Information processing apparatus for reproducing data based on position of content data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10026438-B2
Application number	US-88048810-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2010
Priority date	Oct 5, 2009
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a reproduction section which acquires reproduction data corresponding to a reproduction position of content data by reproducing the content data, an output section which causes the reproduction data acquired by the reproduction section to be output from a region of an output device, the region corresponding to the information processing apparatus, a control signal acquisition section which acquires a control signal generated and output by a control device based on a predetermined input recognized by a recognition device, and an output control section which controls output of the reproduction data to the output device performed by the output section in accordance with the control signal acquired by the control signal acquisition section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A first information processing apparatus, comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
reproduce content data based on a timeline;
acquire a first reproduction data that corresponds to a first reproduction position of the content data on the timeline;
acquire a control signal that is based on an input and store the acquired control signal in a memory;
control output of the first reproduction data based on the acquired control signal; and
transmit a first synchronization signal that comprises a first reproduction position information and a first reproduction time information, to a second information processing apparatus,
wherein the first reproduction position information indicates the first reproduction position of the content data on the timeline, and
wherein the first reproduction position information corresponds to a time range on the timeline that ranges from a first time instance at which the content data is reproduced to a second time instance which is after a particular time period of the first time instance.

2. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to generate the first synchronization signal to synchronize the first information processing apparatus with the second information processing apparatus in terms of the first reproduction position of the content data.

3. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to
acquire the first reproduction position information and the first reproduction time information.

4. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
receive a second synchronization signal to synchronize the first information processing apparatus with the second information processing apparatus in terms of the first reproduction position of the content data; and
adjust the first reproduction position of the content data based on the received second synchronization signal.

5. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
acquire the first reproduction position information and the first reproduction time information;
receive the second synchronization signal which comprises a second reproduction position information that indicates a second reproduction position of the content data in the second information processing apparatus and a second reproduction time information that indicates a second time at which the content data is reproduced in the second information processing apparatus;
extract the second reproduction position information and the second reproduction time information from the received second synchronization signal; and
adjust the acquired first reproduction position of the content data based on the extracted second reproduction position information, the extracted second reproduction time information, the acquired first reproduction position information and the acquired first reproduction time information.

6. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the control signal comprises an offset that is based on the input, and
the one or more processors are further configured to:
extract the offset from the acquired control signal;
shift the first reproduction data by a distance equivalent to the extracted offset to generate shifted reproduction data; and
control output of the generated shifted reproduction data.

7. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to control a size of the acquired first reproduction data based on the acquired control signal.

8. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to control a color of the acquired first reproduction data based on the acquired control signal.

9. An information processing method, comprising:
in a first information processing apparatus:
reproducing content data based on a timeline;
acquiring reproduction data, that corresponds to a reproduction position of the content data on the timeline;
acquiring a control signal that is based on an input and storing the acquired control signal in a memory;
controlling output of the reproduction data based on the acquired control signal; and
transmitting a synchronization signal that comprises reproduction position information and reproduction time information, to a second information processing apparatus,
wherein the reproduction position information indicates the reproduction position of the content data on the timeline, and
wherein the reproduction position information corresponds to a time range on the timeline that ranges from a first time instance at which the content data is reproduced to a second time instance which is after a particular time period of the first time instance.

10. An information processing system, comprising:
a first information processing apparatus; and
a second information processing apparatus,
wherein the first information processing apparatus comprises first one or more first processors configured to:
reproduce content data based on a timeline;
acquire a first reproduction data, that corresponds to a first reproduction position of the content data on the timeline;
acquire a first control signal that is based on an input and store the acquired first control signal in a memory;
control output of the first reproduction data based on the acquired first control signal; and
transmit a first synchronization signal that comprises first reproduction position information and first reproduction time information, to the second information processing apparatus,
wherein the first reproduction position information indicates the first reproduction position of the content data on the timeline, and
wherein the first reproduction position information corresponds to a time range on the timeline that ranges from a first time instance at which the content data is reproduced to a second time instance which is after a particular time period of the first time instance, and

wherein the second information processing apparatus comprises one or more second processors configured to:
adjust a second reproduction position of the content data on the timeline based on the first synchronization signal;
reproduce the content data based on the timeline;
acquire a second reproduction data that corresponds to the adjusted second reproduction position of the content data;
acquire a second control signal that is based on the input and store the acquired second control signal in a memory; and
control output of the second reproduction data based on the acquired second control signal.

11. The information processing system according to claim 10 , wherein the one or more first processors are further configured to generate the first synchronization signal to synchronize the first information processing apparatus with the second information processing apparatus in terms of the first reproduction position of the content data.

12. The information processing system according to claim 10 , wherein the one or more second processors are further configured to:
receive the first synchronization signal to synchronize the second information processing apparatus with the first information processing apparatus in terms of the first reproduction position of the content data; and
adjust the second reproduction position of the content data based on the received first synchronization signal.

Assignees

• Kohno Michinari
• Nobori Fujio
• Miyazaki Satoshi
• Tanaka Yoshiki
• Hosoki Mitsuhiro
• Okazaki Tomohiko
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Kohno Michinari
• Nobori Fujio
• Miyazaki Satoshi
• Tanaka Yoshiki
• Hosoki Mitsuhiro
• Okazaki Tomohiko

Classifications

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• G06F3/1446

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