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20140234823 | ASSIGNMENT SHARING DEVICE, ASSIGNMENT SHARING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An assignment sharing device includes an assignment-related information storage unit configured to store assignment-related information including assignment information, challenger identification information, assignment approval information, and assignment achievement status information; an assignment information receiving unit configured to receive the assignment information and so forth; an assignment-related information accumulating unit configured to accumulate the assignment information and so forth as a single piece of assignment-related information; an assignment information transmitting unit configured to transmit corresponding assignment information to a challenger; an assignment approval receiving unit configured to receive assignment identification information identifying an assignment approved by the challenger; an assignment approving unit configured to set assignment approval information; and an assignment result information receiving unit configured to receive assignment result information, which is information regarding an execution result of an assignment represented by the assignment information corresponding to the set assignment approval information. | 08-21-2014 |
20140280135 | TIME-SERIES DATA ANALYZING APPARATUS AND TIME-SERIES DATA ANALYZING METHOD - A time-series data analyzing apparatus includes an observation data storing unit, a feature amount data obtaining unit, a state rule obtaining unit, an action rule obtaining unit, and an output unit. The observation data storing unit stores one or more types of observation data in time series which are observation data of an object for observation. The feature amount data obtaining unit obtains two or more types of feature amount data from one type of the observation data. The state rule obtaining unit obtains a state rule which is a rule related to a state of the object, by using the feature amount data. The action rule obtaining unit obtains an action rule which is a rule related to an action of the object, by using the feature amount data. The output unit outputs the state rule and the action rule. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280273 | ANIMAL ABNORMALITY DETECTING DEVICE, AND ANIMAL ABNORMALITY DETECTING METHOD - An animal abnormality detecting device includes an animal abnormality information storage unit, a retrieval observation data receiving unit, an animal abnormality information specifying unit, and an abnormality information transmitting unit. In the animal abnormality information storage unit, animal abnormality information including animal observation data including one or more pieces of time-series observation data on an animal and animal individual information is stored. The retrieval observation data receiving unit receives retrieval animal observation data including one or more pieces of time-series observation data on an animal and retrieval animal individual information. The animal abnormality information specifying unit specifies the animal abnormality information including the animal observation data and the animal individual information corresponding to the retrieval animal observation data and the retrieval animal individual information. The abnormality information transmitting unit transmits abnormality information when the animal abnormality information specifying unit specifies the animal abnormality information. | 09-18-2014 |
20140375450 | ACCOMPANIMENT DETERMINATION APPARATUS, ACCOMPANIMENT DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An accompaniment determination apparatus includes a past sensor information memory configured to store past sensor information, the past sensor information acquired by sensors respectively worn by two or more users, a sensor information receiver configured to receive sensor information from the sensor worn by each of two or more users, an accompanying user determiner configured to determine at a determination time point whether two or more users are accompanying each other, using the past sensor information and the received sensor information, and an output unit configured to output information indicating a result of the determining. The accompaniment determination apparatus thus determines on a real-time basis whether the two or more users are accompanying each other using the sensor information without collecting position information. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379297 | ACCOMPANIMENT DETERMINATION APPARATUS, ACCOMPANIMENT DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An accompaniment determination apparatus includes a sensor information receiver configured to receive from sensors worn by two or more users sensor information that associates observation information acquired by the sensors with time point information indicating a time point at which the observation information is acquired, a similarity information calculation unit configured to calculate similarity information related to similarity in a set of observation information, corresponding to the time point information at a determination time point to determine whether the two or more users are accompanying, an accompaniment determination unit configured to determine that the two or more users wearing the sensors having acquired the observation information used to calculate the similarity information are accompanying each other if the similarity information is similar enough to satisfy a predetermined condition, and an output unit configured to output information indicating a determination result determined by the accompaniment determination unit. | 12-25-2014 |
20150149322 | INFORMATION TRANSACTION APPARATUS AND INFORMATION TRANSACTION METHOD - Provided is an information transaction apparatus including a receiving unit, a storage unit, and a transaction unit. The receiving unit receives user information on an information provider or a provider terminal from the provider terminal used by the information provider. The storage unit stores the user information received by the receiving unit in a user information memory unit. In the case of accepting an acquisition request for the user information from a user terminal used by an information user, the transaction unit controls a transaction process of providing the user information corresponding to the acquisition request to the user terminal and paying a reward to the information provider which is a transmission source of the provided user information based on factor information which affects a value of the user information stored in the user information memory unit. | 05-28-2015 |
20150220613 | RELATIONSHIP ESTIMATION DEVICE AND RELATIONSHIP ESTIMATION METHOD - Provided are an accompanying detecting unit that detects, on the basis of sensor data acquired by a sensor carried by each of two or more object persons, an accompanying state in which the object persons act together, an active state acquiring unit that acquires, for each object person, multiple pieces of active state data each of which indicates an active state of each of the object persons and that are acquired in accordance with the accompanying state of the object persons detected by the accompanying detecting unit, and an estimating unit that estimates, on the basis of the distances calculated from the multiple active state data on the object persons, the relationship between the object persons. | 08-06-2015 |
20160086094 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: a model generation unit configured to generate a prediction model for calculating a prediction value related to a probability that a user performs an action on the Internet by operating a user terminal, for each group created by grouping users based on user information; a model selection unit configured to select a prediction model suited to the user from the prediction models; and a prediction value calculation unit configured to calculate the prediction value by using the prediction model selected by the model selection unit. | 03-24-2016 |
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20090286503 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A cellular phone, which can be applied to a mobile terminal of the present invention in emergency, has a main display and a control device. The cellular phone receives an emergency mail from the mobile terminal, and the main display displays the received emergency mail. The control device notifies that the emergency mail is received using a vibrator, a speaker, an light emitting device, and the like and executes a control such that it is notified that the emergency mail is received each preset and predetermined period of time during a period of time until a confirming operation to the emergency mail is executed. With this operation, convenience of the cellular phone is improved in emergency. | 11-19-2009 |
20090300123 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive, from at least one other information processing apparatus, an electronic mail for which a notification time at which notification of receipt of the electronic mail is to be provided is specified; a storage unit configured to store the electronic mail received by the receiving unit; a clock unit configured to provide time information; a notification-time determining unit configured to determine whether a current time obtained by the clock unit has passed the notification time specified for the electronic mail; and a reception notification unit configured to read out, if the notification-time determining unit determines that the specified notification time has been passed, the electronic mail stored in the storage unit and provide notification of receipt of the electronic mail. | 12-03-2009 |
20100075711 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - According to the embodiment of the invention a communication apparatus including: a first communication module radio communicating based on a first radio access technology; a second communication module radio communicating based on a second radio access technology; a first information storing module storing radio access technology information indicating at least one of the first and second radio access technologies to be used in a radio communication of the communication apparatus; a chip storing module configured to store an information chip that stores company information with respect to a company providing a communication service; a search module configured to read out the company information from the information chip to perform a radio wave search according to one of the first and second radio access technologies based on the company information; and a setting module configured to set the radio access technology information in the first information storing module based on the result of the radio wave searching | 03-25-2010 |
20100077044 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A controller of a mobile communication apparatus, such as a cellular phone, that detects whether an external apparatus is connected to an interface, and transmits an email received from a base station to the external apparatus when the external apparatus is connected to the interface. The controller of the mobile communication apparatus also sets an email address of the mobile communication apparatus to a sender address of an email created by the external apparatus connected to the interface, and transfers the email created by the external apparatus to a base station. | 03-25-2010 |
20100178946 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING RECEIVED E-MAIL IN COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus includes: an e-mail creating unit configured to create the e-mail with specifying an e-mail address of a destination; an e-mail transmitting/receiving unit configured to transmit/receive the e-mail; a display unit provided with a received mail display area for displaying received e-mail set if necessary and a created mail display area for displaying an e-mail being created; and a control unit configured to set the received mail display area and display the received e-mail if the e-mail is received during creating the e-mail and the e-mail address of a sender of the received e-mail matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created. | 07-15-2010 |
20120303732 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING RECEIVED E-MAIL IN COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus includes: an e-mail creating unit configured to create the e-mail with specifying an e-mail address of a destination; an e-mail transmitting/receiving unit configured to transmit/receive the e-mail; a display unit provided with a received mail display area for displaying a received e-mail set if necessary and a created mail display area for displaying an e-mail being created; and a control unit configured to set the received mail display area and display the received e-mail if the e-mail is received during creating the e-mail and the e-mail address of a sender of the received e-mail matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created. | 11-29-2012 |
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20100195976 | VIDEO PLAYBACK - The present invention provides a video playback apparatus, and more particularly, an apparatus, a method and a playback program for promptly and accurately playing back a video image. The apparatus comprises a means for receiving a video playback request from a predetermined video playback position; and a means for playing back the video forwardly or backwardly from a position separated from the predetermined video playback position by a predetermined time up to the predetermined video playback position at a predetermined speed upon receiving the request for playing back the video. | 08-05-2010 |
20100254671 | EDITING APPARATUS, EDITING METHOD, AND EDITING PROGRAM - Herein disclosed is an editing apparatus and an editing method for editing a moving image. An editing apparatus, comprises: a means for playing back a moving image; a switching means for switching playback between a first moving image and a second moving image; and a means for, during playback of the first moving image, in response to switching playback from the first moving image to the second moving image, setting a reference point at a last played back position of the first moving image. The editing apparatus further comprises: a controller for receiving an instruction from a user, wherein the switching means carries out the switching from the first moving image to the second moving image, in response to the controller receiving a selection of the second moving image from the user. | 10-07-2010 |
20100295778 | POINTER CONTROLLING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF, AND POINTER CONTROLLING PROGRAM - A pointer controlling apparatus, a control method, and a pointer controlling program are provided which can protect a button from erroneous operation without interrupting the operational flow or using excessive display area. The pointer controlling apparatus permits a pointer to move into a predetermined region after a predetermined period of time has elapsed from a point in time when the pointer comes into contact with a boundary line of the predetermined region. Accordingly, the predetermined area can be securely protected from a point in time at which the pointer comes into contact with the boundary line of the predetermined region for the predetermined amount of time. Furthermore, since the pointer is permitted to enter the predetermined region immediately after the predetermined time has elapsed, the predetermined region can be protected without interrupting the operational flow, and without using an excess of a display region. | 11-25-2010 |
20100309122 | POINTER CONTROLLING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an apparatus, a controlling method, and a controlling program for appropriately moving a pointer to a selection position regardless of alignment and size of function selection area, and improving operability and certainty of function selection in a GUI. The apparatus includes (1) means for determining whether or not the pointer has crossed over a boundary of a predetermined area from outside to inside based on position information of the pointer; (2) means for determining a speed of the pointer or whether or not an event has occurred, and setting two types of operating modes; (3) means for moving the pointer to a predetermined position within the area when the pointer has crossed over the boundary from outside to inside; and (4) means for changing a moving distance of the pointer, if the pointer moves at a speed less than a predetermined moving speed or the event has not occurred and when it is determined that the pointer exists within the area, based on the speed determined when the pointer existed outside the area. | 12-09-2010 |
20100310231 | EDITING APPARATUS, EDITING METHOD, AND EDITING PROGRAM - Herein disclosed are an editing apparatus, an editing method, and an editing program allowing quick editing of video data. In order to clip a section in the video data and play it to be broadcasted as a replay, receiving a request to start playback from a desired position, an in-point is set in response to the request, and an out-point is set in response to a request to finish playback. Then, other video data from the video data of a section between the in-point and the out-point is generated. | 12-09-2010 |
20110148779 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - A touch panel device is provided which, even in cases in which a plurality of GUI parts are arranged in a limited space, enables operation of a GUI part in which, unlike a physical button, it is hard to distinguish the boundary by touch, without operational error, using a finger with a very large contact area in comparison to a touch pen. A touch panel device includes a rectangular screen having a detection region which detects contact, and a control section for generating a control signal in response to the contact detected by the detection region. The detection region has a shape that is inclined with respect to a side edge of the rectangular screen. In cases in which a body-part used for the contact is a finger of a user; when the user uses the right hand, the detection region has a shape that is inclined to the left side with respect to the side edge of the rectangular screen; and when the user uses the left hand, the detection region has a shape that is inclined to the right side with respect to the side edge of the rectangular screen. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153649 | AUTOMATIC SEARCH AND TRANSFER APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC SEARCH AND TRANSFER SYSTEM - It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic search and transfer apparatus, in which a condition for finding data that is desired is specified beforehand, and that continuously monitor data created in network-connected computers, automatically collect data that matches the condition, and put the data into a usable state. Herein discloses is an automatic search and transfer apparatus that automatically searches for and transfers data from a computer connected via a network. The apparatus comprising: a keyword input section that inputs a keyword; a search section that searches for data including the keyword and acquires attribute data of concerned data from the computer connected via the network; a reporting section that reports information relating to the concerned data; a reception section that receives the concerned data; and a data storage section that stores the data. The reporting section reports acquisition of the attribute data of the concerned data when the attribute data is acquired, and the reception section starts reception of the concerned data after the reporting section has reported the acquisition of the attribute data of the concerned data. | 06-23-2011 |
20160103582 | POINTER CONTROLLING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF, AND POINTER CONTROLLING PROGRAM TO PREVENT ERRONEOUS OPERATION - A pointer controlling apparatus, a control method, and a pointer controlling program are provided which can protect a button from erroneous operation without interrupting the operational flow or using excessive display area. The pointer controlling apparatus permits a pointer to move into a predetermined region after a predetermined period of time has elapsed from a point in time when the pointer comes into contact with a boundary line of the predetermined region. Accordingly, the predetermined area can be securely protected from a point in time at which the pointer comes into contact with the boundary line of the predetermined region for the predetermined amount of time. Furthermore, since the pointer is permitted to enter the predetermined region immediately after the predetermined time has elapsed, the predetermined region can be protected without interrupting the operational flow, and without using an excess of a display region. | 04-14-2016 |
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20100021707 | CYCLIC OLEFIN ADDITION COPOLYMER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND RETARDATION FILM OBTAINED FROM THE COPOLYMER - A cyclic olefin addition copolymer includes a structural unit (1) derived from a cyclic olefin compound with a C4 alkyl substituent group and a structural unit (2) derived from a cyclic olefin compound with a C5-12 alkyl substituent group, and optionally includes a structural unit (3) derived from another cyclic olefin compound. The novel cyclic olefin addition copolymers according to the present invention are excellent in melt-formability, transparency and heat resistance, have low water absorption properties, low dielectric constant and low metal content, and are suitably used in optical parts such as optical films. Processes according to the present invention produce the cyclic olefin addition copolymers at high yield with small amounts of catalysts. | 01-28-2010 |
20140023359 | RECEIVER AND FAILURE DETECTION METHOD FOR RECEIVER - A local oscillation light source outputs locally-oscillated light. An light receiving unit phase-separates an input optical signal by making the optical signal interfere with the locally-oscillated light and outputs an analog electric signal corresponding to the phase-separated optical signal. An analog-to-digital converting unit converts the analog electric signal into a digital signal. A processing unit performs digital signal processing by using the digital signal. A failure detection unit determines whether or not the optical signal is being input to the light receiving unit, or detects a failure in the light receiving unit, the analog-to-digital converting unit or the processing unit based on light intensity of the optical signal, whether or not the analog electric signal can be generated in the light receiving unit, and an amplitude of the analog electric signal output from the light receiving unit. | 01-23-2014 |
20140264202 | OPTICAL FILTER, AND SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND CAMERA MODULE USING THE OPTICAL FILTER - The problem of the present invention is to overcome drawbacks of conventional optical filters such as near-infrared cut filters and to provide an optical filter which generates little scatted light even during light absorption and has excellent transmittance property. The optical filter of the present invention is characterized by containing a squarylium-based compound and a compound which absorbs or quenches fluorescence of the squarylium-based compound. The optical filter of the present invention preferably contains a near-infrared absorbing dye containing a squarylium compound (A) and at least one compound (B) selected from the group consisting of a phthalocyanine-based compound (B-1) and a cyanine-based compound (B-2). | 09-18-2014 |
20140348515 | OPTICAL RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPTICAL RECEIVER - In order to suppress occurrence of a code error which occurs when an optical receiver detects a signal over a wide range of input intensity of the signal light by using a simple configuration, an optical receiver includes local light oscillation unit for generating a local oscillation light with a constant intensity, light mixing unit for mixing the local oscillation light and a first signal light and outputting the mixed light as a second signal light, light receiving unit for converting the second signal light into an electrical signal and outputting the electrical signal as a first electrical signal, amplifying unit for amplifying the first electrical signal with a predeteiniined gain and outputting the amplified signal as a second electrical signal, and a signal processing circuit for processing the second electrical signal, wherein the gain is set so that the amplitude of the second electrical signal may be within an allowable input amplitude range of the signal processing circuit. | 11-27-2014 |
20140350146 | NEAR-INFRARED CUT FILTER AND DEVICE INCLUDING NEAR-INFRARED CUT FILTER - The present invention provides a near-infrared cut filter comprises a resin substrate (I) which comprises a resin and a light absorber (A) having a structure derived from a compound represented by the following Formula (I), wherein the light absorber (A) is contained in the resin substrate (I) in an amount of 0.001 to 0.01 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the resin. | 11-27-2014 |