OUTPUT CONTROL DEVICE, CONTENT STORAGE DEVICE, OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20180176708A1
• Filed: 10/31/2017
• Published: 06/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Takahashi, Nobuteru
• Application Number:
  US15/799,721
• Publication Number:
  US 20180176708A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/103 Static body considered as a whole, e.g. static pedestrian or occupant recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/161 Detection; Localisation; Normalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3179 Video signal processing therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3194 including sensor feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 7/303 Tracking of listener position or orientation

Abstract

An output control device including a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor is configured to: acquire a height of a viewer who watches a content; and cause an output unit to output a sound of the content corresponding to the acquired height.

Claims

1. An output control device comprising a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor is configured to:

acquire a height of a viewer who watches a content; and

cause an output unit to output a sound of the content corresponding to the acquired height.

2. The output control device according to claim 1, wherein

the content has a plurality of sounds which is acquired at positions in a plurality of height directions, and

the hardware processor causes the output unit to output a sound which is acquired at a position corresponding to the acquired height among the plurality of sounds.

3. The output control device according to claim 2, wherein the hardware processor determines a posture of the viewer based on the acquired height, and causes the output unit to output a sound which is acquired at a position corresponding to the determined posture of the viewer.

4. The output control device according to claim 3, wherein the posture of the viewer is an upright position, a chair sitting position or a floor sitting position.

5. The output control device according to claim 1 further comprising a memory, wherein

the hardware processor selects sound data corresponding to the acquired height from among a plurality of pieces of sound data which is included in the content,

the hardware processor controls the output unit to output a sound based on the selected sound data, and

a moving image and the plurality of pieces of sound data included in the content are stored in the memory.

6. The output control device according to claim 1, wherein the content is a moving image which is output omnidirectionally, and the sound includes a sound which is output along with the moving image.

7. The output control device according to claim 6, wherein

the hardware processor selects sound data corresponding to the acquired height from among a plurality of pieces of sound data which is stored so as to be associated with the moving image,

the hardware processor controls the output unit to output both of the moving image and a sound based on the selected sound data, and

the moving image and the plurality of pieces of sound data are stored in the memory.

8. The output control device according to claim 1, wherein

the hardware processor acquires second height information of the viewer after the hardware processor causes the output unit to output the sound of the content corresponding to the acquired height, and

the hardware processor causes the output unit to output a sound of the content based on the acquired second height information.

9. The output control device according to claim 3, wherein

the hardware processor acquires second height information of the viewer after the hardware processor causes the output unit to output the sound of the content corresponding to the acquired height, and

the hardware processor causes the output unit to output a sound of the content based on the acquired second height information.

10. The output control device according to claim 6, wherein

the hardware processor acquires second height information of the viewer after the hardware processor causes the output unit to output the sound of the content corresponding to the acquired height, and

the hardware processor causes the output unit to output a sound of the content based on the acquired second height information.

11. The output control device according to claim 1 further comprising a memory,

wherein the hardware processor acquires a height of a viewer who watches a content from the memory.

12. A content storage device, comprising:

a memory; and

a hardware processor, wherein

the hardware processor executes;

sound acquisition processing of acquiring a sound which is output along with a moving image included in a content at positions in a plurality of height directions; and

storage processing of providing height information on a height when the sound is acquired to each of a plurality of pieces of sound data of the sound which is acquired by the sound acquisition processing, and storing the plurality of pieces of sound data in the memory so as to be associated with moving image data of the moving image.

13. An output control method, comprising:

acquiring a height of a viewer who watches a content; and

causing an output unit to output a sound of the content corresponding to the acquired height.

14. The output control method according to claim 13, further comprising causing the output unit to output a sound which is acquired at a position corresponding to the acquired height among a plurality of sounds, wherein the content has the plurality of sounds which is acquired at positions in a plurality of height directions.

15. The output control method according to claim 14, further comprising:

determining a posture of the viewer based on the acquired height, and

causing the output unit to output a sound which is acquired at a position corresponding to the determined posture of the viewer.

16. A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable program that enables a computer to execute functions comprising:

acquisition processing of acquiring a height of a viewer who watches a content; and

control processing of causing an output unit to output a sound of the content corresponding to the height which is acquired by the acquisition processing.

17. The storage medium according to claim 16, wherein

the content has a plurality of sounds which is acquired at positions in a plurality of height directions, and

the program causes the computer to execute output processing of causing the output unit to output a sound which is acquired at a position corresponding to the acquired height among the plurality of sounds.

18. The storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the program causes the computer to execute:

determination processing of determining a posture of the viewer based on the acquired height, and

output processing of causing the output unit to output a sound which is acquired at a position corresponding to the determined posture of the viewer.