Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method that judge whether contents recording processing is in progress and make it possible to execute reproduction processing under accurate control. A recording control process for executing contents recording processing generates reproduction synchronization management information having a reproduction synchronization management information name, which is uniquely decided from a reproduction management information name of reproduction management information, and stores the reproduction synchronization management information in a directory that is automatically erased at the time of system startup or a volatile memory that is erased at the time of power off. A reproduction control process extracts reproduction synchronization management information on the basis of a reproduction management information name and judges whether contents to be reproduced are being recorded to execute control of a reproduction process.

Abstract: This invention manages temporary storage of content data according to guidelines.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for continuously recording data onto a plurality of information recording means and reproducing it. As reproduction control information corresponding to recording data, generated are reproduction procedure information on which a reproducing procedure is recorded and reproduction management information on which link information to the reproduction procedure information is stored. In the case of continuously executing data recording to a plurality of information recording means, a plurality of pieces of reproduction procedure information are generated corresponding respectively to the plurality of information recording means, to set link information to the plurality of pieces of reproduction procedure information in one piece of the reproduction management information.

Abstract: A coefficient data transfer processing method for a digital signal processor which has a coefficient address pointer independent of a program counter, whereby a processing program and coefficient data are transferred and supplied from a microcomputer determination, whether an instruction is a read instruction of the coefficient data to execute a read cycle steal or with is made; a value of a program counter with is made; when it is the read instruction, new coefficient data is transferred from the microcomputer to a transfer buffer at an instruction read stage and instruction decode stage in a processing unit; and the coefficient data stored in the transfer buffer is written into a coefficient data memory by the read cycle steal at an execute stage in the same processing unit.

Abstract: A digital signal processor (DSP) comprises a condition flag register directly accessible by the control microcomputer. Referring to a condition flag of the condition flag register every sampling period of the DSP, the DSP can change the content of a process every sampling period in accordance with the set status of the condition flag. The DSP sets the condition flag in the condition flag register at the beginning of a sampling period of the DSP by a set instruction, and resets the condition flag at the end of a sampling period by a reset instruction. The DSP may be modified to automatically reset the condition flag at the end of the sampling period in which the condition flag has been set.

Abstract: A digital signal processor (DSP) computes logarithmic values for data values of the input signal by using an approximation formula expanded into power series. To reduce the number of computing steps, the processor includes a shift circuit for shifting an input data value into a predetermined range of numeric values, a high-order coefficient memory for storing coefficient values of high order coefficients other than a zero-order coefficient of the approximation formula for data values within the predetermined range of numeric values, a zero-order coefficient memory for storing a coefficient value of the zero-order coefficient shifted according to the number of digits shifted by the shift circuit, and an address specifying circuit for specifying a reading address of the zero-order memory corresponding to the number of digit shifted by the shifted circuit. Also, a DSP computes an inverse logarithmic value of a data value of the input signal by using an approximation formula expanded into power series.

Abstract: A digital signal processing device for outputting a holding data in an output register from a DSP in synchronism with a second clock pulse having a frequency lower than that of a first clock pulse for conducting arithmetic processing in the DSP. Accordingly, data to be output from the DSP can be directly read by a microcomputer, and contents in a coefficient memory and a delay time memory, for example, can be updated in accordance with the read data. Further, the digital signal processing device can be applied to an audio apparatus such as a loudness controller and a spectrum indicating apparatus.

Abstract: An audio signal data processing system comprises input device for sequentially supplying an audio signal data, data memory control device for writing the audio signal data into a data memory and reading-out the data from the data memory, delay memory control device for sequentially reading-out the audio signal data from the data memory and storing the data into a location of a delay memory indicated by a writing address and for reading-out the audio signal data from a location of the delay memory indicated by a reading address and writing the data into the data memory, address designating devices for designating the writing and reading addresses, arithmetic device for multiplying a predetermined coefficient data to the audio signal data having been read-out by the delay memory control device and written into the data memory, and output device for providing the audio signal data in accordance with a result of operation by the arithmetic device.

Abstract: There is provided a digital signal processor having first and second arithmetic operating sections each having a digital multiplier for multiplying values of two digital signal data and a digital accumulator for accumulating an output value of the multiplier, wherein an output of the multiplier in the second arithmetic operating section is connected to one input of the digital signal data of the multiplier in the first arithmetic operating section. There is also provided a digital signal processor in which the output of the multiplier in the second arithmetic operating section is connected to one input of each of both of the multipliers in the first and second arithmetic operating sections, respectively. Thus, the processing time can be reduced in the case of an arithmetic operation such that a plurality of coefficients are multiplied to a signal data value or an approximate value calculation.

Abstract: A digital signal processor (DSP) makes a conditional judgment based on a value held in a flag register in accordance with the result of an arithmetic operation, selectively outputs data representing either a predetermined value or "0" in accordance with the result of the decision, adds the value of the output data to a value held in a coefficient memory address register, and holds the resultant value in the address register. Accordingly, in executing pipeline processing, a read address of the coefficient data memory can be directly designated without altering the flow of a program, thus shortening the processing speed and facilitating the programming.

Abstract: An audio signal data processing system includes first and second processing devices for processing audio signal data, the first and second processing device having input and output ports of at least two channels, and a control device for controlling the operation of the first and second processing device. The input audio signal data is supplied to the input port of one channel of each of the first and second processing devices, and output data from the output port of said one channel of said first processing device is supplied to the input port of the other channel of the second processing device, and output audio signl data are obtained at each output port of both channels of the second processing device. With this arrangement, one of the cascade processing and the parallel processing can be selectively performed without using a change-over switch provided outside the system.

Abstract: An audio signal data processing system comprises an input device sequentially supplying incoming audio signal data, a data memory control device writing and reading-out the audio signal data into and from a data memory, a delay memory control device sequentially reading-out the audio signal data from the data memory and storing the data into a delay memory and sequentially reading-out the audio signal data from the delay memory and writing the data into the data memory, an arithmetic device multiplying predetermined coefficient data by the audio signal data having been read-out by the delay memory control device and written into the data memory and summing up results of the multiplication.