Biological sensor device and content playback method and apparatus

• US 20050250996A1
• Filed: 04/13/2005
• Published: 11/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• 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
• Application Number:
  US11/106,136
• Publication Number:
  US 20050250996A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/113 for determining or recording eye movement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/16 Devices for psychotechnics using teaching or educational appliances G09B1/00 - G09B7/00; Testing reaction times ; Devices for evaluating the psychological state
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/163 by tracking eye movement, gaze, or pupil change
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6814 Head

Abstract

A biological sensor device includes a sensor-mounting element worn on part of a user'"'"'s face from a front surface to a side surface and further includes a number of biological sensors installed on the sensor-mounting element that measure different types of biological conditions of the user.

Claims

1. A biological sensor device comprising:

a sensor-mounting element worn on an upper part of the face of a user from a front surface to a side surface thereof; and

a plurality of biological sensors installed on the sensor-mounting element for measuring different types of biological conditions of the user.

2. The biological sensor device according to claim 1, wherein the sensor-mounting element has a shape of eyeglass frames.

3. A content playback method comprising the steps of:

determining a psychological state of a user who views or

listens to content by analyzing a plurality of different types of biological information of the user acquired by a plurality of biological sensors installed on a sensor-mounting element worn on an upper part of the face of the user from a front surface to a side surface thereof; and

controlling a playback state of the content in accordance with a result of determination obtained in the determining step.

4. The content playback method according to claim 3, wherein in the controlling step, at least one of speed of playback of the content, a contrast of a picture, a brightness of the picture, a color of the picture, a rhythm of music, a frequency characteristic of sound, and a volume of an output sound is controlled as the playback state of the content.

5. A content playback apparatus comprising:

content playback means for playing back content by reading content data from a recording medium or by receiving the content data from an external apparatus;

determination means for determining a psychological state of a user who views or listens to the content being played back by the content playback means by analyzing a plurality of different types of biological information of the user acquired by a plurality of biological sensors installed on a sensor-mounting element worn on an upper part of the face from a front surface to a side surface thereof; and

control means for controlling a playback state of the content played back by the content playback means in accordance with a result of determination determined by the determination means.

6. The content playback apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the control means controls at least one of a speed of playing back the content, a contrast of a picture, a brightness of the picture, a color of the picture, a rhythm of music, a frequency characteristic of sound, and a volume of an output sound as the playback state of the content.

7. The content playback apparatus according to claim 5 or 6, further comprising mode setting means for selectively setting on and off a control of the playback state of the content performed by the control means.

8. A content playback apparatus comprising:

a content playback unit playing back content by reading content data from a recording medium or by receiving the content data from an external apparatus;

a determination unit determining a psychological state of a user who views or listens to the content being played back by the content playback unit by analyzing a plurality of different types of biological information of the user acquired by a plurality of biological sensors installed on a sensor-mounting element worn on a an upper part of the face of a user from a front surface to a side surface thereof; and

a controller controlling a playback state of the content played back by the content playback unit in accordance with a result of determination performed by the determination unit.