Portable electronic device, signal processing method and playback method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9679052-B2
Application number	US-201214234091-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2012
Priority date	Jul 25, 2011
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

Provided is a portable electronic device including a signal processing unit, a controller that supplies a control signal to the signal processing unit, and a power generation unit that generates an electrical signal as power and supplies the generated electrical signal to the signal processing unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A portable electronic device comprising:
a signal processing unit;
an electricity storage unit;
a controller configured to supply a control signal to the signal processing unit;
a power generation unit configured to generate an electrical signal according to a first action, the first action includes a stepping action; and
an operation unit configured to operate the portable electronic device according to a second action, the second action includes an input to the operation unit by a user,
wherein when the second action and the first action both performs, the power generation unit generates and supplies the electrical signal to the controller, and
wherein when the second action does not perform and the first action performs, the power generation unit generates and supplies the electrical signal as electrical power only to the electricity storage unit.

2. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the control signal is formed by the electrical signal generated by the power generation unit.

3. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the stepping action including an action to put a foot and an action to lift the foot.

4. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein at least the power generation unit is attached to a shoe.

5. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the signal processing unit is configured to perform processing to play content, and select the content that is played, according to a power generation state of the power generation unit.

6. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the signal processing unit is configured to perform processing to play content, and change a playback mode of the content according to a power generation state of the power generation unit.

7. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit supplies the control signal to the signal processing unit for performing processing to speed up a tempo of a content when a remaining capacity of a electricity storage unit is equal to or less than 30%.

8. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to speed up a play tempo of a content when an interval time of the electric signal output from the power generation unit is less than a predetermined threshold.

9. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the power generation unit includes an electret rotor, and the electret rotor has a disk-shaped surface including a first portion and a second portion, and wherein the first portion includes a half circular shape electret film and the second portion does not include an electret film.

10. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the signal processing unit is configured to play a content with fast tempo if a stepping action of the shoe is faster than a predetermined speed.

11. The portable electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein a control signal to the signal processing unit is formed by the electrical signal generated by the power generation unit.

12. The portable electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the signal processing unit performs processing to speed up a tempo of the content when a remaining capacity of the electricity storage unit is equal to or less than 30%.

13. The portable electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the signal processing unit performs processing to speed up the play tempo of the content when an interval time of the electric signal output from the power generation unit is less than a predetermined threshold.

14. A signal processing method in a portable electronic device including a signal processing unit, an electricity storage unit, a controller, an operation unit and a power generation unit, the signal processing method comprising:
generating an electrical signal by the power generation unit according to a first action, the first action includes a stepping action;
supplying a control signal to the signal processing unit, the control signal being output from the controller;
supplying the electrical signal generated by the power generation unit to the signal processing unit;
generating and supplying, by the power generation unit, the electrical signal to the controller when a second action including an input to the operation unit by a user and the first action both performs, and
generating and supplying, by the power generation unit, the electrical signal as electrical power only to the electricity storage unit when the second action does not perform and the first action performs.

Assignees

• Yajima Masakazu
• Yamagishi Takeshi
• Itagaki Takeshi
• Ishioka Hideaki
• Nakano Katsuhiko
• Sony Corp
• Sony Computer Entertainment Inc

Inventors

• Yajima Masakazu
• Yamagishi Takeshi
• Itagaki Takeshi
• Ishioka Hideaki
• Nakano Katsuhiko

Classifications

• H02J7/32

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• H04R2201/023

  Transducers incorporated in garment, rucksacks or the like · CPC title

• A43B3/0021

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• H04R2201/028

  Structural combinations of loudspeakers with built-in power amplifiers, e.g. in the same acoustic enclosure (H04R2499/10 takes precedence; Single (sub)woofer with two or more satellite loudspeakers for mid- and high-frequency band reproduction driven via the (sub)woofer H04R2205/026) · CPC title

• G06F17/3074 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic