| US 7,460,761 B2 | ||
| Content playback method, content playback apparatus, content recording method, and content recording medium | ||
| Makoto Inoue, Kanagawa (Japan); Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo (Japan); Katsuya Shirai, Kanagawa (Japan); Toshiro Terauchi, Tokyo (Japan); Yasushi Miyajima, Kanagawa (Japan); Kenichi Makino, Kanagawa (Japan); Motoyuki Takai, Tokyo (Japan); and Akiko Inoue, Saitama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Sony Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 16, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/893,170. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-283417 (JP), filed on Jul. 31, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0041951 A1, Feb. 24, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 5/91 (2006.01); H04N 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 386—46 [386/94] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A content playback method of sequentially playing back content formed of a plurality of segments of partial content, said
content playback method comprising the steps of:
detecting bio-information of a viewer/listener who is playing back a segment of partial content; and
determining whether or not detected bio-information satisfies predetermined conditions, and starting playback of a next segment
of partial content when the predetermined conditions are satisfied, wherein the bio-information of the viewer/listener who
is playing back partial content is detected in a detection time zone determined for each segment of partial content.
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