1. An audio playback device of a mobile communication terminal, comprising:
a control unit which recognizes the relative location of the mobile communication terminal corresponding to another mobile communication terminal and offers left-side or right-side location information corresponding to the relative location;
a codec unit which decodes audio data and outputs decoded left-side and right-side audio data;
a path switching unit which transmits any one of the two decoded audio data to an audio output unit and transmits the remaining one to a communication interface unit according to the location information from the control unit;
an audio output unit which processes and outputs the one of the two divided audio data to the outside; and
a communication interface unit transmitting the remaining one of the two divided audio data to a corresponding communication interface unit provided in the other mobile communication terminal.
2. The audio playback device of claim 1, wherein the audio data decoded by the codec unit is transmitted from a mobile communication unit, a camera unit, a broadcast receiving unit, andor a storing unit.
3. The audio playback device of claim 1,
wherein the mobile communication terminal includes a left-side connector and a right side connector, which are coupled with corresponding connectors provided in another mobile communication terminal,
the communication interface unit performs communication with a corresponding communication interface unit provided in the other mobile communication through the left-side or right-side connector, and
the control unit recognizes the relative location of the mobile communication terminal according to whether a connector coupled with the other mobile communication terminal is a left-side or a right-side connector.
4. The audio playback device of claim 3, wherein the left-side connector is a receptible and the right-side connector is a plug, or the right-side connector is a receptible and the left-side connector is a plug.
5. The audio playback device of claim 1, further comprising a buffering unit which buffers audio data outputted from the path switching unit and transmits the buffered audio data to the audio output unit, wherein the control unit transmits a synchronization control signal to the other mobile communication terminal through the communication interface unit according to a buffering condition of the buffering unit.
6. The audio playback device of claim 1, wherein the audio output unit with a stereo function outputs the audio data to the outside through a left output path of stereo output paths when the transmitted audio data corresponds to a left side, and outputs the audio data to the outside through a right output path of the stereo output paths when the transmitted audio data corresponds to a right side.
7. The audio playback device of claim 1, wherein when an order of division playback of the audio data is input from the input unit, the control unit notifies the other mobile communication terminal through the communication interface unit that the control unit is a main terminal.
8. An audio playback device of a mobile communication terminal, comprising:
a control unit which recognizes the relative location of the mobile communication terminal corresponding to another mobile communication terminal;
a communication interface unit which receives any one of two divided audio data, i.e., left-side audio data and right-side audio data, which are obtained by decoding and dividing original audio data into two halves by means of the other mobile communication terminal, from a corresponding communication interface unit provided in the other mobile communication terminal; and
an audio output unit outputting the received audio data to the outside.
9. The audio playback device of claim 8, wherein the audio data decoded by the other mobile communication terminal is wirelessly received by a mobile communication unit of the other mobile communication terminal, photographed by a camera unit of the other mobile communication terminal, wirelessly received by a broadcast receiving unit of the other mobile communication terminal, andor stored in a storing unit of the other mobile communication terminal.
10. The audio playback device of claim 8,
wherein the mobile communication terminal includes a left-side connector and a right-side connector, which are coupled with corresponding connectors provided in another mobile communication terminal,
the communication interface unit performs communication with a corresponding communication interface unit provided in the other mobile communication through the left-side or right-side connector, and
the control unit recognizes the relative location of the mobile communication terminal according to whether a connector coupled with the other mobile communication terminal is a left-side or a right-side connector.
11. The audio playback device of claim 10, wherein the left-side connector is a receptible and the right-side connector is a plug, or the right-side connector is a receptible and the left-side connector is a plug.
12. The audio playback device of claim 8, further comprising a buffering unit which buffers the received audio data and transmits the buffered audio data to the audio output unit, wherein the control unit controls a transmission timing of the buffering unit in response to a synchronization control signal received from the other mobile communication terminal through the communication interface unit.
13. The audio playback device of claim 8, wherein the audio output unit with a stereo function outputs the audio data to the outside through a left output path of stereo output paths when the transmitted audio data corresponds to a left side, and outputs the audio data to the outside through a right output path of the stereo output paths when the transmitted audio data corresponds to a right side.
14. The audio playback device of claim 8, wherein the control unit receives information notifying that the other mobile communication terminal is a main terminal through the communication interface unit, and waits for audio data to be received from the other mobile communication terminal.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A printing apparatus that performs printing by moving a printing element array, in which a plurality of printing elements for ejecting ink to a printing medium are arranged, comprising:
driving means for driving a plurality of groups at different timings, the plurality of groups being formed by dividing the plurality of printing elements in the printing element array, with each of the groups including a plurality of continuous printing elements,
wherein the driving means is able to execute driving, selectively for each group, in either a first half period or a second half period, the first half period and the second half period being established by dividing a period corresponding to one column of the printing elements;
first adjustment means configured to adjust a print position on the printing medium by one pixel unit for each of the groups by adding an offset to print data;
second adjustment means configured to adjust the print position by a unit smaller than one pixel, by selecting for each group either the first half period or the second half period for driving;
obtaining means configured to obtain inclination information of the print position when the printing element array performs printing; and
setting means configured to set (i) a first adjusting value for adjusting the print position by the first adjustment means and (ii) a second adjusting value for adjusting the print position by the second adjustment means based on the inclination information, where the second adjusting value corresponds to a selection, for each group, of the first half period or the second half period for driving,
wherein the driving means drives each of the groups at a timing corresponding to the print position adjusted by the first adjustment means and during the period corresponding to the second adjusting value.
2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an image is formed by repeating a moving operation of moving the printing element array while ejecting ink, and a conveying operation of conveying the printing medium in a direction crossing the moving direction of the printing element array, and
wherein in the conveying operation, a conveying distance of the printing medium is equivalent to an integer times of the length of the printing element group.
3. A print position correction method of a printing apparatus that performs printing by moving a printing element array in which a plurality of printing elements for ejecting ink to a printing medium are arranged, comprising:
a driving step of driving each of a plurality of groups at different timings, where the plurality of groups are formed by dividing the plurality of printing elements in the printing element array, with each of the groups including a plurality of continuous printing elements,
wherein the driving in the driving step is executed, selectively for each group, in either a first half period or a second half period, the first half period and the second half period being established by dividing a period corresponding to one column of the printing elements;
a first adjustment step of adjusting a print position on the printing medium by one pixel unit for each of the groups by adding an offset to print data;
a second adjustment step of adjusting the print position by a unit smaller than one pixel, by selecting for each group either the first half period or the second half period for driving;
an obtaining step of obtaining inclination information of the print position when the printing element array performs printing; and
a setting step of setting (i) a first adjusting value for adjusting the print position in the first correction step and (ii) a second adjusting value for adjusting the print position in the second adjustment step based on the inclination information, where the second adjusting value corresponds to a selection, for each group, of the first half period or the second half period for driving,
wherein each of the groups is driven in the driving step at a timing corresponding to the print position adjusted in the first adjustment step and during the period corresponding to the second adjusting value.
4. A printing apparatus that performs printing by moving a printing element array in which a plurality of printing elements for ejecting ink to a printing medium are arranged, comprising:
a driving unit configured to drive a plurality of groups at different timings, the plurality of groups being formed by dividing the plurality of printing elements in the print element array, with each of the groups including a plurality of continuous printing elements,
wherein the driving unit is able to execute driving, selectively for each group, in either a first half period or a second half period, the first half period and the second half period being established by dividing a period corresponding to one column of the printing elements;
a first adjustment unit configured to adjust a print position on the printing medium by one pixel unit for each of the groups by adding an offset to print data;
a second adjustment unit configured to adjust the print position by a unit smaller than one pixel, by selecting for each group either the first half period or the second half period for driving;
an obtaining unit configured to obtain inclination information of the print position when the printing element array performs printing; and
a setting unit configured to set (i) a first adjusting value for adjusting the print position by the first adjustment unit and (ii) a second adjusting value for adjusting the print position by the second adjustment unit based on the inclination information, where the second adjusting value corresponds to a selection, for each group, of the first half period or the second half period for driving,
wherein the driving unit drives each of the groups at a timing corresponding to the print position adjusted by the first adjustment unit during the period corresponding to the second adjusting value.
5. The printing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein an image is formed by repeating a moving operation of moving the printing element array while ejecting ink, and a conveying operation of conveying the printing medium in a direction crossing the moving direction of the printing element array, and
wherein in the conveying operation, a conveying distance of the printing medium is equivalent to an integer times of the length of the printing element group.