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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2008
Kosei Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Honda, Tokyo, JP;
Kosei Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Honda, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image display field, a whole map display field, a cursor are displayed on the music data selection screen. In the image display field is displayed an array of images which belong to one partition that can be displayed at a time and which are included in an array of images which represent whole audio data and is defined fixedly in advance. In the whole map display field is displayed a whole map indicating a display-area guide which shows where a partition being displayed now is located in the whole array and indicating a trajectory line which represents the trajectory of the cursor in the past. A plurality of pieces of music data represented by an image, which the cursor indicates, and images located around the image are reproduced concurrently.