Patent ID: 7853122
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A content reproducing apparatus for reproducing subsequent scenes as a function of a user's physical reaction to preceding scenes of said content, said apparatus comprising: acquiring means for acquiring a content, said content being picture information and/or acoustic information formed of said scenes; receiving means for receiving evaluation values estimated for respective scenes of said content and set by a supplier or creator of said content, an estimated evaluation value being associated with a respective one of said scenes of said content and representing an anticipated psychological state of a user to that respective scene of said content, said anticipated psychological state of the user being the psychological state that said supplier or creator expects from the user when the user views said respective scene; reproducing means for reproducing said content; reaction input means for inputting reaction data representing a user's express physical reaction to said respective scene of the reproduced content while said respective scene of said content is being reproduced and viewed by the user; evaluation means for determining from said inputted reaction data the user's recognized evaluation value representing the actual psychological state of said user in response to the respective scene of said reproduced content; comparing means for comparing said user's recognized evaluation values of said respective scene to the estimated evaluation value associated with that scene as said content is being reproduced to determine if the psychological state of the user corresponds to the psychological state that said supplier or creator of said content expects; and controlling means for controlling how subsequent scenes forming the content will be reproduced based on the results of said comparison and for continuing the reproduction of succeeding scenes in response to said controlling means.