US 12,153,786 B2
Audio device, program, and playback control method
Takashi Mashita, Yokohama (JP); Shintaro Kido, Yokohama (JP); Masayuki Mikasa, Yokohama (JP); and Masamichi Tomii, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to ALPHATHETA CORPORATION, Yokohama (JP)
Appl. No. 17/909,012
Filed by AlphaTheta Corporation, Yokohama (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/008935
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/176563, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0091280 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/04847 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04842 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An audio device comprising:
a playback unit configured to play back music data;
a display configured to display an operation element for accepting a user operation related to a cue point setting with respect to the music data;
a touch panel provided on a surface of the display and configured to accept the user operation; and
a playback controller configured to decide a kind of the cue point setting related to a playback position in the music data, wherein the playback position is based on a timing at which a contact is started or based on a timing at which the contact is finished with the touch panel corresponding to the operation element displayed on the display, and the kind of cue point setting is decided on a basis of a direction of a change in the contact position on the touch panel from the timing at which the contact is started to the timing at which the contact is finished, wherein
the audio device is a mobile terminal, and
the cue point setting allows a user to perform playback start of the music data from the playback position or playback waiting of the music data at the playback position at a later time.