INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20090195351A1
• Filed: 01/21/2009
• Published: 08/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kondo, Tetsujiro, Takeda, Naoki
• Application Number:
  US12/356,836
• Publication Number:
  US 20090195351A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42201 biosensors, e.g. heat sensor for presence detection, EEG sensors or any limb activity sensors worn by the user input arrangements for interaction with the human body based on nervous system activity detection G06F3/015
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/439 Processing of audio elementary streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A information processing device includes: a busy-level acquiring section for acquiring information on user'"'"'s busy-level; a controller for determining a presentation form of information currently presented according to the user'"'"'s busy-level acquired by the busy-level acquiring section; an information processor for performing a predetermined processing to the information under the control of the controller; and an output processor for outputting the information having been subjected to the processing by the information processor to an output section.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a busy-level acquiring section for acquiring information on user'"'"'s busy-level;

a controller for determining a presentation form of information currently presented according to the user'"'"'s busy-level acquired by the busy-level acquiring section;

an information processor for performing a predetermined processing to the information under the control of the controller; and

an output processor for outputting the information having been subjected to the processing by the information processor to an output section.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the information on the user'"'"'s busy-level is information indicating a behavior state of the user at present.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a sensor data receiving section for receiving sensor data detected by a sensor for detecting the behavior state of the user,

wherein, based on the sensor data of the user received by the sensor data receiving section from the sensor, the controller estimates the user'"'"'s busy-level at present and determines the presentation form of the information currently presented.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein the sensor is an acceleration sensor for detecting acceleration of movement of the user, and

wherein, based on the acceleration data of the user received by the sensor data receiving section from the acceleration sensor, the controller estimates the user'"'"'s busy-level at present and determines the presentation form of the information currently presented.

5. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein the sensor is a biological information sensor for detecting biological information of the user, and

wherein, based on the biological information data of the user received by the sensor data receiving section from the biological information sensor, the controller estimates the user'"'"'s busy-level at present and determines the presentation form of the information currently presented.

6. The information processing device according to claim 2, further comprising:

an operation signal receiving section for receiving an operation signal from an operation unit,

wherein the operation signal receiving section receives the operation signal based on a declaration issued by the user using the operation unit and supplies the received operation signal to the controller, the declaration indicating the information on the user'"'"'s busy-level.

7. The information processing device according to claim 3 or 6,

wherein the information processor includes a sound volume adjusting section for adjusting sound volume of audio data included in the information under the control of the controller, and

wherein the output processor supplies the audio data having been subjected to the sound volume adjusting to a speaker.

8. The information processing device according to claim 3 or 6, further comprising:

a telop extracting section for extracting a telop from video data included in the information under the control of the controller,

wherein the information processor supplies information including the telop to the output processor.

9. The information processing device according to claim 8, wherein the information processor includes a telop superimposing section for performing a superimposing processing so that the extracted telop is displayed as a slave screen of the image based on the video data.

10. The information processing device according to claim 8, wherein the information processor includes a telop superimposing section for performing a superimposing processing so that the extracted telop is displayed as a separate screen relative to the image based on the video data.

11. The information processing device according to claim 8,

wherein the information processor converts the content of the telop extracted by the telop extracting section into audio data, and

wherein the output processor supplies the audio data to a speaker.

12. The information processing device according to claim 3 or 6,

wherein the information processor includes a reproduction speed adjusting section for adjusting reproduction speed of the information, and

wherein the reproduction speed adjusting section adjusts the reproduction speed of the information under the control of the controller and supplies the result to the output processor.

13. The information processing device according to claim 3 or 6, wherein the information processor includes a digest generating section for generating a digest of video data included in the information under the control of the controller and supplying the generated digest to the output processor.

14. The information processing device according to claim 3 or 6, wherein the information processor includes an enlargement/reduction processor for, under the control of the controller, performing enlargement/reduction processing to enlarge/reduce screen size of video data included in the information and change the number of the contents simultaneously displayed on a plurality of output sections.

15. An information processing method of an information processing device for presenting information to an output section based on information relating to a user, the method comprising steps of:

acquiring information on user'"'"'s busy-level;

determining a presentation form of information currently presented according to the acquired user'"'"'s busy-level;

performing a predetermined processing to the information currently presented based on the determined presentation form; and

outputting the information having been subjected to the predetermined processing to the output section.