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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKatsuya Shirai, Yoichiro Sako, Toshiro Terauchi, Makoto Inoue, Masamichi Asukai, Yasushi Miyajima, Kenichi Makino, Motoyuki Takai, Kosei Yamashita
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An easy-to-use and user-friendly apparatus is provided that displays motivation for exercise to a user to allow the user to continue comfortably exercising. An audio signal output processor reproduces audio data and a music sound is thus emitted from a loudspeaker. The user practices exercise, such as walking or jogging, in synchronization with the tempo of the music sound. At the start of exercise, an exercise information analyzer calculates an amount of exercise of the user based on personal profile information relating to the body of the user, including the body weight, the body height, age and sex of the user received via a keyboard, and characteristic information, such as play time and tempo of reproduced music data acquired via a communication I/F and a controller. The controller outputs the amount of exercise to a display to notify the user of the amount of exercise.
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An audio reproducing apparatus comprising:
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising determining means for selecting and determining the music data to be reproduced, based on the personal profile information and the characteristic information of the music data acquired by the acquisition means when the personal profile information is received by the receiving means.
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising determining means for selecting and determining the music data to be reproduced, based on target exercise amount information and the characteristic information of the music data acquired by the acquisition means when the target exercise amount information is received by the receiving means.
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the exercise of the user comprises at least one of walking, jogging, running, and dash.
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the exercise amount information comprises at least one of exercise time, exercise intensity, an amount of exercise, distance exercised, calories consumed, and fat burned.
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the target exercise amount information comprises at least one of exercise time, exercise intensity, an amount of exercise, distance exercised, calories consumed, and fat burned.
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the personal profile information comprises at least one of body height, body weight, age, sex and stride of the user.
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the determining means has a function of determining at least one of a type (genre), tempo, a combination, and the number of repeated plays of selected music data.
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising storage means for storing history information relating to reproduced music data, the history information including at least one of identification information concerning the reproduced music data, the exercise amount information, and the personal profile information.
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the storage means comprises a recording medium selected from the group consisting of an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a magnetic tape, a hard disk, a semiconductor memory, and an IC card.
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising content storage means for storing replayable music data, wherein the content storage means includes a recording medium selected from the group consisting of an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a magnetic tape, a hard disk, a semiconductor memory, and an IC card.
An audio reproducing method comprising:
The audio reproducing method according to claim 14, further comprising selecting and determining the music data to be reproduced, based on the personal profile information and the characteristic information of the music data acquired in the acquisition step when the personal profile information is received in the receiving step.
The audio reproducing method according to claim 14, further comprising selecting and determining the music data to be reproduced, based on target exercise amount information and the characteristic information of the music data acquired in the acquisition step when the target exercise amount information is received in the receiving step.
The audio reproducing method according to claim 14, further comprising:
The audio reproducing method according to claim 17, further comprising:
The audio reproducing method according to claim 14, wherein the exercise of the user comprises at least one of walking, jogging, running, and dash.
The audio reproducing method according to claim 14, wherein the exercise amount information comprises at least one of exercise time, exercise intensity, an amount of exercise, distance exercised, calories consumed, and fat burned.
The audio reproducing method according to claim 16, wherein the target exercise amount information comprises at least one of exercise time, exercise intensity, an amount of exercise, distance exercised, calories consumed, and fat burned.
The audio reproducing method according to claim 14, wherein the personal profile information comprises at least one of body height, body weight, age, sex and stride of the user.
The audio reproducing method according to claim 15, wherein the determining step comprises determining at least one of a type (genre), tempo, a combination, and the number of repeated plays of selected music data.
The audio reproducing method according to claim 14, further comprising recording, on storage means, history information relating to reproduced music data, the history information including at least one of identification information concerning the reproduced music data, the exercise amount information, and the personal profile information.
The audio reproducing method according to claim 24, wherein the storage means comprises a recording medium selected from the group consisting of an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a magnetic tape, a hard disk, a semiconductor memory, and an IC card.
The audio reproducing method according to claim 14, wherein replayable music data is recorded on a recording medium in the reproducing step, and
A computer program product stored on a computer-readable medium including executable instructions that when executed by a processor performs step for causing an audio reproducing apparatus to reproduce music data, said steps comprising:
An audio reproducing apparatus comprising:
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 28, comprising:
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 28, comprising:
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the exercise of the user comprises at least one of walking, jogging, running, and dash.
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the exercise amount information comprises at least one of exercise time, exercise intensity, an amount of exercise, distance exercised, calories consumed, and fat burned.
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the target exercise amount information comprises at least one of exercise time, exercise intensity, an amount of exercise, distance exercised, calories consumed, and fat burned.
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the personal profile information comprises at least one of body height, body weight, age, sex and stride of the user.
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 28, further comprising storage means for storing history information relating to reproduced music data, the history information including at least one of identification information concerning the reproduced music data, the exercise amount information, and the personal profile information.
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the character storage means comprises a recording medium selected from the group consisting of an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a magnetic tape, a hard disk, a semiconductor memory, and an IC card.
The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 28, further comprising content storage means for storing replayable music data, wherein the content storage means includes a recording medium selected from the group consisting of an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a magnetic tape, a hard disk, a semiconductor memory, and an IC card.
An audio reproducing method comprising:
The audio reproducing method according to claim 38, comprising;
The audio reproducing method according to claim 38, comprising:
The audio reproducing method according to claim 38, wherein the exercise of the user comprises at least one of walking, jogging, running, and dash.
The audio reproducing method according to claim 38, wherein the exercise amount comprises at least one of exercise time, exercise intensity, an amount of exercise, distance exercised, calories consumed, and fat burned.
The audio reproducing method according to claim 38, wherein the target exercise amount comprises at least one of exercise lime, exercise intensity, an amount of exercise, distance exercised, calories consumed, and fat burned.
The audio reproducing method according to claim 38, wherein the personal profile information comprises at least one of body height, body weight, age, sex and stride of the user.
The audio reproducing method according to claim 38, further comprising a storage step of storing, on storage means, history information relating to reproduced music data, the history information including at least one of identification information concerning the reproduced music data, the exercise amount information, and the personal profile information.
The audio reproducing method according to claim 45, wherein the storage means storing the history information comprises a recording medium selected from the group consisting of an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a magnetic tape, a hard disk, a semiconductor memory, and an IC card.
The audio reproducing method according to claim 38, wherein replayable music data is recorded on a predetermined recording medium, and
A computer program product stored on a computer-readable medium including executable instructions that when executed by a processor perform steps for reproducing music data, said steps comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.