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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2011
Kohei Asada, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsunori Itabashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshio Ohashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reproduction device includes an information reading unit that reads sensitivity information from a storage unit of a headphone device which has a speaker reproducing an electric signal of an audible signal as a sound and the storage unit storing the sensitivity information for the speaker, an adjustment unit that adjusts an output level of the electric signal supplied to the headphone device, and a control unit that reads the sensitivity information from the storage unit via the information reading unit, and controls the adjustment unit such that the electric signal lies in an allowable maximal output level based on the sensitivity information.