Information-processing apparatus, information-processing methods, and programs
First Claim
1. An information-processing apparatus, comprising:
- means for detecting current conditions surrounding the information-processing apparatus and for generating sensing data revealing said current conditions;
means for recognizing said current conditions based on said sensing data and for producing recognition information showing a recognition result;
means for generating meta information based on said sensing data and said recognition information, the meta information including certainty-factor information showing a degree of certainty of said recognition information;
means for storing temporarily content data as data corresponding to said sensing data and as data representing said current conditions;
means for producing a result of determination indicating whether said current conditions have changed, based on said certainty-factor information;
means for recording a content file for displaying or reproducing at least one of a still image, a moving image, and an audio signal, each of which records said current conditions, based on said content data when said result of said determination indicates a change in said current conditions; and
search means for searching for a content file based on said recognition information, upon the result of determination indicating that said current conditions have changed.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an information-processing apparatus including detection means, recognition means, and meta-information generation means. The detection means detects conditions surrounding the user and generates sensing data revealing the conditions surrounding the user. The recognition means recognizes the conditions surrounding the user on the basis of the sensing data. The meta-information generation means generates meta information in the form of structured information to be used for detecting a change in the conditions surrounding the user on the basis of one or more pieces of the sensing data and recognition information showing a recognition result produced by the condition recognition means.
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18 Claims
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1. An information-processing apparatus, comprising:
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means for detecting current conditions surrounding the information-processing apparatus and for generating sensing data revealing said current conditions; means for recognizing said current conditions based on said sensing data and for producing recognition information showing a recognition result; means for generating meta information based on said sensing data and said recognition information, the meta information including certainty-factor information showing a degree of certainty of said recognition information; means for storing temporarily content data as data corresponding to said sensing data and as data representing said current conditions; means for producing a result of determination indicating whether said current conditions have changed, based on said certainty-factor information; means for recording a content file for displaying or reproducing at least one of a still image, a moving image, and an audio signal, each of which records said current conditions, based on said content data when said result of said determination indicates a change in said current conditions; and search means for searching for a content file based on said recognition information, upon the result of determination indicating that said current conditions have changed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18)
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8. An information-processing method, comprising:
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detecting conditions surrounding an apparatus and controlling generation of sensing data revealing the detected conditions; recognizing the detected conditions based on said sensing data, and producing recognition information showing a recognition result; generating meta information based on said sensing data and said recognition information, the meta information including certainty-factor information showing a degree of certainty of said recognition information; storing content data temporarily, as data corresponding to said sensing data and as data representing the detected conditions; producing a result of determination indicating whether the detected conditions have changed based on said certainty-factor information; recording a content file for displaying or reproducing at least one of a still image, a moving image, and an audio signal, each of which records the detected conditions, based on said content data when said result of said determination indicates a change in the detected conditions; and searching for a content file based on said recognition information upon the result of determination indicating that said current conditions have changed. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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9. A computer-readable medium storing computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method, comprising:
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detecting conditions surrounding an apparatus and controlling generation of sensing data revealing the detected conditions; recognizing the detected conditions based on said sensing data, and producing recognition information showing a recognition result; generating meta information based on said sensing data and said recognition information, the meta information including certainty-factor information showing a degree of certainty of said recognition information; storing content data temporarily, as data corresponding to said sensing data and as data representing the detected conditions; producing a result of determination indicating whether the detected conditions have changed based on said certainty-factor information; recording a content file for displaying or reproducing at least one of a still image, a moving image, and an audio signal, each of which records the detected conditions, based on said content data when said result of said determination indicates a change in the detected conditions; and searching for a content file based on said recognition information upon the result of determination indicating that said current conditions have changed. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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11. An information-processing apparatus, comprising:
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a detection unit configured to detect conditions surrounding a user and to generate sensing data revealing said conditions surrounding said user; a recognition unit configured to recognize said conditions surrounding said user based on said sensing data and to produce recognition information showing a recognition result; a meta-information generation unit configured to generate meta information for detecting a change in said conditions surrounding said user, the meta information being based on said sensing data and said recognition information; and a weight computation unit configured to compute a weight representing a priority level of said recognition information, based on certainty-factor information and a magnitude of a change in said recognition information.
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