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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2007
Kiyoshi Hasebe, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kiyoshi Hasebe, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
Audio reproduction apparatus and method for controlling audio data reproduction in accordance with a user operation or input extracts a predetermined musical characteristic, such as a rhythm, melody, etc., from audio data and generates a time information string indicating reproduction timings. During the audio data reproduction, a user operation/input on the apparatus based on a sensor output can be detected to generate detection information indicating a user operation/input timing, and determine whether or not the user operation/input timing coincides with a corresponding one of the reproduction timings indicated by the time information string. A sound system can reproduce the audio data as is, if both timings coincide with each other. Otherwise, predetermined effects can be added to the audio data or the audio data can be manipulated during reproduction.