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20090044245 | Reproducing apparatus and method, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program - The present invention is intended to automatically construct a database of contents data which are distributed over plural reproducing apparatuses and search this database on the basis of user's fragmentary memory. A contents sharing management system practiced as one embodiment of the invention comprises an episode server installed at user's home and plural reproducing apparatuses including a component stereo set, portable player, portable wireless terminal, and MD player, which are interconnected in a wireless manner based on wireless communication technologies such as Bluetooth. The episode server wirelessly connects to the portable player for example to get the episode information stored therein and organizes the retrieved episode information into a database. The episode server also searches the database upon request from the portable player to identify a source apparatus in which desired contents data are stored and supplies the retrieved contents data to the requesting portable player. | 02-12-2009 |
20100053149 | Display apparatus and display method - A display apparatus includes a content detector configured to, on the basis of meta data of content data being reproduced, detect associated content data associated with the content data being reproduced; and a display controller configured to cause a reproduction image contained in the content data being reproduced to be displayed on a display screen and cause associated images contained in the associated content data detected by the content detector to be displayed as a moving image on the display screen. The display controller causes associated images of different associated content data that is sequentially detected by the content detector to be sequentially displayed on the display screen in accordance with the change of the meta data of the content data being reproduced. | 03-04-2010 |
20100058236 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method - An information processing apparatus has a content detecting unit which detects a piece of content data having a piece of time information representing a time point that is a predetermined cycle before or after with respect to a time point represented by a piece of time information added to a piece of content data being reproduced, and a display control unit which displays, on a display screen, at least one of a piece of attribute information added to the piece of content data detected by the content detecting unit and an image included in the piece of content data as well as at least one of a piece of attribute information added to the piece of content data being reproduced and an image included in the piece of content data being reproduced. | 03-04-2010 |
20130173660 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed is an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program storage medium which can present associated information related to a document to be processed to a user. An accumulation block accumulates a database of associated information. A presentation block presents to the user the associated information corresponding to the document to be processed at occurrence of an event. An agent control block controls the manner of displaying an agent for example. | 07-04-2013 |
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20110210908 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF SHARING DRAWING DATA - A drawing image sharing apparatus captures an image being displayed onto a first drawing object as a captured image, before displaying a drawing image of a second drawing object onto the first drawing object. The drawing image sharing apparatus generates a differential image that reflects the difference between the captured image and a previous projection image, and transmits the differential image for projection onto the second drawing object. | 09-01-2011 |
20110221773 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF SHARING DRAWING DATA - A drawing image sharing apparatus combines a drawing image of a remotely located site and a background image to be displayed onto a drawing object for display onto the drawing object, generates a differential image based on the difference between a captured image of the drawing object and the combined image, and transmits the differential image to the remotely located site. | 09-15-2011 |
20120069045 | DRAWN IMAGE SHARING APPARATUS - A drawn image sharing apparatus for allowing images drawn on plural drawing objects to be shared among the drawing objects includes an image receive unit configured to receive an image transmitted from one or more other drawn image sharing apparatuses; an image display unit configured to display the image received by the image receive unit on a drawing object; a shared area image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image of a shared area of the image displayed by the image display unit; a difference image generating unit configured to generate a difference image indicating a difference in the shared area between the image displayed by the image display unit and the image acquired by the shared area image acquiring unit; and an image transmit unit configured to transmit the difference image to the one or more other drawn image sharing apparatuses. | 03-22-2012 |
20120113238 | DRAWN IMAGE SHARING APPARATUS, DRAWN IMAGE SHARING SYSTEM, AND DRAWN IMAGE SHARING METHOD - A disclosed drawn image sharing apparatus making objects to be drawn on share drawn images includes an image receiving portion from another drawn image sharing apparatus; an image supplying portion supplying a received image to a focusing device to produce an image; an image acquiring portion acquiring a sharing image from an image capturing device; an image difference generating portion generating a difference image between the produced image and the captured image in a sharing region; and an image dividing portion dividing the acquired image into first and second images, wherein in an adjusting mode, the image difference generating portion generates first and second difference images between the supplied images corresponding to the same regions and the first and second images, and the image combining portion substitutes the positions of the first and the second difference images and combines the first and the second difference images. | 05-10-2012 |
20120127323 | PROJECTION IMAGE AREA DETECTING DEVICE - A projection image area detecting device includes a projection image area detecting unit configured to detect marker image areas in a photographed image that is obtained by photographing a projection image area including a projection image. The marker image areas include marker images that are used for identifying four corners of the projection image area. The projection image area detecting unit detects the marker image areas by identifying a color included in the marker image areas that continues to change as time passes. | 05-24-2012 |
20130063547 | MULTIPLE-SITE DRAWN-IMAGE SHARING APPARATUS, MULTIPLE-SITE DRAWN-IMAGE SHARING SYSTEM, METHOD EXECUTED BY MULTIPLE-SITE DRAWN-IMAGE SHARING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A multiple-site drawn-image sharing apparatus is disclosed that causes images drawn on thawing objects provided at multiple sites to be shared between the drawing objects. The apparatus includes an image storage unit configured to store the images drawn at the respective sites; an image synthesizing unit configured to superimpose and synthesize the images stored in the image storage unit in a manner so as not to include the images drawn at transmission destinations; and an image transmission unit configured to transmit the images synthesized by the image synthesizing unit to the respective sites. | 03-14-2013 |
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20100014815 | FERRULE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING AN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE CONNECTOR, AND OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE CONNECTOR WHICH USE THE FERRULE - A method of producing an optical waveguide connector in which the productivity of a ferrule member can be improved, and the connection loss with a counter connector can be suppressed to a low level is obtained. | 01-21-2010 |
20100044406 | OPTICAL FIBER CUTTING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL FIBER CUTTING METHOD - There are provided an optical fiber cutting method and a cutting apparatus which can easily cut a coated optical fiber without a step of removing a coating from the optical fiber. It includes a clamp which holds the coated optical fiber, having a glass fiber and the coating, on both sides of a portion-to-be-cut, a disk-shaped blade member which moves at the portion-to-be-cut in a direction orthogonal to an axis of the optical fiber to cut the coating and to provide a slit into the glass fiber, and a support which presses, with a predetermined pressing force, the portion-to-be-cut from an opposite side of the blade member with respect to the portion-to-be-cut when cutting the coating and providing the slit into the glass fiber. A head of the support is formed with a groove along a sliding direction of the blade member. | 02-25-2010 |
20100187276 | OPTICAL FIBER CUTTING DEVICE, OPTICAL FIBER CUTTING METHOD, AND OPTICAL FIBER CUTTING BLADE MEMBER - An optical fiber cutting device and method, and optical fiber cutting blade member in which excellent workability is obtained by a simple configuration, and a cost reduction can be attained are provided. | 07-29-2010 |
20100220960 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR, METHOD OF ATTACHING THE OPTICAL CONNECTOR TO COATED OPTICAL FIBER, AND OPTICAL CONNECTION MEMBER - An optical connector in which works of attaching an incorporated optical fiber to a ferrule, removing a coating of the tip end side of a coated optical fiber, and attaching an optical connector to the coated optical fiber can be made more efficient, and the transmission characteristics can be prevented from being lowered in the optical connector, and a method of attaching the optical connector to a coated optical fiber are provided. | 09-02-2010 |
20100247039 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - It is an object to obtain an optical connector capable of executing an assembling work safely and easily without causing a problem, for example, a breakage of an end face of a short optical fiber provided in a ferrule when assembling a site optical fiber, and a method of assembling the optical connector. | 09-30-2010 |
20100284654 | OPTICAL CONNECTING MEMBER AND METHOD OF FITTING THE SAME - To provide an optical connecting member capable of positioning and connecting a coated fiber by a simple connecting work with high precision, and a method of fitting the same. | 11-11-2010 |
20100290740 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - It is an object to obtain an optical connector capable of implementing a more reduction in a cost of a work for carrying out an assembly into a site optical fiber, and a method of assembling the optical connector. | 11-18-2010 |