Sony Corporation

Dowa Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.

Hidenori Yamaji

Yoshitaka Narukawa

Noriaki Nakagawa

Yoshihiro Takagi

Soichi Sato

Michitomo Koda

Kazumi Yoshimoto

Kenichi Ono

Katsuhiro Takematsu

Takashi Sato

Masataka Suzuki

Tamaki Kojima

Masahiro Gotoh

Katsuhiro Hashimoto

Junko Saito

Takaaki Morimura

Akira Hirai

Shojiro Sato

Masahiko Suzuki

Shinichi Numata

Masami Hosaka

Akihiro Miyano

Atsushi Miyairi

Takuya Nishibayashi

Akira Iguchi

An iron powder and method of making an iron powder. The method includes a step of neutralizing an acidic aqueous solution containing a trivalent iron ion and a phosphorus-containing ion, with an alkali aqueous solution, so as to provide a slurry of a precipitate of a hydrated oxide, or a step of adding a phosphorus-containing ion to a slurry containing a precipitate of a hydrated oxide obtained by neutralizing an acidic aqueous solution containing a trivalent iron ion with an alkali aqueous solution. A silane compound is added to the slurry so as to coat a hydrolysate of the silane compound on the precipitate of the hydrated oxide. The precipitate of the hydrated oxide after coating is recovered through solid-liquid separation, the recovered precipitate is heated to provide iron particles coated with a silicon oxide, and a part or the whole of the silicon oxide coating is dissolved and removed.

Iron powder, silicon oxide coated iron powder,, molded article for inductor, and inductor

An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit that captures an image; a recording unit that records the image on a recording medium; a first position estimating unit that estimates a position of the imaging apparatus using a first position estimation technique to generate first position information, and calculates a first evaluation value serving as accuracy evaluation information of the first position information; a second position estimating unit that estimates the position of the imaging apparatus using a second position estimation technique different from the first position estimation technique to generate second position information, and calculates a second evaluation value serving as accuracy evaluation information of the second position information; a position-information obtaining unit that select, from the first and second position information, position information whose evaluation value is higher than the other; and an application executing unit that performs data processing using the selected position information.

Imaging apparatus, information processing apparatus and method, and computer program therefor

An information processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether incorrect updating processing in which information stored in a memory of the information processing apparatus is incorrectly updated has been executed in a first application program for receiving an instruction issued by a user and for controlling execution of processing corresponding to the instruction; a forcible termination unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that the incorrect updating processing has been executed, forcibly terminate the first application program; and a restart control unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that the incorrect updating processing has been executed, after the forcible termination unit terminates the first application program, notify the user of the occurrence of the incorrect updating. processing and control execution of a second application program for receiving an instruction relating to restart of the information processing apparatus.

Information processing apparatus, method, processor, and recording medium for determining whether information stored in a memory is incorrectly updated

Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus which may include list acquire means, thumbnail image acquire means, display means, selection means, and image acquire means.

Information processing apparatus and method, and program for handling images

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an activation method, and a program which allow activation to be performed more quickly so as to enter a state according to a user's operation. A host CPU () causes a state to transition to an initial state, which is an initial state of a working state and in which execution of application processing is inhibited, before entering a suspend state. An embedded controller () acquires from an input unit () a signal indicating an activating factor that serves as an activation trigger. When activating from the suspend state, the host CPU () executes return processing to the initial state, and upon returning to the initial state by activation, causes a state to transition to an application execution state in which the application processing according to the activating factor is executed. The present invention can be applied to a digital still camera.

Information processing apparatus, activation method, and program

An information processing apparatus pausing in one of pause states may include a suspension state and a hibernation state, includes a storage control unit for controlling storage of pause state information regarding one of the suspension state and the hibernation state in the case of transition thereto, a detecting unit for detecting a stop of supplying power, the power being supplied to maintain the suspension state as the pause state, and a startup method determination unit for determining a startup method to transition from the pause state to an operating state based on the pause state information and history information indicating a history of supplying power in the pause state accounting for the detection results about the stop of supplying power.

Information processing apparatus, startup method and computer program

An information processing apparatus working in pause states containing at least both a suspension state and a hibernation state, may include a time counting unit for counting time elapsed in the suspension state from a transition to the suspension state, and a transitioning unit for transitioning to the hibernation state if the elapsed time has exceeded a predetermined period of time.

Apparatus, method and computer program for processing information

Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus configured to make a transition to one of a plurality of modes each defining processing to be executed and execute the one of a plurality of modes to which a transition has been made, which may include first selection means; second selection means; communication controlling means; determination means; and mode transition control means.

Information processing apparatus and method, and program

An information processing apparatus for transitioning from an operating state for performing a process in accordance with an application program to a pause state and for transitioning back from the pause state to the operating state in one of a plurality of startup methods, may include a startup method determination unit for determining whether the startup method in a transition from the pause state to the operating state is a predetermined one of the plurality of startup methods, a capacity calculation unit for calculating a capacity available in a recording medium loaded on own information processing apparatus if the startup method is the predetermined one of the plurality of startup methods, and a recovery execution determination unit for determining whether to perform a recovery program for recovering an index of a file system managing data, recorded on the recording medium, based on the calculated capacity available in the recording medium.

Apparatus, method, computer program and recording medium for processing information

Disclosed herein is an image-taking apparatus for taking an image of a subject, which may include: image taking means for taking an image of the subject; communication means for communicating, via a network, with a mate of communication that is another image-taking apparatus; image acquire means for acquiring, via the network, an image taken by a mate of communication; and display means for displaying an image taken by the image taking means and an image taken by a mate of communication onto one screen in a sequence of image taken.

Image taking apparatus and method with display and image storage communication with other image taking apparatus

An information processing apparatus transitions from an active state, in which processing according to an application program is executed, to a paused state due to a predetermined trigger, and transitions from the paused state to the active state due to another trigger different from the predetermined trigger, and includes: a usage rate calculating section calculating a usage rate of a main memory, when transition is made from the active state to the paused state; a paused state selecting section selecting a paused state to which transition is to be made from among a plurality of kinds of the paused state, on the basis of a usage rate of the main memory calculated by the usage rate calculating section; and a paused state transition section transitioning itself to a paused state selected by the paused state selecting section.

Apparatus and method for allowing quick activation of electronic equipment, and recording medium having a program stored thereon for performing such method

A display control apparatus includes a first display control unit for controlling displaying a first representative image in a first folder on a first area of a display screen with first content recorded on a recording medium thereof belonging to the first folder, a second display control unit for controlling displaying a second representative image in a second folder on a second area of the display screen with second content supplied from a partner apparatus connected thereto via a network and belonging to the second folder, and a third display control unit for controlling displaying, on a third area of the display screen, a thumbnail image of one of the first content and the second content corresponding to one of the first folder and the second folder selected using one of the first representative image and the second representative image.

Apparatus, method, and computer program for controlling display

An information processing apparatus including detection units to detect physical quantities as targets for detection, and a control unit to measure a physical quantity based on a result of detection by a first detection unit and also to control a supply of power to a second detection unit in response to a result of measurement of the physical quantity. The second detection unit includes a first positioning unit to execute positioning outdoors, and a second positioning unit to execute positioning indoors. When it is determined from a dose of ultraviolet rays measured based on a result of detection by the first detection unit that the control unit is present outdoors, the control unit sets a higher priority to the first positioning unit as compared to the second positioning unit, and controls a supply of power so that positioning is executed only by the first positioning unit.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hidenori Yamaji