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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Yoko Kitahara, Tokyo, JP;
Fumihisa Mizuochi, Saitama, JP;
Takuma Higo, Tokyo, JP;
Takaharu Fujii, Saitama, JP;
Masaru Kataoka, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Ozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoko Kitahara, Tokyo, JP;
Fumihisa Mizuochi, Saitama, JP;
Takuma Higo, Tokyo, JP;
Takaharu Fujii, Saitama, JP;
Masaru Kataoka, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Ozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is equipped with a USB interfacefor being connected to a portable music player that is an external device, a browser button, a rotary encoder button, a back button, CPUfor acquiring a content list CL from the portable music player, RAMfor storing the content list CL acquired by the CPU, and a LED processing sectionfor changing how the rotary encoder buttonilluminates to encourage the next operation at a time when the browse buttonis operated. Accordingly, when searching pieces of music content stored in the portable music player that is an external device, one can unknowingly understand how to operate, thereby providing good operability even for searching pieces of music content of the external portable music player.