Patent ID: 8290341
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A video playing device for playing a video, said video playing device comprising: a classification unit classifying a video or a video section to be played, by calculating a number indicative of a complexity of said video or video section, said number being associated with said video or video section as representing a degree of a user's concentration necessary for watching the video; a user's concentration calculation unit calculating a current degree of user's concentration on a video; and a video playing unit comparing said current degree of user's concentration on a video with the degree of user's concentration necessary for watching the video for each of a video or video section selectively to be played, according to a classification result of the classification unit, and determining which videos or video sections have degrees of user's concentration necessary—for watching video which are lower than the current degree of user's concentration on a video.