CONTENT PLAYBACK CONTROL DEVICE, CONTENT PLAYBACK CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM

• US 20150143412A1
• Filed: 06/21/2013
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Yoshino, Ken, Shibuya, Takashi, Shibata, Katsuyuki
• Application Number:
  US14/411,381
• Publication Number:
  US 20150143412A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41415 involving a public display, viewable by several users in a public space outside their home, e.g. movie theatre, information kiosk
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42201 biosensors, e.g. heat sensor for presence detection, EEG sensors or any limb activity sensors worn by the user input arrangements for interaction with the human body based on nervous system activity detection G06F3/015
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4394 involving operations for analysing the audio stream, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in audio streams arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/441 Acquiring end-user identification , e.g. using personal code sent by the remote control or by inserting a card
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4415 using biometric characteristics of the user, e.g. by voice recognition or fingerprint scanning cryptography using biological data H04L9/3231; authentication in networks using biometric H04L63/0861
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8106 involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

Abstract

A content playback control device includes: an acquirer for acquiring an attribute of a listener that is the target of providing content; a determiner for determining a language when playing back the content, based on the attribute of the listener acquired by the acquirer; and a playback controller for playing back the content through audio in the determined language determined by the determiner.

Claims

1. A content playback control device for controlling playback of content, comprising:

an acquirer that acquires an attribute of a listener that is the target of providing content;

a determiner that determines a language when playing back the content, based on the attribute of the listener acquired by the acquirer; and

a playback controller that plays back the content through audio in the determined language determined by the determiner.

2. The content playback control device according to claim 1, wherein:

the acquirer includes an audio acquirer that acquires audio from the listener; and

the determiner determines the language when playing back the content based on the audio from the listener as an attribute of the listener acquired by the audio acquirer.

3. The content playback control device according to claim 1, wherein:

the acquirer includes an imager that images the listener; and

the determiner assesses the race and/or nationality as an attribute of the listener based on the image of the listener imaged by the imager, and determines the language when playing back the content based on the assessed race and/or nationality.

4. The content playback control device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a presence sensor that detects whether or not the listener is within a prescribed range;

wherein the acquirer acquires the attribute of the listener when it is detected by the presence sensor that the listener is within a prescribed range.

5. The content playback control device according to claim 1, wherein:

the playback controller includes a retriever that retrieves content corresponding to the determined language; and

when content corresponding to the determined language cannot be retrieved by the retriever, the content is converted to content corresponding to the determined language.

6. The content playback control device according to claim 1, wherein:

the playback controller includes a retriever that retrieves content corresponding to the determined language; and

when content corresponding to the determined language is retrieved by the retriever, the retrieved content is selected as the playback content.

7. The content playback control device according to claim 1, wherein:

the content includes video to be played back along with audio in the determined language; and

the playback controller causes the content to be played back in synchronous with the video.

8. The content playback control device according to claim 7, wherein the playback controller modifies the video to be played back along with the audio in the determined language, and plays back the content in synchronous with the video.

9. The content playback control device according to claim 1, wherein the content playback control device is a projection device comprising a video projector for making a display by projecting the video on a screen.

10. The content playback control device according to claim 1, wherein the content playback control device is a display device comprising a video display device for displaying the video.

11. A content playback control method for controlling playback of content, comprising:

an acquisition step for acquiring an attribute of a listener that is the target of providing content;

a determination step for determining a language when playing back the content, based on the attribute of the listener acquired by the acquisition step; and

a playback control step for playing back the content through audio in the determined language determined by the determination step.

12. A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium that stores a program executed by a computer built into which is a device for controlling playback of content, the program causing the computer to function as:

an acquirer that acquires an attribute of a listener that is the target of providing content;

a determiner that determines a language when playing back the content, based on the attribute of the listener acquired by the acquirer; and

a playback controller that plays back the content through audio in the determined language determined by the determiner.