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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2007
Michihiko Sasaki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shinichi Ito, Hamamatsu, JP;
Michihiko Sasaki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shinichi Ito, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Abstract
In order to reproduce music suitable for a situation where a user listens to the music while performing repetitive exercise, if a walking tempo value sensed by a walking tempo sensing portionfalls outside a certain range defined on the basis of a music tempo value of a music data file currently being reproduced by a music data reproduction portion, a music tempo specifying portionspecifies a music tempo value agreeing with the walking tempo value. A reproduction control portionselects a music data file having a music tempo value corresponding to the music tempo specified by the music tempo specifying portionfrom among a plurality of music data files stored along with data on music tempo of the respective music data files in a data storage portion, and causes the music data reproduction portionto start the reproduction of the selected music data file.