96 (2006.01); H04N 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an information processing apparatus or method for presenting multimedia data, a storage unit holds an object in an image, such as an image, characters, or symbols, and sound data associated with the object. Metadata of the object is referred to, and an output parameter of the sound data associated with the object is determined based on the metadata. Then, a sound output unit outputs the sound data at a sound volume or the like based on the output parameter.