Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Dentsu Inc.

Other

Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation

Mitsubushi Kasei Corporation

Akihiro Shimura

Satoshi Nagata

Nobuhiko Sato

Tetsuya Morita

Shunya Mitsuhashi

Yoshifumi Okamoto

Masaki Unishi

Takanori Nishijima

Takashi Isoda

Shigeru Ueda

Yoichi Sakamoto

Hiroshi Kusano

Hideaki Kiniwa

Masahiko Annaka

Hiroshi Oomura

A frame coordinating computer (), upon receiving a bidding popularity from a bid management computer () (S), determines whether a multiple-view video frame distributed as a content should be changed to an ad frame (S). When it is determined that the multiple-view video frame distributed as the content should be changed to an ad frame, a change request is transmitted (S). A content distributing computer (P), upon receiving such a change request (S), changes one of content frames is changed to an ad frame (S). Ad frame management system flexibly changes the number of ad frames in accordance with the advertisement demand by dynamically changing the number of ad frames.

Ad frame management system for displaying web page including advertisement in correspondence with bidding popularity

An effective advertising frame in a free viewpoint motion image is provided. A distribution computerdistributes free viewpoint motion image data to each of user terminalsANtoANK. The user terminalsANtoANK create a motion image from the received free viewpoint motion image data and display the motion image. The user terminalsANtoANK extract history data of a focused region of the displayed image and transmit the history data to a stereoscopic advertising frame determination computer. The stereoscopic advertising frame determination computerstores the history data for every user ID and every content ID and extracts a common region from focused regions of a plurality of users for each content ID to determine the region as a stereoscopic advertising frame.

Three-dimensional advertising space determination system, user terminal, and three-dimensional advertising space determination computer

A frame coordinating computer, upon receiving a bidding popularity from a bid management computer(S), determines whether a multiple-view video frame distributed as a content should be changed to an ad frame (S). When it is determined that the multiple-view video frame distributed as the content should be changed to an ad frame, a change request is transmitted (S). A content distributing computerP, upon receiving such a change request (S), changes one of content frames is changed to an ad frame (S). Ad frame management system flexibly changes the number of ad frames in accordance with the advertisement demand by dynamically changing the number of ad frames.

Ad frame management system for switching content frame to ad frame, based on fluctuation in click through rate of advertisement or other information

[TASK] To provide a recommended viewpoint to a user who is not familiar with a switching operation for switching a viewpoint of a free viewpoint motion image. [SOLUTION TO PROBLEMS] When a user gives a switching instruction for switching a viewpoint and a viewpoint direction by user terminalsto&#x2212;1, the switching instruction is sent to a distribution computer. The distribution computerstores the switching instruction for each user ID and for each content ID. The distribution computergenerates recommended projection characteristic data on the basis of a plurality of switching instructions for free viewpoint motion image data corresponding to its content ID. When a new distribution request for data corresponding to the content ID is received from the user terminal, the distribution computerdistributes recommended projection characteristic data together with free viewpoint motion image data.

Free viewpoint picture data distribution system

A printer has a queue for queuing a queued execution command, an immediate execution agent for executing a write command, and a queued execution agent for executing a read command. The immediate execution agent immediately executes the received write command, and writes data in a host. The queued execution agent picks up a read command from the queue, and reads out data from the host. The host appends a data transfer request from the printer to a queue, issues a write command to the printer on the basis of that data transfer request, and issues a read command to the printer on the basis of a print data transmission request or the like from an application. Independent full-duplex channels can be provided in two directions. Also, a write command can be immediately processed.

Communication control method and apparatus, and communication system

A communication system for issuing commands from an initiator to a target, thereby allowing the target to write or read out data into/from a memory area which the initiator has and exchanging the data. The initiator transmits read and write commands for the memory area to the target so as not to exceed the total number of commands which can be held by the target. The target holds the received read and write commands, holds references to the commands by different queues, and independently processes the commands, so that the number of the commands to be transmitted can be managed efficiently.

Communication control method, communication system, print control apparatus, printing apparatus, host apparatus, peripheral apparatus, and storage medium

An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit for acquiring information stored in a memory of a printing device connected through a bidirectional interface, and a selecting unit for selecting a printer driver corresponding to the information acquired by the acquiring unit from a plurality of printer drivers on the basis of the information.

Information processing apparatus

An information processing apparatus which outputs data to an electronic device. Information indicating a data processing ability of the electronic device is first obtained, whereupon data processing means is controlled so as to process the data output to the electronic device depending on the data processing ability indicated by the information so obtained.

Information processing apparatus and output apparatus

An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit for acquiring information from a printer connected through a bidirectional interface, and a control unit for controlling a display status of a virtual printer, which is displayed on a display screen and represents the printer, on the basis of the information acquired by the acquiring unit. An output apparatus includes a setting unit for setting an operating environment, and a changing unit for changing operating environment information set by the setting unit on the basis of information acquired from an information processing apparatus connected through a bidirectional interface.

An initiator holds commands corresponding to ORBs issued to a target in an I/O request queue until it receives a completion response from the target. The target has read and write execution agents, and processes commands from the initiator. When a connection between the initiator and target is disconnected, and is connected again, the initiator deletes all ORBs, and generates and issues ORBs again to the target on the basis of the commands held in the I/O request queue. Upon processing an ORB, the target holds an identifier of the ORB whose processing is in progress, and the address of a buffer which is undergoing a read or write. After re-connection, the target compares the held identifier with the identifier of an ORB re-issued by the initiator. If the two identifiers match each other, the target restarts the read or write from the held address. If the two identifiers do not match, the target determines that the corresponding ORB has already been processed, and sends back processing completion status to the initiator.

Identifier based data communication

An information processing apparatus acquires identification information which specifies an interpreting program for interpreting a device control language, the specified interpreting program being operable in an external device connected to the information processing apparatus. It is discriminated whether a selected first control program corresponds to the device control language interpreted by the specified interpreting program. If it is discriminated that the selected first control program does not correspond to the device control language interpreted by the specified interpreting program, a second control program corresponding to the device control language interpreted by the specified interpreting program is selected from a plurality of control programs. Data is output to the external device using the first control program or, if it is discriminated that the first control program does not correspond to the device control language, the selected second control program.

Information processing apparatus with device control language based program selection

A printing control method causes the printer to print data of even pages on one side of respective recording media; causes the printer to print data of odd pages to be printed on the recording medium except for the last page of it is an odd page, having print data of one of even and odd pages printed on one side to the printing means, detecting a jam on the printing means, designating the pages to be printed on both sides of recording medium which is lost due to the jam, when the jam is detected during printing of print data of another of even and odd pages by the printing means, outputting print data of one of designated pages to be printed on one side of a newly supplied recording medium to the printing means, prompting the operator to set the recording medium having print data of one of the designated pages recorded on one side thereof to the sheet feeding means, and outputting print data of another of the designated pages to be printed on another side of the recording medium having print data of one of the designated pages recorded on one side to the printing means.

Method of printing on both sides of a sheet with data resending following a jam and an apparatus for use therewith

To manage each channel of a system connected by multichannels every channel, an initiator has at least one I/O request queue every channel and a management queue. When the channel is extinguished, a KILL command is assigned to the management queue and transmitted to a target. A management queue agent of the target sends the KILL command to an execution agent of each queue and extinguishes the queues.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Akihiro Shimura