CONTENT PROCESSING DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND CONTENT PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20120204209A1
• Filed: 05/27/2011
• Published: 08/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kubo, Seiji
• Application Number:
  US13/322,274
• Publication Number:
  US 20120204209A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859

Abstract

A content processing device (10) includes the following units. A content obtainment unit (13) obtains a current viewing content from a first source selected by a user, and obtains a candidate viewing content from a second source different from the first source. A content output unit (15) outputs at least the current viewing content. A detection unit (11) detects a user who is estimated as being interested in the current viewing content. A control unit (12) increases an amount of information of the candidate viewing content outputted from the content output unit (15), as a time period during which the detection unit (11) has not detected, the user estimated as being interested in the current viewing content becomes longer.

Claims

1. A content processing device that outputs a content, said content processing device comprising:

a content obtainment unit configured to obtain a current viewing content from a first source selected by a user, and obtain a candidate viewing content from a second source different from the first source;

a content output unit configured to output at least the current viewing content;

a detection unit configured to detect a user who is estimated as being interested in the current viewing content; and

a control unit configured to increase an amount of information of the candidate viewing content outputted from said content output unit, as a time period during which said detection unit has not detected the user estimated as being interested in the current viewing content becomes longer.

2. The content processing device according to claim 1,

wherein said detection unit includes

an input operation detection unit configured to detect the user estimated as being interested in the current viewing content, by detecting input operation from the user, and

said control unit is configured to increase the amount of the information of the candidate viewing content outputted from said content output unit, when said input operation detection unit has not detected the input operation from the user for a predetermined time period.

3. The content processing device according to claim 2,

wherein said detection unit further includes

a content information detection unit configured to detect a time of ending the current viewing content, and

said control unit is configured to increase, at the time of the ending detected by said content information detection unit, the amount of the information of the candidate viewing content outputted from said content output unit, when said input operation detection unit has not detected the input operation from the user for the predetermined time period.

4. The content processing device according to claim 1,

wherein said detection unit includes

a user detection unit configured to detect the user estimated as being interested in the current viewing content, by detecting the user around said content processing device, and

said control unit is configured to increase the amount of the information of the candidate viewing content outputted from said content output unit, when said user detection unit has not detected the user around said content processing device for a predetermined time period.

5. The content processing device according to claim 1,

wherein said content obtainment unit is configured to obtain a plurality of candidate viewing contents including the candidate viewing content, and

said control unit is configured to gradually increase the number of the candidate viewing contents outputted from said content output unit, as a time period during which said detection unit has not detected the user estimated as being interested in the current viewing content becomes longer.

6. The content processing device according to claim 1,

wherein said content output unit includes:

a display unit configured to display video data included in the content; and

an audio output unit configured to output audio data included in the content, and

said control unit is configured to (a) control a display area on said display unit for displaying the video data included in the candidate viewing content, or (b) control said audio output unit whether or not to output the audio data included in the candidate viewing content.

7. The content processing device according to claim 6,

wherein said control unit is configured to control said audio output unit to output audio data included in a content, the content including video data displayed on a largest display area on said display unit.

8. The content processing device according to claim 1,

wherein said content obtainment unit is configured to select the candidate viewing content to be obtained, based on meta information included in the current viewing content.

11. A television receiver comprising the content processing device according to claim 1,

wherein said content obtainment unit includes:

a broadcast receiving unit configured to receive the content via broadcast waves; and

a network content receiving unit configured to obtain the content via a communication network.

9. A content processing device that outputs a content, said content processing device comprising:

a content obtainment unit configured to obtain a current viewing content from a first source selected by a user, and obtain a candidate viewing content from a second source different from the first source;

a content output unit configured to output at least the current viewing content;

an input operation detection unit configured to detect input operation from the user;

a control unit configured to increase an amount of information of the candidate viewing content outputted from said content output unit, when said input operation detection unit has not detected the input operation from the user for a predetermined time period.

10. A content processing device that outputs a content, said content processing device comprising:

a content obtainment unit configured to obtain a current viewing content from a first source selected by a user, and obtain a candidate viewing content from a second source different from the first source;

a content output unit configured to output at least the current viewing content;

a user detection unit configured to detect the user around said content processing device; and

a control unit configured to increase an amount of information of the candidate viewing content outputted from said content output unit, when said user detection unit has not detected the user around said content processing device for a predetermined time period.

12. A content processing method of outputting a content, said content processing method comprising:

obtaining a current viewing content from a first source selected by a user, and a candidate viewing content from a second source different from the first source;

outputting at least the current viewing content;

detecting a user who is estimated as being interested in the current viewing content; and

increasing an amount of information of the candidate viewing content outputted in said outputting, as a time period during which the user estimated as being interested in the current viewing content has not been detected in said detecting becomes longer.