Content playback device, content playback method, and recording medium

1 . A content playback device comprising:

a communication interface that receives perceived temperature information from an external device via a communication network, the perceived temperature information being information indicating a temperature perceived by one or more persons in a specific area at current time;

storage that stores date information indicating a current date and the perceived temperature information; and

a controller that causes the storage to store the perceived temperature information received by the communication interface, selects, as playback content, content from a plurality of pieces of content, based on the date information and the perceived temperature information, and outputs the playback content,

wherein each of the plurality of pieces of content is classified in association with any one of a plurality of seasons, and

the controller:

identifies first season information based on the current date;

determines whether or not the perceived temperature information corresponds to the first season information;

when the controller determines that the perceived temperature information corresponds to the first season information, selects, as the playback content, content that is classified in association with a season indicated by the first season information from among the plurality of pieces of content;

when the controller determines that the perceived temperature information does not correspond to the first season information,

identifies second season information that indicates a different season that is temporally shifted from the season indicated by the first season information, and

selects, as the playback content, content that is classified in association with the different season indicated by the second season information from among the plurality of pieces of content.

2 . The content playback device according to claim 1 ,

wherein in a case where the perceived temperature information indicates a second perceived temperature other than a first perceived temperature, the first perceived temperature being comfortable, the controller:

when the current date is included in a first period of a year, identifies, as the second season information, a season that is temporally shifted in a first time direction from the season indicated by the first season information; and

when the current date is included in a second period of the year not overlapping the first period, identifies, as the second season information, a season that is temporally shifted in a second time direction from the season indicated by the first season information, and

the second time direction is a direction temporally opposite to the first time direction.

3 . The content playback device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first period is a period including a latter half of summer through a first half of winter,

the second period is a period including a latter half of winter through a first half of summer, and

the controller:

identifies, as the second season information, a season that is temporally reverted from the first season information within a limit of the first period when the current date is included in the first period, if the second perceived temperature is a temperature that is perceived hotter than the first perceived temperature; and

identifies, as the second season information, a season that is temporally advanced from the first season information within a limit of the second period when the current date is included in the second period, if the second perceived temperature is a temperature that is perceived hotter than the first perceived temperature.

4 . The content playback device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first period is a period including a latter half of summer through a first half of winter,

the second period is a period including a latter half of winter through a first half of summer, and

the controller:

identifies, as the second season information, a season that is temporally advanced from the first season information within a limit of the first period when the current date is included in the first period, if the second perceived temperature is a temperature that is perceived colder than the first perceived temperature; and

identifies, as the second season information, a season that is temporally reverted from the first season information within a limit of the second period when the current date is included in the second period, if the second perceived temperature is a temperature that is perceived colder than the first perceived temperature.

5 . The content playback device according to claim 2 ,

wherein in a case where the perceived temperature information indicates the first perceived temperature that is comfortable, the controller:

identifies, as the second season information, a season that is temporally reverted from the first season information when the current date is included in the first half of summer or the first half of winter; and

identifies, as the second season information, a season that is temporally advanced from the first season information when the current date is included in the latter half of summer or the latter half of winter.

6 . The content playback device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller identifies adjusted date information by adjusting the date information based on the perceived temperature information, and selects the playback content from the plurality of pieces of content, based on a date indicated by the adjusted date information.

7 . The content playback device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the communication interface further receives weather information related to weather in the specific area, and

the controller:

causes the storage to store the weather information;

selects, as the playback content, content corresponding to one of rain or snow indicated by the weather information from the plurality of pieces of content when the weather information indicates one of rain or snow; and

selects the playback content from the plurality of pieces of content, based on the date information and the perceived temperature information, when the weather information indicates weather other than rain or snow.

8 . A content playback method comprising:

receiving perceived temperature information for one or more persons in a specific area from an external device via a communication network;

selecting, as a playback content, content from a plurality of pieces of content, based on date information indicating a current date and the perceived temperature information;

classifying each of the plurality of pieces of content in association with any one of a plurality of seasons;

identifying first season information based on the current date;

determining whether or not the perceived temperature information corresponds to the first season information;

when it is determined that the perceived temperature information corresponds to the first season information, selecting, as the playback content, content that is classified in association with a season indicated by the first season information from among the plurality of pieces of content;

when it is determined that the perceived temperature information does not correspond to the first season information,

identifying second season information that indicates a different season that is temporally shifted from the season indicated by the first season information, and

selecting, as the playback content, content that is classified in association with the different season indicated by the second season information from among the plurality of pieces of content; and

outputting the playback content.

9 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored thereon a content playback program for causing a computer to execute the content playback method according to claim 8 .

10 . The content playback device according to claim 2 , wherein

the first perceived temperature is determined based on (i) a plurality of pieces of subjective information from a plurality of users that are present in a same area, and (ii) a category classified by using a predetermined algorithm, the plurality of users being the one or more persons, and the same area being the specific area,

each of the plurality of pieces of subjective information indicates a subjective perceived temperature perceived by a corresponding one of the plurality of users; and

the category is related to a level of a comfortability, the category being a category to which a representative perceived temperature of the plurality of users belongs.