INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS, INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20170180776A1
• Filed: 09/20/2016
• Published: 06/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: NAKAMURA, Fuminobu
• Application Number:
  US15/270,210
• Publication Number:
  US 20170180776A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• 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 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43079 of additional data with content streams on multiple devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• 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 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

Abstract

An information acquisition apparatus including a detection section which detects a movement of the information acquisition apparatus, a reception section which receives identification information transmitted from an external apparatus and indicating output information that is being outputted to the external apparatus, a reception control section which controls the reception section to receive the identification information when the detection section detects a predetermined movement; and an information reception section which receives information related to the output information that is being outputted to the external apparatus and indicated by the identification information, when the reception section receives the identification information.

Claims

1. An information acquisition apparatus comprising:

a detection section which detects a movement of the information acquisition apparatus;

a reception section which receives identification information transmitted from an external apparatus and indicating output information that is being outputted to the external apparatus;

a reception control section which controls the reception section to receive the identification information when the detection section detects a predetermined movement; and

an information reception section which receives information related to the output information that is being outputted to the external apparatus and indicated by the identification information, when the reception section receives the identification information.

2. The information acquisition apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection section detects whether an arm swing of a user is in a predetermined state, and the reception control section controls the reception section to receive the identification information when the detection section detects that the arm swing is in the predetermined state.

3. The information acquisition apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information reception section receives information stored in association with the identification information and related to the output information being outputted to the external apparatus.

4. The information acquisition apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the information reception section receives information stored in association with the identification information and related to the output information being outputted to the external apparatus.

5. The information acquisition apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined state is a state where the arm swing of the user is not large.

6. An information acquisition method that is performed by an information acquisition apparatus including a detection section which detects a movement of the information acquisition apparatus and a reception section which receives identification information transmitted from an external apparatus and indicating output information that is being outputted to the external apparatus, comprising:

a reception control step of controlling the reception section to receive the identification information when the detection section detects a predetermined movement; and

an information reception step of receiving information related to the output information that is being outputted to the external apparatus and indicated by the identification information, when the reception section receives the identification information.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program that is executable by a computer in an information acquisition apparatus including a detection section which detects a movement of the information acquisition apparatus and a reception section which receives identification information transmitted from an external apparatus and indicating output information that is being outputted to the external apparatus, the program being executable by the computer to actualize functions comprising:

reception control processing for controlling the reception section to receive the identification information when the detection section detects a predetermined movement;

information reception processing for receiving information related to the output information that is being outputted to the external apparatus and indicated by the identification information, when the reception section receives the identification information.