JP2015095027A - Content reproduction device, content reproduction method, and content reproduction program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reproduce a content at speed which is easy to view for a viewer.SOLUTION: A content reproduction device 10 stores viewing time length by page, for a content page-turned by operation of a viewer. The content reproduction device 10 sets page-turning time of each page of the content, according to the viewing time length by page. The content reproduction device 10 then performs automatic page turning of the content, according to the set page-turning time of each page of the content.

Description

  The present invention relates to a content reproduction apparatus, a content reproduction method, and a content reproduction program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been disclosed a technique for automatically and continuously reproducing content composed of a plurality of pages, such as a Microsoft-PowerPoint (registered trademark) slide, for a predetermined time (see Non-Patent Document 1). According to such a technique, a viewer of content can view a slide without performing page feed of the content by himself / herself.

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  However, with the above-described technology, for example, even if a page is desired to be viewed carefully by a viewer in the content, page feed is performed at the same speed. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to solve the above-described problem and perform content reproduction at a speed that is easy for the viewer to view.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a viewing time recording unit that measures and records a viewing time for each page of content that has been paged based on user instruction input, and a viewing for each recorded page. Depending on the length of time, a page feed time setting unit for setting the page feed time of each page of the content, and automatic page feed of the content according to the set page feed time of each page of the content And a page feed section.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to perform content reproduction at a speed that is easy for a viewer to view.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing of the content reproduction apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the content reproduction apparatus. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an automatic page reproduction time list. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for creating an automatic page reproduction time list. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a content reproduction procedure based on the automatic page reproduction time list. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a list of contents displayed on the display device. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a computer that executes a content reproduction program.

  Hereinafter, embodiments (embodiments) for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Overview)
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing of the content reproduction apparatus according to the present embodiment. With reference to FIG. 1, an outline of processing of the content reproduction apparatus 10 will be described. In the following description, the content is content composed of a plurality of pages, such as an electronic book, an electronic photo book, a slide, and the like, and is composed of a moving image or a still image. Further, this content may include audio information. In the following description, the automatic page playback time indicates the time until the page is sent from the page to the next page for each page of the content to be played back.

As shown in FIG.
(1) First, in the first viewing of the viewer's content, the viewer views the content. That is, the viewer views the content (performs manual reproduction) while performing page-by-page operations page by page in the first viewing of the content. Then, the content reproduction apparatus 10 collects the viewing time of each page.
(2) Next, the content reproduction apparatus 10 sets the automatic page reproduction time for each page based on the viewing time of each page of the collected content. For example, the content reproduction apparatus 10 classifies the viewing time of each page of collected content into several stages, and sets a longer automatic page reproduction time for a page with a longer viewing time.
(3) Then, the content reproduction apparatus 10 performs automatic page reproduction of the content based on the automatic page reproduction time set for the content in the second and subsequent viewing of the content. In addition, the content playback apparatus 10 performs manual playback in accordance with viewer instructions.

  In this way, the content reproduction apparatus 10 performs automatic page feed of the content based on the viewing time of each page of the content viewer. That is, when viewing content that the viewer has viewed in the past by automatic page feed, the content playback apparatus 10 performs page feed slowly for a page with a long viewing time, and fast speed for a page with a short viewing time. Perform page turning. As a result, the content reproduction apparatus 10 can perform automatic page feed of content at a pace that is easy for the viewer to view.

(Constitution)
Next, the configuration of the content reproduction apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the content reproduction apparatus. A display device 20 such as a liquid crystal monitor and an input device 30 such as a keyboard and a mouse are connected to the content reproduction device 10. Note that the display device 20 and the input device 30 may be provided as a part of the content reproduction device 10.

  The content reproduction apparatus 10 includes an input / output unit 11, a control unit 12, and a storage unit 13.

  The input / output unit 11 controls an input / output interface with external devices (the display device 20, the input device 30, and the like).

  The control unit 12 controls the entire content reproduction apparatus 10. The control unit 12 includes a playback unit 121, a viewing time recording unit 124, and an automatic page feed time setting unit 125.

  The playback unit 121 plays back the content stored in the storage unit 13. The playback unit 121 includes a content playback unit 122 and an automatic page feed unit 123.

  The content playback unit 122 performs page feed (manual playback) based on the page feed instruction input via the input / output unit 11 for the content to be played back, and displays the played page on the display device 20. For example, when an instruction to send a page to the next page is input via the input / output unit 11, the content reproduction unit 122 reproduces the next page of the currently reproduced content page, and sends it to the display device 20. indicate.

  The automatic page feed unit 123 performs automatic page feed for the content to be played, and displays the played page on the display device 20. When the automatic page playback time of the content is set in the automatic page playback time list (described later in detail), the automatic page feed unit 123 performs page feed according to the set automatic page playback time. In addition, when the automatic page playback time of the content is not set in the automatic page playback time list (details will be described later), the automatic page feed unit 123 performs automatic page feed with the initially set automatic page playback time.

  The viewing time recording unit 124 measures the viewing time of each page when the content is manually played back, and records the measurement result in the viewing time list of the storage unit 13.

  The automatic page feed time setting unit 125 sets the automatic page playback time for each page based on the viewing time for each page shown in the viewing time list. The automatic page feed time setting unit 125 records the set automatic page playback time in the automatic page playback time list of the storage unit 13. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an automatic page reproduction time list. In the automatic page reproduction time list shown in FIG. 3, the automatic page reproduction time of the first page of content A is 1 second, and the automatic page reproduction time of the second page is 5 seconds.

  This automatic page reproduction time list is referred to when the automatic page feeding unit 123 automatically feeds each page of content.

  The storage unit 13 stores content to be played back. The storage unit 13 includes an area for storing a viewing time list and an automatic page reproduction time list. The viewing time list is information indicating the viewing time of the page for each content page. The automatic page reproduction time list is information indicating the automatic page reproduction time of the page for each content page that is the target of automatic page feed.

  According to such a content reproduction apparatus 10, it is possible to perform automatic page feed of content at a pace that is easy for the viewer to view.

(Processing procedure)
Next, the processing procedure of the content reproduction apparatus 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for creating an automatic page reproduction time list. It is assumed that a list (not shown) of content to be reproduced is stored in the storage unit 13 of the content reproduction device 10 in advance.

  When the content reproduction device 10 receives a content reproduction instruction from the viewer from the input device 30 or the like, the content reproduction device 10 displays a list of reproducible content on the display device 20 (S11). Thereafter, when the content reproduction apparatus 10 receives a selection input of content to be reproduced from the input device 30 or the like (S12), the content reproduction unit 122 starts reproduction of the selected content (S13). Then, the viewing time recording unit 124 starts measuring the viewing time of each page of the selected content (S14).

  After S14, when the content reproduction unit 122 receives an instruction for page feed via the input / output unit 11 (Yes in S15), the content reproduction unit 122 reproduces the next page of the content (S16). On the other hand, if there is no page feed instruction input yet (No in S15), the process returns to S15 and waits for a page feed instruction input. After S16, the viewing time recording unit 124 records the viewing time of the reproduced page in the viewing time list (S17).

  After S17, when the content playback unit 122 completes playback to the last page of the content (Yes in S18), the automatic page feed time setting unit 125 refers to the viewing time list and automatically pages each page of the content. The playback time is determined and an automatic page playback time list is created (S19). On the other hand, if the reproduction of the content up to the last page has not been completed (No in S18), the process returns to S15.

  Note that the automatic page feed time setting unit 125 sets the automatic page playback time longer for the page for which the viewing time is long in the content. Moreover, the automatic page feed time setting unit 125 sets the automatic page playback time to be short for a page with a short viewing time.

  Through the above processing, the content reproduction apparatus 10 creates an automatic page reproduction time list.

  Next, a content reproduction procedure based on the automatic page reproduction time list will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a content reproduction procedure based on the automatic page reproduction time list.

  When the content reproduction device 10 receives a content reproduction instruction from the viewer from the input device 30 or the like, the content reproduction device 10 displays a list of reproducible content on the display device 20 (S21). Thereafter, the content playback apparatus 10 receives from the input device 30 or the like content to be played back and a selection input as to whether or not to automatically page the content (S22). Here, if the received selection input is a selection input indicating that automatic page feeding of content is to be performed (Yes in S23), the automatic page feeding unit 123 performs the following operation on each page of the content for which selection input has been performed in S22. Based on the automatic page reproduction time of each page shown in the automatic page reproduction time list, automatic page feed is performed (S24). When the automatic page feed to the last page of the content is completed, the process is terminated. On the other hand, if the selection input accepted in S22 is not a selection input for automatic page turning (No in S23), the same processing as S13 and after in FIG. 4 is performed.

  In this way, the content reproduction apparatus 10 can perform automatic page forwarding based on the automatic page reproduction time list.

  In addition, when the automatic page feed unit 123 performs automatic page feed of the content, when the instruction input of manual reproduction (page feed based on the viewer's page feed instruction input) is input, the content playback unit 122 The page may be turned based on user instruction input. In this way, each page of the content can be viewed at a speed desired by the viewer even after the automatic page feed based on the automatic page playback time list is performed. When manual playback of this content is performed, the automatic page feed time setting unit 125 updates the automatic page playback time of the page in the automatic page playback time list based on the viewing time of the manually played page. It may be.

  Note that information on whether or not the automatic page playback time is set for each content may be included in the content list displayed in S21 (see FIG. 6). When a selection input for automatic page feeding is received for content for which automatic page playback time is not set, the automatic page feeding unit 123 performs automatic page feeding based on the initially set automatic page playback time. You may make it perform.

  The automatic page feed time setting unit 125 determines the automatic page playback time for each page of content as follows, for example. (1) For pages with a viewing time of less than 10 seconds, the automatic page playback time is 1 second. (2) For pages with a viewing time of 10 seconds or more and less than 20 seconds, the automatic page playback time is 5 seconds. (3) For pages with a viewing time of 20 seconds or longer, the automatic page playback time is 15 seconds.

  As described above, the automatic page turning time setting unit 125 classifies the length of the viewing time for each page into a plurality of stages, and sets the page turning time according to the classification. Here, the automatic page feed time setting unit 125 sets a difference of a predetermined value or more in the automatic page reproduction time of each page according to the length of the viewing time of each page of the content, for example, viewing Page that the user watched in a relatively short time (short-time viewing page) is paged in a short time, while the page that was viewed over a relatively long time is paged over a very long time The As a result, it becomes easier for the viewer to remember whether the page was viewed in a short time or viewed for a long time.

  For example, when a viewer is viewing content by automatic page feeding, when automatic page feeding to the next page is difficult, that is, when the automatic page playback time of the page is long, The person is reminded of the memory of watching the page over time. Therefore, the viewer can be reminded of the portion of the page that should be viewed over a long period of time, but has been overlooked. On the other hand, when the viewer is watching the content by automatic page feed, when the automatic page feed is immediately started to the next page, that is, when the automatic page playback time of the page is short, You can recall that there were no places on the page to watch carefully. As a result, the viewer can move to viewing the next page with peace of mind.

  The automatic page feed time setting unit 125 may determine the automatic page playback time by classifying the length of the viewing time for each page into a plurality of stages as described above, or the length of the viewing time for each page. In proportion to this, the automatic page playback time may be determined.

(program)
It is also possible to create a program in which the processing executed by the content reproduction apparatus 10 according to the above embodiment is described in a language that can be executed by a computer. In this case, the same effect as the above-described embodiment can be obtained by the computer executing the program. Further, such a program may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium may be read by a computer and executed to execute the same processing as in the above embodiment. Hereinafter, an example of a computer that executes a content reproduction program that realizes the same function as the content reproduction apparatus 10 will be described.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a computer that executes a content reproduction program. As illustrated in FIG. 7, the computer 1000 includes, for example, a memory 1010, a CPU 1020, a hard disk drive interface 1030, a disk drive interface 1040, a serial port interface 1050, a video adapter 1060, and a network interface 1070. These units are connected by a bus 1080.

  The memory 1010 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) 1011 and a RAM 1012. The ROM 1011 stores a boot program such as BIOS (Basic Input Output System). The hard disk drive interface 1030 is connected to the hard disk drive 1090. The disk drive interface 1040 is connected to the disk drive 1100. A removable storage medium such as a magnetic disk or an optical disk is inserted into the disk drive 1100, for example. For example, a mouse 1110 and a keyboard 1120 are connected to the serial port interface 1050. For example, a display 1130 is connected to the video adapter 1060.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the hard disk drive 1090 stores, for example, an OS 1091, an application program 1092, a program module 1093, and program data 1094. Each table described in the above embodiment is stored in the hard disk drive 1090 or the memory 1010, for example.

  Further, the content reproduction program is stored in the hard disk drive 1090 as a program module in which a command executed by the computer 1000 is described, for example. Specifically, a program module describing each process executed by the content reproduction apparatus 10 described in the above embodiment is stored in the hard disk drive 1090.

  Further, data used for information processing by the content reproduction program is stored as program data, for example, in the hard disk drive 1090. Then, the CPU 1020 reads out the program module 1093 and the program data 1094 stored in the hard disk drive 1090 to the RAM 1012 as necessary, and executes the above-described procedures.

  The program module 1093 and the program data 1094 related to the content reproduction program are not limited to being stored in the hard disk drive 1090. For example, the program module 1093 and the program data 1094 are stored in a removable storage medium and read by the CPU 1020 via the disk drive 1041 or the like. May be issued. Alternatively, the program module 1093 and the program data 1094 related to the content reproduction program are stored in another computer connected via a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network), and are transmitted via the network interface 1070. May be read by the CPU 1020.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Content reproduction apparatus 11 Input / output part 12 Control part 13 Storage part 20 Display apparatus 30 Input apparatus 121 Reproduction part 122 Content reproduction part 123 Automatic page sending part 124 Viewing time recording part 125 Automatic page sending time setting part

Claims (4)

A viewing time recording unit that measures and records the viewing time for each page for content that has been paged based on user input,
A page feed time setting unit for setting a page feed time for each page of the content according to the length of the viewing time for each recorded page;
A content playback apparatus comprising: a page feed unit that automatically feeds the content according to the set page feed time of each page of the content. The page feed time setting unit
The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the length of the measured viewing time for each page is classified into a plurality of stages, and the page feed time is set according to the classification. Measuring and recording the viewing time for each page for content that has been paged based on user input;
Setting page feed time for each page of the content according to the length of viewing time for each recorded page;
A content playback method, wherein the content playback apparatus executes a step of automatically page-feeding the content according to the set page feed time of each page of the content. Measuring and recording the viewing time for each page for content that has been paged based on user input;
Setting page feed time for each page of the content according to the length of viewing time for each recorded page;
A program for causing a computer to execute an automatic page feed of the content according to the set page feed time of each page of the content.

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