CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20130151555A1
• Filed: 05/27/2011
• Published: 06/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Miyano, Yasuhiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,582,533 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/783 Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

An electronic learning device (1) disclosed herein includes: a search process section (21) for searching dictionary data (31) by a keyword inputted during reproduction of moving image data (30) and displaying the result of the search; and a historical data generating section (22) for generating historical data (32) including, in association with one another, (i) a content reproduction time point at which the search process section (21) ran a search, (ii) the keyword that the search process section (21) used in the search, and (iii) a dictionary used for the search based on the keyword.

Claims

1. A content reproduction device for reproducing content,

the content reproduction device comprising:

a search section for (i) searching a database by a keyword inputted while the content reproduction device is reproducing content and (ii) displaying a result of the search; and

a historical data generating section for generating historical data including, in association with each other, (i) position information indicative of a position of the reproduction of the content at which position the search section searched the database and (ii) access information for access to the search result.

2. The content reproduction device according to claim 1,

wherein:

the historical data generating section generates the historical data so that the historical data further includes the keyword that the search section used in the search,

the content reproduction device further comprising;

a keyword display process section for, in a case where, while the content reproduction device is reproducing the content, a current position of the reproduction of the content matches the reproduction position indicated by the position information included in the historical data generated by the historical data generating section, displaying the keyword, associated with the position information in the historical data, so as to allow a user of the content reproduction device to select the keyword; and

a search result display section for, in a case where the keyword displayed by the keyword display process section has been selected, displaying the search result obtained with use of the access information associated with the selected keyword in the historical data.

3. The content reproduction device according to claim 1,

wherein:

the historical data generating section generates the historical data so that the historical data includes, as the access information, the keyword that the search section used in the search.

4. The content reproduction device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a historical data deleting section for, in a case where (i) the keyword display process section has displayed the keyword or (ii) the search result display section has displayed the search result, displaying a deletion object, which is for deleting a portion of the historical data which portion corresponds to the keyword, so as to allow the user to select the deletion object.

5. The content reproduction device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an object display section for, with reference to priority data setting priorities for a plurality of respective databases, displaying, during the content reproduction, preferentially (i) an object corresponding to a database having a high priority over (ii) an object corresponding to a database having a low priority,

wherein;

the search section, in a case where an object displayed by the object display section has been selected, searches a database corresponding to the selected object.

6. The content reproduction device according to claim 5, further comprising:

a priority data generating section for, with reference to use history data including, in association with each other, (i) information on the plurality of databases and (ii) frequency information indicative of a frequency of searches run with use of each of the plurality of databases, generating the priority data so that the priority data sets a higher priority for a database having a higher frequency of searches.

7. The content reproduction device according to claim 6, further comprising:

a use history data generating section for generating the use history data by counting, for each of the plurality of databases, the number of searches run by the search section.

8. The content reproduction device according to claim 7,

wherein:

the use history data generating section transmits the use history data, generated by the use history data generating section, to a compilation device for compiling use history data; and

the priority data generating section (i) obtains, from the compilation device, integrated use history data generated by the compilation device calculating, for each of the plurality of databases, a sum of search counts included in each of the use history data received from the use history data generating section and use history data received from a device other than the content reproduction device and (ii) generates the priority data with reference to the integrated use history data.

9. The content reproduction device according to claim 5, further comprising:

an attribute specifying section for specifying an attribute of the content that the content reproduction device is reproducing,

wherein;

the object display section, with reference to correspondence information including, in association with each other, information on attributes and information on the plurality of databases, displays preferentially (i) an object corresponding to a database associated with the attribute specified by the attribute specifying section over (ii) an object corresponding to a database unassociated with specified attribute.

10. The content reproduction device according to claim 7,

wherein:

the use history data generating section, with reference to the historical data generated by the historical data generating section, generates the use history data by counting, for each of the plurality of databases, the number of searches run by the search section.

11. The content reproduction device according to claim 10,

wherein:

the search section searches, by the keyword inputted to the content reproduction device, the database corresponding to the selected object; and

the historical data generating section generates the historical data so that the historical data further includes the keyword that the search section used in the search,

the content reproduction device further comprising;

a keyword display process section for, in a case where, while the content reproduction device is reproducing the content, a current position of the reproduction of the content matches the reproduction position indicated by the position information included in the historical data generated by the historical data generating section, displaying the keyword, associated with the position information in the historical data, so as to allow a user of the content reproduction device to select the keyword; and

a search result display section for, in a case where the keyword displayed by the keyword display process section has been selected, displaying the search result obtained with use of the access information associated with the selected keyword in the historical data.

12. The content reproduction device according to claim 11,

wherein:

the historical data generating section generates the historical data so that the historical data includes, as the access information, the keyword that the search section used in the search.

13. The content reproduction device according to claim 11,

wherein:

a historical data deleting section for, in a case where (i) the keyword display process section has displayed the keyword or (ii) the search result display section has displayed the search result, displaying a deletion object, which is for deleting a portion of the historical data which portion corresponds to the keyword, so as to allow the user to select the deletion object.

14. The content reproduction device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an attribute specifying section for specifying an attribute of the content that the content reproduction device is reproducing; and

an object display section for, with reference to correspondence information including, in association with each other, information on an attribute and information on a database, displaying, during the content reproduction, preferentially (i) an object corresponding to a database associated with the attribute specified by the attribute specifying section over (ii) an object corresponding to a database unassociated with the specified attribute,

wherein;

the search section, in a case where an object displayed by the object display section has been selected, searches a database corresponding to the selected object.

15. The content reproduction device according to claim 1,

wherein:

the search section, during the content reproduction, (i) searches the database in accordance with an input operation performed with respect to an input section for accepting an input operation by a user and (ii) displays the search result,

the content reproduction device further comprising;

a content reproduction section for, when resuming the content reproduction, moving back, by an amount corresponding to a predetermined content rewind time period, a position of the reproduction of the content from a position of the reproduction of the content at which position the input section accepted the input operation for starting the search.

16. The content reproduction device according to claim 15,

wherein:

the content reproduction section resumes the content reproduction when the search section has ended the display of the search result.

17. The content reproduction device according to claim 15, further comprising:

an object display section for, in a case where the content reproduction device reproduces content for which the search section ran a search in past, displaying, when the current content reproduction position has reached a reproduction position that occurs a predetermined display timing correction time period before the content reproduction position at which the input section accepted, for the past search, the input operation for starting the search, an object for causing the search result to be displayed.

18. The content reproduction device according to claim 17,

wherein:

the historical data generating section generates the historical data so that the historical data includes, in association with each other, (i) position information indicative of a position of the reproduction of the content at which position the input section accepted the input operation for starting the search and (ii) the access information for the access to the result of the search by the search section; and

the object display section, with reference to the historical data generated by the historical data generating section, specifies timing of displaying the object,

the content reproduction device further comprising;

a search result display section for, in a case where the object displayed by the object display section has been selected, displaying the search result obtained with use of the access information included in the historical data.

19. The content reproduction device according to claim 18,

wherein:

the search section searches the database by a keyword of which the input section has accepted input;

the historical data generating section generates the historical data so that the historical data includes the keyword of which the input section has accepted the input; and

the object display section displays the object including the keyword included in the historical data generated by the historical data generating section.

20. The content reproduction device according to claim 18, further comprising:

a historical data deleting section for, in a case where (i) the object display section has displayed the object or (ii) the search result display section has displayed the search result, displaying a deletion object for deleting a portion of the historical data which portion corresponds to the object or to the search result.

21. The content reproduction device according to claim 1,

wherein:

the search section, during the content reproduction, (i) searches the database in accordance with an input operation performed with respect to an input section for accepting an input operation by a user and (ii) displays the search result,

the content reproduction device further comprising;

an object display section for, in a case where the content reproduction device reproduces content for which the search section ran a search in past, displaying, when a current position of the reproduction of the content has reached a reproduction position that occurs a predetermined display timing correction time period before the content reproduction position at which the input section accepted, for the past search, the input operation for starting the search, an object for causing the search result to be displayed.

31. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a control program for operating the content reproduction device according to claim 1, the control program causing a computer to function as each of the sections.

22-25. -25. (canceled)

26. A method for controlling a content reproduction device for reproducing content,

the method comprising:

a searching step for (i) searching a database by a keyword inputted while the content reproduction device is reproducing content and (ii) displaying a result of the search; and

a historical data generating step for generating historical data including, in association with each other, (i) position information indicative of a position of the reproduction of the content at which position the searching step searched the database and (ii) access information for access to the search result.

27-30. -30. (canceled)