Cadence and Media Content Phase Alignment

摘要

Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for cadence and media content phase alignment are provided. An example media-playback device includes a content output device that operates to output media content, a cadence-acquiring device, a phase-delay calibration engine, a cadence-based media content selection engine, and a phase-aligned media playback engine. The cadence-acquiring device includes a movement-determining device and a cadence-determination engine configured to determine a cadence based on movement data captured by the movement-determining device. The phase-delay calibration engine configured to determine phase delay values for at least one cadence value. The cadence-based media content selection engine configured to identify a media content item based on the cadence determined by the cadence-acquiring device. The phase-aligned media playback engine configured to align the identified media content item to the repetitive-motion activity and cause the media-output device to output the aligned media content item.

主权项

1. A media-playback device for aligning play back of media content to foot strikes for a user performing a running activity, the media-playback device comprising:
a content output device that operates to output media content; a cadence-acquiring device comprising a movement-determining device and a cadence-determination engine configured to determine a cadence based on movement data captured by the movement-determining device; a phase-delay calibration engine configured to determine phase delay values for at least one cadence value, wherein the phase-delay calibration engine determines the phase delay values based at least in part on a time required to detect a foot strike within the running activity; a cadence-based media content selection engine configured to identify a media content item based on the cadence determined by the cadence-acquiring device, wherein the media content item comprises music with a tempo that corresponds to the cadence; and a phase-aligned media playback engine configured to:
align the identified media content item to the running activity using at least one of the determined phase-delay values; andcause the media-output device to output the aligned media content item.