Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and recording medium

• US 9,363,495 B2
• Filed: 07/08/2011
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Terai, Takao
• Primary Examiner(s): Harold, Jefferey
• Assistant Examiner(s): Haiem, Sean
• Application Number:
  US13/809,952
• Publication Number:
  US 20130142495A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,796 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3673 Labelling using text of road map data items, e.g. road names, POI names
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2215/16 Using real world measurements to influence rendering
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/87 Regeneration of colour television signals H04N9/80 takes precedence

Abstract

An information processing apparatus, method and computer-readable medium that generates a plurality of movement trace tracks based on stored position information, generates a content track based on acquired content information, generates a track list by combining the plurality of movement trace tracks and the content track, and outputs the track list.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to;

generate, using a processor of the circuitry, a movement track based on position information stored in memory;

generate a content track based on acquired content information;

generate a combined track by combining the movement track and the content track; and

output the combined track arranged in chronological order for playing only one of the content track and the movement track, followed by playing only the other one of the content track and the movement track.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an interface configured to receive the position information from a device remote from the information processing apparatus.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an interface configured to receive the content information from a device remote from the information processing apparatus.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an interface configured to output the combined track to a device remote from the information processing apparatus.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

reproduction circuitry configured to reproduce the combined track output by the circuitry.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein the reproduction circuitry includes a display configured to display image data corresponding to the combined track.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the content track includes at least one of audio, video or still image information.

8. The information processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein the reproduction circuitry includes an audio reproduction circuitry portion configured to reproduce audio data corresponding to the combined track.

9. The information processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein the display is configured to display a progress bar indicating a reproduction progress associated with a current chronological and sequential play position of the combined track.

10. The information processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein the progress bar includes graphics identifying each of the tracks included in the track list.

11. The information processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein the display is configured to display a movement trace corresponding to the chronological and sequential play of the combined track.

12. The information processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein the display is configured to display a movement trace corresponding to the chronological and sequential play of the combined track.

13. The information processing apparatus of claim 12, wherein the movement trace is superimposed on a map.

14. The information processing apparatus of claim 12, wherein the display is configured to display the movement trace in relation to altitude based on altitude information included in the movement track.

15. The information processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein the display is configured to display a movement trace in relation to time based on time information included in the movement track.

16. The information processing apparatus of claim 15, wherein the display is configured to display the movement track so as to differentiate the movement track for each of a plurality of segments of time.

17. The information processing apparatus of claim 6,

wherein the movement track is comprised of a plurality of individual movement tracks, and

wherein the display is configured to display a movement trace such that each of the individual movement tracks of the movement track constituting the movement trace is displayed differently.

18. The information processing apparatus of claim 6,

wherein the movement track is comprised of a plurality of individual movement tracks, and

wherein the display is configured to display a movement trace along with a graphical icon representing a mode of transportation corresponding to each of the individual movement tracks of the movement track.

19. An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

generating, using a processor of the information processing apparatus, a movement track based on stored position information;

generating a content track based on acquired content information;

generating a combined track by combining the movement track and the content track; and

outputting the combined track arranged in chronological order for playing only one of the content track and the movement track, followed by playing only the other one of the content track and the movement track.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-program instructions, which when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to perform a method comprising:

generating a movement track based on stored position information;

generating a content track based on acquired content information;

generating a combined track by combining the movement track and the content track; and

outputting the combined track arranged in chronological order for playing only one of the content track and the movement track, followed by playing only the other one of the content track and the movement track.