Control method of playing content and content playing apparatus performing the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyun-jee Kim, Won-keun Kong, Nam-suk Lee
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Abstract
An example content playing apparatus includes an output unit configured to output an image and voice; a user recognition unit configured to recognize a plurality of users viewing content played by the output unit; and a controller configured to select at least one of the plurality of users based on predetermined criteria and control playing of the content according to the at least one selected user.
Claims15
A content playing system comprising:
- an output device including a display and a speaker;
- and
- one or more controllers, each including a processor, configured to:
- recognize a plurality of users viewing content being output by the output device based on one or more captured images including the users,
- receive at least one voice signal including at least one voice of at least one user, via a microphone,
- perform voice recognition on the at least one voice signal to recognize content of a conversation of the at least one user,
- predict an additional user, not included in the plurality of recognized users, who will be expected to view the content being output, based on analysis of the conversation content to identify information representing the predicted additional user, and
- control playing of the content being output according to a youngest age determined by comparing a predicted age of the predicted additional user with ages of the plurality of recognized users,
- wherein the at least one user is selected from among the plurality of recognized users and the predicted additional user.
A method of controlling playing of content on an output device including a display and a speaker, the method comprising:
- recognizing a plurality of users viewing the content being output by the output device based on one or more captured images including the users;
- receiving at least one voice signal including at least one voice of at least one user, via a microphone,
- performing voice recognition on the at least one voice signal to recognize content of a conversation of the at least one user,
- predicting an additional user, not included in the plurality of recognized users, who will be expected to view the content being output, based on analysis of the conversation content to identify information representing the predicted additional user, and
- controlling playing of the content being output according to a youngest age determined by comparing a predicted age of the predicted additional user with ages of the plurality of recognized users,
- wherein the at least one user is selected from among the plurality of recognized users and the predicted additional user.
A system for controlling output of content by an output device including one or both of a display and a speaker, the system including:
- one or more controllers configured to:
- recognize users viewing and/or listening to the content being output based on one or more captured images including the users,
- receive at least one voice signal including at least one voice of at least one user, via a microphone,
- perform voice recognition on the at least one voice signal to recognize content of a conversation of the at least one user,
- predict an additional user, not included in the plurality of recognized users, who will be expected to view and/or listen to the content based on analysis of the conversation content to identify information representing the predicted additional user, and
- control playing of the content being output according to a youngest age determined by comparing a predicted age of the predicted additional user with ages of the plurality of recognized users,
- wherein the at least one user is selected from among the plurality of recognized users and the predicted additional user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.