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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2008
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutaka Uchida, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutaka Uchida, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The amount of information provided to a user is adjusted adaptively by means of a simple method. To this end, the present invention includes delay sectionsA toD that each add a predetermined amount of delay to a picture whose playback speed has been converted, and output the picture to display sectionsB toE other than a first display sectionA of a plurality of display sections, and a playback speed converting sectionthat converts the playback speed of an input picture on the basis of a given variable, and outputs the converted playback speed to the first display sectionA and the delay sectionsA toD. Further, the present invention includes a gaze position judging sectionthat judges whether or not the position of a gaze detected by a gaze detecting sectiondetecting the position of the gaze of a user is on the screen of the first display sectionA, and outputs a judgment result, and a playback speed determining sectionthat determines a playback speed in accordance with the judgment result in the gaze position judging section, and outputs a variable according to the playback speed to a playback speed converting section