Video/sound player, video/sound reproducing method, computer readable recording medium, and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave
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1. A video/sound player comprising:
- a content reproduction unit that reproduces a content including at least one of a video image and a sound and outputs at least one of a video signal and a sound signal;
a discrimination unit that discriminates whether or not a user is viewing a video image of a content including a video image reproduced by the content reproduction unit; and
a content reproduction control unit that, while the content reproduction unit is reproducing a content including a video image, causes the content reproduction unit to reproduce predetermined sound data in place of the content which is being reproduced by the content reproduction unit, when the discrimination unit discriminates that the user is not viewing the video image of the content.
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Abstract
A video/sound player monitors if the video/sound player is folded by using a sensor unit. When the video/sound player is folded while reproducing a digital content including a video image and a sound, the video/sound player stops reproducing the digital content including the video image and sound, and reproduces digital content data useful with a sound alone predesignated by a user using an input unit.
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15 Claims
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1. A video/sound player comprising:
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a content reproduction unit that reproduces a content including at least one of a video image and a sound and outputs at least one of a video signal and a sound signal; a discrimination unit that discriminates whether or not a user is viewing a video image of a content including a video image reproduced by the content reproduction unit; and a content reproduction control unit that, while the content reproduction unit is reproducing a content including a video image, causes the content reproduction unit to reproduce predetermined sound data in place of the content which is being reproduced by the content reproduction unit, when the discrimination unit discriminates that the user is not viewing the video image of the content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A video/sound reproducing method comprising:
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a reproduction step of reproducing a first content including a video image; a display step of displaying the video image of the first content reproduced in the reproduction step on a display unit; a discrimination step of discriminating whether or not a state of the display unit is a visible state where a user can view the video image displayed in the display step; and a reproduction switching step of switching the reproduction of the first content to reproduction of a second content including sound and different from the first content, when it is discriminated in the discrimination step that the display unit is not in the visible state. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A computer readable recording medium recording a program for allowing a computer to execute:
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a reproduction step of reproducing a first content including a video image; a display step of displaying the video image of the first content reproduced in the reproduction step on a display unit; a discrimination step of discriminating whether or not a state of the display unit is a visible state where a user can view the video image displayed in the display step; and a reproduction switching step of switching the reproduction of the first content to reproduction of a second content including sound and different from the first content, when it is discriminated in the discrimination step that the display unit is not in the visible state.
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15. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave representing a program for allowing a computer to execute:
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a reproduction step of reproducing a first content including a video image; a display step of displaying the video image of the first content reproduced in the reproduction step on a display unit; a discrimination step of discriminating whether or not a state of the display unit is a visible state where a user can view the video image displayed in the display step; and a reproduction switching step of switching the reproduction of the first content to reproduction of a second content including sound and different from the first content, when it is discriminated in the discrimination step that the display unit is not in the visible state.
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