| US 7,544,880 B2 | ||
| Playback mode control device and playback mode control method | ||
| Motoyuki Takai, Tokyo (Japan); Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo (Japan); Toshiro Terauchi, Tokyo (Japan); Makoto Inoue, Kanagawa (Japan); Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa (Japan); Katsuya Shirai, Kanagawa (Japan); Yasushi Miyajima, Kanagawa (Japan); and Kenichi Makino, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Sony Corporation, (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 29, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/976,731. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. P2003-391359 (JP), filed on Nov. 20, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0126370 A1, Jun. 16, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G10H 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 84—612 [84/636] | 9 Claims |
| 1. A replay control device comprising
bio-information detection means for detecting a walking pitch and a walking tempo of a user;
movement analysis means for analyzing a stepping tempo of the user based on said walking pitch and walking tempo;
content storage means configured to store and readout a plurality of content data;
replay controlling means for controlling selection among said plurality of content data in response to said stepping tempo;
and
reproducing means configured to reproduce content data selected by said replay controlling means at a reproduction rate;
when the walking tempo of the user is between a first predetermined threshold and a second predetermined threshold the reproduction
rate of the content data is lower than the nominal reproduction rate, when the walking tempo of the user is above a third
predetermined threshold the reproduction rate of the content data is higher than the nominal reproduction rate, and when the
walking tempo of the user is lower than the first predetermined threshold, or between the second predetermined threshold and
the third predetermined threshold, the reproduction rate is equal to the nominal reproduction rate.
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