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Data display device and data record/playback device displaying consecutive data and user input in association with each other

US5894306A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 28, 1997
Grant dateApr 13, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 28, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/033
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention provides a data record/playback device that retrieves stored data by specifying user-input data, and makes the retrieving easier. The data record/playback device, having: user input unit for receiving user input from a user; user input detector for detecting the user input through the user input unit; consecutive data input unit for receiving consecutive data including at least one of audio data and image data; consecutive data storage for storing consecutive data received by the consecutive data input unit; state detector for detecting a state that includes at least one of circumstantial information and eventual information about a moment when the user input detector detects the user input; association data storage for storing association data that includes the user input detected by the user input detector, the state detected by the state detector, and the storage position where the consecutive data is stored in association with each other; and display unit for displaying the user input detected by the user input detector and the state detected by the state detector in association with each other in accordance with the association data stored in the association sto…

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