Contents data reproduction apparatus and contents data reproduction method

• US 7,801,900 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2006
• Issued: 09/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Noma, Hideki
• Primary Examiner(s): Rones; Charles
• Assistant Examiner(s): MUELLER, KURT A
• Application Number:
  US11/477,399
• Publication Number:
  US 20070008844A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,544 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/748
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/61 wherein solid state memory is used for storing A/V content storing computer data in solid state memories G06F
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

The present invention facilitates operations of updating, altering and/or otherwise recomposing the reproduction list of contents data prepared according to the frequency of reproduction, the priority of reproduction, the preference of the user and so on. There is provided a contents data reproduction apparatus for reproducing contents data, which includes a detecting section that detects the external force, a weighting information generating section that generates weighting information, a memory section that stores the weighting information, a reproduction control section that composes a reproduction list of the contents data, a reproduction section that reads out the contents data and reproducing them, and a display section that visibly displays the reproduction list, the reproduction control section recomposing the reproduction list of the contents data, referring to the weighting information, according to the outcome of detection of the detecting section and visibly displaying the reproduction list on the display section.

Claims

1. A contents data reproduction apparatus for reproducing contents data from a computer-readable storage medium storing contents data, the apparatus comprising:

an acceleration detector that detects an acceleration of the contents data reproduction apparatus;

weighting information generating means for generating weighting information including contents information relating to the contents data and information on the use of the contents data and indicating a reproduction priority for the contents data;

a memory that stores the weighting information;

a reproduction control section that composes a playlist of the contents data in an order according to the weighting information;

a reproduction section that reads out the contents data and reproduces the contents data according to the playlist; and

a display section that visibly displays the playlist,

the reproduction control section;

modifying the weighting information based on the detected acceleration;

reordering the order of the contents data in the playlist based on the modified weighting information and storing the reordered playlist in the memory; and

visibly displaying the reordered playlist on the display section.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the playlist has a hierarchical structure and contents data having more heavily weighted information are arranged in upper layers.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reproduction control section introduces random values unrelated to the weighting information and reorders the playlist based further on the random values.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the reproduction control section reorders the playlist by changing the random values as a function of the elapsed time since the reordering and restores the playlist according to the original weighting information after a predetermined period of time.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the reproduction control section defines the time period until the restoration of the playlist to be shorter for contents data arranged in upper levels of the playlist according to the original weighting information.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the weighting information generating means modifies the weighting information by a predetermined value and uses the modified weighting information as new weighting information when all of the contents data has been reproduced.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the weighting information generating means modifies the weighting information by a predetermined value and uses the modified weighting information as new weighting information when a part of the contents data has been reproduced.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the weighting information generating means modifies the weighting information as a function of the time period during which the detected acceleration occurs or as a function of the intensity of the detected acceleration by a predetermined value and uses the modified weighting information as new weighting information.

9. A contents data reproduction method of a contents data reproduction apparatus for reproducing contents data from a computer-readable storage medium storing contents data, the method comprising:

detecting, by an acceleration sensor, a duration of an acceleration of the contents data reproduction apparatus, or an intensity of the acceleration;

generating weighting information including contents information relating to the contents data and information on the use of the contents data and indicating the reproduction priority for the contents data;

composing a playlist for the contents data in an order according to the weighting information;

reading out and reproducing the contents data according to the playlist;

displaying the playlist on a display section;

modifying the weighting information based on at least one of the duration and the intensity of the detected acceleration; and

reordering the order of the contents data in the playlist based on the modified weighting information and storing the reordered playlist in a memory.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein reordering the playlist comprises irregularly reordering the playlist.

11. A contents data reproduction apparatus for reproducing contents data from a computer-readable storage medium storing contents data, the apparatus comprising:

an acceleration detecting section that detects a duration or an intensity of acceleration of the contents data reproduction apparatus;

a weighting information generating section that generates weighting information including contents information relating to the contents data and information on the use of the contents data and indicating the reproduction priority for the contents data;

a memory storing the weighting information;

a reproduction control section that composes a playlist of the contents data in an order according to the weighting information;

a reproduction section that reads out the contents data and reproduces the contents data according to the playlist; and

a display section that visibly displays the playlist,

the reproduction control section;

modifying the weighting information based on at least one of the duration and the intensity of the detected acceleration;

reordering the order of the contents data in the playlist based on the modified weighting information and storing the reordered playlist in the memory; and

visibly displaying the reordered playlist on the display section.