US5313235A
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Sound playback apparatus capable of playing back sounds relevant to photographs
Assignee: Minolta Co Ltd
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Filing: 1992-02-28
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Granted: 1994-05-17
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Expires: 2012-02-28
Abstract
Abstract In a sound playback apparatus, by attaching thereto a medium in which sound data are recorded in each area thereof and a print in each frame of which a code indicating a sound recording area is recorded, the sound playback apparatus can play back sound data corresponding to the photographed frames of the film respectively from the medium.
Inventors
- 👤 Manabu Inoue
- 👤 Nobuyuki Taniguchi
- 👤 Hiroshi Ueda
- 👤 Yujiro Mima
- 👤 Masakazu Yagi
- 👤 Masayasu Hirano
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 12:44
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03B; G03B31/00; G03B31/06; G03B17/00; G03B17/24; G03B2206/00; G03B2206/002; G03B2206/004; G03B2206/006; G03B2217/00; G03B2217/24; G03B2217/242; G03B2217/243; G03B2217/246; G03B2217/247
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
A sound playback apparatus comprising: a sound recording medium attaching section to which a sound recording medium is to be attached, said sound recording medium having a plurality of recording areas and wherein said sound recording medium is capable of recording sound data in each of said recording areas; an image recording medium attaching section to which an image recording medium is to be attached, said image recording medium having codes indicating the sound recording areas and wherein the image recording medium records photographed images; reading means for reading said codes of the image recording medium; detecting means for detecting recording areas in the sound recording medium corresponding to said codes read by the reading means; and playback means for playing back sound data corresponding to the recording areas detected by the detecting means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
134 words
A sound playback apparatus comprising: a sound recording medium attaching section to which a sound recording medium is to be attached, said sound recording medium having a plurality of recording areas and wherein said sound recording medium is capable of recording sound data in each of said recording areas; an image recording medium attaching section to which an image recording medium is to be attached, said image recording medium having codes indicating the sound recording areas and wherein the image recording medium records photographed images; reading means for reading said codes of the image recording medium; detecting means for detecting recording areas in the sound recording medium corresponding to said codes read by the reading means; and playback means for playing back sound data corresponding to the recording areas detected by the detecting means.
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