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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2007
Akihiro Komori, Tokyo, JP;
Susumu Takatsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiro Terauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Tamori, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Shirai, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoyuki Takai, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Makino, Kanagawa, JP;
Takatoshi Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Akane Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Komori, Tokyo, JP;
Susumu Takatsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiro Terauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Tamori, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Shirai, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoyuki Takai, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Makino, Kanagawa, JP;
Takatoshi Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Akane Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Content is selected on the basis of changes of a walking tempo. The walking tempo is detected (S). In a state determination process (S), it is determined whether the walking tempo tends to increase, be constant, or decrease. A walking tempo corrective coefficient is calculated on the basis of the determined result and a corrective walking tempo is calculated with the walking tempo corrective coefficient (S). It is determined whether or not music is changed on the basis of the corrective walking tempo rather than the actually detected walking tempo (S). When music is changed, relevant music content is searched. Controls are performed in such a manner that when the walking tempo is decreasing, the foregoing state is kept for a while, when the walking tempo is increasing, music is quickly selected according to the increase of the walking tempo, and when the walking tempo is stable, music is not selected.