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Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2010
Applicants:

Masayoshi Miura, Chiba, JP;

Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;

Susumu Yabe, Tokyo, JP;

Motoyuki Takai, Tokyo, JP;

Akiko Inoue, Saitama, JP;

Inventors:

Masayoshi Miura, Chiba, JP;

Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;

Susumu Yabe, Tokyo, JP;

Motoyuki Takai, Tokyo, JP;

Akiko Inoue, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus and method to group users based on bio-information of the users. A two-dimensional bio-information space is generated from first and second dimensions which represent, respectively, first and second characteristics of the bio-information of the users. The users are arranged in the bio-information space based on the bio-information, and users are grouped based on the arrangement of the users in the bio-information space. Continuously acquired bio-information is used to re-group users.


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