Patent Application
20110160550
This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) of a Korean patent application filed on Dec. 24, 2009 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office and assigned Serial No. 10-2009-0130487, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method for tagging condition information and a multimedia apparatus using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for tagging condition information, which measures user's condition information and tags content with the measured condition information, and a multimedia apparatus using the same.
2. Description of the Related Art
In recent years, with the proliferation of multimedia apparatuses, the amount of content used in a multimedia apparatus has increased substantially. Based on the increased amount of content, users are able to select and use more diverse content.
Typically, content is tagged with information. For example, a music file may be tagged with information regarding a composer, an album title, a genre, and the like. Accordingly, the user can be provided with a list having content sorted according to the tagged information or can select content according to the tagged information.
However, even if such tagged information is used, a user must input a sorting or selecting command that is an inconvenience for the user. Also, the multimedia apparatus is unable to provide a list of content using the tagged information.
Therefore, there is a need for a multimedia apparatus to provide a list of content to a user using tagged information.
An aspect of the present invention is to address at least the above-mentioned problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described below. Accordingly, an aspect of the present invention is to provide a method for tagging content with condition information in order for a user to use the condition information for the content, and a multimedia apparatus using the same.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for tagging condition information is provided. The method includes, if content selected from a plurality of contents is being played, determining condition information of a user, and tagging the content with the determined condition information.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a multimedia apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes, a sensor module for, if content selected from a plurality of contents is being played, measuring condition information of a user, and a controller for tagging the content with the measured condition information.
Other aspects, advantages, and salient features of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which, taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, discloses exemplary embodiments of the invention.
The above and other aspects, features, and advantages of certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be more apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Throughout the drawings, it should be noted that like reference numbers are used to depict the same or similar elements, features, and structures.
The following description with reference to the accompanying drawings is provided to assist in a comprehensive understanding of the exemplary embodiments of the invention as defined by the claims and their equivalents. It includes various specific details to assist in that understanding but these are to be regarded as merely exemplary. Accordingly, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that various changes and modifications of the embodiments described herein can be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. In addition, descriptions of well-known functions and constructions may be omitted for clarity and conciseness.
The terms and words used in the following description and claims are not limited to the bibliographical meanings, but, are merely used by the inventor to enable a clear and consistent understanding of the invention. Accordingly, it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that the following description of exemplary embodiments of the present invention is provided for illustration purpose only and not for the purpose of limiting the invention as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
It is to be understood that the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to “a component surface” includes reference to one or more of such surfaces.
The following will be explained:
Hereinafter, an overall operation of an MP3 player will be explained with reference to
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The user's condition refers to any condition regarding a user's such as the user's health condition or fitness condition.
The health condition is a concept including any item relating to the user's health, such as amounts of subcutaneous fat or body fat, which are criteria for measuring obesity, stress index, skin color, heart rate, blood pressure, blood sugar, weight, and the like. The fitness condition is a concept including any item relating to a user's exercise such as the number of steps taken during exercise, movement speed, the number of exercises, the calories burned during exercise, and the like.
The MP3 player 100 displays the replayed multimedia content and the user's health condition, fitness condition, and schedule.
The MP3 player 100 includes various keys formed on a front portion and a side portion, for receiving a user's manipulation. Any of the keys may be used as a hot key for changing a mode of the MP3 player 100 to a mode for checking and managing the user's health condition, and any other key may be used as a hot key for changing a mode of the MP3 player 100 to a mode for checking and managing the user's fitness condition.
The MP3 player 100 includes an optical sensor, formed on an upper end portion thereof, for collecting condition information relating to the user's health condition and the user's fitness condition. The MP3 player 100 also includes a 3-axis acceleration sensor for collecting condition information relating to the user's fitness condition.
The optical sensor and the 3-axis acceleration sensor will be explained later in more detail.
The MP3 player may be used independently for replaying a multimedia file, checking and managing the user's health condition, and checking and managing the user's schedule, as shown in
In the case that the MP3 player 100 is used independently as shown in
For example, tapping the MP3 player 100 one time may cause the MP3 player to play or pause a multimedia file, tapping the MP3 player 100 two times at a time may cause the MP3 player to play a music file of a next track, and tapping the MP3 player three times at a time may cause the MP3 player to add a current music file to a play list.
Of course, the above tapping manipulations are merely an example for convenience of explanation and other functions may be set to correlate with the tapping manipulations.
Also, the tapping manipulation is not limited to the case that the MP3 player 100 is used along with the armband. The tapping manipulation is possible when only the MP3 player 100 is used. Furthermore, in the case that the MP3 player 100 is used along with the armband, the manipulation using the keys is possible.
Also, the tapping manipulation of the MP3 player 100 may be set to be recognized when vibration on the MP3 player 100 is detected by the 3-axis sensor or when a touch on a screen of the MP3 player 100 is detected by a touch detection module.
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The menu of ‘Media’ relates to the replaying of multimedia files as described above. The user may replay a music file or a video file or manage a list of files to be replayed by manipulating the sub-menus under the menu of ‘Media’.
The menu of ‘Biocheck’ relates to checking and managing the user's health condition as described above. The user may measure his/her own obesity for each body part, a degree of stress, and skin color by manipulating the sub-menus under the menu of ‘Biocheck’.
The menu of ‘Fitness’ relates to checking and managing the user's fitness condition as described above. The user may check information of calories burned during exercise or receive a prescription for the exercise to burn calories, by manipulating the sub-menus under the menu of ‘Fitness’.
The menu of ‘My Log’ relates to managing the user's schedule as described above. The schedule recited herein refers to not only a user's work schedule but also a schedule for achieving a user's target health condition or user's target fitness condition. The user may control the number of exercises or an amount of food by manipulating the sub-menus under the menu of ‘My Diary’.
The menu of ‘Health Application’ relates to executing applications and programs stored in an internal repository of the MP3 player 100 or applications and programs received from an external source and stored in the internal repository. More particularly, the menu of ‘Health Application’ relates to content regarding the user's health or exercise among the applications and the programs stored in the internal repository. The menu of ‘Health Application’ has the application and the program as its sub-menus.
More specifically, the menu of ‘Media’ includes five sub-menus, ‘Music’, ‘Videos’, ‘FM Radio’, ‘Picture’, and ‘Settings’, and the menu of ‘Biocheck’ includes three sub-menus, ‘Fat’, ‘Stress’, and ‘Skin Color’. The menu of ‘Fitness’ includes three sub-menus, ‘Jogging’, ‘My Coach’, and ‘Pedometer’, and the menu of ‘My Log’ includes five sub-menus, ‘Today's Summary’, ‘Exercise Diary’, ‘Food Diary’, ‘Calorie Manager’, and ‘My Info’. The menu of ‘Health Application’ includes one or more sub-menus according to the user's setting as described above.
A more detailed operation of the MP3 player according to manipulation of each sub-menu will be explained later.
The above-described menu structure is merely an example for convenience of explanation and the details of the main menus and the sub-menus are not limited to the above-described details. Also, relationships between the main menus and the sub-menus are not limited the above-described relationships.
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The condition for the selection of the item of ‘Media’ refers to a pre-step before the item of ‘Media’ is selected and refers to a condition under which a cursor, a highlight, or an indicator is placed on the item of ‘Media’. In other words, if an OK button on the MP3 player 100 is selected under the condition for the selection of the item of ‘Media’, the item of ‘Media’ is selected.
As described above, when the condition for the selection of the item of ‘Media’ is prepared, the MP3 player 100 changes all items including the item of ‘Media’ to blue color, so that the user can know intuitively which menu he or she can select.
Also, a character item relating to the menu prepared for the selection is displayed on the left portion of the menu screen. The character items are displayed as graphics relating to the menu prepared for the selection, so that the user can know more intuitively which menu he or she can select.
The above operation may also be applied to a case where other menus are selected.
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As described above, when the condition for selection of the menu is prepared, the MP3 player changes the color of the entire screen according to the menu prepared for the selection and also displays the character item, so that the user can know intuitively which menu he or she can select. Of course, the colors described as associated with each menu are merely for example and not to be construed as limiting. That is, any color may be used for any of the menus.
As described above, an MP3 player is able to perform checking and managing the user's health condition and checking and managing the user's fitness condition. The health condition and the fitness condition may be measured or managed in different ways according to user's gender.
Accordingly, the MP3 player checks and manages the health condition and checks and manages the fitness condition according to the user's gender. For example, if the user is a man, the MP3 player is able to prescribe exercise suitable for the man and calculate reference calories suitable for the man.
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As described above, the health condition and the fitness condition are checked and managed in different ways according to the user's gender so that more accurate information about the health condition and the fitness condition can be provided to the user. Also, different screens are provided according to the user's gender so that the user's interest on the health and exercise can be increased.
Hereinafter, functions of an MP3 player relating to the menu of ‘Media’ will be described with reference to
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As described above, the graphic item and the text item are displayed so that the user can more intuitively recognize the type of a corresponding menu.
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The play list may have music classified by artiest, album, title, genre, and composer, and may be displayed according to the categories when a tab that is displayed on the upper portion of the screen is selected. In other words, the play list may be a list of music files that are included in the menu of ‘Music’ selected by the user and classified by the MP3 player.
Also, the play list may be a list of music files that are stored in the MP3 player and classified according to the user's preference.
If a condition for selection of music from the displayed play list is prepared, an item corresponding to the music prepared for the selection is highlighted. In
If music to be replayed is selected by a manipulation for the selection of a corresponding music file, the selected music is replayed and an album art corresponding to the replayed music is displayed. In
Such an album art is matched with each music file and stored in the internal repository of the MP3 player or is tagged onto a music file and stored along with the music file. Therefore, if a replay command regarding corresponding music is input, the music is replayed and simultaneously an album art matched with or tagged onto the music file is displayed on the screen.
All music is not matched with or tagged with corresponding album art. In some situations, the album art may be neither matched with nor tagged onto the music. Therefore, if a replay command regarding music which is neither matched nor tagged with an album art is input, an album art stored as a default may be displayed when the corresponding music is replayed, as shown in
One default album art may be stored in the internal repository of the MP3 player or a plurality of default album arts may be stored in the internal repository of the MP3 player. If the plurality of default album arts are provided, the MP3 player controls the default album art to be displayed on the screen according to a specific regulation or randomly.
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The play list has moving picture files listed in the order of creation time, replay duration, recently replayed files, and the like.
The play list may be a list of items corresponding to the moving picture files, and, as shown in
The thumbnail image may be an image corresponding to an initial frame of the moving picture file or an image designated by the user.
Also, if a condition for selection of one of the images included in the displayed play list is prepared, an item corresponding to an image prepared for the selection is highlighted. In
As noted above, the thumbnail image of
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When the user stops viewing a moving picture halfway, the user may wish to review the moving picture again at a later time. The MP3 player displays an image corresponding to the time at which the user stops viewing the moving picture as a thumbnail image, so that the thumbnail image serves as a kind of bookmark.
Accordingly, the user may be reminded of a previous image or part that he or she viewed before a replay command for a moving picture is input.
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The frequency information is a concept including information regarding entire frequency bands as shown in the left portion of
Also, the MP3 player outputs a radio broadcast received at the currently tuned frequency at the same time of displaying the frequency information on the screen.
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If a condition for selection of one of the pictures included in the list is prepared, the picture prepared for the selection is highlighted, and, if one of the pictures included in the list is selected, the selected picture is enlarged and displayed. In an exemplary implementation, the selected picture may be enlarged over the entire screen.
The list of pictures may be displayed along with reduced pictures (i.e., thumbnails) or may be displayed along with information regarding titles, sizes, and types of the pictures.
If the user selects the menu of ‘Settings’, the user is able to change setting options regarding the functions corresponding to the sub-menus of the menu of ‘Media’. For example,
The MP3 player stores a database containing frequency information of an FM radio broadcasting station for each area and information regarding a logo of a broadcasting station. Accordingly, by selecting a corresponding area, the user can identify frequency information and logo information of broadcasting stations corresponding to an FM radio signal receivable within the corresponding area.
If the area is selected, the frequency information and the logo information of the broadcasting stations corresponding to the FM radio signal receivable within the selected area are extracted as shown in
The extracted information includes the frequency information matching with the logo information of the broadcasting station and is displayed as shown in
The user selects a desired frequency from the frequency list and receives a broadcast provided from the selected broadcasting station. Also, the user may select a plurality of desired frequencies and create an additional list of broadcasts provided from the selected broadcasting stations.
In the frequency list, an item corresponding to a frequency prepared for selection is highlighted, and if one of the items is selected, a broadcast is received at the frequency corresponding to the selected item, as shown in
As described above, the process of setting the frequency in order to receive the FM radio is merely an example for convenience of explanation, and setting options for the menus of ‘Music’, ‘Videos’, and ‘Pictures’ may be changed using the menu of ‘Settings’.
Hereinafter, functions of an MP3 player relating to a menu of ‘Biocheck’ will be explained with reference to
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As shown in
As described above, the sub-menu is displayed along with the graphic item and the text item so that the user can more intuitively recognize what type of sub-menu is displayed.
The menu of ‘Fat’ is used for measuring the thickness of subcutaneous fat at each body part of the user or used to measure body fat. If the menu of ‘Fat’ is selected, the user selects a body part for measuring subcutaneous fat or body fat through a vertical manipulation.
For example, if the user wishes to measure subcutaneous fat and body fat of the abdomen, the user selects abdomen on the screen as a part for measuring subcutaneous fat or body fat through the vertical manipulation, as shown in
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If the user's vertical manipulation is input, the highlight is moved upwardly or downwardly so that another part of the character is highlighted and a text representing what the highlighted part indicates is added.
The reason why the user's body part is set is that subcutaneous fat and body fat are measured in different ways according to the user's body part.
The body parts settable by the user may be provided by the MP3 player. The MP3 player provides information regarding the body parts settable by the user, informs the user which part the user can set, stores information regarding the method of measuring subcutaneous fat and body fat of the body parts in advance, and calculates the subcutaneous fat and the body fat of the selected body part based on the stored information.
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As described above, the upper portion of the MP3 player is provided with diverse optical sensors for measuring a user's subcutaneous fat or body fat. Accordingly, when the user places the upper portion of the MP3 player on his or her side, the MP3 player measures the subcutaneous fat or the body fat of the user's side using the optical sensors.
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The menu of ‘Stress’ is used for measuring stress of the user of an MP3 player. If the menu of ‘Stress’ is selected, the user is able to select a method for measuring stress through a vertical manipulation.
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Also, the user may select a ‘general’ measuring method or an ‘accurate’ measuring method through a vertical manipulation.
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As described above, the various optical sensors are provided on the upper portion of the MP3 player for measuring the user's stress. Accordingly, if the user places his or her finger on the upper portion of the MP3 player, the MP3 player measures the user's heartbeat (heart rate) using the optical sensors and calculates heartbeat or heart rate per minute.
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In other words, if the degree of stress is normal, the bar-type graph and the smile graphic item are displayed, indicating that the degree of stress is normal directly or indirectly.
On the lower portion of the resulting screen, an advising message may be displayed for the user to select whether to listen to music selected based on the measured degree of stress.
The user's health condition or fitness condition is recorded on metadata of a music source while the user is listening to the music. Therefore, the MP3 player extracts a music source that is recorded when the user's health condition or fitness condition is good, and provides the extracted music source to the user, so that the level of stress of the user is changed. For example, if the user's stress index is high, the MP3 player extracts a music source that is recorded when the user's stress index is low and provides the extracted music source to the user, so that the user's stress index is reduced. To achieve this, the MP3 player displays music information regarding the extracted music source on the screen so that the user can select music based on the music information.
In other words, if the user inputs a command to listen to music selected based on the measured stress index, the MP3 player provides the selected music to the user through a speaker or an output port connected to the MP3 player.
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As described above, the upper portion of the MP3 player is provided with the various optical sensors for measuring a user's skin color. Accordingly, if the user places the back of his or her hand on the upper portion of the MP3 player, the MP3 player measures a melanin index on the back of user's hand using the optical sensors and displays the measured melanin index on the screen.
Recently, users' interest on beauty is growing and various whitening or tanning products are coming into the market. Accordingly, the menu of ‘Skin Color’ for measuring a user's skin color is provided so that the user can check the effect of these beauty products directly.
If the user wishes to check a melanin index on their face, the user should place the upper portion of the MP3 player on the face.
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Information about the features according to the melanin index is stored in the internal repository of the MP3 player and is provided to the user along with the melanin index, and also may be provided according to a user's extra command.
Hereinafter, the functions of an MP3 player relating to a menu of ‘Fitness’ will be explained with reference to
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As shown in
As described above, the graphic item and the text item are also displayed so that the user can more intuitively recognize what type of sub-menu is displayed.
As described above, the MP3 player may be used by being attached to the user's arm using the armband so that the MP3 player can be used when the user is exercising. When exercising, the user may use the MP3 player to listen to music or check his or her health condition or fitness condition.
The menu of ‘Jogging’ is used for checking and managing the user's fitness condition. If the user selects the menu of ‘Jogging’, a screen for selecting a mode is displayed as shown in
The mode is divided into a calorie base mode and a time base mode and one of the two modes is selected by selecting a tab displayed on the upper portion of the screen.
If the user sets a number of target calories to be burned when jogging, the MP3 player, in the calorie base mode, provides information regarding whether the target calories are burned or not and how many calories are burned currently. On the other hand, if the user sets a target time, the MP3 player, in the time base mode, provides information regarding whether the target time is reached or not and how much time elapses currently.
In the calorie based mode, the user may set the target calories to be burned using the screen shown in
Also, in the time based mode, the user may set a desired target time. If the user starts jogging after setting the target time, information regarding time left until the target time is reached and the amount of time already passed is displayed on the screen. Also, when the user reaches the target time, a message informing that the target time is reached is displayed on the screen.
As described above, the user uses an MP3 player to listen to music or check and manage his/her health condition or fitness condition, while exercising.
The menu of ‘My Coach’ is used for prescribing exercise based on the user's health condition or fitness condition. If the user selects the menu of ‘My Coach’, a screen informing that exercise prescription starts is displayed as shown in
Next, a screen for inputting a user's basic information such as name, gender, age, height, weight, and body fat percentage is displayed as shown in FIG. 18B. If the basic information is input from the user, the MP3 player 100 calculates a Body Mass Index (BMI) based on the basic information and provides the BMI to the user as shown in
If the user inputs detailed exercise information such as target weight, exercise duration, the number of exercises, preferred activity type, body part, exercise location, and dumbbell weight, in order to receive an effective and accurate exercise prescription, as shown in
Also, on each screen for inputting the detailed exercise information, a guide message, such as ‘It is highly recommended that you reduce weight by 5 kg for two months,” is also displayed so that more appropriate exercise information can be input.
The MP3 player prescribes exercise that the user should do based on the input basic information and the detailed exercise information, as shown in
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The user is able to check the exercise he/she has already done while doing the exercise and, information regarding next exercise is displayed as shown in
As described above, the user uses an MP3 player to listen to music or check and manage the user's health condition or fitness condition while exercising.
The menu of ‘Pedometer’ is mainly used for providing the user's fitness condition. More particularly, the menu of ‘Pedometer’ provides a step counter function for counting the number of user's steps. Accordingly, if the user selects the menu of ‘Pedometer’, a screen for counting the number of user's steps is displayed as shown in
The number of user's steps is counted using the aforementioned 3-axis sensor. For example, if the MP3 player detects repeated movement in a vertical direction by the 3-axis sensor, the MP3 player determines this movement as one step, thereby counting the number of user's steps.
Hereinafter, the functions of an MP3 player relating to a menu of ‘My Log’ will be explained with reference to
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Also, if the menu of ‘My Log’ is displayed, information regarding sub-menus is displayed along with the budgeted calories.
As shown in
If the burned calories are less than the budgeted calories, the screen of
Accordingly, the user can intuitively obtain information regarding the amount of food that the user ate and the amount of food that the user will eat.
If the budgeted calories are greater than the burned calories, the screen of
Also, a way to burn the excess calories may be also displayed. In other words, the MP3 player may display the information regarding the amount of excess calories and a manner in which to burn the excess calories, so that the user can know that he or she ate food in excess of the budgeted calories and also is urged to do exercise to burn the excess calories.
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If the user burns calories by doing exercise or if the user wishes to burn more calories by doing exercise, the user may add an activity that the user has done or will do, as shown in
In this case, calorie information regarding each activity is stored in the internal repository of the MP3 player so that the user can burn more calories corresponding to the activity selected by the user.
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If the user wishes to eat more food or if the user ate more food, the user may add food to eat or food that the user already ate using the screens of
In this case, calorie information of each food is stored in the internal repository of the MP3 player so that the calories corresponding to the food selected by the user are added to the calories that the user ate.
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The menu of ‘Calorie Manager’ is used for calculating and managing a daily calorie burning state, based on the information regarding a user's target calories to be burned, calories that the user ate, and calories that the user actually burns. If the user selects the menu of ‘Calorie Manager’, the information regarding the calorie burning state according to date may be discriminated by color and displayed in a calendar format as shown in
Also, the MP3 player may modify the target calories based on the calorie burning state according to date, and may display the modified target calories as shown in
Hereinafter, a method for generating and using tagged information will be explained with reference to
As described above, a user is able to replay content by manipulating the menu of ‘Media’ and the sub-menus thereof, and check and manage the user's health condition or fitness condition by manipulating the menus of ‘Biocheck’ and ‘Fitness’ and the sub-menus thereof.
The functions may be performed independently or two or more functions may be performed simultaneously. For example, the user may replay a moving picture file by manipulating the menu of ‘Media’, and measure his or her stress index by manipulating the menu of ‘Biocheck’ while viewing the moving picture. Also, the user may replay a music file by manipulating the menu of ‘Media’ and receive an exercise prescription by manipulating the menu of ‘Fitness’ while listening to the replayed music.
Also, even in the absence of an extra menu manipulation, an MP3 player is able to check the user's health condition or fitness condition automatically. For example, when the user is jogging while listening to music by replaying a music file, the MP3 player checks the user's fitness condition at that time. Also, the checked health condition or fitness condition is tagged onto the music and stored.
This will be explained in more detail with reference to
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As described above, since the user's condition information when the user listens to specific music is tagged onto a corresponding music file and stored, the user can know his or her health condition or fitness condition when the user listens to the music.
The MP3 player selects music that the user needs based on the condition information and creates a play list containing the selected music and provides the play list to the user. More particularly, the MP3 player selects music that is tagged with condition information of a higher level than that of current condition information, and lists the selected music and provides the list to the user.
This will be explained with reference to
As described above, if the user manipulates the menu of ‘Jogging’ of the menu of ‘Fitness’, the MP3 player checks and manages the user's fitness condition.
Specifically, the MP3 player analyzes an existing jogging record of the user, extracts the best music files for jogging, creates a play list based on the extracted music files, and provides the play list to the user.
In other words, as shown in
Also, as described above, if the menu of ‘Stress’ of the menu of ‘Biocheck’ is manipulated, the user can check the user's stress index using the MP3 player.
The MP3 player extracts the best music files for stress relief based on the analyzed stress index, creates a play list based on the extracted music files, and provides the play list to the user.
In other words, as shown in
In this exemplary embodiment, it should be noted that user's condition information is tagged onto not only a music file but also to a moving picture file or a picture file. More particularly, in the case of a moving picture file, the user's condition information may be extracted from every frame section and tagged. In the case of a picture file, the user's condition information may be extracted from every picture file and tagged.
This operation is illustrated in
The tagged information, such as condition information about the health condition or fitness condition is used for creating the play list for the content, as described above. However, based on the replayed content, an exercise type or a suitable jogging time may be recommended. In this case, as described above, the exercise type or the jogging time may be tagged onto the content or a title of the content may be tagged onto the exercise type or the jogging time.
This operation is illustrated in
The tagged information may not necessarily be the user's information when the content is replayed. For example, the stress index or the calories burned per second according to an activity selected by the user may be tagged to the activity, and a suitable activity may be recommended based on the information tagged according to the stress index or necessary calories.
This operation is illustrated in
The foregoing explanations are merely exemplary for convenience of explanation. Any other method of using tagged information may fall within the range of the present disclosure. This will be applied to the following explanation.
It is determined in step S200 if a replay command regarding content is input. If it is determined in step S200 that a replay command regarding content is input, the MP3 player replays the content according to the input replay command in step S210, and measures condition information of a user when the corresponding content is replayed in step S220.
The MP3 player tags the corresponding content with the measured condition information in step S230.
In step S240, it is determined if the user's condition is re-measured. If it is determined in step S240 that the user's condition information is re-measured, the MP3 player extracts content for leveling up the re-measured condition information in step S270.
The contents are extracted with reference to the condition information tagged onto the contents. For example, if the user's stress index is considered as being high based on the re-measured condition information, the MP3 player extracts the contents that are tagged with condition information indicating a low stress index.
If such contents are extracted, the MP3 player creates a list containing the extracted contents and displays the list in step S290, and replays a content selected from the list by the user in step S300.
If it is determined in step S240 that the user's condition information is not re-measured, it is determined if an exercise start command is input from the user through a key provided on the MP3 player in step S250 or if an exercise start is sensed by the 3-axis acceleration sensor provided on the MP3 player in step S260. If it is determined in step S250 that an exercise start command is input from the user through a key provided on the MP3 player or if it is determined in step S260 that an exercise start is sensed by the 3-axis acceleration sensor provided on the MP3 player, the MP3 player extracts contents for leveling up the condition information when the user does exercise in step S280.
The contents are extracted with reference to condition information tagged onto the contents. For example, if the user's condition information is considered as being high when the user views or listens to a specific content while doing exercise, the MP3 player extracts contents that are tagged with the condition information determined as high when the user does exercise.
If such contents are extracted, the MP3 player generates a play list containing the extracted contents and displays the play list in step S290, and replays a content selected from the list by the user in step S300.
Hereinafter, a configuration of an MP3 player will be explained with reference to
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The sensor module 110 measures the user's health condition and fitness condition. More particularly, the sensor module 110 includes optical sensors 111, 113, 115, 117 for measuring body fat, stress, skin color, and heart rate, and a 3-axis acceleration sensor 119 for measuring burned calories.
Hereinafter, the sensor module 110 will be explained in more detail with reference to
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The first optical sensor 111 includes photo diodes and is used for measuring subcutaneous fat and body fat, skin color, stress, and heart rate.
The second optical sensor 113 includes two Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) emitting light of a wavelength of 660 nm and two LEDs emitting light of a wavelength of 880 nm, and is used for measuring subcutaneous fat and body fat, and skin color.
The third optical sensor 115 includes an LED emitting light of a wavelength of 940 nm and is used for measuring stress and heart rate.
The fourth optical sensor 117 includes an LED emitting light of a wavelength of 880 nm, and is used for measuring subcutaneous fat and body fat.
In other words, the first optical sensor 111, the second optical sensor 113, and the fourth optical sensor 117 are used for measuring subcutaneous fat and body fat, the first optical sensor 111 and the second optical sensor 113 are used for measuring skin color, and the first optical sensor 111 and the third optical sensor 115 are used for measuring stress or heart rate.
More particularly, the first optical sensor 111, the second optical sensor 113, and the fourth optical sensor 117 irradiate light onto a user's skin and determine the user's subcutaneous fat and body fat, and skin color according to an intensity of light reflected from the user's skin.
Also, the first optical sensor 111 and the third optical sensor 115 irradiate light onto the user's skin and determine the user's stress and heart rate according change in the intensity of light reflected from the user's skin.
Also, the 3-axis acceleration sensor 119 detects acceleration and vibration by detecting motion in X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis directions, and is used for measuring the number of user's steps. Based on the number of steps, the user's burned calories are calculated.
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The multimedia function block 120 displays screens according to user's manipulations. More particularly, the multimedia function block 120 replays contents such as a moving picture, a still picture, music, and text, or executes contents, programs, and applications relating to user's health condition, fitness condition, and schedule, in order to display screens according to user's manipulations.
The GUI generator 130 generates a GUI such as items and adds the GUI to the contents replayed by the multimedia function block 130 or the applications or programs executed or operating by the multimedia function block 110.
The display 140 displays the contents replayed by the multimedia function block 110 and the applications or programs executed by the multimedia function block 110, and the GUI generated by the GUI generator 130.
The controller 150 controls the sensor module 110 and the multimedia function block 120 to perform their respective functions according to the user's manipulation input through the user command receiver 160.
More particularly, the controller 150 controls the multimedia function block 120 to replay the content corresponding to the manipulation of the menu of ‘Media’.
Also, the controller 150 controls the sensor module 110 and the multimedia function block 120 to sense the user's health condition and execute the corresponding application or program according to the manipulation of the menu of ‘Biocheck’.
Also, the controller 150 controls the sensor module 110 and the multimedia function block 120 to sense the user's health condition and execute the corresponding application or program according to the manipulation of the menu of ‘Fitness’.
Also, the controller 150 controls the multimedia function block 120 to execute the corresponding application or program according to the manipulation of the menu of ‘My Log’.
Also, the controller 150 controls the multimedia function block 120 to execute the corresponding application or program according to the manipulation of the menu of ‘Health Application”.
The user command receiver 160 receives a user's command input through the aforementioned keys provided on the front and side panels of the MP3 player 100 and transmits the user's command to the controller 150.
The storage unit 170 may be realized as a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) or a memory, and stores programs for operating the MP3 player 100 and various contents and applications. Also, the storage unit 170 stores information for converting values measured by the sensor module 110 into body fat rate, stress index, melanin index, or heart rate.
While the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-2009-0130487 | Dec 2009 | KR | national |
