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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Makoto Mitsuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Mitsuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A data recording and reproducing apparatus is adapted to receive audio data created by encoding an original sound signal and to decode the audio data into the original sound signal to thereby reproduce the original sound signal. The data recording and reproducing apparatus includes a data storage unit operable to store the audio data; a feature point information creation unit operable to create information about feature points by extracting information about characteristics of sound indicated by the original sound signal from the stored audio data and to create feature point information based on the extracted information; and an altered-speed reproduction unit operable to reproduce the original sound signal at an altered speed by decoding the audio data and thinning out the decoded audio data based on the feature point information.