Patent ID: 7952013
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: A63B,G10H,G11B

Abstract:
1. A content reproducing apparatus which stores content together with tempo information and selects content from a plurality of titles of content on a basis of the tempo information, comprising: tempo detecting means for discretely detecting a moving tempo; moving tempo change detecting means for detecting a change of the detected moving tempo; and controlling means for performing controls to select and change a reproduced content, such that: according to a first process, when the change of the detected moving tempo indicates the moving tempo is increasing, and the change is at or above a first threshold, the reproduced content is changed such that a time for changing reproduced content directly relates to an amount change of the moving tempo, according to a second process, when the change of the moving tempo indicates the moving tempo is decreasing, and the change is at or below a second threshold, the reproduced content is changed such that a time for changing reproduced content inversely relates to an amount change of the moving tempo, according to a third process, when the change of the detected moving tempo is between the first and second thresholds, the reproduced content is not changed, and in the second process, the detected moving tempo is modified to cause the change of the reproduced content to be delayed relative to the change of the reproduced content in the first process.