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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2005
Youichi Yamada, Tokorozawa, JP;
Koichiro Sakata, Tokorozawa, JP;
Tomohiko Kimura, Tokorozawa, JP;
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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