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20100234694 | HEALTH CHECK SYSTEM, HEALTH CHECK APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Various types of health checks are realized using optimal sensors. The health check apparatus according to the present application is configured such that optimal sensors | 09-16-2010 |
20110050717 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus disclosed in the present application is made up of an analytical precision calculating module, an image analyzing module, and an image providing module. The analytical precision calculating module calculates an analytical precision of an image which satisfies a designated restrictive condition. The image analyzing module analyzes image information based on the calculated analytical precision. The image providing module accepts an image designation, calculates differences between an analysis result of image information of the designated image and image information of images other than the designated image, and provides a list of images arranged in an ascending order of differences thereof as a search result. | 03-03-2011 |
20110058046 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus disclosed in the present application is made up of a detection precision calculating module, a detecting module, and an image providing module. The detection precision calculating module calculates a detection precision that satisfies a designated restrictive condition. Based on the calculated detection precision, the detecting module detects a projection of a designated object from each image based on the calculated detection precision, and calculates the number of projections of the designated object included in each image. The image providing module arranges the respective pieces of image information according to the number of detected projections of the object and provides a list of arranged images as a search result. | 03-10-2011 |
20110161974 | Methods and Apparatus for Parallelizing Heterogeneous Network Communication in Smart Devices - The present disclosure relates to devices, implementations and techniques for task scheduling. Specifically, task scheduling in an electronic device that has a multi-processing environment and support network interface devices. | 06-30-2011 |
20110191056 | INFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDING DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREFOR - The information service providing device of the disclosure of the present application selects sensors which may be used for the implementation of an information service to be provided within a plurality of sensors which the device can make use of, and in addition, selects the most appropriate one within the sensors which may be used and selects an appropriate parameter for the sensors and processing programs in order for the information service to be provided appropriately, and set to these in response to the environment in which the information service is implemented. Furthermore, the information service providing device of the disclosure of the present application provides, with only the receipt of the designation of desired information service by a user, various information services are provided by appropriately combining various kinds of sensors and a plurality of processing programs. | 08-04-2011 |
20110231863 | INFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDING DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREFOR - An information service providing device selects a combination, all sensors contained in which are available and which has the highest priority, from within the combinations of sensors, which are for implementing an information service. In addition, the information service providing device selects an appropriate parameter for the sensors and processing program selected so as to be provided appropriately in response to the environment in which an information service has been implemented, and sets the parameter to these. By selecting sensors and processing program, and setting parameters, the information service providing device with only the receipt of the designation of desired information service by a user, various information services by appropriately combining various kinds of sensors and a plurality of processing programs. | 09-22-2011 |
20120084232 | FLAT RATE PRICING WITH PACKET-FREQUENCY-AWARE BILLING SYSTEM FOR MOBILE BROADBAND COMMUNICATION - An information processing apparatus stores a first threshold of a common carrier, the common carrier charging according to the first threshold to be applied to a packet communication volume in each first unit period; performs a packet communication to and from a communication apparatus of the common carrier; calculates a packet communication volume in each second unit period shorter than the first unit period; and controls the packet communication based on the packet communication volume in the second unit period so as to keep the packet communication volume in the first unit period below the first threshold. | 04-05-2012 |
20130253675 | LOAD BALANCING FOR GAME - Technologies are generally described for load balancing for a game in a cloud computing environment hosting a game service. In some examples, a method may include analyzing a status of a player character located in a virtual space, the virtual space being configured to have a plurality of areas and the player character being located in a first area among the plurality of areas, calculating a probability of movement of the player character from the first area to a second area among the plurality of areas based at least in part on the analyzed status, and calculating an amount of cached data to copy from a second cache server corresponding to the second area to a first cache server corresponding to the first area based at least in part on the calculated probability. | 09-26-2013 |
20140019638 | NETWORK CONGESTION REDUCTION - Technologies and implementations for reducing congestion in a network are generally disclosed. | 01-16-2014 |
20160044047 | CONTINUOUS USER AUTHENTICATION - Technologies are generally described for authenticating a user account. In some examples, a method performed under control of a server may include providing a communication service to an end device; receiving, from the end device, a text input, while providing the communication service; and authenticating a user account associated with the end device, based on the received text input, while providing the communication service. | 02-11-2016 |
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20100231750 | IMAGES CAPTURING SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An image capturing apparatus is configured so that optimal one of usable position detecting sensors is selected. Specifically, among a plurality of position detecting sensors usable by the image capturing apparatus, e.g., a GPS, a direction sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a velocity sensor, the GPS detects position information at a position where GPS signals can be received, whereas another of the sensors detects position information at a position where GPS signals cannot be received, in accordance with an environment where an image is captured. The position information detected by the optimal sensor is added to an image captured by a camera in a specified form and is displayed or stored. | 09-16-2010 |
20120143361 | AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM - Technologies are generally described for a system for processing an augmented reality image. In some examples, an augmented reality system may include an augmented reality engine configured to provide an augmented reality image by integrating a real-world image and a virtual object, and a message processing unit configured to receive a message related to the virtual object and to translate spatial attributes of the virtual object into audio attributes of a sound file. | 06-07-2012 |
20120319965 | PROCESS MANAGEMENT IN A MULTI-CORE ENVIRONMENT - Technologies are generally described for an intuitive process management mechanism in a multi-core environment. An example electronic device may include a processor with a first core and a second core, an operating system, a process-core assignment module operatively coupled to the operating system, and a graphical user interface system operatively coupled to the process-core assignment module and configured to provide a first display screen and a second display screen, the first display screen and the second display screen being associated with the first core and the second core, respectively. An example method for the electronic device may include: displaying a graphical element associated with a process of an application program on the first display screen, wherein the process is executed by the first core; detecting a movement of the graphical element from the first display screen to the second display screen; and assigning the process to the second core. | 12-20-2012 |
20130151508 | CONTENT-BASED AUTOMATIC INPUT PROTOCOL SELECTION - Technologies for selecting an input protocol based on an input content are generally disclosed. In one example, a method for selecting an input protocol based on an input content can include: acquiring the input content; analyzing the input content; extracting one or more indivisible individual units from the input content; calculating a similarity between a first frequency of occurrence of the one or more indivisible individual units and a second frequency of occurrence of the one or more indivisible individual units, wherein the second frequency of occurrence of the one or more indivisible individual units is predetermined with a second value of frequency of occurrence; ranking the similarity; identifying the input protocol based on the similarity; and selecting a first ranked input protocol having a highest similarity. | 06-13-2013 |
20130156331 | AUTOMATIC PRIVACY MANAGEMENT FOR IMAGE SHARING NETWORKS - In some examples, a method for managing a captured image is described. The method may include receiving image data that includes image location data regarding where an image is captured. The method may also include receiving device data from a device. The device data may include device location data. The method may also include correlating the device data with the image data. The method may also include modifying the image based on the correlation of the device data and the image data. | 06-20-2013 |
20130225176 | GEOLOCATION-BASED LOAD BALANCING - Technologies are generally described for geolocation-based load balancing in a cloud computing environment hosting a mobile service. In some examples, a method may include calculating a probability of movement of a user device from a first cell to a second cell, and calculating an amount of cached data to copy from a second cache server corresponding to the second cell to a first cache server corresponding to the first cell based at least in part on the calculated probability. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226914 | CONTEXT-BASED CONTENT LIST GENERATION - Technologies are generally described for providing a context-based content list for an electronic device. In some examples, a method performed under control of an electronic device may include gathering first information on or from one or more devices nearby the electronic device in response to a content file creation event on the electronic device; gathering second information on or from one or more devices nearby the electronic device in response to a content list creation event on the electronic device; calculating a similarity between the first information and the second information; and generating a content list based at least in part on the similarity between the first information and the second information. | 08-29-2013 |
20130254081 | MAINTENANCE-COST-AWARE BILLING FOR CLOUD SERVICES - In some examples, a method for performing maintenance-cost-aware billing is described. The method may include generating a version of a virtual machine image. The method may also include calculating a usage charge for usage of an instantiated virtual machine corresponding to the version of the virtual machine image. The calculation of the usage charge may be based on an age of the version of the virtual machine image. | 09-26-2013 |
20130344940 | DETECTING GAME PLAY-STYLE CONVERGENCE AND CHANGING GAMES - Gaming technologies for detecting convergence in game play and then changing a game to overcome or inhibit convergence are generally described. In one example, a representative gaming method can include: providing a game simultaneously to a plurality of computing devices; identifying a game scenario type that includes game tests provided to the computing devices; obtaining game actions from the computing devices in response to the game tests; determining a convergence of the game actions across the computing devices that pass the game tests; and changing the game tests of the game scenario type such that the game actions of the convergence fail the changed game tests. The game can be a MMORPG, the game scenario can be a battle; the game tests can be opponents; the game actions can be battle actions; and convergence can be repeated game action patterns that defeat opponents in the battles. | 12-26-2013 |
20140032405 | PEAK-PERFORMANCE-AWARE BILLING FOR CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - In some examples, a method is described that may include determining, by a computing device, from a service level agreement (SLA) with a user, an upper limit on computer resources in a cloud computing environment that can be consumed per unit time by at least one application executed for the user in the cloud computing environment. The method may also include charging a fixed cost per period under the SLA. | 01-30-2014 |
20140052741 | DYNAMIC CONTENT PREVIEW - Technologies are generally described for generating a preview of a content file dynamically based at least in part on content features of the content file. In some examples, a content preview system may include a content feature analysis unit configured to analyze one or more content features of a content file, and a preview type determination unit configured to determine a preview type for the content file based at least in part on the content features analyzed by the content feature analysis unit. | 02-20-2014 |
20140126724 | AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM - Technologies are generally described for a system for processing an augmented reality image. In some examples, an augmented reality system may include an augmented reality engine configured to provide an augmented reality image by integrating a real-world image and a virtual object, and a message processing unit configured to receive a message related to the virtual object and to translate spatial attributes of the virtual object into audio attributes of a sound file. | 05-08-2014 |
20140173624 | LOAD BALANCING SCHEME - Technologies are generally described for load balancing scheme in a cloud computing environment hosting a mobile device. In some examples, a load balancer may include multiple request processing units, each of the multiple request processing units comprising a network socket that is connected to at least one application server and at least one cache server and a programmable processor configured to process a cache request from one of the at least one application server, a performance checking unit configured to measure processing loads of the programmable processors, and a processor managing unit configured to adjust the processing loads by writing or deleting a load balancing program in at least one of the programmable processors. | 06-19-2014 |
20140188846 | DATA LIST CUSTOMIZATION BASED ON SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP - Technologies are generally described for a data list customization scheme. In some examples, a data management system may include a communication history analysis unit configured to analyze a communication history of a user, a relationship determination unit configured to calculate relationship indicators for respective acquaintances of the user based at least in part on the communication history of the user analyzed by the communication history analysis unit, and a data list customization unit configured to sort a list of data files based at least in part on the relationship indicators for the respective acquaintances of the user calculated by the relationship determination unit. | 07-03-2014 |
20150046850 | MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM - A method performed under control of a system may include extracting a plurality of subtrees from a data structure constituting an application and assigning the subtrees to a plurality of displays. | 02-12-2015 |
20150293668 | CONTROLLING A MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER ONLINE ROLE-PLAYING GAME - Briefly stated, technologies are generally described for controlling a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), using a user-interface (UI) selection unit, an action log unit, a pattern detector unit and/or an artificial intelligence (AI) player unit. In various examples, a system is described, where the system may be configured to control the action log unit to record logs of a user's actions input through a UI and associate the actions with status information of the user's character and opponent characters in the MMORPG. The system may control the pattern detector unit to extract correlation rules for the status information and the associated actions. The AI player unit may control a substitute player for the user based on the correlation rules, such that the substitute player can automatically reproduce actions of the user. | 10-15-2015 |
20150317217 | FAILURE RECOVERY SCHEME FOR A CLOUD SYSTEM - Technologies are generally described for a failure recovery scheme for a cloud system. In some examples, the cloud system may include one or more computing nodes, and one or more network switches configured to relay one or more packets among the one or more computing nodes. A respective one of the computing nodes may include a first processor configured to process the one or more packets to communicate with at least one of the network switches, and a second processor configured to process the one or more packets to communicate with at least one of the other computing nodes in the cloud system. | 11-05-2015 |
20150381668 | SOCIAL NETWORK CONSTRUCTION - Technologies are generally described for constructing an ad-hoc social network. In some examples, a method performed under control of an end device may include calculating a social relevance on a social graph between the end device and another end device, based on a social graph bit array of the end device and a social graph bit array of the other end device; determining that the calculated social relevance is greater than a predetermined threshold value; and constructing an ad-hoc social network that connects the end device with the other end device. | 12-31-2015 |
20160026665 | GENERATION OF SEARCH INDEX - Technologies are generally described for generating search indices. In some examples, a method performed under control of a storage device including a first memory and a second memory may include generating a first search index that corresponds to a first data stored in the first memory, based on analysis of the first data; and generating a second search index that corresponds to a second data stored in the second memory in parallel with the generating of the first search index, based on analysis of the second data. | 01-28-2016 |
20160056958 | INFORMATION RENDERING SCHEME - Technologies are generally described for implementing an information rendering scheme. In some examples, a method performed under control of an end device may include obtaining a decryption key; decrypting encrypted information based on the obtained decryption key; and rendering the decrypted information stored in a video random access memory (VRAM) that is operatively connected to a graphic processing unit (GPU) of the end device. | 02-25-2016 |
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20090136680 | ACTIVE ENERGY RAY CURABLE AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION, AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE, RECORDING UNIT, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - To provide an active energy ray curable aqueous ink composition exhibiting excellent curing performance by including a water-soluble polymerizable substance with high reactivity and a water-soluble polymerization initiator having high initiation efficiency; and an inkjet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit, and inkjet recording apparatus all using the active energy ray curable aqueous ink composition. The active energy ray curable aqueous ink composition includes at least water; a polymerizable substance which undergoes radical polymerization by active energy rays; and a polymerization initiator which generates radicals by active energy rays, in which the polymerizable substance is a water-soluble compound having 2 to 6 (meth)acrylic groups; and the polymerization initiator is a water-soluble acylphosphine oxide compound. | 05-28-2009 |
20090286001 | ACTIVE-ENERGY RADIATION-POLYMERIZABLE SUBSTANCE, ACTIVE-ENERGY RADIATION-CURABLE LIQUID COMPOSITION, ACTIVE-ENERGY RADIATION-CURABLE INK, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE, RECORDING UNIT, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An active energy radiation polymerizable substance is disclosed which is represented by the following general formula (I): wherein Z is a dihydric to hexahydric polyol residue, and A, B and D are groups represented by the following formulas (II) to (IV), respectively: (II), (III), and (IV). | 11-19-2009 |
20100271418 | SELF-DISPERSION PIGMENT, PRODUCTION PROCESS OF SELF-DISPERSION PIGMENT, INK SET AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - The invention provides a self-dispersion pigment including a pigment, an ionic group directly bonded to the pigment and a nonionic molecular chain bonded to the pigment through an amide bond. | 10-28-2010 |
20110104453 | LIQUID COMPOSITION, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDED IMAGE - The invention provides an aqueous liquid composition containing a water-soluble monomer, a photopolymerization initiator and an aqueous medium and further containing a polymer emulsion, wherein the water-soluble monomer is a monomer that has two or more ethylenically unsaturated bonds and is curable with an active energy ray. | 05-05-2011 |
20110261129 | ACTIVE ENERGY RAY CURABLE INK JET RECORDING LIQUID COMPOSITION AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD USING THE SAME - The invention provides an active energy ray curable ink jet recording liquid composition including a radically polymerizable compound, an active energy ray polymerization initiator, a wax and water, wherein the melting point of the wax is 40° C. or more and 120° C. or less. | 10-27-2011 |
20130141498 | INK JET INK, INK CARTRIDGE, INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND POLYMER PARTICLE - An ink jet ink containing a coloring material and a polymer particle, wherein the polymer particle has a core portion and a shell portion, the shell portion contains a copolymer A having a unit derived from a compound (a1) represented by a general formula (1) of R | 06-06-2013 |
20130141503 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND SET OF INK JET INK AND LIQUID COMPOSITION - An image recording method including applying an ink containing a coloring material and a polymer particle to a recording medium from a recording head of an ink jet system and applying a liquid composition which destabilizes a dispersed state of the polymer particle in the ink to at least a part of a region of the recording medium where the ink is applied, wherein the polymer particle in the ink has core and shell portions, the shell portion contains a copolymer A having a unit (50-90% mass) derived from a compound (a1) represented by a general formula (1) or (2) and a unit (10-50% mass) derived from an α,β-unsaturated hydrophobic compound (a2), and the core portion contains a polymer of an α,β-unsaturated hydrophobic compound (b). | 06-06-2013 |
20130187999 | LIQUID COMPOSITION, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDED IMAGE - The invention provides an aqueous liquid composition containing a water-soluble monomer, a photopolymerization initiator and an aqueous medium and further containing a polymer emulsion, wherein the water-soluble monomer is a monomer that has two or more ethylenically unsaturated bonds and is curable with an active energy ray. | 07-25-2013 |
20130250020 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording method includes recording an intermediate image by applying an ink to an intermediate transfer body, the ink containing a coloring material and polymer fine particles; and transferring the intermediate image onto a recording medium while heating the intermediate. The polymer fine particles are composed of a copolymer of a first compound that satisfies condition (1) (a polymer obtained by homopolymerization of the first compound is a crystalline polymer having a melting point equal to or lower than a temperature of the transfer) and a second compound that satisfies condition (2) (a polymer obtained by homopolymerization of the second compound is an amorphous polymer having a glass transition point equal to or lower than the temperature of the transfer). | 09-26-2013 |
20130250021 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording method includes recording an intermediate image by applying an ink to an intermediate transfer body, and transferring the intermediate image onto a recording medium while heating the intermediate image. The ink contains a coloring material and polymer fine particles each including a core constituted by a crystalline polymer and a shell constituted by an amorphous polymer. In transferring the intermediate image, the intermediate image is heated to a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point of the crystalline polymer constituting the core and equal to or higher than a glass transition point of the amorphous polymer constituting the shell. | 09-26-2013 |
20140024763 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PIGMENT-ENCAPSULATING RESIN DISPERSION AND INK JET INK - The invention provides a process for producing a pigment-encapsulating polymer dispersion, comprising the steps of dispersing a liquid containing a monomer, a hydrophobe and a polymerization initiator into a water medium with a dispersant to obtain a monomer emulsion, and mixing the monomer emulsion with a pigment dispersion containing a self-dispersible pigment to which a hydrophilic group is bonded directly or through another atomic group and which is dispersed by the hydrophilic group, subjecting the resultant mixture to a shearing treatment and then polymerizing the monomer. | 01-23-2014 |