Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080258310 | Semiconductor device having a tapered plug - A semiconductor device includes: first and second interlayer dielectric films consecutively deposited to overlie a silicon substrate; contact plugs penetrating the first interlayer dielectric film and having a top surface located within the second interlayer dielectric film; and via-plugs having a first portion, the diameter of which reduces from the top of the second interlevel dielectric film toward the bottom thereof and a second portion extending between the first portion and the first plug, the second portion having a diameter increasing from the first portion to the first plug. | 10-23-2008 |
20100135635 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - In viewing a moving image taken by an image taking apparatus, contents of that moving image are easily understood. A feature quantity extraction block | 06-03-2010 |
20100182501 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The information processing apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a moving picture analysis unit for analyzing moving picture data including a plurality of images and audios associated with time information and for generating moving picture metadata relating to a plurality of feature quantities characterizing the moving picture, a comic display conversion unit for extracting a plurality of images from the moving picture data based on the moving picture metadata and for dividing a predetermined display region into frames and for converting an arrangement of the plurality of extracted images into a comic-like arrangement and for generating frame information including information about the images arranged in each of the frames, and a comic display data generation unit for generating comic display data including at least the frame information, data of the extracted images, and the audio data of the moving picture. | 07-22-2010 |
20100191697 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a sensor data generator sensing a user behavior and generating sensor data corresponding to the user behavior; a behavior recognizing unit performing a predetermined threshold value process on the sensor data to recognize the behavior exhibited by the user and generating behavior information that is information indicating the behavior exhibited by the user; a behavior manager managing the behavior information generated by the behavior recognizing unit in correspondence with the time point at which the behavior corresponding to the behavior information is exhibited; and a behavior information post-processing unit performing a predetermined post-process on the behavior information managed by the behavior manager, wherein the behavior recognizing unit further includes a plurality of behavior determination units specified to specific behaviors exhibited by the user and generates the behavior information based on the determination results of the plurality of behavior determination units. | 07-29-2010 |
20110081634 | Behaviour Pattern Analysis System, Mobile Terminal, Behaviour Pattern Analysis Method, and Program - Provided is a mobile terminal including a movement sensor that detects a movement of a user and outputs movement information, acquires information on a building existing at a current location or information on buildings existing in a vicinity of the current location, analyses the movement information output from the movement sensor, and detects a first behaviour pattern corresponding to the movement information from multiple first behaviour patterns obtained by classifying behaviours performed by the user over a relatively short period of time, and analyses the information on a building or buildings and the first behaviour pattern, and detects a second behaviour pattern corresponding to the information on a building or buildings and the first behaviour pattern from multiple second behaviour patterns obtained by classifying behaviours performed by the user over a relatively long period of time. | 04-07-2011 |
20120265472 | POSITION CORRECTION APPARATUS, POSITION CORRECTION METHOD, PROGRAM, POSITION CORRECTION SYSTEM - Systems and methods for correcting a location of a terminal are provided. A processor in a position correction apparatus may select an action label from a plurality of action labels, and may associate the selected action label with the terminal. In various aspects, the selected action label may be selected by the processor based on a movement of the terminal. The processor may further select a correction algorithm for correcting the position of the terminal, where the selected correction algorithm may be selected from one or more correction algorithms that are associated with the selected action label. The processor may then correct the position of the terminal to a corrected position of the terminal using the selected correction algorithm. | 10-18-2012 |
20120286998 | POSITION CORRECTION APPARATUS, POSITION CORRECTION METHOD, PROGRAM, POSITION CORRECTION SYSTEM - Systems and methods for correcting a location of a terminal are provided. In various aspects, a processor in a position correction apparatus may associate a reference position with the terminal, and determine a range for the terminal based on the reference position. The processor may also associate a second position with the terminal, and determine if the second position associated with the terminal is outside the determined range for the terminal based on the reference position. Upon a determination that indicates that the second position is outside the determined range, the processor may correct the second position to a corrected position associated with the terminal. | 11-15-2012 |
20120317064 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus may include a processor to acquire information associated with behavior of a user and information associated with satisfaction degree of the user, and to analyze an association between the information associated with behavior and the information associated with satisfaction degree | 12-13-2012 |
20130045752 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a position sensor for detecting position information, and a detection times control unit for acquiring detection accuracy information regarding detection accuracy of the position sensor based on a detection result of the position sensor, and controlling the number of detection times of the position sensor based on the acquired detection accuracy information. | 02-21-2013 |
20130215009 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An information processing apparatus, method and computer program product determine an object range to be displayed on a display based on a detected user-related action. For the apparatus, a control unit determines content to be displayed within an object range on a map. An action recognition processing unit that detects a user-related action. The control unit determines the content to be displayed within the object range. The object range includes a current position of the information processing apparatus, and a coverage area of the object range is based on the user-related action detected by the action recognition processing unit. | 08-22-2013 |
20130304685 | BEHAVIOUR PATTERN ANALYSIS SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL, BEHAVIOUR PATTERN ANALYSIS METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a mobile terminal including a movement sensor that detects a movement of a user and outputs movement information, acquires information on a building existing at a current location or information on buildings existing in a vicinity of the current location, analyses the movement information output from the movement sensor, and detects a first behaviour pattern corresponding to the movement information from multiple first behaviour patterns obtained by classifying behaviours performed by the user over a relatively short period of time, and analyses the information on a building or buildings and the first behaviour pattern, and detects a second behaviour pattern corresponding to the information on a building or buildings and the first behaviour pattern from multiple second behaviour patterns obtained by classifying behaviours performed by the user over a relatively long period of time. | 11-14-2013 |
20140005931 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | 01-02-2014 |
20140032476 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a sensor data generator sensing a user behavior and generating sensor data corresponding to the user behavior; a behavior recognizing unit performing a predetermined threshold value process on the sensor data to recognize the behavior exhibited by the user and generating behavior information that is information indicating the behavior exhibited by the user; a behavior manager managing the behavior information generated by the behavior recognizing unit in correspondence with the time point at which the behavior corresponding to the behavior information is exhibited; and a behavior information post-processing unit performing a predetermined post-process on the behavior information managed by the behavior manager, wherein the behavior recognizing unit further includes a plurality of behavior determination units specified to specific behaviors exhibited by the user and generates the behavior information based on the determination results of the plurality of behavior determination units. | 01-30-2014 |
20140101169 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing device according to the present technology includes an action recognition unit that recognizes an operation action of a user based on sensor information, and an action representation generation unit that analyzes operation action data showing the operation action of the user recognized by the action recognition unit to generate an action segment represented by a meaning and content of the operation action from the operation action data. | 04-10-2014 |
20140112641 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - To easily understand the contents of a moving image taken by an image taking apparatus. An image conversion block | 04-24-2014 |
20150038198 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a position sensor for detecting position information, and a detection times control unit for acquiring detection accuracy information regarding detection accuracy of the position sensor based on a detection result of the position sensor, and controlling the number of detection times of the position sensor based on the acquired detection accuracy information. | 02-05-2015 |