Contents reproduction apparatus and method thereof

• US 20050219055A1
• Filed: 03/23/2005
• Published: 10/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Makino, Kenichi, Takai, Motoyuki, Inoue, Makoto, Sako, Yoichiro, Terauchi, Toshiro, Miyajima, Yasushi, Shirai, Katsuya, Asukai, Masamichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,199,937 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.100
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0028 for running, jogging or speed-walking movable endless bands A63B22/02
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0686 Timers, rhythm indicators or pacing apparatus using electric or electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/20 Disc-shaped record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2529 Mini-discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/61 wherein solid state memory is used for storing A/V content
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/102 Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers access by moving the head G11B3/08, G11B5/54, G11B7/085, G11B21/022; by moving the record carrier G11B15/005, G11B17/005, by driving of both record carrier and head G11B15/1816
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs

Abstract

A contents reproduction apparatus that reproduces contents suitable for a user'"'"'s environment includes a position detecting unit detecting a user'"'"'s position, an operation detecting unit detecting a movement of a user'"'"'s body, a contents generating unit generating contents based on the user'"'"'s position and the movement of the user'"'"'s body, and a contents reproducing unit reproducing the generated contents.

Claims

1. A contents reproduction apparatus comprising:

position detecting means for detecting a user'"'"'s position;

operation detecting means for detecting a movement of a user'"'"'s body;

contents generating means for generating contents based on the user'"'"'s detected position and the detected movement of the user'"'"'s body; and

contents reproducing means for reproducing the contents.

2. The contents reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

walking specifying means for specifying a user'"'"'s walking operation from the detected movement of the user'"'"'s body, wherein

the contents generating means generates the contents based on the user'"'"'s position and further based on the user'"'"'s walking operation.

3. The contents reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation detecting means detects at least one of a vertical movement of the user'"'"'s body trunk and head, a grounding of the user'"'"'s foot, and a direction of the user.

4. The contents reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the contents generating means changes at least one of a tempo, melody, musical interval, tone, dynamics, and sound volume, of music contents.

5. The contents reproduction apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the music contents are stored in at least one of an optical disc, hard disc, and semiconductor memory.

6. The contents reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the position detecting means detects the user'"'"'s position based on a radio wave received from at least one of a GPS (Global Positioning System), a radio communication network, and a satellite communication network for a portable telephone.

7. The contents reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

schedule input means for receiving an input of the user'"'"'s schedule, wherein the contents generating means generates the contents based on the user'"'"'s position, the movement of the user'"'"'s body, and the user'"'"'s schedule.

8. A method for reproducing contents, comprising:

a position detecting step of detecting a user'"'"'s position;

an operation detecting step of detecting a movement of the user'"'"'s body;

a contents generating step of generating contents based on the user'"'"'s detected position and the detected movement of the user'"'"'s body, and

a contents reproducing step of reproducing the contents generated by the contents generating step to the user.

9. A contents reproduction apparatus comprising:

a position detecting unit detecting a user'"'"'s position;

an operation detecting unit detecting a movement of a the user'"'"'s body;

a contents generating unit generating contents based on the user'"'"'s detected position and the detected movement of the user'"'"'s body; and

a contents reproducing unit reproducing the contents generated by the contents generating unit.