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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2012
Yasushi Miyajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuru Takehara, Tokyo, JP;
Takatoshi Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiro Terauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Kosei Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Masafumi Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Miyajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuru Takehara, Tokyo, JP;
Takatoshi Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiro Terauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Kosei Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Masafumi Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To enable a lot of audio data and image data such as a still image and a moving image to be effectively and efficiently used. When audio data accumulated in a material databaseis replayed, a controlleracquires the metadata added to the audio data to be replayed from the material database, refer to the metadata of image data based on the above metadata to thereby search image data intimately related to the audio data, controls a voice replay system such as an audio decoderand the like and an image replay system such as an image decoderand the like, and replay the audio data to be replayed and the searched image data in relation with each other.