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Granted Patent B2
US 11,561,618 · App. 17/262,321 · Granted Jan 24, 2023

Information processing device, information processing method, and program

Inventors: Hirofumi Takeda (Kanagawa, JP); Shuichiro Nishigori (Tokyo, JP); Shiro Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP); Jun Matsumoto (Kanagawa, JP); Ikuo Yamano (Tokyo, JP); Toshiyuki Nakagawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G06F3/016G06F9/542G10K11/1781G10K2210/108G10K2210/129
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Patent No.
US 11,561,618
App. No.
17/262,321
Granted
Jan 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that can suppress hindrance to viewing/listening to content. A control unit controls output of a tactile stimulus in a case where notification information is received during output of content including sound. Further, the control unit performs a process of controlling the tactile stimulus in response to the content or a process of controlling the content in response to the tactile stimulus. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a mobile device such as a smartphone and the like capable of reproducing content including sound.

Claims (31)

1. An information processing device comprising

a control unit configured to

control output of a tactile stimulus in a case where notification information is received during output of content including sound,

perform a process of controlling the tactile stimulus in response to the content or a process of controlling the content in response to the tactile stimulus,

control output of vibration as the tactile stimulus, and

control intensity of the vibration at a time of receiving the notification information in response to volume of the sound output at the time of receiving the notification information,

wherein the control unit is implemented via at least one processor.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control unit is further configured to control a frequency spectrum of the vibration in response to the sound.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control unit is further configured to control output timing of the vibration in response to the sound.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control unit is further configured to control a frequency spectrum of the sound in response to a frequency spectrum of the vibration.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein in a case where the sound and interlocking vibration interlocked with the sound are output, the control unit is further configured to control output of the interlocking vibration when the vibration is output.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein in a case where an external sound capture function that captures an ambient sound into the sound or a noise cancel function that cancels the ambient sound from the sound can be turned on/off, the control unit is further configured to control on/off of the external sound capture function or the noise cancel function when the vibration is output.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control unit is further configured to control output timing of the tactile stimulus in response to urgency of the notification information.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control unit is further configured to output the tactile stimulus in a specific section of the sound.

9. An information processing method comprising

controlling output of a tactile stimulus in a case where notification information is received during output of content including sound,

controlling the tactile stimulus in response to the content or a process of controlling the content in response to the tactile stimulus,

controlling output of vibration as the tactile stimulus, and

controlling intensity of the vibration at a time of receiving the notification information in response to volume of the sound output at the time of receiving the notification information.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute an information processing method, the method comprising

controlling output of a tactile stimulus in a case where notification information is received during output of content including sound,

controlling the tactile stimulus in response to the content or a process of controlling the content in response to the tactile stimulus,

controlling output of vibration as the tactile stimulus, and

controlling intensity of the vibration at a time of receiving the notification information in response to volume of the sound output at the time of receiving the notification information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2021
From: TAKEDA, HIROFUMI; NISHIGORI, SHUICHIRO; SUZUKI, SHIRO; MATSUMOTO, JUN; YAMANO, IKUO; NAKAGAWA, TOSHIYUKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055353/0448 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-143251 · Jul 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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