Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090190042 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING FIRST INFORMATION APPARATUS CONNECTABLE TO SECOND INFORMATION APPARATUS - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method of controlling a first information apparatus connectable to a second information apparatus having a display, the second information apparatus being capable of reproducing video image based on video information obtained from a remote source independently from the first information apparatus, the method has storing command code information of the second information apparatus in association with identification information of the second information apparatus, receiving a command indicating a power-on operation of the second information apparatus while the second information apparatus is connected to the first information apparatus, executing a software program upon confirmation of the command indicating the power-on operation of the second information apparatus in reference to the command code information and outputting image data produced by the software program to the second information apparatus so as to display an image corresponding to the image data on the display. | 07-30-2009 |
20100131789 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - In standby mode, memory contents are saved to a hard disk. After AC power has been removed by disconnecting the AC plug, when the AC power is restored the data saved on the hard disk is automatically restored into memory to set the power-saving mode back to the standby mode. When the power is turned on next, quick resumption from standby mode can be accomplished. | 05-27-2010 |
20100208147 | CONTROL SIGNAL CONVERSION METHOD - An electronic device ( | 08-19-2010 |
20100316358 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides an information processing apparatus, comprising: a video recording unit for video recording a received broadcast program; a video recording indicator light for indicating visually whether the video recording is in progress or not; and a video recording indicator light control unit, being furnished as a part of a basic input/output system (BIOS), for controlling a turning on and off of the video recording indicator light. | 12-16-2010 |
20100332881 | Gateway card, gateway device, method of controlling gateway card, and computer product - A gateway card is connected to an information processor, and receives and transmits data between different networks. The information processor has a normal power mode and a power saving mode. A switching unit connects a memory with the information processor if the information processor is in the normal power mode, or to the gateway card if the normal power mode of the information processor is changed to the power saving mode. | 12-30-2010 |
20110231643 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes: a power-off detection unit for detecting a signal relating to a power-off operation of a user; an application program termination unit for terminating a predetermined application program when the power-off operation is performed; and a control unit for passing control, after the termination of the application program, to a state in which normal execution can be started faster than normal power-off, and power consumption is lower than in the normal execution. | 09-22-2011 |
20110316783 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes, a screen switching input unit to input an instruction for switching between a screen displayed on a first display unit and a screen displayed on a second display unit, and a display control unit to display, in response to input of the switching instruction, the screen displayed on the first display unit on the second display unit and disabling displaying of the screen displayed on the second display unit before input of the switching instruction on the first display unit. | 12-29-2011 |
20110317070 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a video signal output unit to output different video signals to a first display unit and a second display unit, a screen switching input unit to input an instruction for switching between a screen displayed on the first display unit and a screen displayed on the second display unit, a determining unit to determine whether an input source of the input path selected for the first display unit is the video signal output unit, and an input control unit turning on the first display unit when the first display unit is turned off at the time of reception of the switching instruction, the input control unit switching the input source to the video signal output unit when the determining unit determines that the input source is not the video signal output unit. | 12-29-2011 |
20120250577 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A program causes a pc | 10-04-2012 |
20120252412 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A link unit of a mobile phone operates to establish a connection with one PC selected by the user in a state linkable with a plurality of PCs. The selected one PC checks to see that device information on the mobile phone has been registered in the device itself and operates to establish the connection. After the connection is established in this manner, device link processing is executed between the mobile phone and the one PC. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254022 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND LINK METHOD - Internet connection units dissolve a PC-mobile phone link where a PC operates as an AP (access point) and a mobile phone operates as an STA (station) and cause the PC and the mobile phone to operate as the STA and the AP, respectively. The Internet connection units then connect the PC to the Internet via the mobile phone. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254408 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND LINK METHOD - A quick connection unit | 10-04-2012 |
20120254451 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND LINK METHOD - A device link unit of a PC requests a setting information file from a mobile phone, and a device link unit of the mobile phone transmits the setting information file to the PC. The device link unit of the PC then receives the setting file to display functions of linking with the mobile phone, in other words, data that is capturable from the mobile phone, based on the information on the received setting information file. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254614 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A program causes a PC | 10-04-2012 |
20120324439 | CONFIGURATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND CONFIGURATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A configuration information management method includes: installing, by a computer, a first application based on an instruction for installation of the first application including first identification information; determining whether or not related identification information relating to the first identification information is stored in a first file for storing information of the first application in the installation; holding the related identification information stored in the first file when the related identification information is stored; and registering, in the first file, the first identification information as identification information for the first application when the related identification information is not stored. | 12-20-2012 |
20130294430 | COMMUNICATION-PATH CONTROL PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A computer-readable recording medium has stored therein a communication-path control program causing a computer to execute a process which includes detecting a device capable of wireless communication out of a connecting device to be a destination of wireless communication to connect to a network and a storage medium that performs wireless communication; when having detected the connecting device, connecting to the connecting device; when having detected the storage medium in a state where the computer is connected to the connecting device, determining whether a certain application is running on the computer; and when the certain application is not running, disconnecting from the connecting device and connecting to the storage medium. | 11-07-2013 |
20130304790 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, MOBILE DEVICE, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile device includes a wireless communication function that performs wireless communication. The mobile device retains therein content to be acquired by an information processing apparatus that is connected to the smart phone by the wireless communication and that is targeted for cooperation. Then, when the retained content has been updated, the mobile device searches for the information processing apparatus targeted for the cooperation by booting up the wireless communication function. Thereafter, the mobile device connects, by the wireless communication, to the information processing apparatus that has been searched for and that is targeted for the cooperation. | 11-14-2013 |
20130304989 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - When a link unit detects a built-in WLAN memory card by using wireless communication, the link unit determines whether there is a match between the SSID of the detected built-in WLAN memory card and the SSID of the built-in WLAN memory card that is inserted into the PC. If the SSIDs match, it means the built-in WLAN memory card that has been detected using wireless communication is the built-in WLAN memory card that is inserted into the PC and the link unit consequently performs a control such that the WLAN unit does not acquire still images nor moving images. | 11-14-2013 |
20150227556 | INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND STORAGE SERVICE USE METHOD - A PC performs full synchronization with a cloud system, whereas a smart phone performs thumbnail synchronization with the cloud system. Furthermore, when uploading a photograph to the cloud system, the PC and the smart phone create a thumbnail “medium” from the original photograph and send the thumbnail “medium” to the cloud system together with the original photograph. Furthermore, when creating the thumbnail “medium” and when one side is excessively longer than the other side, the PC and the smart phone reduce the long side to a predetermined threshold while maintaining the aspect ratio. | 08-13-2015 |
20150227605 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, SYNCHRONIZATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing terminal includes a processor configured to execute a process. The process includes sharing, first storing, second storing, acquiring, and synchronizing. The sharing includes sharing a storage device with other information processing terminals in an information processing system that synchronizes data among the storage device and all of the information processing terminals. The first storing includes storing data and update information indicating whether the data is updated after synchronization. The second storing includes storing a latest date and time at which the data stored and data stored in the storage device are synchronized. The acquiring includes acquiring a latest date and time at which the storage device is synchronized with any of the information processing terminals when synchronizing data. The synchronizing includes synchronizing, when the latest date and time acquired and the latest date and time stored match each other, with the storage device, the data. | 08-13-2015 |
20160028357 | DISPLAY DEVICE, BODY DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A display device that is detachable from a body device that includes a first speaker, the display device includes, a second speaker; a processor; and a memory that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute: switching an adjustment mode to an audio adjustment mode; and transmitting, to the body device, a volume value of audio that is to be output from one of the first speaker and the second speaker, the volume value being adjusted when the adjustment mode is switched to the audio adjustment mode. | 01-28-2016 |
20160035325 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device displaying image information transmitted from a main body device on a display, the display device includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain state information of a monitoring object related to a state of the display device; and a control unit configured to update an update table storing the state information in response to periodically obtaining the state information from the obtaining unit, update state display information for visually displaying the state information stored in the update table, and display the state display information in a state of being superimposed on the image information for a given period. | 02-04-2016 |
20160080466 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REMOTE OPERATION CONTROL - An apparatus link unit of a PC and an apparatus link unit of a smartphone link with each other to automatically establish a mode of remote operation between the PC and the smartphone. When the apparatus link unit of the PC transmits a notice of completion of PC-smartphone link to the smartphone, a port number to be used in the remote operation is informed. The apparatus link unit of the PC transmits a file to the smartphone using a port number of a normal link mode while a remote operation controller is performing the remote operation. | 03-17-2016 |
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20100110510 | STORING AND PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR RECORD MEMBER, POST PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORD MEMBER PROCESSING APPARATUS RESPECTIVELY USING SUCH STORING AND PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR RECORD MEMBER - A storing and processing apparatus for a record member includes: a record member storing portion that stores therein a record member being transported along the record member transport route; a moving unit that moves up or down the record member storing portion; a positioning and storing portion that temporarily positions and stores the record member; an arranging unit that stocks and arranges record members in the positioning and storing portion; a discharge member that discharges, from a discharge position, the record member existing on the record member transport route or on the positioning and storing portion toward the record member storing portion; a record member type determining unit and, a control unit that drives the moving unit to move up or down the record member storing portion. | 05-06-2010 |
20110304089 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - A sheet processing apparatus includes a support unit on which sheets are stacked together as a sheet stack, first and second binding units that bind the sheet stack as first and second sheet stacks, respectively, an arranging unit that arranges the first and second sheet stacks such that an area through which the first sheet stack passes and an area through which a portion of the second sheet stack at which the second sheet stack has been bound passes do not overlap and such that, in a transporting path of the first and second sheet stacks, an area through which the first sheet stack passes and an area through which the portion of the second sheet stack passes are located at different positions in a direction that crosses the transporting path, and a transporting unit that transports one of the first and second sheet stack disposed at different positions. | 12-15-2011 |
20130108344 | POST-PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
20140175728 | RECORDING MATERIAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A recording-material processing apparatus includes a biding mechanism that moves along a predetermined movement path and binds a recording material stack; a recording-material transport path along which the recording material is transported, the recording-material transport path extending from a first area to a second area, which are next to each other with the movement path therebetween, and extending beside the movement path; a first transport member that is provided in the first area, at a position away from the portion of the recording-material transport path extending beside the movement path, to transport the recording material on the recording-material transport path to the second area; and a second transport member that is provided in the second area, at a position away from the portion of the recording-material transport path extending beside the movement path, to transport the recording material transported by the first transport member to the further downstream side. | 06-26-2014 |
20150042040 | POST-PROCESSING DEVICE - Provided is a post-processing device including a stacking member on which recording materials sequentially transported are stacked, a pair of discharge sections that nips and transports the recording material stacked on the stacking member, an accommodation section in which the recording materials are stacked and accommodated, and a moving member that moves between a contact position where the moving member comes into contact with the recording material stacked on the stacking member and a non-contact position where the moving member does not come into contact with the recording material, wherein when the recording material is transported to the stacking member, the recording material is supported from a rear surface at the contact position. | 02-12-2015 |
20150105231 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A sheet processing apparatus includes a vertically movable tray that moves vertically in accordance with an amount of stacked folded sheets which are transported and stacked thereon, a plate that is disposed above the vertically movable tray and that does not move in accordance with transport of a folded sheet, a recognizing unit that recognizes a predetermined height state of a sheet stacked on the vertically movable tray, and a controller that controls the vertically movable tray so as to, in response to a recognition of the predetermined height state of the sheet by the recognizing unit, move the vertically movable tray upward, press the sheet stacked on the vertically movable tray against the plate, and subsequently move the vertically movable tray downward. | 04-16-2015 |
20150357365 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is reduced in power consumption, the semiconductor device including a solid-state imaging device that includes pixels each having a plurality of light receiving elements. A pixel having first and second photodiodes is provided with a first transfer transistor that transfers charge in the first photodiode to a floating diffusion capacitance section, and a second transfer transistor that combines charge in the first photodiode and charge in the second photodiode, and transfers the combined charge to the floating diffusion capacitance section. Consequently, the semiconductor device is reduced in power required for activation of each transfer transistor in operation such as imaging with the solid-state imaging device. | 12-10-2015 |
20150357368 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The performance of a solid state image sensor which is formed by performing divided exposure that exposes the entire chip by a plurality of times of exposure and in which each of a plurality of pixels arranged in a pixel array portion has a plurality of photodiodes is improved. | 12-10-2015 |