Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130006616 | INFORMATION RETRIEVING APPARATUS, INFORMATION RETRIEVING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an information retrieving apparatus includes a housing; an input-output unit to perform dialogue processing with a user; a first detecting unit to detect means of transfer which indicates present means of transfer for the user; a second detecting unit to detect a holding status which indicates whether the user is holding the housing; a third detecting unit to detect a talking posture which indicates whether the housing is held near the face of the user; a selecting unit to select, from among a plurality of interaction modes that establish the dialogue processing, an interaction mode according to a combination of the means of transfer, the holding status, and the talking posture; an dialogue manager to control the dialogue processing according to the selected interaction mode; and a information retrieval unit to retrieve information using a keyword that is input during the dialogue processing. | 01-03-2013 |
20130218553 | INFORMATION NOTIFICATION SUPPORTING DEVICE, INFORMATION NOTIFICATION SUPPORTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an information notification supporting device includes an analyzer configured to analyze an input voice so as to identify voice information indicating information related to speech; a storage unit configured to store therein a history of the voice information; an output controller configured to determine, using the history of the voice information, whether a user is able to listen to a message of which the user should be notified; and an output unit configured to output the message when it is determined that the user is in a state in which the user is able to listen to the message. | 08-22-2013 |
20140156030 | REMOTE CONTROLLER MANAGING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a remote controller managing device is configured to output an operation instruction signal for controlling a target control device in accordance with operation instructions from a plurality of remote controllers, respectively, for controlling the target control device. The remote controller managing device includes a conflict determining module and a controller. The conflict determining module is configured to determine whether the operation instructions of the remote controllers conflict with each other when the operation instructions are issued by the remote controllers. The controller is configured to control the target control device so as to correspond to one of the operation instructions of one of the remote controllers with a higher priority order based on predetermined priority orders when the conflict determining module determines that the operation instructions conflict with each other. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156279 | CONTENT SEARCHING APPARATUS, CONTENT SEARCH METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a content searching apparatus includes: a search condition generator configured to perform voice recognition in parallel with an input of a natural language voice giving an instruction for a search for a piece of content, and to generate search conditions sequentially; a searching module configured to perform a content search while updating the search condition used in the search as the search condition is generated; and a search result display configured to update the search condition used in the content search and a result of the content search based on the search condition to be displayed as the search condition is generated. | 06-05-2014 |
20140189769 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SERVER, AND CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information management device includes a generator, a storage module, a structuring module, a retrieval module, and a result notification module. The generator generates a characteristic quantity of a reproduction content. The storage module stores the generated characteristic quantity. The structuring module generates structure information by dividing a single reproduction content into a plurality of reproduction intervals based on the generated characteristic quantity and by structuring the reproduction content by taking into account a time sequence of the reproduction intervals of the reproduction content that is being reproduced. The reproduction content is structured by the reproduction intervals. The retrieval module retrieves a related content based on the structure information. The result notification module notifies the retrieval result of the related content. | 07-03-2014 |
20150142738 | COMPUTER SYSTEM - The management system includes pair management information for managing pair groups and resource management information for managing resources allocated to the pair groups. The management system monitors data transfer latencies in asynchronous remote copy in the pair groups. In a case where data transfer latencies in a first pair group of the pair groups reach a threshold, the management system selects a first asynchronous remote copy pair from the first pair group with reference to the pair management information. The management system selects a second pair group allocated resources different from resources allocated to the first pair group as a candidate migration destination of the first asynchronous remote copy pair with reference to the resource management information. | 05-21-2015 |