1. A method of communicating heart rate variability (HRV) field emitted from a first human user (\u201csender\u201d) associated with a message communicated from the sender via a sending device to a second human user at a remote receiver device (\u201creceiver\u201d), comprising recording the HRV field of the sender, creating an electronic signal corresponding to the recorded HRV field, transmitting and apply the signal together with the message to the remote receiver, wherein the HRV field is recorded while the sender communicates the message to the receiver.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted electronic signal corresponding to the HRV field is encoded.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the electronic signal further comprises information selected from the group consisting of digital signature, location information and the scene information.
4. The method of claim 1, HRV field signal together with the message are transmitted and applied to at least two remote receivers, wherein the receivers are participants in a collaborative online environment.
5. The method claims 4, wherein the received HRV field signal is a combination of signals from HRV fields emitted from at least two senders participating in the collaborative online environment.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of analyzing the received electronic signal corresponding to the HRV field to determine the physical or emotional state of the sender, receiving a message along with the HRV field signal, analyzing the meaning of the message, and comparing the message with the analysis of signal corresponding to the HRV field, wherein the result of the comparison is indicative the authenticity of the message.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An audiovisual (AV) content providing system that provides AV contents to an audience, including more than one individual, which is present within a particular area, comprising:
a processor;
an audience information obtaining unit configured to obtain personal information that represents characteristics of the audience, which is present in the particular area, and relationship information that represents relationships of an individual in the audience to other individuals in the audience;
an AV content database that contains one or a plurality of AV contents;
an attribute index that is correlated with AV content contained in the AV content database and that describes attributes of the AV content; and
a selection unit configured to collate the personal information that is representative of the audience, the relationship information that is representative of the relationships within the audience, and the attribute index and selecting an AV content that is provided to the audience from the AV content database according to a collated result,
wherein the audience information obtaining unit includes
a voiced sound information obtaining unit configured to obtain voiced sound information of the audience from the particular area by at least two microphones; and
a first audience information obtaining unit configured to obtain audience number information that represents the number of individuals in the audience who exist in the particular area and audience position information that represents the positions of individuals in the particular area according to the voiced sound information obtained by the voiced sound information obtaining unit.
2. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the audience information obtaining unit also includes
a second audience information obtaining unit configured to analyze speech sounds of the more than one individual in the audience who is present in the particular area according to the audience number information and the audience position information obtained by the first audience information obtaining unit and the voiced sound information obtained by the voiced sound information obtaining unit, obtain speech information of the analyzed speech sounds, estimate the ages and gender of individuals in the audience according to the speech information, and obtain age information and gender information that is representative of the gender and age of the audience.
3. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the audience information obtaining unit also includes
an audience relationship estimation unit configured to analyze speech sounds of the more than one individual in the audience who is present in the particular area according to the audience number information and the audience position information obtained by the first audience information obtaining unit and the voiced sound information obtained by the voiced sound information obtaining unit, obtain speech information of the analyzed speech sounds, estimate the relationships of individuals in the audience according to the speech information, and obtain relationship information that is representative of the relationships of the individuals in the audience.
4. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the audience information obtaining unit also includes
a temperature distribution information obtaining unit configured to obtain temperature distribution information of the particular area.
5. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 4, wherein the audience information obtaining unit also includes
a second audience information obtaining unit configured to estimate the ages and gender of the individuals in the audience according to the audience number information and the audience position information obtained by the first audience information obtaining unit and the temperature distribution information obtained by the temperature distribution information obtaining unit and obtaining age information that is representative of the ages of the individuals in the audience and gender information that is representative of the gender of the individuals in the audience.
6. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the audience information obtaining unit includes
a temperature distribution information obtaining unit configured to obtain temperature distribution information from the particular area; and
the audience number information is determined by the voiced sound information obtained by the voiced sound information obtaining unit and the temperature distribution information obtained by the temperature distribution information obtaining unit.
7. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 6, wherein the audience information obtaining unit also includes
a second audience information obtaining unit configured to analyze speech sounds of individuals in the audience who are present in the particular area according to the audience number information and the audience position information obtained by the first audience information obtaining unit and the voiced sound information obtained by the voiced sound information obtaining unit, obtain speech information of the analyzed speech sounds, estimate the ages and gender of the individuals in the audience according to the speech information, and obtain age information that is representative of the age of the audience and gender information that is representative of the gender of the audience; and
an audience relationship estimation unit configured to analyze speech sounds of the individuals in the audience who exist in the particular area according to the audience number information and the audience position information obtained by the first audience information obtaining unit and the voiced sound information obtained by the voiced sound information obtaining unit, obtain speech information of the analyzed speech sounds, estimate the relationships of the audience according to the speech information, and obtain relationship information that is representative of the relationships of the individuals in the audience.
8. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the audience information obtaining unit includes
an input unit configured to input at least information that represents the audience; and
an audience relationship estimation unit configured to estimate relationship information that is representative of the relationships of the audience according to the information that represents the audience that is input by the input unit.
9. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 8, wherein the input unit receives the personal information that represents the audience that is transmitted from the outside of the system and inputs the personal information that represents the audience to the system.
10. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 9, wherein the input unit receives the personal information that represents the audience, the information being transmitted from an IC tag.
11. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 9, wherein the input unit receives the personal information that represents the audience, the information being transmitted from a portable terminal.
12. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the attribute index includes
a first attribute composed of an attribute of an AV content; and
a second attribute composed of a suitability of the AV content to the audience.
13. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 12, wherein the first attribute contains a psychological evaluation of the AV content.
14. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 12, wherein the second attribute contains the suitability of the AV content to the ages of the individuals in the audience.
15. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 12, wherein the second attribute contains the suitability of the AV content to the gender of the individuals in the audience.
16. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 12, wherein the second attribute contains the suitability of the AV content to the type of the particular area.
17. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 12, wherein the second attribute contains the suitability of the AV content to a time zone.
18. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 12, wherein the second attribute contains the suitability of the AV content to the relationships within the audience.
19. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 12, wherein the second attribute contains the suitability of the AV content to the age differences of the individuals in the audience.
20. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the AV content database is disposed in an external section communicable through a communication unit, the AV content being provided through the communication unit.
21. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the attribute index is disposed in an external section communicable through a communication unit, the attribute index being provided through the communication unit.
22. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the attribute index is provided by a detachable recording medium.
23. The AV content providing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the AV content database, the attribute index, and the selection unit are disposed in an external section communicable through a communication unit, the information that represents the ages and gender of the audience and the personal information that represents the relationships of the audience being obtained by the audience information obtaining unit and transmitted to the selection unit through the communication unit, the AV contents selected by the selection unit according to the information that represents the ages and gender of the audience and that information that represents the relationships of the audiences being provided through the communication unit.
24. An audiovisual (AV) content providing method implemented by an audiovisual content providing device, including a processor, that has been programmed with instructions that cause the computer to provide AV contents to an audience, including more than one individual, who is present within a particular area, the method comprising:
obtaining personal information by the audiovisual content providing device that represents audiences that exist in the particular area and information that represents the relationships amongst individuals included in the audience;
collating by the audiovisual content providing device the personal information that is representative of the audience, the information that is representative of the relationships within the audience, and an attribute index that is correlated with an AV content contained in an AV content database that contains one or a plurality of AV contents and that describes attributes of the AV content and selecting an AV content that is provided to the audiences from the AV content database according to a collated result; and
obtaining audience number information that represents the number of individuals in the audience who exist in the particular area and audience position information that represents the positions of individuals in the particular area according to voiced sound information obtained by a voiced sound information obtaining unit.
25. An audiovisual (AV) content providing system that provides AV contents to an audience including more than one individual, which is present within a particular area, comprising:
a processor;
an audience information obtainment unit configured to obtain personal information that represents characteristics of the audience that exist in the particular area and relationship information that represents relationships of one individual in the audience to other individuals in the audience;
an AV content database configured to store one or a plurality of AV contents;
an attribute index that is correlated with AV content contained in the AV content database and that describes attributes of the AV content;
a selection unit configured to collate the personal information that is representative of the audience, the relationship information that is representative of the relationships within the audience, and the attribute index and selecting an AV content that is provided to the audience from the AV content database according to a collated result; and
a first audience information obtaining unit configured to obtain audience number information that represents the number of individuals in the audience who exist in the particular area and audience position information that represents the positions of individuals in the particular area according to voiced sound information obtained by a voiced sound information obtaining unit.