Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080256578 | Information processing device, method, and program - An information processing device includes: extraction means for extracting, from program information, a category feature word being a keyword representing a category feature; identification means for identifying a channel by category based on the category feature word extracted from the program information for a program to be broadcast on the channel; and display control means for exercising control over the channel to be displayed after category classification. | 10-16-2008 |
20090055855 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AS WELL AS SOFTWARE PROGRAM - The present invention concerns an information processing apparatus, a method thereof, and a program for allowing the audience to easily search for intended television programs. A server stores characteristic words extracted from television program information in a characteristic word file | 02-26-2009 |
20090178734 | PROCESSING SOLUTION FOR FORMING HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM FREE, BLACK CONVERSION FILM ON ZINC OR ZINC ALLOY PLATING LAYERS, AND METHOD FOR FORMING HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM FREE, BLACK CONVERSION FILM ON ZINC OR ZINC ALLOY PLATING LAYERS - It is an object of the present invention to provide a processing solution used for forming a hexavalent chromium free, black conversion film, which is applied onto the surface of zinc or zinc alloy plating layers, and which has corrosion resistance identical to or higher than that achieved by the conventional hexavalent chromium-containing conversion film. | 07-16-2009 |
20090206052 | Method for manufacturing a mirror device by means of a plurality of sacrificial layers - A method for manufacturing a device comprising an elastic member on a substrate includes steps of: forming a sacrificial layer by forming a plurality of sacrificial sub-layers on the substrate; forming a plate member in or on the sacrificial layers connected to the substrate and substantially parallel to a top surface of the substrate; and removing the sacrificial sub-layers after forming the plate member by removing the sacrificial sub-layers in an order different from the reverse order of forming the sacrificial sub-layers. | 08-20-2009 |
20090231667 | Mirror device with an anti-stiction layer - A micromirror device includes an elastic hinge for supporting a mirror on a substrate, and an address electrode for deflecting the mirror. The device further includes a protective layer and an oriented monolayer laid to cover a stopper also functioning as an address electrode provided below the mirror and between the mirror and the substrate. | 09-17-2009 |
20090231668 | Mirror device with an anti-stiction layer - A micromirror device includes an elastic hinge for supporting a mirror on a substrate, and an address electrode for deflecting the mirror. The device further includes a protective layer and an oriented monolayer laid to cover a stopper also functioning as an address electrode provided below the mirror and between the mirror and the substrate. | 09-17-2009 |
20110058247 | Mirror device with an anti-stiction layer - A micromirror device includes an elastic hinge for supporting a mirror on a substrate, and an address electrode for deflecting the mirror. The device further includes a protective layer and an oriented monolayer laid to cover a stopper also functioning as an address electrode provided below the mirror and between the mirror and the substrate. | 03-10-2011 |
20110148918 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus includes a holding unit configured to hold information that associates objects constituting images, with layers to which the objects belong, a display control unit configured to display hierarchical relationship of the layers and the objects belonging to respective layers on a display unit, based on information held in the retention unit, and a control unit configured to, when an object of interest out of displayed objects is moved by a predetermined distance or more from a layer to which the object of interest belongs, create a new layer and cause the object of interest to belong to the created layer. | 06-23-2011 |
20110221066 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an aspect of the present invention includes the steps of: forming a metallic film; forming plural connecting conductors including engaging portions on the metallic film; forming a first resin; curing a second resin; forming a wiring pattern; forming a second external electrode; and cutting the second resin. The step of forming the first resin is the step of inserting and bringing a projected first external electrode provided in each of plural semiconductor chips in and into contact with each of the engaging portions of the plural connecting conductors, and forming a first resin between the plural semiconductor chips and the metallic film. The step of curing the second resin is the step of covering the plural semiconductor chips with the second resin to cure the second resin. | 09-15-2011 |
20110239305 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, PROGRAM - There is provided a wireless communication device including a communication section which receives, from an information distribution device that distributes distribution information or another wireless communication device that has received the distribution information, the distribution information using ad hoc wireless communication, a position information acquisition section which acquires position information indicating a current position, a movement amount calculation section which calculates a movement amount from the information distribution device based on a change in the position information acquired by the position information acquisition section, and a distribution information management section which manages availability of the distribution information based on the movement amount and a predetermined limited area-radius that defines a limited area in which the distribution information is distributed. | 09-29-2011 |
20120015079 | STUFFED RICE FOOD PRODUCT AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a rice food product stuffed with a filling ingredient, which is prevented from leaking out of a rice portion even if it is a fluid filling ingredient. A stuffed rice ball ( | 01-19-2012 |
20120026284 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus capable of shifting to a panoramic shooting function based on a user's intention without performing a complicated setting operation. In a digital camera, when a zoom operation member is operated again to a wide-angle side within a predetermined length of time after the zoom operation member has been operated to the wide-angle end, the process shifts to the panoramic shooting mode. | 02-02-2012 |
20120110509 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - An electronic apparatus includes a thumbnail preparation unit configured to retrieve thumbnail images, each thumbnail image representing a scene of a different time of one or more moving images, a first thumbnail line display unit configured to time sequentially display a first plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to at least a part of one of the moving images as a first thumbnail line, a second thumbnail line display unit configured to display a second plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to a marked part of the moving images as a second thumbnail line, and a thumbnail shifting unit configured to shift a selection of a thumbnail along the second thumbnail line and update the first thumbnail line to display at least one thumbnail image of a temporally adjacent part of the marked part of the moving image corresponding to the newly selected thumbnail in response to a user instruction. | 05-03-2012 |
20120141088 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus that includes a processor that reproduces video data, and an interface that receives an instruction to perform a fast forward operation or a rewind operation on the reproduced video data. The processor, upon receiving the instruction, controls a display to display a first line of thumbnail images each corresponding to a frame of the video data selected at a first time interval, and subsequently controls the display to display a second line of thumbnail images each corresponding to a frame of the video data selected at a second time interval. | 06-07-2012 |
20120147200 | IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAYING PROGRAM - The present disclosure provides an image displaying apparatus connected to a first camera and a second camera, on both of which pan/tilt control can be carried out, the image displaying apparatus including: an information acquisition section for acquiring information used for moving a display area over a virtual area obtained by combining a first area with a second area by making the first and second areas adjacent to each other; a control section for monitoring the position of the display area in the virtual area, requesting the first camera to carry out pan/tilt operations when the display area is positioned in the first area before and after a movement of the display area, and requesting the second camera to carry out pan/tilt operations when the display area has been moved from the first area to the boundary with the second area; and an image displaying section for displaying an image. | 06-14-2012 |
20120149295 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, GROUP CREATION SYSTEM, GROUP CREATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a group creation system for readily creating a group of nearby information processing apparatuses to let data be exchanged easily within the group. Portable terminals A and B exchange their ID's using hello messages being broadcast to create a nearby device list each. To request creation of a group with the portable terminal B, the portable terminal A transmits a group request including the ID of the portable terminal B to a server while sending an invitation to the portable terminal B. If the portable terminal B consents to the invitation and transmits a group request to the server within a group participation allowable time, the participation of the portable terminal B in the group is finalized, and a grouping notification to that effect is transmitted from the server to the portable terminals A and B. | 06-14-2012 |
20120201299 | IMAGING APPARATUS, RECEIVING APPARATUS, VIDEO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND VIDEO TRANSMISSION METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes: an encoded-data generating section configured to generate encoded data including a first picture that can be decoded without referring to other pictures and one or more second pictures that can be decoded referring to other pictures; a transmission-data generating section configured to combine the first picture of the encoded data and the one or more second pictures of encoded data immediately preceding the encoded data to generate transmission data; and a radio communication section configured to intermittently transmit, in a unit of the transmission data, a plurality of the transmission data included in a video stream. | 08-09-2012 |
20120210361 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes: extraction means for extracting, from program information, a category feature word being a keyword representing a category feature; identification means for identifying a channel by category based on the category feature word extracted from the program information for a program to be broadcast on the channel; and display control means for exercising control over the channel to be displayed after category classification. | 08-16-2012 |
20120223898 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a display control device including an operation display unit for detecting operation positions, on a display screen, in accordance with a user operation on the display screen, a state determination unit for determining, based on a detection result of the operation positions, a first operation state where two operation positions are detected, a process determination unit for determining, based on a change in the operation positions in the first operation state, a process related to display that is to be performed, and a display control unit for performing, based on a determination result of a process, a process which has been determined to be performed, and causing the display screen to perform display corresponding to the process. The display control unit continues the display corresponding to the process which has been determined to be performed, according to a duration of determination for the process which has been determined. | 09-06-2012 |
20130002699 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND AN IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - To generate a high-quality mosaic image even in a case where a material image having a shape different from that of a region in which the material image is to be placed is used. A target image is divided into a plurality of different-sized regions. The size of a material image is changed in accordance with the area of corresponding one of the regions, and is placed in the region on the basis of the chromatic component of the region. In the case of overlapping material images that have been placed, control processing is performed so that a smaller one of them is placed on a larger one of them. | 01-03-2013 |
20130009891 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Display means capable of displaying a plurality of objects, detection means for detecting a body, specifying means for specifying a first object displayed in the display means by a movement of the body, measurement means for measuring a distance between the body and the display means, and display control means for determining whether the first object or a second object which is different from the first object is displayed on a front side in the display means in accordance with the distance are provided. | 01-10-2013 |
20130016954 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUMAANM Watanabe; KazuhiroAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Watanabe; Kazuhiro Tokyo JPAANM Kaku; WataruAACI Yokohama-shiAACO JPAAGP Kaku; Wataru Yokohama-shi JPAANM Nagasaki; DaijirouAACI Kamakura-shiAACO JPAAGP Nagasaki; Daijirou Kamakura-shi JPAANM Oshimoto; NobuoAACI Kawasaki-shiAACO JPAAGP Oshimoto; Nobuo Kawasaki-shi JPAANM Oya; SusumuAACI Kamakura-shiAACO JPAAGP Oya; Susumu Kamakura-shi JPAANM Hokari; YusukeAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Hokari; Yusuke Tokyo JPAANM Kanai; EriAACI Kawasaki-shiAACO JPAAGP Kanai; Eri Kawasaki-shi JP - An object three-dimensionally represented by frames contained in a moving image and a time axis indicative of a playback time of the moving image is displayed on a display unit, and, while the three dimensional image being displayed, and an object representative of a moving image of a part between two points detected on the time axis is displayed in response to an instruction by a thing approaching to the display unit and is moved in accordance with a moving operation on the thing. | 01-17-2013 |
20130024792 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing device including a first detection unit configured to detect a movement of an operation device having a user interface that can be operated by a user, a second detection unit configured to detect a user operation on the user interface, and a processing unit configured to perform a process based on one of a detection result obtained by the first detection unit or a detection result obtained by the second detection unit. The processing unit, when, while performing a process based on a detection result obtained by one of the first detection unit or the second detection unit, a detection result obtained by the other detection unit is detected, selectively changes content of the process being performed based on the detection result obtained by the one of the detection units, based on the detection result obtained by the other detection unit. | 01-24-2013 |
20130147844 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus may include at least one processor, at least one interface from the at least one processor to at least one sensor configured to detect an orientation of the apparatus, and at least one interface from the at least one processor to at least one display. The at least one processor may be configured to, in response to receiving input from the at least one sensor that indicates a change in the orientation of the apparatus within a time limit from an occurrence of an event, cause the at least one display to display one or more previously created photographs. An information processing method may include detecting an orientation of an apparatus having a display, and in response to detecting a change in the apparatus's orientation within a time limit from an occurrence of an event, displaying one or more previously created photographs on the display. | 06-13-2013 |
20130159884 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus may include at least one communication interface configured to receive notification of one or more other apparatuses in proximity to the apparatus; and at least one processor configured to, in response to the notification and based at least in part on a calculated sharing recommendation degree, cause at least one display to display a prompt to share content with at least one of the other apparatuses. An information processing method may include determining that one or more other apparatuses are in proximity to a first apparatus; calculating a sharing recommendation degree; and in response to determining that the one or more other apparatuses are in proximity to the first apparatus, and based at least in part on the calculated sharing recommendation degree, displaying on a display of the first apparatus a prompt to share content with at least one of the other apparatuses. | 06-20-2013 |
20130179540 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a first communication unit, a second communication unit, and a control unit. The first communication unit is configured to be capable of communicating with a first apparatus via a predetermined communication path. The first apparatus has a predetermined sensing function and does not have an Internet connecting function. The second communication unit is configured to be capable of communicating with a second apparatus via the Internet. The control unit is configured to be capable of controlling the first communication unit to receive sensed data from the first apparatus and controlling the first communication unit to transmit the received data to the second apparatus. | 07-11-2013 |
20130182828 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - An X-ray imaging apparatus comprises an X-ray source; a housing configured to accommodate the X-ray source; and a plurality of supporting legs each connected to the housing via a movable connecting portion and configured to support the housing, wherein each of the supporting legs can change, by the movable connecting portion, a support angle made by a ground plane and the supporting leg. | 07-18-2013 |
20130257715 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit, a storage, and a controller. The storage is configured to store rule information indicating a rule for calculating points of a user in accordance with a type of an operation by the user. The controller is configured to calculate, based on a detected operation of a first user and the rule information, points of the first user in accordance with a type of the detected operation, to control the storage to store first point information indicating the calculated points, and to control the communication unit to perform one of transmission of the stored first point information to another information processing apparatus and reception of second point information from the other information processing apparatus, the second point information indicating points of a second user and being stored in the other information processing apparatus. | 10-03-2013 |
20130272502 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED PROGRAM - A radiographic imaging apparatus for acquiring a radiographic image includes: a detecting unit configured to detect a position of a receiving unit, in which the receiving unit is configured to receive a radiant ray radiated by a radiating unit, which radiates a radiant ray, and output an electrical signal in accordance with the received radiant ray; and a display control unit configured to display, on a displaying unit, image data pertaining to the receiving unit and image data pertaining to a radiating area of the radiant ray of the radiating unit, overlapped with each other based on the position of the receiving unit detected by the detecting unit. | 10-17-2013 |
20140009644 | SERVER, CLIENT TERMINAL, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a server including a reception section which receives, from a client terminal, present position information showing a position of the client terminal, and direction information showing an orientation of the client terminal, a retrieval section which retrieves sensory data to which detection position information is added corresponding to a position in a vicinity of an axial line extending in a direction shown by the direction information from the position of the client terminal, and a transmission section which transmits the sensory data retrieved by the retrieval section to the client terminal. | 01-09-2014 |
20140012095 | STORAGE CONTROL APPARATUS, STORAGE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a storage control apparatus including a detection section which detects a body sound inside a body cavity, and outputs the body sound as an audio signal, and a storage control section which performs control in a manner that the audio signal output from the detection section is stored. | 01-09-2014 |
20140037262 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a data storage device that conducts at least one of audio recording and video recording, the data storage device including a trigger signal transmitter that transmits a given trigger signal to an external device, a storage controller that applies control to conduct the at least one of audio recording and video recording, and a marking unit that marks stored data acquired by the at least one of audio recording and video recording at a time of transmitting the trigger signal. | 02-06-2014 |
20140046505 | MOBILE OBJECT, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a mobile object including an input detection unit configured to detect an input from an outside, an acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental information detected by a sensor in a remote location, in accordance with a content of detection performed by the input detection unit, and a control unit configured to control an actuator other than a driving actuator in accordance with the environmental information acquired by the acquisition unit, the driving actuator relating to movement of the mobile object. | 02-13-2014 |
20140046543 | MOVABLE CARRIAGE - A movable carriage having front wheels and rear wheels includes, a detection unit detecting a direction caused by the operator pushing or pulling a grip unit, a rear-wheel steering angle changing unit changing a steering angle to cause a phase of the rear wheel to be the same as or opposite to the phase of the front wheel according to whether an angle between the detected direction and a center axis of the movable carriage is a predetermined angle or smaller, and a front-wheel steering angle changing unit changing a steering angle to cause a phase of the front wheel to be the same as or opposite to the detected direction according to whether the detected direction is a direction in which the movable carriage is pushed or pulled, when the angle between the detected direction and the center axis of the carriage exceeds the predetermined angle. | 02-13-2014 |
20140066808 | SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a signal processing system including a first detection section which detects, from outside a body cavity, first audio signals of a prescribed part inside the body cavity, a second detection section which detects, from inside the body cavity, second audio signals of the prescribed part inside the body cavity, and a generation section which generates third audio signals based on the first audio signals and the second audio signals. | 03-06-2014 |
20140070729 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an illumination apparatus including an illumination unit, a reception unit, and a control unit configured to control illumination of the illumination unit in accordance with a default illumination pattern. When the reception unit receives an illumination pattern, the control unit performs illumination control different from the illumination according to the default illumination pattern. | 03-13-2014 |
20140078242 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing system including an identifying unit that identifies a user and a target with whom the user requests to converse based on a signal detected by a first sensor arranged around the user, a signal processing unit that performs predetermined signal processing on signals detected by the first sensor and a second sensor arranged around the target, an output control unit that causes the signal detected by at least the second sensor and processed by the signal processing unit to be output to a first output unit arranged around the user, and a recognizing unit that recognizes, when a plurality of the targets are identified by the identifying unit, a selection request for selecting a specific target from among the plurality of targets based on the signal detected by the first sensor. | 03-20-2014 |
20140085470 | MOBILE OBJECT AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a mobile object including an imaging unit configured to capture a perimeter of the mobile object, a speaker configured to be capable of controlling directivity, a determination unit configured to determine whether the mobile object is in a driving mode, and a speaker control unit configured to control the speaker in the driving mode in a manner that predetermined audio is output toward a warning target that is recognized based on a captured image captured by the imaging unit, and to control the speaker in a non-driving mode in a manner that the predetermined audio is output in a non-directional way. | 03-27-2014 |
20140106815 | TERMINAL APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a terminal apparatus including a search unit configured to search for an apparatus group including an input apparatus or an output apparatus, the input apparatus and the output apparatus being wirelessly connectable to the terminal apparatus, a recommendation unit configured to recommend, to a user, a predetermined input apparatus or a predetermined output apparatus from the apparatus group that has been searched for by the search unit, in accordance with current time, a place in which the user is currently present, or an attribute of the user, and a setting unit configured to set the predetermined input apparatus or the predetermined output apparatus as an input unit or an output unit of the terminal apparatus, respectively, the predetermined input apparatus and the predetermined output apparatus having been recommended by the recommendation unit. | 04-17-2014 |
20140112534 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing device including a detection unit that detects a face image region in an image, a determination unit that determines a human attribute of at least one face image in the face image region detected by the detection unit, and a face image replacement unit that replaces the at least one face image with a natural face image of another person according to the human attribute determined by the determination unit. | 04-24-2014 |
20140123015 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing system including a database in which at least one of a name, position information, and an image identifying a predetermined location is associated with specific content, a position identification part configured to identify a current position, a determination part configured to determine whether content corresponding to the current position is present in the database, a notification part configured to, when the determination part determines that the content corresponding to the current position is present, send to a user a notification that the content corresponding to the current position is present, and a controller configured to start playback of the content in accordance with an action of the user with respect to the notification by the notification part. | 05-01-2014 |
20140125451 | AUDIO ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an audio illumination apparatus including an illumination unit, an audio output unit, a setting unit configured to set a parameter of at least one of illumination of the illumination unit and audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with a recognized user who is in a neighborhood, a transmission unit configured to transmit the parameter set by the setting unit to an audio illumination apparatus in the neighborhood, and a control unit configured to control the at least one of the illumination of the illumination unit and the audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with the set parameter. | 05-08-2014 |
20140160129 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit configured to include a first display control mode in which control is performed in a manner that a first image from a user viewpoint, which is captured by a first imaging unit, is displayed on a display unit or control is performed in a manner that the display unit is transmissive, and a second display control mode in which control is performed in a manner that a second image captured by a second imaging unit including a user within an angle of view is displayed on the display unit, and a switching control unit configured to perform control in response to an instruction from the user in a manner that a display control mode of the display control unit is switched from the first display control mode to the second display control mode. | 06-12-2014 |
20140176599 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided a display control system including a plurality of display units, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor, and a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject. | 06-26-2014 |
20140176764 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing device including a recognition unit that recognizes a face area from a captured image, a storage controller that causes a storage unit to store face recognition information indicating a face area recognized by the recognition unit, and a display controller that superimposes onto a display unit a display indicating, as a face area candidate in a current captured image captured by an image capture unit according to an external instruction, an area that is among areas corresponding to a first face area indicated by face recognition information from another captured image stored in the storage unit, but is not included in a second face area recognized by the recognition unit from the current captured image, distinguishably from a display indicating the second face area. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181989 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a storage controller configured to perform control in a manner that a log of a user is stored in a storage, a determination part configured to determine whether a position of the user is within a set area, and an erasure controller configured to substantially erase, when the determination part determines that the position of the user is not within the set area, at least data capable of identifying the user individually among the log of the user stored in the storage. | 06-26-2014 |
20140186002 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided An information processing apparatus including a perspective switching control unit configured to switch a perspective when playing back content acquired by a content acquisition unit to at least one of a first-person perspective and a third-person perspective, an editing unit configured to edit a part of the content, and a playback control unit configured to play back the content edited by the editing unit in the at least one of the first-person perspective and the third-person perspective to which the perspective has been switched by the perspective switching control unit. | 07-03-2014 |
20140191974 | INPUT APPARATUS, OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an input apparatus including an estimation unit configured to automatically estimate an attribute of a user, a setting unit configured to set an input mode based on the attribute of the user estimated by the estimation unit, and a control unit configured to control input based on the set input mode. | 07-10-2014 |
20140214860 | DATA GENERATION DEVICE, CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a data generation device including a content specifying unit configured to specify content, a period estimation unit configured to estimate a period in which the content specified by the content specifying unit attracts interest, and a metadata generation unit configured to associate as metadata the period estimated by the period estimation unit with the content. | 07-31-2014 |
20140215342 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - A display control apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read allocation data in which categories of images to be displayed in a slide show are associated with display periods, a display control unit configured to display a selection screen that allows selection of a plurality of images for each of the categories based on the allocation data read by the reading unit, a selection unit configured to select images to be allocated to each of the categories based on a user operation performed on the selection screen, and a playing unit configured to sequentially play a plurality of images based on the images allocated to each of the categories in the selection and also based on the allocation data. | 07-31-2014 |
20140253760 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Conventionally, on a subject in which range, refocus can be performed at the time of image capturing or at the time of editing an image is not specified clearly, and therefore, it is difficult for a user to capture an image or to edit an image in a manner the user intends. An image processing apparatus has an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image including a plurality of subject areas and distance information corresponding to the plurality of subject areas and a generation unit configured to generate a shifted image in which positions of the plurality of subject areas are shifted in the image based on the distance information. | 09-11-2014 |
20140368671 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing device including an extraction nit configured to extract an object from an image picked up by use of a certain imaging parameter, a ranging unit configured to acquire distance information indicating a distance between an image pickup unit that has picked up the image and the object that has been imaged, a communication unit having a first transmission function, a second transmission function, and a reception function, and a composition unit configured to combine the object candidate image received by the communication unit in a region of the object included in the second image. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368695 | CONTROL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a control device including a focus control unit configured to perform control so as to sequentially bring multiple subjects within a captured image into focus, and a recording control unit configured to perform control in response to a trigger from a user so as to record, onto a storage medium, captured images of the multiple subjects sequentially brought into focus by the focus control unit. | 12-18-2014 |
20150032330 | MOBILE OBJECT, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a mobile object including an input detection unit configured to detect an input from an outside, an acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental information detected by a sensor in a remote location, in accordance with a content of detection performed by the input detection unit, and a control unit configured to control an actuator other than a driving actuator in accordance with the environmental information acquired by the acquisition unit, the driving actuator relating to movement of the mobile object. | 01-29-2015 |
20150069256 | RADIATION GENERATING APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - There are provided a radiation generating apparatus and a radiation imaging apparatus that have excellent transportability. The radiation generating apparatus and radiation imaging apparatus include a radiation generating unit configured to generate radiation, an arm configured to support the radiation generating unit, and a support pillar configured to support the arm and rotate the arm, wherein the support pillar has a housing portion that has a space for housing at least a part of the radiation generating unit. | 03-12-2015 |
20150124121 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - There is provided an image capturing apparatus. A first image capturing unit captures an image of a subject to generate image data. A second image capturing unit captures an image of a user who captures the image of the subject, for a predetermined period before and after the image of the subject is captured. An obtainment unit obtains first classification information by analyzing, in the image captured by the second image capturing unit, each of a state of the user before the image of the subject is captured and a state of the user after the image of the subject is captured. A recording unit records the first classification information in association with the image data. | 05-07-2015 |
20150178558 | CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A control system, method and computer program product use control circuitry to respond to an optical detection of a wearable object worn by a user by initiating a service provided to the user, the service being associated with the wearable object. | 06-25-2015 |
20150189435 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an information processing system including a recognizing unit configured to recognize a first target and a second target on the basis of signals detected by a plurality of sensors arranged around a specific user, an identifying unit configured to identify the first target and the second target recognized by the recognizing unit, an estimating unit configured to estimate a position of the specific user in accordance with the a signal detected by any one of the plurality of sensors, and a signal processing unit configured to process each of signals acquired from sensors around the first target and the second target identified by the identifying unit in a manner that, when being output from a plurality of actuators arranged around the specific user, the signals are localized near the position of the specific user estimated by the estimating unit. | 07-02-2015 |
20150207976 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a control apparatus including a detector configured to detect current position information, a setting part configured to set information-for-recognition that varies depending on position information, a recognition part configured to recognize a given target shown by the information-for-recognition set by the setting part in accordance with the current position information detected by the detector, and a controller configured to control at least one of an imaging part and a sound pick-up part in accordance with a recognition result obtained by the recognition part. | 07-23-2015 |
20150208191 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing system including a recognizing unit configured to recognize a given target on the basis of signals detected by a plurality of sensors arranged around a specific user, an identifying unit configured to identify the given target recognized by the recognizing unit, an estimating unit configured to estimate a position of the specific user in accordance with the a signal detected by any one of the plurality of sensors, and a signal processing unit configured to process signals acquired from sensors around the given target identified by the identifying unit in a manner that, when output from a plurality of actuators arranged around the specific user, the signals are localized near the position of the specific user estimated by the estimating unit. | 07-23-2015 |
20150208913 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS - Provided is an ophthalmologic apparatus, which is configured to perform observation and photographing of an eye to be examined via an objective lens, and which allows the observation or the like of the eye to be examined irrespective of a posture of an examinee. The ophthalmologic apparatus includes: a main body part including an optical system and the objective lens that are configured to perform the observation and the photographing; a stand part configured to support the main body part with respect to an installation surface; a chin rest part configured to place a chin of an examinee thereon; and a forehead rest configured to bring a forehead of the examinee into abutment therewith. In the ophthalmologic apparatus, the chin rest part, the forehead rest, and the objective lens can be integrally changed in elevation angle with respect to the stand part. | 07-30-2015 |
20150248168 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A communication system includes processing circuitry that responds to a recognition result by initiating an electronic communication session with a user-designated destination. The recognition result corresponds with a recognized gesture made by the user as detected by a sensor, and the user-designated destination corresponds with the recognized gesture. A method and non-transitory computer program product also respond to the recognition result in a similar manner. | 09-03-2015 |
20150253951 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A GUI member is operated to let a user feel as if operation of a real object is realized. An imaging unit captures fingers of an operator. A system control unit detects the finger portion from the image captured by the imaging unit. The system control unit combines images in such a manner that the GUI member is positioned on a finger portion of a palm side and a finger portion of a back side is positioned on the GUI member from the image of the finger portions detected from the captured image, and displays the combined image on a display unit. | 09-10-2015 |
20150262156 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SERVICE PROVIDING DEVICE, SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a communication device including an acceptation unit configured to accept a service execution request for requesting execution of a service, a control unit configured to specify a service providing device to which a request for execution of a service provided by the service providing device is made based on a device record that includes the service and provision destination group information that indicates a provision destination group of the service, and the service execution request accepted by the acceptation unit, a transmission unit configured to transmit the service execution request to the service providing device specified by the control unit. | 09-17-2015 |
20150272502 | PROBE SUPPORT APPARATUS - Employed is a probe support apparatus having: a base stand; an arm connected to an upper end of the base stand so that the arm can be tilted and rotated in a horizontal direction; and a probe support section connected to a distal end of the arm at a side opposite that of a portion connected to the base stand. The probe support section is constituted by a deformable section and a non-deformable section, and the non-deformable section is connected to a distal end of the arm so that the non-deformable section can rotate about an axis parallel to a rotation axis about which the arm is tilted. | 10-01-2015 |
20150287244 | EYEPIECE-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An eyepiece-type display apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to capture a video of reality, a display unit configured to display a virtual image while superimposing the virtual image on the video of reality, a determination unit configured to determine whether a video being captured by the imaging unit is a video during advancing, and a display control unit configured to change a display mode of the virtual image so as not to block a user's viewing field. | 10-08-2015 |
20150293644 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing terminal includes an imaging unit images a video in front of a user, a display unit overlaps and displays an image of a keyboard therein as a virtual object on a scene in the real world, a recognition unit recognizes a touch on an actual object in the real world, a determination unit, when the recognition unit recognizes a touch on the actual object, determines that a touch operation is performed on the keyboard overlapped and displayed on the actual object, and a generation unit generates a character string by key codes of keys corresponding to touch positions on the displayed keyboard that is a virtual object, wherein when the generated character string is a meaningless character string, one or more modified candidate character strings obtained by shifting each character included in the character string by a predetermined amount on the keyboard are generated. | 10-15-2015 |
20150301790 | SERVER, CLIENT TERMINAL, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a server including a reception section which receives, from a client terminal, present position information showing a position of the client terminal, and direction information showing an orientation of the client terminal, a retrieval section which retrieves sensory data to which detection position information is added corresponding to a position in a vicinity of an axial line extending in a direction shown by the direction information from the position of the client terminal, and a transmission section which transmits the sensory data retrieved by the retrieval section to the client terminal. | 10-22-2015 |
20150312748 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing device include circuitry configured to acquire-service-information for a service from a first information processing apparatus, change a priority of the service based on a status of the information processing apparatus or a status of the service, and provide the service information to a second information processing apparatus based on the priority. | 10-29-2015 |
20150319055 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Methods and apparatus for operating a first apparatus in a communication system. The method comprises receiving content from a second apparatus, and determining whether to store the received content on at least one storage apparatus associated with the first apparatus based, at least in part, on priority information associated with the received content, the priority information indicating an evaIuation of a service provided by the received content. | 11-05-2015 |
20150329122 | MOBILE OBJECT, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a mobile object including an input detection unit configured to detect an input from an outside, an acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental information detected by a sensor in a remote location, in accordance with a content of detection performed by the input detection unit, and a control unit configured to control an actuator other than a driving actuator in accordance with the environmental information acquired by the acquisition unit, the driving actuator relating to movement of the mobile object. | 11-19-2015 |
20150332620 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a display control apparatus including a detection unit that detects whether or not an input image contains an image of food or drink, an image creation unit that creates an image of food or drink whose exterior appearance is changed, when the detection unit detects an image of the food or drink, and a display control unit that performs control to display the image created by the image creation unit on a display unit. | 11-19-2015 |
20150338924 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A distance measuring unit measures a distance from a picked-up image by an image pickup unit to a tip portion of a finger. When the measured distance is less than a reference distance, a CPU displays an identification mark at a position corresponding to the finger on a display image, and takes in a locus of the finger as a handwritten character/figure. When the measured distance is the reference distance or more, the CPU hides the identification mark, and does not take in the locus of the finger as the handwritten character/figure. | 11-26-2015 |
20150342458 | OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS - An ophthalmic apparatus includes an image-capturing unit that captures an image of an eye to be examined, a main body having in a rod-like shape and that accommodates the image-capturing unit, an eyepiece portion that is positioned at a first end of the main body in an axial direction of the main body and that is brought into contact with a portion around the eye to be examined, and a display that is positioned at a second end of the main body in the axial direction of the main body and that displays an image of the eye to be examined. The main body includes a holding portion that is to be held by a hand of an examiner and that extends in the axial direction of the main body. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350283 | CONTENT SERVER, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, CLIENT DEVICE, AND CONTENT ACQUISITION - There is provided a content server including a storage unit configured to store a plurality of encoded data obtained by encoding same contents at different bit rates, and a communication unit configured to transmit a data file including access information related to a part of encoded data among the plurality of encoded data to a client device, and transmit encoded data requested by the client device based on the data file to the client device. | 12-03-2015 |
20150351022 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a wireless communication apparatus including a communication unit that transmits and receives data in at least one communication mode from among a first communication mode in which wireless communication is conducted with other wireless communication apparatuses present within a predetermined range, and a second communication mode in which wireless communication is conducted with other wireless communication apparatuses present within a wider range than the predetermined range; and a control unit that, when data is being transmitted and received with a second wireless communication apparatus via one or a plurality of other wireless communication apparatuses in the first communication mode, configures the second communication mode and conducts a control for detecting a third wireless communication apparatus that satisfies a predetermined condition. | 12-03-2015 |
20150351623 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An ophthalmologic measurement apparatus includes a measurement unit that acquires an image of an eye to be inspected, a main unit in which the measurement unit is placed and which includes a holding part for holding the main unit with a hand, an eyepiece part having a shape asymmetric about a measurement optical axis of the measurement unit and capable of being in contact with an area around an eye to be inspected, a position detection unit that detects a position of the eyepiece part, an acquisition unit that acquires eye distinguishing information indicating whether the eye is a right eye or a left eye, and a display control unit that controls a display unit to display an image of the eye such that the image of the eye is rotated in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction based on the eye distinguishing information and a resultant image is displayed. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356980 | STORAGE CONTROL DEVICE, PLAYBACK CONTROL DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided a storage control device including: a filter detecting unit configured to detect a voice signal estimation filter for estimating a first voice signal heard by a specific user himself/herself; an estimation unit configured to estimate the first voice signal heard by the specific user himself/herself, on the basis of a voice signal including a second voice signal of the specific user collected by an air conduction sound collecting unit in accordance with the voice signal estimation filter detected by the filter detecting unit; and a storage control unit configured to cause a storage unit to store the first voice signal estimated by the estimation unit. | 12-10-2015 |