Content output device for outputting content

• US 9,886,403 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2015
• Issued: 02/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Murakami, Bungo, Suzuki, Hideo
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsai, Henry
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hassan, Aurangzeb
• Application Number:
  US14/662,200
• Publication Number:
  US 20150286598A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,056 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/28 using burst mode transfer, e.g. direct memory access DMA, cycle steal G06F13/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/3625 using a time dependent access
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4022 using switching circuits, e.g. switching matrix, connection or expansion network G06F13/4009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4027 using bus bridges G06F13/4022 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4725 using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots details of information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8583 by creating hot-spots
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02

Abstract

In order to perform processing corresponding to an instruction or a reaction at appropriate timing when a predetermined instruction is given or a reaction by a user is made while content is being outputted, a CPU detects instruction timing when a predetermined user instruction is given for data outputted while pieces of data constituting content are being sequentially outputted; stores the detected instruction timing in an instruction information memory; specifies predetermined timing that comes later than the instruction timing stored in the instruction information memory as timing for performing processing in accordance with the user'"'"'s instruction; and performs the processing.

Claims

1. A content output device comprising:

a first memory; and

a processor which executes a stored program to perform processes comprising;

outputting output details of content while sequentially changing the output details;

detecting, in response to an instruction being given by a user at an arbitrary timing while the output details of the content are being sequentially changed and outputted, an instruction timing of the instruction;

controlling to store the detected instruction timing in the first memory in association with the content;

judging whether the instruction timing has been stored in the first memory at a predetermined timing after a series of outputs of the output details of the content is completed;

specifying the output detail of the content that was outputted at a point of the instruction timing which is stored in the first memory, in response to a judgement that the instruction timing has been stored in the first memory at the predetermined timing; and

performing processing corresponding to the specified output detail,

wherein the output details of the content each include link information associated therewith, and

wherein the processing corresponding to the specified output detail is a process of outputting information of a link destination based on the link information associated with the specified output detail.

2. The content output device according to claim 1, wherein the output details of the content include information for each of a plurality of positions and, when the instruction is given by the user at the instruction timing by specifying an arbitrary position in the output details of the content being sequentially changed and outputted, the processor detects the instruction timing and the specified position, and

wherein the processor specifies information corresponding to the specified position in the output detail of the content that has been outputted at the point of the instruction timing by searching information stored in a content storage section.

9. The content output device according to claim 1, further comprising a second memory which stores each of the output details of the content in association with each output timing.

3. A content output apparatus for outputting content, comprising:

an output control section which outputs output details in the content while sequentially changing the output details;

a content storage section which stores each of the output details of the content in association with each output timing;

a detection control section which judges whether a reaction at an arbitrary timing has been made by a user while the output details of the content are being sequentially changed and outputted, and which detects a reaction timing of the reaction when the reaction is judged to have been made;

a storage control section which causes the detected reaction timing to be stored in a reaction storage section in association with the content;

a specification control section which judges whether the reaction timing has been stored in the reaction storage section at a predetermined timing after a series of outputs of the output details of the content is completed, reads out the reaction timing stored in the reaction storage section when the reaction timing is judged to have been stored, and specifies an output detail of the content that was outputted at a point of the reaction timing; and

a processing execution control section which performs processing corresponding to the specified output detail,

wherein the detection control section judges, when the user is judged to be near a location where the output details are being outputted, a specific voice based on analysis of a voice of the user or a change in a captured image of the user based on analysis of the captured image, and detects a judgment timing as the reaction timing.

4. The content output apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the specification control section judges whether the reaction timing has been stored in the reaction storage section after the series of outputs of the content is completed, and specifies the output detail of the content when the reaction timing is judged to have been detected.

5. The content output apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the output details of the content each include link information associated therewith, and

wherein the processing execution control section performs processing for outputting information of a link destination based on the link information associated with the output detail specified by the specification control section.

6. The content output apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a judgment control section which judges whether link information has been included in association with the output detail specified by the specification control section,

wherein the processing execution control section outputs information of a link destination based on the link information when the link information is judged to have been included, or performs processing for outputting the output detail specified by the specification control section when the link information is judged to have not been included.

7. A method of controlling a content output device, the method comprising:

outputting output details of content while sequentially changing the output details;

detecting, in response to an instruction being given by a user at an arbitrary timing while the output details of the content are being sequentially changed and outputted, an instruction timing of the instruction;

controlling to store the detected instruction timing to be stored in a first memory in association with the content;

judging whether the instruction timing has been stored in the first memory at a predetermined timing after a series of outputs of the output details of the content is completed;

specifying the output detail of the content that was outputted at a point of the instruction timing which is stored in the first memory, in response to a judgement that the instruction timing has been stored in the first memory at the predetermined timing; and

performing processing corresponding to the specified output detail,

wherein the output details of the content each include link information associated therewith, and

wherein the processing corresponding to the specified output detail is a process of outputting information of a link destination based on the link information associated with the specified output detail.

8. A method of controlling a content output apparatus for outputting content, the method comprising:

outputting output details in the content while sequentially changing the output details;

storing each of the output details of the content in a content storage section in association with each output timing;

judging whether a reaction at an arbitrary timing has been made by a user while the output details of the content are being sequentially changed and outputted, and detecting a reaction timing of the reaction when the reaction is judged to have been made;

causing the detected reaction timing to be stored in a reaction storage section in association with the content;

judging whether the reaction timing has been stored in the reaction storage section at a predetermined timing after a series of outputs of the output details of the content is completed, reading out the reaction timing stored in the reaction storage section when the reaction timing is judged to have been stored, and specifying an output detail of the content that was outputted at point of the reaction timing; and

performing processing corresponding to the specified output detail,

wherein the output details of the content each include link information associated therewith, and

wherein the processing corresponding to the specified output detail is a process of outputting information of a link destination based on the link information associated with the specified output detail.