Sony Corporation

Hideki Noma

Ryoki Honjo

Kayoko Tanaka

Hiroshi Kawashima

Tomoyuki Ono

Yoshihito Ishibashi

Masahiro Fujita

Kazumi Sato

Daisuke Yamazaki

Shigeru Tajima

Makoto Inoue

Itaru Kawakami

Masashi Takeda

Koji Kageyama

Katsuya Muramatsu

Noritoshi Inoue

Yuichi Abe

Kei Yamashita

Yoshihiro Manabe

Junko Saito

Akifumi Kashiwagi

Tsugutomo Enami

Masaya Kimura

Takao Yamaguchi

Tetsuya Konishi

Yukiyoshi Hirose

Tsunetaro Matsuoka

Jin Pan

Kenichiro Ueki

Satoko Ogure

In one example embodiment, a power storage management system includes a user terminal, a power storage apparatus and an information processing apparatus. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus is configured to, using a mobile communication network (e.g., Global System for Mobile Communications or the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), communicate with the power storage apparatus.

Power storage management system, information processing apparatus, power storage apparatus, method of operating power storage management system, and method of operating information processing apparatus

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and power storage apparatus management system

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and power storage apparatus management system

An information processing apparatus includes a position detection unit that detects a presence position of the information processing apparatus, a communication network information obtaining unit that obtains information regarding data communication in an accessible mobile communication network, and a data communication related information generation unit that generates data communication related information regarding the data communication using the mobile communication network at the presence position based on information regarding the presence position and information regarding the data communication in the mobile communication network.

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

There is provided a charging apparatus including a connection unit to which a device is to be connected, a charging unit for charging the device connected to the connection unit, a history acquisition unit for acquiring a history of content use stored in the device, a timing prediction unit for predicting a timing of use of the device based on the history of content use acquired by the history acquisition unit, and a charge control unit for controlling the charging unit such that the device connected to the connection unit becomes fully charged at a timing suitable for the timing predicted by the timing prediction unit.

Charging apparatus, and charge control method

There is provided an information processing apparatus which includes a subtitle processing unit for extracting a subtitle feature quantity representing a feature of a content from subtitle information included in the content, a subtitle feature quantity accumulation unit for associating and storing identification information capable of identifying the content and the subtitle feature quantity extracted from the content by the subtitle processing unit, a subtitle feature quantity collation unit for collating the subtitle feature quantity stored in the subtitle feature quantity accumulation unit and a subtitle feature quantity to be determined, thereby determining sameness between the content corresponding to the subtitle feature quantity stored in the subtitle feature quantity accumulation unit and a content corresponding to the subtitle feature quantity to be determined, and a collation result output unit for outputting a collation result of the subtitle feature quantity collation unit.

Information processing apparatus, sameness determination system, sameness determination method, and computer program

There is provided a power system including a power transmitting apparatus and a power receiving apparatus. The power transmitting apparatus includes: a power generating unit generating power using renewable energy; a first power measuring unit measuring a power amount generated in a specified period; and a power transmitting unit transmitting the generated power in the specified period and information on the measured power amount to the power receiving apparatus. The power receiving apparatus includes: a power receiving unit receiving the power and the information on the power amount from the power transmitting apparatus; a second power measuring unit measuring a power amount received in the specified period; a determining unit comparing the received power amount and the measured power amount and determining whether such amounts match; and a power reception control unit operable when the amounts do not match, to stop reception of the power and the information.

Power system, power receiving apparatus, and power transmission control method

An information processing method includes the steps of analyzing moving-image content including image data and audio data, extracting scene metadata characterizing each scene for each scene constituting the moving-image content, deciding a reproduction mode of the moving-image content according to at least one of a reproduction environment of the moving-image content and setting information set by a user, generating loss recovery information for recovering loss information lost by changing the reproduction mode of the moving-image content using the scene metadata according to the decided reproduction mode, and outputting the generated loss recovery information in accordance with the moving-image content to be reproduced in the decided reproduction mode.

Information processing method, information processing device, scene metadata extraction device, loss recovery information generation device, and programs

The present invention facilitates operations of updating, altering and/or otherwise recomposing the reproduction list of contents data prepared according to the frequency of reproduction, the priority of reproduction, the preference of the user and so on. There is provided a contents data reproduction apparatus for reproducing contents data, which includes a detecting section that detects the external force, a weighting information generating section that generates weighting information, a memory section that stores the weighting information, a reproduction control section that composes a reproduction list of the contents data, a reproduction section that reads out the contents data and reproducing them, and a display section that visibly displays the reproduction list, the reproduction control section recomposing the reproduction list of the contents data, referring to the weighting information, according to the outcome of detection of the detecting section and visibly displaying the reproduction list on the display section.

Contents data reproduction apparatus and contents data reproduction method

The present invention makes it possible and easier to serve optimum robot components/devices/accessories by means of an information service system including personal terminal devices (A toC) connected to an information communication network via a telecommunication line, and a server () connected to the information communication network via the telecommunication line to cumulatively store information on components/devices/accessories available from a plurality of manufacturers (and) (third party) of components/devices/accessories of a robot, as classified according to the attributes of the components/devices/accessories and send, to the personal terminal devices (A toC) connected thereto, options information prepared based on the attribute of the cumulatively stored components/devices/accessories information and including a plurality of items for selection of a robot component.

Information providing system, information providing device, and system for controlling robot device

Data necessary for diagnosing the condition of software of a virtual living thing or the condition of a hardware keeping the virtual living thing are acquired from the hardware or a storage medium storing the software, and are analyzed, and the condition of the virtual living thing is diagnosed on the basis of the analysis result. Besides, data necessary for diagnosing the hardware or the software of a robot apparatus are acquired from the robot apparatus or the storage medium storing the software, and are analyzed, and the condition of the robot apparatus is diagnosed on the basis of the analysis result.

Diagnostic system, diagnostic device and diagnostic method

In an information processing device and method, and programs, firstly, new second inheritance data is created based on first inheritance data regulating the shape and/or behaviors of a virtual creature and secondly, the gene data of the virtual creature is diagnosed and a given value added is applied to the virtual creature when it is determined based on the diagnostic result that the gene data satisfies predetermined conditions and thirdly, information on parents of virtual creatures which are sequentially created by mixing and registered, is stored and a pedigree of a designated virtual creature is inquired into based on the information. On the other hand, a data storing device is provided with a first storage means for storing inheritance data to regulate the shape and/or behaviors of a virtual creature, a communication means for transmitting/receiving inheritance data to/from the outside, and a second storing means for storing the inheritance data of other virtual creatures via the communication means.

Information processing device and method, data holding device, and program

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