Content Reproducing Apparatus and Content Reproducing Method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017374337-A1
Application number	US-201715698719-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 8, 2017
Priority date	May 25, 2016
Publication date	Dec 28, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A memory portion stores automated reproducing setting data that associates content input sources with necessariness/unnecessariness of automated reproduction of content. A control portion, when an operation-display portion or a remote control reception portion accepts selection of a content input source, judges whether or not automated reproduction is necessary on content that is inputted from the currently selected input source, based on the automated reproducing setting data. Also, the control portion starts outputting, at an audio signal output portion and a video signal output portion, a reproducing signal on the content that is inputted from the currently selected input source, when judging that automated reproduction of the content is necessary.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A content reproducing apparatus comprising:
an output portion that outputs a reproducing signal of content; a selection acceptance portion that accepts a selection of a content input source; a memory portion that stores automated reproducing setting data that associates content input sources with necessariness and unnecessariness of automated reproduction of content; and at least one processing circuit configured as:
a judgment portion that performs, when the selection acceptance portion accepts the selection of the content input source, a first judgment process that judges whether or not automated reproduction is necessary on content that is inputted from a currently selected input source, based on the automated reproducing setting data; and
an automated reproducing control portion that starts outputting, at the output portion, a reproducing signal on the content that is inputted from the currently selected input source, when the judgment portion judges that automated reproduction of the content is necessary.

2 . The content reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the memory portion stores the automated reproducing setting data that associates the content input sources, content reproducing forms and necessariness and unnecessariness of automated reproduction of content with each other.

3 . The content reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the selection acceptance portion accepts a setting change of necessariness and unnecessariness of automated reproduction of content on the automated reproducing setting data stored in the memory portion.

4 . The content reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the judgment portion performs a second judgment process that judges whether or not automated reproduction is necessary on the content that is inputted from the selected input source, based on a reproducing form of the content; and determines, when the selection acceptance portion accepts the selection of the content input source, which process to perform, the first judgment process or the second judgment process, to judge whether or not automated reproduction is necessary on the content that is inputted from the currently selected input source.

5 . The content reproducing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the judgment portion judges that automated reproduction is necessary when the content is the content whose reproducing form is endless.

6 . The content reproducing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the judgment portion judges that automated reproduction is necessary when the content is the content whose reproducing form is reserved.

7 . A content reproducing method comprising:
accepting a selection of a content input source at a selection acceptance portion; performing, when accepting the selection of a content input source at a selection acceptance portion, a first judgment process that judges whether or not automated reproduction is necessary on content that is inputted from a currently selected input source, based on automated reproduction setting data stored in a memory portion that associates content input sources with necessariness and unnecessariness of automated reproducing of content; and starting outputting, at an output portion, a reproducing signal on the content that is inputted from the currently selected input source, when a judgment that automated reproduction of the content is necessary is made.

8 . The content reproducing method according to claim 7 , the method including:
storing in the memory portion the automated reproducing setting data that associates the content input sources, content reproducing forms and necessariness and unnecessariness of automated production of content with each other.

9 . The content reproducing method according to claim 7 , the method including:
accepting at the selection acceptance portion a setting change of necessariness and unnecessariness of automated reproduction of content, on the automated reproducing setting data stored in the memory portion.

10 . The content reproducing method according to claim 7 , the method including:
performing a second judgment process that judges whether or not automated reproduction is necessary on the content that is inputted from the selected input source, based on a reproducing form of the content; and determining, when an accepting selection of a content input source, which process to perform, the first judgment process or the second judgment process, to judge whether or not automated reproduction is necessary on the content that is inputted from the currently selected input source.

11 . The content reproducing method according to claim 10 , the method including:
judging that automated reproduction is necessary when reproducing form of the content is endless.

12 . The content reproducing method according to claim 10 , the method including:
judging that automated reproduction is necessary when the reproducing form of content is reserved.

Assignees

• Yamaha Corp

Inventors

• Usui Atsushi
• Kano Masaya
• Aoki Ryotaro
• Sekiguchi Kohei

Classifications

• H04N21/43615

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• G11B27/102

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• G11B27/00

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• H04N5/76 Primary

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