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20100090948 | Apparatus, system, method, and program for processing information - An information processing apparatus includes a sensor for generating a sensor output signal responsive to the three-dimensional coordinate position of a detection target in a monitor space by detecting a capacitance in the monitor space, and outputting the sensor output signal, a position detector for detecting the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target in the monitor space from the sensor output signal of the sensor, a storage unit for storing coordinate information identifying a three-dimensional space region set in the monitor space, a determining unit for determining whether the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target in the monitor space is contained in the three-dimensional set space region, based on the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target detected by the position detector and the coordinate information stored on the storage, and an output unit for outputting determination results of the determining unit. | 04-15-2010 |
20100090982 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing system and information processing program - An information processing apparatus includes: sensor means for detecting a distance to a detection target spatially separated therefrom; storage means for storing information on boundary values of a plurality of layers to which different functions are respectively assigned, and which are set according to different distances; determination means for determining in which one of the plurality of layers the detection target is positioned, from the boundary values of the plurality of layers in the storage means and an output signal of the sensor means; and control means for executing a process about the function assigned to that layer where the detection target is positioned, based on a determination result from the determination means. | 04-15-2010 |
20100127970 | Information processing system and information processing method - An information processing system includes: a sensor unit that detects the three-dimensional position of an object according to variations of electrostatic capacitances; and a control unit that performs display dependent on the detected three-dimensional position at a position on a display unit determined with positions in directions orthogonal to a direction of separation in which the object and the sensor unit are located at a distance from each other. | 05-27-2010 |
20100127989 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing system and information processing program - An information processing apparatus includes: a key operation section that has one or more operation keys arranged planarly, and outputs a key operation output corresponding to an operation of an operation key; a sensor that outputs a detection output corresponding to a distance of a detection target, spatially separated from a layout surface of the operation key, from the layout surface; a detection section that detects the distance of the detection target from the layout surface from the detection output from the sensor; and a control section that validates only the key operation output corresponding to the operation of the operation key and invalidates the detection output of the sensor when the detected distance is less than a predetermined distance, and executes a control function according to the distance detected by the detection section when the detected distance is equal to or greater than the predetermined distance. | 05-27-2010 |
20100235884 | Communication system and method, information processing terminal and method, and information processing device and method - The present invention relates to a communication system and method, an information processing terminal and method, and an information processing device and method which enable simple and secure restricted access. When a PDA | 09-16-2010 |
20100304675 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method having communication function - The present invention is an information processing apparatus which obtains identification information of an electronic device and makes communication with the electronic device via a network based on the identification information. When a portable telephone ( | 12-02-2010 |
20110018825 | SENSING A TYPE OF ACTION USED TO OPERATE A TOUCH PANEL - Apparatus and methods relate to a touch panel and a sensor that senses a type of action used to operate the touch panel. The sensor can be a vibration sensor that senses a vibration caused by an object contacting the touch panel. The sensor can be separate from the touch panel. | 01-27-2011 |
20110117849 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present invention relates to a communication system and a communication method for simply and quickly starting communication. A cellular phone is loaded with a non-contact IC card that communicates with a reader/writer of a personal computer using an electromagnetic wave. When the non-contact IC card receives the electromagnetic wave emitted from the reader/writer with the cellular phone placed close to the personal computer, the cellular phone notifies the personal computer of a card ID set in the non-contact IC card. When the personal computer acquires Bluetooth device names of the cellular phone and PDA with intra-piconet synchronization established between the cellular phone and the PDA, the personal computer identifies the cellular phone as a communication partner based on the Bluetooth device names already notified of as the card ID. The present invention is applicable to an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer and a cellular phone. | 05-19-2011 |
20110135114 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided is an image display device provided with an image display unit for displaying a still image or a moving image, an image capturing unit for capturing the image in a direction in which the image display unit displays the image on the image display unit, and a face detection unit for performing, at predetermined intervals, face detection processing for detecting a face included in the image captured by the image capturing unit, wherein the predetermined intervals are variable according to whether or not the face of a user is included in the image captured by the image capturing unit, and when the position of the detected face does not change for a predetermined period of time in the face detection processing, the face detection unit does not detect the face as the face of the user. | 06-09-2011 |
20110177785 | Information Processing Apparatus and Information Processing Method Having Communication Function - The present invention is an information processing apparatus which obtains identification information of an electronic device and makes communication with the electronic device via a network based on the identification information. When a portable telephone ( | 07-21-2011 |
20110279364 | Information Display Apparatus with Proximity Detection Performance and Information Display Method Using the Same - An information display apparatus with proximity detection performance contains a display device that displays image information, a sensor constituted of plural detection electrodes, and an adjusting device of detection resolution that adjusts the detection resolution to be detected based on a distance between the sensor and an object that is contacted to any one of the detection electrodes. | 11-17-2011 |
20110298791 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY IMAGE CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed herein is an information display device, including: an image display section adapted to display binocular parallax images; a display image control section adapted to control the binocular parallax images displayed on the image display section; and a position information acquisition section adapted to acquire position information representing the three-dimensional position of a target existing in the three-dimensional space on the display surface of the image display section, wherein the display image control section controls the binocular parallax images displayed on the image display section according to the three-dimensional position of the target represented by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition section. | 12-08-2011 |
20110313310 | MUSCLE-ACTIVITY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A muscle-activity diagnosis apparatus includes: an acquiring section acquiring a myoelectric signal from a test subject; using the myoelectric signal as an original signal, a transformed-signal generating section generating a transformed signal by performing Hilbert transformation and inverse Fourier transformation on the original signal; a phase-velocity calculation section calculating a phase velocity of the myoelectric signal on the basis of phases of the original signal and the transformed signal; and on the basis of a plurality of feature quantities of a waveform of the myoelectric signal in a unit time and the plurality of feature quantities including at least a size of amplitude of the myoelectric signal and the calculated phase velocity, a state-identifying section identifying an activity state of a muscle of a predetermined part of a body of the test subject for each of the unit time. | 12-22-2011 |
20120020342 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a communication system and method, an information processing terminal and method, and an information processing device and method which enable simple and secure restricted access. When a PDA | 01-26-2012 |
20120032905 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a display unit located on a front surface of a case. The information processing apparatus also includes a sensing unit located on a side surface of the case facing away from the display unit. | 02-09-2012 |
20120156996 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE OF A DEVICE BASED ON RADIO WAVES - The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a program in which information can be reliably exchanged when performing wireless communication by allowing a user to know a communication distance at which devices can be connected. For example, a communication unit | 06-21-2012 |
20120214475 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE FOR PERFORMING REMOTE CONTROL OPERATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, DEVICE OPERABLE BY REMOTE CONTROL OPERATION AND CONTROL MEHTOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A portable information terminal is placed in proximity with an ID recognition unit of a notebook PC. By reading ID from the portable information terminal, the notebook PC is able to identify a network address of the portable information terminal so as to establish a network connection with the portable information terminal. The notebook PC then sends suitable operation information to the portable information terminal via a network. For example, if presentation is running on the notebook PC, screen information for operating the presentation is transferred to the portable information terminal. Accordingly, by using one device connected to the other device by a wired or wireless network, the operation of the other device can be controlled. | 08-23-2012 |
20120214476 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE FOR PERFORMING REMOTE CONTROL OPERATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, DEVICE OPERABLE BY REMOTE CONTROL OPERATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A portable information terminal is placed in proximity with an ID recognition unit of a notebook PC. By reading ID from the portable information terminal, the notebook PC is able to identify a network address of the portable information terminal so as to establish a network connection with the portable information terminal. The notebook PC then sends suitable operation information to the portable information terminal via a network. For example, if presentation is running on the notebook PC, screen information for operating the presentation is transferred to the portable information terminal. Accordingly, by using one device connected to the other device by a wired or wireless network, the operation of the other device can be controlled. | 08-23-2012 |
20120218179 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A display apparatus and a control method capable of preventing its user from viewing an image in an improper viewing position. The display apparatus includes: an imaging unit that captures a moving image in a predetermined range with respect to an image display direction; an image analyzer that analyzes the moving image captured by the imaging unit, and calculates a position of a target that should be guided to a proper viewing position; and a display controller that causes a display unit to perform display to guide the target to the proper viewing position when the target position calculated by the image analyzer is at an improper viewing position. | 08-30-2012 |
20120238246 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD HAVING COMMUNICATION FUNCTION - The present invention is an information processing apparatus which obtains identification information of an electronic device and makes communication with the electronic device via a network based on the identification information. When a portable telephone ( | 09-20-2012 |
20120242608 | Information Display Apparatus with Proximity Detection Performance and Information Display Method Using the Same - An information display apparatus with proximity detection performance contains a display device that displays image information, a sensor constituted of plural detection electrodes, and an adjusting device of detection resolution that adjusts the detection resolution to be detected based on a distance between the sensor and an object that is contacted to any one of the detection electrodes. | 09-27-2012 |
20120244855 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present invention relates to a communication system and a communication method for simply and quickly starting communication. A cellular phone is loaded with a non-contact IC card that communicates with a reader/writer of a personal computer using an electromagnetic wave. When the non-contact IC card receives the electromagnetic wave emitted from the reader/writer with the cellular phone placed close to the personal computer, the cellular phone notifies the personal computer of a card ID set in the non-contact IC card. When the personal computer acquires Bluetooth device names of the cellular phone and PDA with intra-piconet synchronization established between the cellular phone and the PDA, the personal computer identifies the cellular phone as a communication partner based on the Bluetooth device names already notified of as the card ID. The present invention is applicable to an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer and a cellular phone. | 09-27-2012 |
20130017790 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present disclosure is directed to an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus may have a memory configured to store an identification information of an IC tag in association with a communication profile in a table. The information processing apparatus may also have a first communication unit configured to communicate with the IC tag using a first communication function. The information processing apparatus may also have a second communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus using a second communication function different from the first communication function. In addition, the information processing apparatus may have a controller, which may be configured to receive identification information from the IC tag through the first communication unit and to establish a connection with the external apparatus through the second communication unit based on the received identification information and the table stored in the memory. | 01-17-2013 |
20130091470 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DATA OBJECTS - A device for managing image and audio files displays thumbnails, which are representative of the files, on a screen in different arrangements, depending on the selected layout and order. When the user enters input to indicates that he or she wishes to browse through the thumbnails, the thumbnails move across the screen in sequence, following a path through a focus outline in the center of the screen. The path followed by the thumbnails depends on the selected layout. | 04-11-2013 |
20130135252 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION - An information processing apparatus includes a sensor for generating a sensor output signal responsive to the three-dimensional coordinate position of a detection target in a monitor space by detecting a capacitance in the monitor space, and outputting the sensor output signal, a position detector for detecting the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target in the monitor space from the sensor output signal of the sensor, a storage unit for storing coordinate information identifying a three-dimensional space region set in the monitor space, a determining unit for determining whether the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target in the monitor space is contained in the three-dimensional set space region, based on the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target detected by the position detector and the coordinate information stored on the storage, and an output unit for outputting determination results of the determining unit. | 05-30-2013 |
20140099897 | Information Processing Apparatus and Information Processing Method Having Communication Function - The present invention is an information processing apparatus which obtains identification information of an electronic device and makes communication with the electronic device via a network based on the identification information. When a portable telephone ( | 04-10-2014 |
20140152605 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH PROXIMITY DETECTION PERFORMANCE AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD USING THE SAME - An information display apparatus with proximity detection performance contains a display device that displays image information, a sensor constituted of plural detection electrodes, and an adjusting device of detection resolution that adjusts the detection resolution to be detected based on a distance between the sensor and an object that is contacted to any one of the detection electrodes. | 06-05-2014 |
20140198077 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION - An information processing apparatus includes a sensor for generating a sensor output signal responsive to the three-dimensional coordinate position of a detection target in a monitor space by detecting a capacitance in the monitor space, and outputting the sensor output signal, a position detector for detecting the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target in the monitor space from the sensor output signal of the sensor, a storage unit for storing coordinate information identifying a three-dimensional space region set in the monitor space, a determining unit for determining whether the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target in the monitor space is contained in the three-dimensional set space region, based on the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target detected by the position detector and the coordinate information stored on the storage, and an output unit for outputting determination results of the determining unit. | 07-17-2014 |
20150054738 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A display apparatus and a control method capable of preventing its user from viewing an image in an improper viewing position are provided. The display apparatus includes: an imaging unit that captures a moving image in a predetermined range with respect to an image display direction; an image analyzer that analyzes the moving image captured by the imaging unit, and calculates a position of a target that should be guided to a proper viewing position; and a display controller that causes a display unit to perform display to guide the target to the proper viewing position when the target position calculated by the image analyzer is at an improper viewing position. | 02-26-2015 |