System and method for establishing TV setting based on viewer mood

• US 20030063222A1
• Filed: 10/03/2001
• Published: 04/03/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Toft, Rolf, Dew, Aaron, Creed, Anthony Lionel, Gudorf, Greg, Chang, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US09/970,488
• Publication Number:
  US 20030063222A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/687
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4508 Management of client data or end-user data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/57 Control of contrast or brightness
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/60 for the sound signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A system and method for establishing TV audio/video/program guide settings, based on a biosensor signal representative of viewer mood.

Claims

1. A system for automatically establishing at least one TV setting, comprising:

at least one biosensor engageable with a viewer for sensing an attribute thereof;

at least one computer receiving an output of the biosensor; and

at least one TV engaged with the computer, the computer establishing at least one setting of the TV based at least in part on the output.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the biosensor is a galvanic skin response (GSR) sensor.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the biosensor is a voice stress sensor.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the biosensor is an iris sensor.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the setting is a video setting.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the setting is contrast.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the setting is color.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the setting is tint, or brightness, or color temperature.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the setting is an audio setting.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the setting is volume, or bass, or treble, or balance.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the setting is a TV channel.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the setting is an electronic program guide.

13. The system of claim 1, comprising a correlation database storing correlations between outputs and settings.

29. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer establishes at least one setting of the TV based at least in part on a time of day or day of the week.

14. A method for establishing at least one setting on a TV, comprising:

measuring at least one biological attribute of a person; and

based on the attribute, establishing the setting.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the attribute is a galvanic skin response (GSR).

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the attribute is voice stress.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the attribute is at least one of:

an iris configuration, blood pressure, and muscle tone.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the setting is a video setting.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the setting is an audio setting.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the setting is a TV channel.

30. The method of claim 14, further comprising establishing the setting based on the time of day or day of the week.

21. A system, comprising:

at least one TV;

at least one TV setting means associated with the TV for establishing at least one setting thereof;

computing means communicating with the TV; and

sensing means coupled to a human viewer and communicating with the computing means for sending at least one signal thereto representative of a mood of the human viewer, the computing means communicating with the TV setting means to establish the setting.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the sensing means is a galvanic skin response (GSR) sensor.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the sensing means is a voice stress sensor.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein the sensing means is an iris sensor.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein the setting is a video setting.

27. The system of claim 21, wherein the setting is an audio setting.

28. The system of claim 21, wherein the setting is a TV channel.

31. The system of claim 21, further comprising time of day means coupled to the computing means for establishing the setting.