Apparatus and method for presenting content
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsIsao Mihara, Yasunobu Yamauchi, Masahiro Sekine, Yasukazu Higuchi, Norihiro Nakamura
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Abstract
A first content is selected by a user as a processing object. A change of at least a part of the first content is detected based on a time information from a timer. After the change is detected, a second content as a next processing object, a third content related to the first content, and a fourth content related to the second content, are acquired from a content information database. The second content, the third content and the fourth content, are symbolically laid out in a virtual space. The virtual space is visually presented to the user via a display.
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An apparatus for presenting content, comprising:
- a selection unit configured to select first content as a processing object;
- a timer configured to generate time information;
- a detection unit configured to detect a change time when at least a part of the first content is changed to second content, based on the time information;
- a calculation unit configured to calculate relevance between each of relational candidate contents, and each of the first content and the second content;
- a content acquisition unit configured to acquire relational content from the relational candidate contents based on the relevance, the relational content being related to both the first content and the second content;
- a layout unit configured to symbolically lay out the second content and the relational content in a virtual space;
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- a presentation unit configured to visually present the virtual space,
- wherein, as time passes from the change time, the calculation unit calculates the relevance so that a contribution ratio between relational candidate contents and the second content is larger while a contribution ratio between relational candidate contents and the first content is smaller.
A method for presenting content, comprising:
- selecting first content as a processing object;
- generating time information from a timer;
- detecting a change time when at least a part of the first content is changed to second content based on the time information;
- calculating relevance between each of relational candidate contents, and each of the first content and the second content;
- acquiring relational content from the relational candidate contents based on the relevance, the relational content being related to both the first content and the second content;
- symbolically laying out the second content and the relational content in a virtual space;
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- visually presenting the virtual space via a display,
- wherein the calculating comprises, as time passes from the change time, calculating the relevance so that a contribution ratio between relational candidate contents and the second content is larger while a contribution ratio between relational candidate contents and the first content is smaller.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program which, when executed by a processing system, causes the processing system to perform operations comprising:
- detecting a change time when at least a part of first content is changed to second content, based on time information from a timer;
- calculating relevance between each of relational candidate contents, and each of the first and the second content;
- acquiring relational content from the relational candidate contents based on the relevance, the relational content being related to both the first content and the second content;
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- symbolically laying out the second content and the relational content in a virtual space at the same time,
- wherein the calculating comprises, as time passes from the change time, calculating relevance so that a contribution ratio between relational candidate contents and the second content is larger while a contribution ratio between relational candidate contents and the first content is smaller.
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