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20080209463 | Information management system and method, center processing apparatus and method, program and recording medium used therewith, and information processing apparatus and method, and program and recording medium used therewith - The present invention provides users with functions matching their preferences. In an information processing apparatus, a user-information analyzing unit analyzes user information and calculates a variation in parameter. A procedure selecting unit classifies, based on the calculated amount, the user into a predetermined group, and acquires, from a procedure database, a procedure corresponding to the group of the user. A basic part producing unit records, in a product's ROM, various set values. Based on the result of analysis by the user-information analyzing unit, a unique part producing unit records an initial parameter value in the product's ROM. A system controller controls a storage unit to store a characteristic amount extracted by an image-characteristic-amount extracting unit and setting conditions on the image processing which are supplied from a remote control signal receiving circuit so that both are associated to each other. The present invention may apply to television receivers. | 08-28-2008 |
20080285800 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain feature quantities of an image; and a detector configured to detect a gazing point at which a user gazes within the image, wherein the gazing point detected by the detector among the feature quantities obtained by the obtaining unit or the feature quantities extracted from the image in a predetermined range containing the gazing point is stored. | 11-20-2008 |
20080310764 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes reproduction control means for controlling reproduction of a first parameter in order to reproduce an edit applied to a first image, generation means for generating a second parameter from a plurality of first parameters reproduced by the reproduction control means, and edit means for editing the first image based on the second parameter generated by the generation means, and generating a second image. | 12-18-2008 |
20100217762 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Information is supplied to a user, the information regarding operations performed by other users. | 08-26-2010 |
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20100194369 | DC-DC CONVERTER AND SWITCHING CONTROL CIRCUIT - A switching control circuit for controlling on/off of a switching element for driving an inductor for voltage conversion, the switching control circuit including: a voltage comparator for determining whether an output voltage of the inductor is in a first state where the output voltage is equal to or higher than a predetermined electric potential or in a second state where the output voltage is lower than the predetermined electric potential; a timing determination unit for determining an on-timing to turn on the switching element based on a clock signal having a predetermined frequency even when the output voltage is in the first state; and a drive control circuit for generating a driving signal to turn on or turn off the switching element based on an output signal of the timing determination unit. | 08-05-2010 |
20110132019 | HEAT PUMP APPARATUS - A heat pump apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a condenser, expansion means, and an evaporator are serially connected. Condensation temperature detection means that detects a saturation temperature of the condenser, and evaporation temperature detection means that detects the saturation temperature of the evaporator are provided. Operation efficiency is estimated by a value obtained by dividing heating ability estimated from a detection value of the condensation temperature detection means by a difference between a detection value of condensation temperature detection means and that of evaporation temperature detection means or dissipation power estimated by the difference. | 06-09-2011 |
20120099232 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A DC/DC-converter semiconductor integrated circuit using a bootstrap circuit includes a protection device having a standard breakdown voltage to break down between a first terminal and a second terminal, between which a capacitor of the bootstrap circuit is located, in response to a voltage higher than a maximum voltage applied to the capacitor. | 04-26-2012 |
20120111042 | HEAT PUMP APPARATUS - In a heat pump apparatus, it is aimed to enhance efficiency of a defrost operation by reducing a loss of heat radiation during the defrost operation and reducing a compressor input during the defrost operation. The heat pump apparatus includes a main refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a first heat exchanger, an expansion mechanism, and a second heat exchanger are connected sequentially, and also includes a bypass circuit including an on-off valve and providing a connection by bypassing the expansion mechanism. The main refrigerant circuit includes a four-way valve that switches between a heating operation and the defrost operation by switching an order in which the refrigerant circulates through the main refrigerant circuit. The main refrigerant circuit also includes a first temperature detection unit and a second temperature detection unit. Based on values detected by these temperature detection units, a degree of superheat of the first heat exchanger during the defrost operation is computed. When the heating operation is switched to the defrost operation, the heat pump apparatus increases a circulation amount of the refrigerant circulating through the refrigerant circuit by opening the on-off valve, and also controls an operation frequency of the compressor such that the degree of superheat is at a predetermined target value. | 05-10-2012 |
20130025301 | HOT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM CONTROL APPARATUS AND HOT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM CONTROL PROGRAM AND HOT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OPERATING METHOD - An operating method in a heat pump hot water supply system of an indirect heating method by which an average COP during a water heating period can be improved and a risk of running out of hot water can be prevented from increasing. For a heat pump hot water supply system of the indirect heating method, a change in heat transfer efficiency of a second heat exchanger is estimated by using either or both of a tank water temperature and a temperature of a second refrigerant flowing through a water circuit. When the heat transfer efficiency is determined to be high, an operation switching unit raises an output of a heat source device. When the heat transfer efficiency is determined to be low, the operation switching unit lowers the output of the heat source device. | 01-31-2013 |
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20090289605 | CHARGE-CONTROLLING SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND CHARGING APPARATUS - Disclosed a charge-controlling semiconductor integrated circuit comprising: a current-controlling MOS transistor connected between a voltage input terminal and an output terminal and controls flowing current; a substratum voltage switching circuit connected between the voltage input/output terminal and a substratum to which an input/output voltage is applied; and a voltage comparison circuit to compare the input/output voltage, wherein the charge-controlling semiconductor integrated circuit controls the substratum voltage switching circuit based on an output of the voltage comparison circuit, the voltage comparison circuit includes an intentional offset in a first potential direction, and in a preceding stage of a first input terminal of the voltage comparison circuit, a level shift circuit to shift the output voltage to an opposite potential direction is provided, and to a second input terminal of the voltage comparison circuit, the input voltage is input. | 11-26-2009 |
20090302805 | CHARGE-CONTROLLING SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Disclosed is a charge-controlling semiconductor integrated circuit including: a current-controlling MOS transistor; a current detection circuit including a 1/N size current-detecting MOS transistor; and a gate voltage control circuit, wherein the current detection circuit includes an operational amplifier circuit, a bias condition of the current-detecting MOS transistor becomes same as the current-controlling MOS transistor based on an operational amplifier circuit output, voltage drops in lines from drain electrode to a corresponding input point of the operational amplifier circuit become the same by a parasitic resistance, and when the output of the operational amplifier circuit is applied to a control terminal of the bias condition controlling transistor, the drain voltages become the same potential, and the line from the drain electrode of the current-detecting MOS transistor to the input point is formed to be redundantly arranged inside the chip so that a parasitic resistance becomes a predetermined value. | 12-10-2009 |
20100060244 | CHARGE CONTROLLING SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Disclosed is a charge controlling semiconductor integrated circuit including: an electric current controlling transistor connected between a voltage input terminal and an output terminal to control an electric current which flows from the voltage input terminal to the output terminal; a power source monitoring circuit to detect status of input voltage of the voltage input terminal; and a transistor element connected between the voltage input terminal and a ground potential point, wherein a bypass capacitor is connected to the voltage input terminal; and the transistor element is turned on and the bypass capacitor discharges when the power source monitoring circuit detects the input voltage of the voltage input terminal is cut off. | 03-11-2010 |
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20080204539 | Rotary drive apparatus, optical scan apparatus, and image formation apparatus - A rotary drive apparatus includes a rotary body with a support portion, a rotor magnet supported by the support portion of the rotary body, a fixation section facing the rotor magnet and rotatably supporting the rotary body, and a winding coil provided in the fixation section, in which an expression E | 08-28-2008 |
20080259424 | HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING UNIT, AND OPTICAL DEFLECTOR, OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A hydrodynamic bearing unit using oil includes a shaft to be driven, a bearing member configured to support the shaft in a non-contact manner through a bearing gap by a hydrodynamic pressure of the oil, which is generated in the bearing gap while the shaft relatively rotate with respect to the bearing member, a housing configured to house the bearing member and having an opening at one end thereof, another end thereof being enclosed, a sealing member configured to seal a part of the opening of the housing, a channel configured to communicate a space formed between the shaft, the bearing member and the housing with an outside air, and a pressing member configured to press and fix the bearing member on the housing. At least one open part configured to release an air bubble contained in the housing is provided between the bearing member and the sealing member. | 10-23-2008 |
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20110249189 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a first layer summary data generation section; a second layer summary data generation section; a first search section; and a second search section. | 10-13-2011 |
20110252035 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a database configured to, out of images extracted with a first frequency from the images making up a moving image content, register first layer summary data of a first size; a distance calculation block configured to calculate the distance between the first layer summary data based on the distance between vectors of which the elements are formed by the first layer summary data registered in the database; and a classification section configured to cluster into the same class the first layer summary data between which the distance calculated by the distance calculation block falls within a predetermined distance, the classification section further clustering moving image contents into a plurality of classes based on the classes into which the first layer summary data have been clustered. | 10-13-2011 |
20130011120 | CONTENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a content processing apparatus and method, and a program capable of more easily grasping details of content of a moving image. | 01-10-2013 |
20130077876 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A STILL IMAGE CONTAINED IN MOVING IMAGE CONTENTS - Apparatus for identifying one or more still images in one or more moving image contents. An identifying unit is configured to identify one or more still images included in the moving image contents having one or more features that closely resemble particular features. A display controller is configured to cause the display on a timeline associated with the moving image contents of the location of an identified still image in at least one of the moving image contents. | 03-28-2013 |
20130170753 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTENT RETRIEVAL AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of content retrieval and a program which facilitate recognizing content details of a moving image by displaying a retrieval result for each of a plurality of images. | 07-04-2013 |
20130335532 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus and a method for generating an image. A plurality of image capturing devices capture images including objects reflected by a curved mirror from predetermined angles. Image units included in a captured image are analyzed; and a distance for an object included in the captured images is determined according to the analyzing result. | 12-19-2013 |
20140086496 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an evaluation unit which acquires a search pattern which is an appearance pattern of a person in a scene of a video content containing the scene, where a similar scene is to be searched, and a search target pattern which is an appearance pattern of a person in a video content which is to be a search target of the similar scene, calculates a degree of similarity between the search pattern and the search target pattern, and determines the similar scene on a basis of the calculated degree of similarity. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086556 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a display control unit that causes a content view which displays statistic information of characters appearing in video content and a relationship view which displays character-relation information of the characters appearing in the video content, to be displayed on a predetermined display unit. | 03-27-2014 |
20140122543 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a rearrangement unit configured to, when a plurality of files are recorded on a plurality of recording media, optimally rearrange the plurality of files arranged in the plurality of recording media by repeating selecting each file arranged in each recording medium and swapping each selected file after the plurality of files are arranged in the plurality of recording media, and a recording control unit configured to perform control in a manner that the plurality of files rearranged by the rearrangement unit are recorded on the plurality of recording media. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123040 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a classification unit configured to classify pieces of content in a manner that each piece of content is arranged in a multi-dimensional space and actions of extracting two of the pieces of content and swapping the two pieces of content based on distances indicating similarity between each of the two extracted pieces of content and neighboring pieces of content which are located around the two pieces of content are repeated, and a display control unit configured to control displaying of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) representing pieces of content located at a predetermined interval among the pieces of content classified by the classification unit. | 05-01-2014 |
20140149864 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a plurality of feature amount extraction parts configured to extract, from content, a plurality of feature amounts containing information concerning a camera motion in a frame, and a display control part configured to display a GUI corresponding to an operation concerning the camera motion in the frame on the frame in the content on the basis of the information concerning the camera motion extracted by the feature amount extraction parts. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149865 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a plurality of feature amount extraction parts configured to extract, from content, a plurality of feature amounts, a display control part configured to control display of an image of the content and information concerning the feature amounts of the content, and a selecting part configured to select display or non-display of the information concerning the feature amounts. The display control part controls display of importance of a scene found on the basis of the display or non-display of the information concerning the feature amounts which is selected by the selecting part. | 05-29-2014 |
20140205158 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a grouping unit that detects a part of an object from contents and performs grouping of each object, a correlation degree calculating unit that calculates a correlation degree between the objects of which the grouping is performed by the grouping unit, and a display control unit that controls a display of a diagram of a correlation between the objects indicating the correlation between the objects, based on the correlation degree between the objects which is calculated by the correlation degree calculating unit. | 07-24-2014 |
20150077027 | LOAD TORQUE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, LOAD TORQUE ESTIMATION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - A load torque estimation apparatus inputs a controlling value for controlling the electric motor and an actually measured value of a rotational speed of the electric motor to a model to estimate load torque of the electric motor; and derives a mechanical time constant of the electric motor corresponding to the load torque estimated by the estimation part. The load torque estimation apparatus updates the mechanical time constant included in the model by using the mechanical time constant corresponding to the load torque estimated at an (n−1)th control period (where n denotes an integer greater than or equal to 2) and estimates the load torque of the electric motor at an nth control period by inputting the controlling value and the actually measured value acquired at the nth control period to the model acquired through the updating. | 03-19-2015 |
20150077028 | LOAD TORQUE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, LOAD TORQUE ESTIMATION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - A load torque estimation apparatus estimates load torque of an electric motor. The apparatus includes an estimation part configured to input a controlling value for controlling the electric motor and an actually measured value of a rotational speed of the electric motor to a model and estimating load torque of the electric motor; and a derivation part configured to derive a mechanical time constant of the electric motor corresponding to the actually measured value of the rotational speed of the electric motor. The estimation part is configured to update, according to a timing of acquiring the actually measured value of the rotational speed of the electric motor, the mechanical time constant included in the model by using the mechanical time constant corresponding to the acquired actually measured value and estimate the load torque of the electric motor by using the updated model. | 03-19-2015 |
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20120276392 | THERMOSETTING RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN COMPOSITION VARNISH, PREPREG AND LAMINATE - Discloses are a thermosetting resin composition containing a maleimide compound including an unsaturated maleimide compound having a specified chemical structure, a thermosetting resin, an inorganic filler, and a molybdenum compound; a laminate plate for wiring boards obtained by coating a base material with a thermosetting resin composition containing a thermosetting resin, silica, and a specified molybdenum compound and then performing semi-curing to form a prepreg, and laminating and molding the prepreg; and a method for manufacturing a resin composition varnish including specified steps. According to the present invention, electronic components having low thermal expansion properties and excellent drilling processability and heat resistance, for example, a prepreg, a laminate plate, an interposer, etc., can be provided. | 11-01-2012 |
20130112459 | LAMINATE BODY, LAMINATE PLATE, MULTILAYER LAMINATE PLATE, PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF LAMINATE PLATE - A laminate body containing at least two glass substrate layers and at least one inner resin composition layer existing between the adjacent two glass substrate layers, wherein the inner resin composition layer comprises an inner resin composition that contains a thermosetting resin and an inorganic filler. A laminate plate containing at least two glass substrate layers and at least one inner cured resin layer existing between the adjacent two glass substrate layers, wherein the inner cured resin layer comprises a cured product of an inner resin composition that contains a thermosetting resin and an inorganic filler. A printed wiring board having the laminate plate and a wiring provided on the surface of the laminate plate. A method for producing the laminate plate, which comprises a cured resin layer forming step of forming a cured resin layer on the surface of a glass substrate. | 05-09-2013 |
20130112460 | LAMINATE BODY, LAMINATE PLATE, MULTILAYER LAMINATE PLATE, PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF LAMINATE PLATE - A laminate body containing at least one resin composition layer and at least one glass substrate layer, wherein the resin composition layer comprises a resin composition containing a thermosetting resin and an inorganic filler and the glass substrate layer accounts for from 10 to 95% by volume of the entire laminate body. A laminate plate containing at least one cured resin layer and at least one glass substrate layer, wherein the cured resin layer comprises a cured product of a resin composition that contains a thermosetting resin and an inorganic filler and the glass substrate layer accounts for from 10 to 95% by volume of the entire laminate plate. A printed wiring board having the laminate plate and a wiring provided on the surface of the laminate plate. A method for producing the laminate plate comprising a cured resin layer forming step of forming a cured resin layer on the surface of a glass substrate. | 05-09-2013 |
20130180760 | LAMINATE BODY, LAMINATE PLATE, MULTILAYER LAMINATE PLATE, PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF LAMINATE PLATE - A laminate body containing at least one resin composition layer and at least one glass substrate layer, wherein the resin composition layer comprises a resin composition containing a thermosetting resin and an inorganic filler. A laminate plate containing at least one cured resin layer and at least one glass substrate layer, wherein the cured resin layer comprises a cured product of a resin composition that contains a thermosetting resin and an inorganic filler. A printed wiring board having the laminate plate and a wiring provided on the surface of the laminate plate. A method for producing a laminate plate containing at least one cured resin layer comprising a cured product of a resin composition containing a thermosetting resin and an inorganic filler, and at least one glass substrate layer, which comprises a cured resin layer forming step of forming a cured resin layer on the surface of a glass substrate. | 07-18-2013 |
20130180765 | LAMINATE BODY, LAMINATE PLATE, MULTILAYER LAMINATE PLATE, PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF LAMINATE PLATE - A laminate body containing one or more resin composition layers and two or more glass substrate layers, wherein at least one layer of those resin composition layers is between glass substrate layers, and is a fiber-containing resin composition layer of a composition that contains a thermosetting resin and a fibrous base material. A laminate plate containing one or more cured resin layers and two or more glass substrate layers, wherein at least one layer of those cured resin layers is between glass substrate layers, and is a fiber-containing cured resin layer of the fiber-containing resin composition. A printed wiring board having the above-mentioned laminate plate and a wiring provided on the surface thereof. A method for producing the laminate plate. | 07-18-2013 |
20130180769 | LAMINATE BODY, LAMINATE PLATE, MULTILAYER LAMINATE PLATE, PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF LAMINATE PLATE - A laminate body containing at least one resin composition layer and at least one glass substrate layer, wherein the resin composition layer comprises a resin composition containing a thermosetting resin and a fibrous base material and wherein the glass substrate layer accounts for from 10 to 70% by volume relative to the entire laminate body. A laminate plate containing at least one cured resin layer of the resin composition and at least one glass substrate layer, wherein the glass substrate layer accounts for from 10 to 70% by volume relative to the entire laminate plate. A printed wiring board having the laminate plate and a wiring provided on the surface thereof. A method for producing the laminate plate, which comprises forming a fiber-containing cured resin layer on the surface of a glass substrate. | 07-18-2013 |