Information processing apparatus, information processing method, recording medium, and program

• US 20060227985A1
• Filed: 03/27/2006
• Published: 10/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kawanami, Kenichiro
• Application Number:
  US11/389,267
• Publication Number:
  US 20060227985A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/306
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/02 Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers

Abstract

Disclosed is an information processing apparatus which performs control to display images. The information processing apparatus includes a display unit which has a display surface to display the images, at least four speakers which are disposed in the periphery of the display surface on the display unit, a rotation detecting unit which detects a 90 degree rotation of the display unit on a predetermined position of the display unit, and a switching unit which switches left and right outputs of a pair of speakers at diagonal positions of the four speakers according to the 90 degree rotation of the display unit detected by the rotation detecting unit.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus which performs control to display images, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a display unit which has a display surface to display the images;

at least four speakers which are disposed in the periphery of the display surface on the display unit;

a rotation detecting unit which detects a 90 degree rotation of the display unit on a predetermined position of the display unit; and

a switching unit which switches left and right outputs of a pair of speakers at diagonal positions of the four speakers according to the 90 degree rotation of the display unit detected by the rotation detecting unit.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a support unit which rotatably supports the display unit on the predetermined position of the display unit.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an output adjusting unit which adjusts output gains of the four speakers according to the 90 degree rotation of the display unit detected by the rotation detecting unit.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a signal receiving unit which receives a broadcast signal;

a video rotating unit which rotates a video signal of the broadcast signal received by the signal receiving unit according to the 90 degree rotation of the display unit detected by the rotation detecting unit; and

a display control unit which performs control to display a video corresponding to the video signal rotated by the video rotating unit onto the display surface.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a video magnifying unit which magnifies the video signal rotated by the video rotating unit according to an image frame of the display unit whose 90 degree rotation is detected by the rotation detecting unit,

wherein the display control unit performs control to display the video corresponding to the video signal magnified by the video magnifying unit onto the display surface.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a transmitting unit which transmits information of the 90 degree rotation of the display unit detected by the rotation detecting unit to another information processing apparatus; and

a superimposing unit which superimposes the video signal rotated by the video rotating unit on a video signal from another information processing apparatus,

wherein the display control unit performs control to display the video corresponding to a superimposed video signal by the superimposing unit onto the display surface.

7. An information processing method of the information processing apparatus which performs control to display images, the information processing method comprising the steps of:

detecting a 90 degree rotation of a display unit having a display surface to display the images on a predetermined position of the display unit; and

switching left and right outputs of a pair of speakers at diagonal positions of at least four speakers disposed in the periphery of the display surface on the display unit according to the 90 degree rotation of the display unit detected by a processing at the rotation detecting step.

8. A recording medium which records a program for causing a computer to execute a processing for performing control to display images, the program comprising the steps of:

detecting a 90 degree rotation of a display unit having a display surface to display the images on a predetermined position of the display unit; and

switching left and right outputs of a pair of speakers at diagonal positions of at least four speakers disposed in the periphery of the display surface on the display unit according to the 90 degree rotation of the display unit detected by a processing at the rotation detecting step.

9. A program which causes a computer to execute a processing of performing control to display images, the program comprising the steps of:

detecting a 90 degree rotation of a display unit having a display surface to display the images on a predetermined position of the display unit; and

switching left and right outputs of a pair of speakers at diagonal positions of at least four speakers disposed in the periphery of the display surface on the display unit according to the 90 degree rotation of the display unit detected by a processing at the rotation detecting step.