ADDITIONAL DATA GENERATION SYSTEM

• US 20110115979A1
• Filed: 06/23/2009
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hata, Toshio, Okazaki, Jun, Yokota, Shoji, Aoki, Nobuaki, Miyata, Masataka
• Application Number:
  US13/055,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20110115979A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/602
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/25 Output arrangements for video game devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/28 responding to control signals received from the game device for affecting ambient conditions, e.g. for vibrating players' seats, activating scent dispensers or affecting temperature or light controlling the output signals based on the game progress A63F13/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/16 Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/73 Colour balance circuits, e.g. white balance circuits or colour temperature control camera processing pipelines for colour balance H04N23/88
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/74 for obtaining special effects H04N9/65 - H04N9/73 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 3/00 Systems employing more than two channels, e.g. quadraphonic H04S5/00, H04S7/00 take precedence

Abstract

An additional data generation system is provided which can produce an output based on additional data to impart an information conveying effect to an output based on output data. The additional data generation system includes a source unit 1 configured to supply an output signal, an operation control unit 4 configured to obtain output data from the output signal, a first output unit 5 configured to produce an output based on the output data, an additional data generator 3 configured to generate additional data which emphasizes a feature of the output from the first output unit, a second output unit 6 configured to produce an output based on the additional data, and an operation unit 2 configured to output, to the operation control unit, an operation signal which is used to change the output data.

Claims

1. An additional data generation system comprising:

a source unit configured to supply an output signal;

an operation control unit configured to obtain output data from the output signal;

a first output unit configured to produce an output based on the output data;

an additional data generator configured to generate additional data which emphasizes a feature of the output from the first output unit;

a second output unit configured to produce an output based on the additional data; and

an operation unit configured to output, to the operation control unit or the source unit, an operation signal which is used to change the output data.

2. The additional data generation system according to claim 1, wherein the additional data generator analyzes the output data to generate the additional data.

3. The additional data generation system according to claim 2, wherein the additional data generator is provided in the operation control unit.

4. The additional data generation system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a detector configured to monitor the output of the first output unit,

wherein the additional data generator generates the additional data based on a result of the detection by the detector.

5. The additional data generation system according to claim 1, wherein

the second output unit includes a plurality of lighting devices provided around a peripheral portion of a region in which the output of the first output unit is viewed.

6. The additional data generation system according to claim 5, wherein

the lighting devices each include at least one of a red light emitting diode cell, a green light emitting diode cell, and a blue light emitting diode cell, and are light emitting diode lighting devices configured to output light beams having different color temperatures.

7. The additional data generation system according to claim 5, wherein

the lighting devices are each at least one of a ceiling light, a pendant light, a bracket light, a downlight, a spotlight, a projector, a hologram, and a laser drawing device.

8. The additional data generation system according to claim 1, wherein

the source unit is a communication terminal device configured to be capable of receiving information distributed via a communication network from a television station, an image distributor, or a music distributor, or a reader configured to read a program and data for performing an operation control of an electronic device from a storage medium storing the program and the data.

9. The additional data generation system according to claim 1, wherein

the additional data generator changes the additional data in conformity with a change in the output data.

10. The additional data generation system according to claim 1, wherein

the operation unit is:

a controller or a remote controller for a TV, a VCR, a CD player, a DVD player, a BD player, a PC, a game device, or an amusement device;

a sensor or an item for monitoring physical information of an operator;

or an operator detection sensor included in a receiver for a wireless emergency alert system.

11. The additional data generation system according to claim 1, wherein

the operation unit outputs, to the operation control unit, the operation signal which is used to change the output data, and the operation control unit changes the output signal based on the operation signal.

12. The additional data generation system according to claim 1, wherein

the operation unit outputs, to the source'"'"'unit, the operation signal which is used to change the output data, and the source unit changes the output signal based on the operation signal.

13. The additional data generation system according to claim 2, wherein

the output data includes image data, and the additional data is generated based on at least one of a brightness of an image, a color included in the image, and an object included in the image, which are features extracted from the image data.

14. The additional data generation system according to claim 4, wherein

the output data includes image data, the first output unit includes a display screen configured to display an image based on the image data, and the detector includes an image monitoring camera configured to monitor the display screen.

15. The additional data generation system according to claim 14, wherein

the second output unit includes a lighting device provided at an edge portion of the display screen.

16. The additional data generation system according to claim 15, wherein

the second output unit further includes a lighting device provided in the vicinity of the display screen, and the lighting device provided at the edge portion of the display screen and the lighting device provided in the vicinity of the display screen produce an output without discontinuity with respect to an image displayed on the display screen.

17. The additional data generation system according to claim 1, wherein

the additional data includes audio data, and the second output unit includes a surround loudspeaker system configured to produce an output based on the audio data.

18. The additional data generation system according to claim 17, wherein

the surround loudspeaker system includes two surround loudspeakers provided at positions which allow the two surround loudspeakers to face each other with the first output unit being interposed therebetween, two surround loudspeakers provided at positions which allow the two surround loudspeakers to face each other with a region where the output of the first output unit is viewed being interposed therebetween, two front loudspeakers provided in the vicinity of left- and right-hand sides of the first output unit as viewed from the region where the output of the first output unit is viewed, a center loudspeaker provided between the region where the output of the first output unit is viewed and the first output unit, and a subwoofer provided in the vicinity of the first output unit.

19. The additional data generation system according to claim 18, wherein

the second output unit includes four lighting devices along with the surround loudspeakers.

20. The additional data generation system according to claim 5, wherein

at least one of the plurality of lighting devices provided around a peripheral portion of the region where the output of the first output unit is viewed is adjustable in at least one of the intensity and chromaticity of output light.

21. The additional data generation system according to claim 19, wherein

the lighting devices are adjustable in at least one of the intensity and chromaticity of output light.

22. The additional data generation system according to claim 1, wherein

the second output unit includes at least one of a loudspeaker, a vibrator, and a display device provided in the operation unit.

23. The additional data generation system according to claim 1, wherein

the second output unit includes an air conditioner configured to perform air conditioning with respect to the region where the output of the first output unit is viewed.

24. The additional data generation system according to claim 10, wherein

at least a portion of the additional data is changed based on a result of detection by the sensor or item for monitoring the physical information or the operator detection sensor.

25. The additional data generation system according to claim 22, wherein

at least one of the loudspeaker, the vibrator, and the display device also serves as the operation unit.

26. The additional data generation system according to claim 1, wherein

at least a portion of the additional data is changed in synchronization with a change in the output data.