METHOD FOR TAGGING CONDITION INFORMATION AND MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS USING THE SAME

• US 20110160550A1
• Filed: 12/21/2010
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: HWANG, Ho-ik, WON, Joon-ho, LEE, Soo-hyun, HWANG, Byeong-cheol, KWAK, Se-jin
• Application Number:
  US12/974,448
• Publication Number:
  US 20110160550A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/436 using biological or physiological data of a human being, e.g. blood pressure, facial expression, gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/437 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialisation, adaptation, distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists

Abstract

A method for tagging condition information and a multimedia apparatus using the same are provided. The method includes measuring condition information of a user who is enjoying content, and tagging the content with the measured condition information. Accordingly, the user'"'"'s condition information for each content is checked and the user'"'"'s condition information is adjusted using the condition information tagged onto the contents.

Claims

1. A method for tagging condition information, the method comprising:

if a content selected from a plurality of contents is being played, measuring condition information of a user; and

tagging the content with the measured condition information.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

re-measuring condition information of the user; and

extracting at least one content tagged with specific condition information based on the re-measured condition information and replaying the extracted content.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

generating a content list containing the extracted at least one content and providing the content list.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the content list contains information regarding the at least one content and condition information tagged onto each content.

5. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the specific condition information includes condition information having a level higher than a level of the re-measured condition information.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

if at least one of a specific command is input from the user and a specific motion of the user is detected, extracting at least one content from the plurality of contents based on the condition information tagged onto the content and replaying the extracted content.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the specific command includes an exercise start command of the user,

and further wherein the specific motion includes an exercise start motion of the user that is sensed by a 3-axis acceleration sensor.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the condition information includes information regarding at least one of subcutaneous fat, body fat, stress, skin color, and a heart rate of the user.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the subcutaneous fat, body fat, stress, skin color, and the heart rate of the user are calculated based on values measured by an optical sensor.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the condition information includes information regarding a number of steps of the user counted from a time at which replay of the selected content starts to a time at which the replay finishes.

11. A multimedia apparatus comprising:

a sensor module for, if a content selected from a plurality of contents is being played, measuring condition information of a user; and

a controller for tagging the content with the measured condition information.

12. The multimedia apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein, if condition information of the user is re-measured by the sensor module, the controller extracts at least one content tagged with specific condition information based on the re-measured condition information, and replays the extracted content.

13. The multimedia apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the controller generates a content list containing the extracted at least one content and provides the content list.

14. The multimedia apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the content list contains information regarding the at least one content and condition information tagged onto each content.

15. The multimedia apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the specific condition information includes condition information having a level higher than a level of the re-measured condition information.

16. The multimedia apparatus as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

a user command receiver for receiving a manipulation command,

wherein, if at least one of a specific command is input from the user and a specific motion of the user is detected by the sensor module, the controller extracts at least one content from the plurality of contents based on the condition information tagged onto the content and replays the extracted content.

17. The multimedia apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the specific command includes an exercise start command of the user,

and further wherein the specific motion includes an exercise start motion of the user that is sensed by a 3-axis acceleration sensor.

18. The multimedia apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the condition information includes information regarding at least one of subcutaneous fat, body fat, stress, skin color, and a heart rate of the user.

19. The multimedia apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the subcutaneous fat, body fat, stress, skin color, and the heart rate of the user are calculated based on values measured by an optical sensor included in the sensor module.

20. The multimedia apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the condition information includes information regarding a number of steps of the user counted from a time at which replay of the selected content starts to a time at which the replay finishes.