Ntt Docomo, Inc.

Sony Corporation

Saturn Licensing LLC

Eiju Yamada

Kazuhiro Yamada

Keiichi Murakami

Dai Kamiya

Izua Kano

Yasushi Onda

Yoshinori Ohashi

Akihiko Kinoshita

Shin Ito

Yusuke Kushida

Tsuyoshi Honma

Takashi Miura

Tatsuya Narahara

Takashi Nomura

Masayuki Ishikawa

Kentaro Hatanaka

Tsuyoshi Oobayashi

Yosuke Yukihira

[Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for enabling a user to easily and accurately determine an operation state of the apparatus. [ Solution] An information processing apparatus includes a display panel, a touch panelfor detecting a finger moving on the display panel, and a control unitfor designating a predetermined moving direction Dd and determining an operation state of the apparatus based on a difference between the designated moving direction Dd and a moving direction Da of the finger moving on the display panel according to the designation. When the apparatus is operated with either hand, a difference due to a finger used for the operation easily occurs between the designated moving direction and the moving direction of the finger due to a structure of the hand. When the apparatus is operated with both hands, a difference due to fingers used for the operation hardly occurs between the designated moving direction and the moving direction of the finger. An operation state of the apparatus can be determined based on the difference between the moving directions.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

A control device may include a control unit to switch an output information to a predetermined output information, when a transition of contents of a controlled device is detected.

Control device, sound switching method of control device, and program

[Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for enabling a user to easily and accurately determine an operation state of the apparatus. [Solution] An information processing apparatus includes a display panel, a touch panelfor detecting a finger moving on the display panel, and a control unitfor designating a predetermined moving direction Dd and determining an operation state of the apparatus based on a difference between the designated moving direction Dd and a moving direction Da of the finger moving on the display panel according to the designation. When the apparatus is operated with either hand, a difference due to a finger used for the operation easily occurs between the designated moving direction and the moving direction of the finger due to a structure of the hand. When the apparatus is operated with both hands, a difference due to fingers used for the operation hardly occurs between the designated moving direction and the moving direction of the finger. An operation state of the apparatus can be determined based on the difference between the moving directions.

Provided is a linked display system capable of improving availability of information having different scales and amounts of information, a linked display method, and a program. A mobile terminalincludes a display unitthat displays operation display information I, a range setting unitthat sets a predetermined range A containing a specified position in accordance with an operation to specify any position P over operation display information and a communication unitthat transmits the predetermined range to a TV set. The TV set includes a communication unitthat receives the predetermined range from the mobile terminal, a display information selection unitthat selects reference display information Icapable of displaying information corresponding to the predetermined range from at least one piece of the reference display information corresponding to the operation display information in accordance with display capacity of a local apparatus and having a different scale and amount of information from those of the operation display information, and a display unitthat displays information corresponding to the predetermined range of the selected reference display information.

Linked display system, linked display method and program

There is provided a control apparatus including a command acquiring unit that acquires selection commands of pieces of content transmitted from a plurality of controllers, and a display processing unit that, when at least a part of users who use the plurality of controllers view same content, enlarges a display area of the content.

Display apparatus, display system, and display method

To improve convenience of a function of rearranging and conveying information registered in an address book. A mobile phone, if any one of users registered in an address book is selected, obtains location information of a mobile phone owned by the selected user from a location search server. The mobile phone, by comparing location information of a home or an office of the selected user registered in the address book and the location information of the mobile phone obtained from the location search server, decides an indication sequence of plural communication addresses registered in the address book for the selected user.

Communication device, communication system, and program

An operation terminal includes: a posture detection section detecting a posture of the operation terminal, a change of the posture, or both thereof; a mode selection section selecting, based on a detection result of the posture detection section, an operation mode from a plurality of operation modes including a gesture mode and a non-gesture mode; and a transmission section sending a control command corresponding to the detection result of the posture detection section to an electronic unit when the gesture mode is currently selected.

Operation terminal, electronic unit, and electronic unit system

The environment around mobile phone handsetis judged according to the number of other mobile phone handsets present near mobile phone handsetand the registration status of the nearby telephones. Then, the display sequence of function names on a function selection screen is changed according to the environment. As a result, functions deemed likely to be selected by the user based on the environment surrounding mobile phone handsetmay be displayed at positions where they may be selected with fewer operations. In this way, the number of operations required of the user for selecting any of multiple functions may be reduced.

Mobile terminal and program

A control device may include a control unit to control transmission of a predetermined control command to a controlled device, when an operation surface is put face down is detected from a detection result of at least one sensor indicating the operation surface is put face down.

Control device, control method, and program

Communication device, communication system and program

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a search information notification section which notifies a search device of search information via a communication section, a search result acquisition section which acquires a plurality of search result pages retrieved from a plurality of search pages, respectively, in accordance with the search information, from the search device via the communication section, and a display control section which causes a display section to display one of the plurality of search result pages acquired by the search result acquisition section from the search device, and which causes the display section to display another one of the plurality of search result pages based on the operation information an input of which is accepted by an input section.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and information processing system

Systems and methods for operating an appliance control device for controlling the operation of a variety of appliances are provided. The appliance control device may acquire a list identifying one or more functions executable by an appliance. The list may further identify a corresponding protocol corresponding to each function included in the list. The appliance control device may transmit a request to the appliance for execution of a desired function selected from the list using a specified protocol selected based on the corresponding protocol corresponding to the desired function. In turn, the appliance may transmit the list to the appliance control device upon request. Further, the appliance may also receive the request to execute the desired function in accordance with the selected specified protocol, and execute the desired function in response to the request.

Systems and methods for operating an appliance control device for an appliance

Systems and methods for operating an appliance control device for selectively controlling a plurality of appliances having a same or common identifier are provided. A control unit may receive a request to register the appliance control device with any of the plurality of appliances having the same identifier. In response to the request, the control unit may select a first appliance based on a registration priority of the first appliance relative to the remaining appliances. Upon selecting the first appliance, the control unit may transmit a request to the selected first appliance for registering the appliance control device with the selected first appliance. In some aspects, the relative registration priorities may be assigned to one or more of the appliances based on a prior registration history and/or distance to the appliance control device.

Appliance control device, registration method of appliance control device, and program

An information processing device according to the present invention stores user attribute data and pieces of application attribute data. The information processing device retrieves the user attribute data (Sa), retrieves application attribute data of running application programs (Sa), and determine whether there is application attribute data matching the user attribute data (Sa). If the determination is affirmative, the information processing device identifies an application program corresponding to the application attribute data, and subsequently identifies a window (subject window) corresponding to the identified application program (Sa). The information processing device sets priority levels for the subject window and windows overlapping the subject window so that the priority level for the subject window is higher than those of the windows (Sa), and changes a display order of the subject window and the windows in accordance with the priority levels for the subject window and the windows (Sa).

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