Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Noriyo Hara

Masaki Yamauchi

Shigenori Maeda

Kumi Harada

Meiko Maeda

A content playback apparatus () includes: a viewing target content obtaining unit () obtaining the viewing target content; a viewer detecting unit () detecting a first viewer who views the viewing target content played back by the content playback apparatus; a viewer content selecting unit () selecting, from among viewer contents, a viewer content having a matching degree higher than a predetermined threshold, the matching degree indicating an amount of common points between the first viewer detected by the viewer detecting unit and a second viewer who views a same content as the viewing target content under temporally or spatially a different condition, and each of the viewer contents including information of video or sound of the second viewer; and a content playback unit () playing back the viewing target content obtained by the viewing target content obtaining unit and the viewer content selected by the viewer content selecting unit.

Content playback apparatus, content playback method, program, and integrated circuit

Provided is a remote control command setting device capable of regulating some operations while being easy to handle for children. The device reconfigures a correspondence between an operation for an operation area having multiple operation buttons arranged therein and a control command for an electric device. The device includes an operation history holding unit () for accumulating operation history for the operation area, a control command setting unit () for reconfiguring an available control command on the basis of the operation history, and an operation area setting unit () for reconfiguring a sub-area in the operation area on the basis of the operation history and the available control command.

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Tokyo, Japan

Noriyo Hara