Apparatus, method, and program for information processing

• US 9,602,945 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2010
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Tsukagoshi, Ikuo
• Primary Examiner(s): SMALL, NAOMI J
• Application Number:
  US12/683,593
• Publication Number:
  US 20100219966A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,630 Days
• Field of Search: 340/686.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 7/303 Tracking of listener position or orientation

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: position detection means for detecting a position of a client unit held by a user on the basis of a signal outputted from the client unit; conversion means for variably setting a parameter value used to convert at least one of a sound signal and a video signal on the basis of the position of the client unit detected by the position detection means and converting the signal using the parameter value; and output means for outputting the signal after conversion by the conversion means.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

receive a measurement result from one or more wireless nodes that measure a signal output from each of a plurality of client devices;

detect a region in which each of the plurality of client devices is positioned within a target area divided into a plurality of regions, on a basis of the received measurement result, wherein each of the plurality of regions has a set of corresponding parameter values for controlling at least one of a sound signal and a video signal;

determine whether all of the plurality of client device are positioned within a same region;

when the plurality of client devices are positioned within the same region convert the at least one of the sound signal and the video signal using the parameter values corresponding to the region in which the plurality of client devices are positioned;

when the plurality of client devices are not positioned within the same region, convert the at least one of the sound signal and the video signal using parameter values; and

output the converted at least one of the sound signal and the video signal.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to convert the sound signal using parameter values defining a mixing ratio of a multi-channel sound signal.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to convert the video signal using parameter values defining an enlargement ratio of at least one of video and text included in the video signal.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to detect the region in which each of the plurality of the client devices is positioned as a time variable on a basis of the signal output from the plurality of client devices over time.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to maintain currently used parameter values when the detected region of each of the plurality of client devices remains unchanged.

6. A system comprising:

the information processing apparatus according to claim 1; and

each of the plurality of the client devices including a receiver configured to receive the at least one of the sound signal and the video signal from the information processing apparatus and a reproducing circuit configured to reproduce the received at least one of the sound signal and the video signal.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to detect the region in which each of the plurality of client devices is positioned based on the measurement result which comprises a radio field strength and delay characteristics of the signal output from each of the plurality of client devices.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the target area is formed oppositely to a display surface of a display device.

9. An information processing method for an information processing apparatus that outputs at least one of a sound signal and a video signal as an output signal, the method comprising:

receiving a measurement result from one or more wireless nodes that measure a signal output from each of a plurality of client devices;

detecting a region in which each of the plurality of client devices is positioned within a target area divided into a plurality of regions, on a basis of the received measurement result, wherein each of the plurality of regions has a set of corresponding parameter values for controlling the at least one of the sound signal and the video signal;

determining whether all of the plurality of client devices are positioned within a same region;

when the plurality of client devices are positioned within the same region converting the at least one of the sound signal and the video signal using the parameter values corresponding to the region in which the plurality of client devices are positioned;

when the plurality of client devices are not positioned within the same region, converting the at least one of the sound signal and the video signal using parameter values; and

outputting the converted at least one of the sound signal and the video signal.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a program recorded thereon, the program configured to perform a method when executed on a computer, the method comprising:

receiving a measurement result from one or more wireless nodes that measure a signal output from each of a plurality of client devices;

detecting a region in which each of the plurality of client devices is positioned within a target area divided into a plurality of regions, on a basis of the received measurement result, wherein each of the plurality of regions has a set of corresponding parameter values for controlling at least one of a sound signal and a video signal;

determining whether all of the plurality of client devices are positioned within a same region;

when the plurality of client devices are positioned within the same region converting the at least one of the sound signal and the video signal using the parameter values corresponding to the region in which the plurality of client devices are positioned;

when the plurality of client devices are not positioned within the same region, converting the at least one of the sound signal and the video signal using parameter values; and

outputting the converted at least one of the sound signal and the video signal.

11. An information processing apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

receive a measurement result from one or more wireless nodes that measure a signal output from each of a plurality of client devices;

detect a region in which each of the plurality of client devices is positioned within a target area divided into a plurality of regions, on a basis of the received measurement result, wherein each of the plurality of regions has a set of corresponding parameter values for controlling at least one of a sound signal and a video signal;

determine whether all of the plurality of client devices are positioned within a same region;

when the plurality of client devices are positioned within the same region convert the at least one of the sound signal and the video signal using the parameter values corresponding to the region in which the plurality of client devices are positioned; and

when the plurality of client devices are not positioned within the same region, convert the at least one of the sound signal and the video signal using parameter values.