Appeal No. 96-0209
Application 07/922,501
of the audio reproduction system 300 constitute the
music information reproduction means. Also, the
information read system 200 and the pre-amplification
part 2, audio data decode circuit 24 and control data
decode circuit 25 constitute the control information
reproduction means. Further, the control system 500
corresponds to the control means.
Again, on page 27, essentially the same definition is provided:
The information read system 200 and the pre-
amplification part 2 and audio data decode circuit 24
of the audio reproduction system 300 constitute musical
information reproduction means. Also, the information
read system 200 and the pre-amplification part 2, audio
data decode circuit 24 and control data decode circuit
25 constitute control information reproduction means.
Thus, unmistakably, the reproduced music signal furnished by
the music information reproduction means is an output of the
audio data decode circuit 24, i.e., that output from the audio
data decode circuit 24 which is provided to the digital/analog
converter and then audio amplifier 28 (see Figure 2).
Means-plus-function limitations, according to 35 U.S.C. §
112, sixth paragraph, must be construed to cover "the
corresponding structure, material, or acts described in the
specification and equivalents thereof." Independent claim 4
requires a data storage means operable in accordance with a clock
signal from the control information reproduction means for
temporarily storing the reproduced music signal and then
outputting the same. Independent claim 6 requires a controllable
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