Sony Corporation

Sony Music Entertainment (japan) Inc.

Xleap, Inc.

Aillis Inc.

Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Takashi Kinouchi

Hideo Tsukazaki

Kotaro Asaka

Susumu Takatsuka

Junichiro Sakata

Takeshi Ozawa

Yujin Morisawa

Takashi Kawakami

Takamichi Hayashi

Kiminobu Ichimura

Yasuharu Seki

Tatsuya Konno

Toshimi Kobayashi

Makoto Kawasaki

Akiho Sakuma

Tsukazaki Hideo

Camera

Provided is a mobile information terminal that allows a high-performance camera to be directed in any arbitrary direction relative to the terminal body and that allows photographing to be performed in a free position, while allowing for the viewing of a camera viewpoint image. An information processing terminalcomprises: a cameraserving as an image capture unit for capturing an image of a subject; a body parthaving a front surfacewhich is a predetermined surface on which a display unitfor displaying a captured image including the subject captured by the image capture unit is disposed; and a coupling partthat directly or indirectly couples the image capture unit relatively rotatably to the body partvia a plurality of rotation axes including a pivot axis Zthat is a first rotation axis for changing an angle formed by an optical axis direction of the image capture unit and the normal direction to the display unit, and a pivot axis Zthat is a second rotation axis in a direction different.

Information processing terminal

Provided is a mobile information terminal that allows a high-performance camera to be directed in any arbitrary direction relative to the terminal body and that allows photographing to be performed in a free position, while allowing for the viewing of a camera viewpoint image. An information processing terminalcomprises: a cameraserving as an image capture unit for capturing an image of a subject; a body parthaving a front surfacewhich is a predetermined surface on which a display unitfor displaying a captured image including the subject captured by the image capture unit is disposed; and a coupling partthat directly or indirectly couples the image capture unit relatively rotatably to the body partvia a plurality of rotation axes including a pivot axis Zthat is a first rotation axis for changing an angle formed by an optical axis direction of the image capture unit and the normal direction to the display unit, and a pivot axis Zthat is a second rotation axis in a direction different from the first rotation axis.

A reproduction device including a reproduction unit configured to reproduce content data including at least one of audio, video, and text for which attribute data is assigned for each of a different plurality of attributes; a display unit; and a control unit configured to make the display unit display a playback screen containing at least one attribute data among the plurality of attribute data assigned to the content data when reproducing the content data and, when one attribute data among the attribute data composing the playback screen is selected, switch the display content of the content from the playback screen to the list relating to the selected attribute data.

Reproduction device and display control method

A reproducing apparatus is disclosed. The reproducing apparatus includes a reproducing section, a notifying section, and a notification controlling section. The reproducing section reproduces content data. The notifying section notifies a user that there are content data correlated with content data reproduced by the reproducing section. The notification controlling section determines whether content data correlated with content data reproduced by the reproducing section have been retrieved and controls the notifying section to notify the user that there are the correlated content data when the correlated content data have been retrieved.

Reproducing apparatus, correlated information notifying method, and correlated information notifying program

A playback apparatus to play back content data including sound data includes an instruction operating portion to detect an instruction operation that instructs execution of prescribed processing, a hold operating portion to detect a hold setting operation that sets a state of not accepting the instruction operation to the instruction operating portion, a state control portion to set the state of not accepting the instruction operation to the instruction operating portion if the hold setting operation is detected by the hold operating portion, and a video processing portion to perform processing for displaying a video. If the video processing portion performs processing for displaying the video when the hold setting operation is detected, the state control portion controls the video processing portion to suspend at least a part of processing for displaying the video.

Playback apparatus, playback method and program

There is provided a content selection view in which the user can select a content intuitively and easily. When the user places a touch pen in touch with a touch panel in a position corresponding to a position Pin a map and drags the touch pen along a locus to a position Pwith the touch pen being kept in touch with the touch panel, PD will judge that a grid is still an option. Thereafter, when the user takes the touch pen off the touch panel surface, the PD will select the grid corresponding to the position Pwhere the touch pen has finally been in touch with the touch panel. The PD will output not only content data assigned to the selected grid but a sound corresponding to predetermined content data even while the grid is still an option. The present invention is applicable to a portable recorder/player.

Information processing apparatus and method, and program

A content data recording and reproducing apparatus including a content data output device, enabling the content to be reproduced to be determined while displaying a content list on an external output device, communicates with the output device, and controls the output device to output data. The apparatus has a data line configured to transfer data among connected parts, a recording part on which content data is recorded, a reproduction and output part configured to reproduce and outputting the content data transferred from the recording part, an interface for communicating with the output device, an operation part connected to the data line, a display configured to display operation screen data including attribute information of the content data, and a control part configured to transmit the content data read out from the recording part to the output device via the interface based on an instruction input from the operation part and suspend the display of the operation screen when communication with the output device is established.

Reproducing apparatus, data processing method, and reproduction system

An electronic apparatus includes: a recording unit configured to access a recording medium using a head; an acceleration sensor that detects acceleration generated in the electronic apparatus; and a control unit configured to write, in the recording medium or a predetermined memory, detection data indicating a result of the detection by the acceleration sensor or a state of the electronic apparatus detected on the basis of the detection result and retracting, when the detection result satisfies a drop condition for the electronic apparatus defined in advance, the head of the recording unit to a predetermined retraction position.

Electronic apparatus and electronic apparatus control method

An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, a method may obtain metadata associated with corresponding values of a first characteristic and a second characteristic of a plurality of content elements. A display including a plurality of display elements may be generated, and the content elements may be assigned to corresponding ones of the display elements, based on a comparison between first and second characteristic values and first and second characteristic value ranges. A first signal may be generated to display a representation of the display to a user, and a selection of a display element may be received from the user. The method may obtain a content element assigned to the selected display element.

Media player using a multidimensional grid interface

There is provided a content selection view in which the user can select a content intuitively and easily. When the user places a touch pen in touch with a touch panel in a position corresponding to a position Pin a map and drags the touch pen along a locus to a position Pwith the touch pen being kept in touch with the touch panel, PD will judge that a grid is still an option. Thereafter, when the user takes the touch pen off the touch panel surface, the PD will select the grid corresponding to the position Pwhere the touch pen has finally been in touch with the touch panel. The PD will output not only content data assigned to the selected grid but a sound corresponding, to predetermined content data even while the grid is still an option. The present invention is applicable to a portable recorder/player.

An electronic device, data processing method, data control method, and content data processing system enabling a user to search for a track reproduced in the past, but with a forgotten title name and an artist name. A CPU displays on an LCD panel a reproduction history screen displaying a number of tracks reproduced that day on a calendar. By a user operation via an input device, the CPU switches the reproduction history screen to another reproduction history screen displaying a list of tracks reproduced on a certain other day as the reproduction history list. It reproduces the track selected by the user and allows editing of its attribute.

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Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Kinouchi