Sony Corporation

Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Sony Group Corporation

Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha

Riken Corporation

Thinkcyte, Inc.

Nec Corporation

Hiroaki Adachi

Kenji Yokoyama

Haruo Oba

Yuuji Wada

Seiji Muramatsu

Takuya Watanabe

Toshiyuki Kimura

Atsushi Koshiyama

Issei Sato

Masashi Ugawa

Mutsumi Maeda

Masahiro Kazama

Kazuki Kozuma

Hidehiro Amaki

Masahide Ishino

Fumiya Shimada

Kensuke Mashita

Mitsuyo Usami

Masao Kondo

Masahiko Naito

Naoki Iwata

Katsuakira Moriwake

Takeshi Kawamura

Satoshi Fujita

Akitaka Kimura

Minoru Nakano

Katsutoshi Sakao

Ryu Aoyama

Akira Fujii

Keishi Tsuchiya

Yoji Hirose

Akihiro Ishida

Shintarou Morita

Tadatsugu Tokunaga

Yuumi Ozawa

Takashi Hemmi

Yukako Murakami

Fumiaki Tokuhisa

Izumi Yagi

In a conventional multi-window function, when it is desired to switch an application to another application, only one application can be switched, which lacks usability. Therefore, provided is an information processing apparatus that includes an operation unit configured to detect an operation by a user, and a display unit configured to display a first application list and a second application list in response to detecting a first user operation, display a first application selected in a first window in response to detecting a second user operation for selecting the first application from the first application list, and display a second application selected in a second window in response to detecting a third user operation for selecting the second application from the second application list.

Information processing apparatus, program, and method

Further improvement in usability is promoted. An information processing device () includes a control unit () that executes processing of displaying an operation area having a predetermined shape in an edge area of a display screen, and moving the operation area to a center area of the display screen by a first operation set in advance as a predetermined operation on the operation area.

Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program

Usability improvement is achievable with respect to use of screen divisional display of windows of plural applications. Provided is an information processing apparatus including a control unit that displays divisional display information on a display screen as information associated with screen divisional display of windows of plural applications on the display screen, on the basis of a trigger operation, and displays the windows of the plural selected applications on the basis of a following operation for the displayed divisional display information while dividing display of the windows into at least a first region and a second region of the display screen. The following operation includes an operation that selects the applications for which the screen divisional display is to be executed.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method for dividing display screen for display of plurality of applications

A mask structure optimization device includes a classification target image size acquisition unit that is configured to acquire a size of a classification target image which is an image including a classification target, a mask size setting unit that is configured to set a size of a mask applied to the classification target image, a brightness detection unit that is configured to detect a brightness of each pixel within the classification target image at a position on an opposite side of the mask from the classification target image, a sum total brightness calculation unit that is configured to calculate the sum total brightness of the each pixel within the classification target image detected by the brightness detection unit, an initial value setting unit that is configured to set an initial value for a mask pattern of the mask, and a movement unit that is configured to relatively move the mask with respect to the classification target image. The sum total brightness calculation unit is configured to calculate the sum total brightness of the each pixel within the classification target image every time the movement unit relatively moves the mask by a predetermined movement amount. The mask structure optimization device further includes a mask pattern optimization unit that is configured to optimize the mask pattern of the mask on the basis of the sum total brightness.

Mask structure optimization device, mask structure optimization method, and program

This shooting system includes a plurality of cameras capable of capturing a subject that moves on a course from different directions, and a controller that receives a setting made by the user regarding a switch order of the plurality of cameras that temporally share continuous shooting of the subject that moves on the course, and switches output videos of the plurality of cameras in accordance with the set switch order.

Shooting system, shooting method, and program

An information processing apparatus includes a talk control unit that controls proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of environment information regarding a user terminal acquired from the user terminal. Furthermore, there is provided an information processing method performed by a processor, including: acquiring environment information regarding a user terminal from the user terminal; and controlling proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of the acquired environment information. Furthermore, there is provided an information processing system including: a user terminal that is able to acquire environment information regarding the user terminal; and a server that includes a talk control unit controlling proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of the environment information regarding the user terminal acquired from the user terminal.

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

Shooting system and shooting method

An information processing apparatus including a display and a touch panel disposed on or integrally formed with the display that detects a touch input by a user. The information processing apparatus setting initial coordinates corresponding to a first position of a touch input detected by the touch panel; setting a first region and a second region of the display based on the initial coordinates; and controlling the display to change a scale of a displayed image based on a distance between the initial coordinates and a second position of the touch input continuously detected by the touch panel in one of the first and second regions.

User interface for controlling a display scale of an image

A mobile terminal having a camera function includes a camera unit for capturing an image of a subject, and an image-capture control calculation unit that controls an image-capturing operation performed by the camera unit and that also calculates a movement speed of the subject that is being captured by the camera unit. Then, when the camera unit is performing continuous image capture, the image-capture control calculation unit dynamically changes and controls an image-capture time interval at the time of continuous image capture in accordance with a movement speed of the subject.

Image capturing apparatus and control program product with speed detection features

An information processing apparatus including a positioning unit that determines a position of the information processing apparatus based on an external signal; a sensor unit that detects a change in position of the information processing apparatus; and a processing unit that measures, according to a change in position detected at the sensor unit, an amount of displacement of the information processing apparatus from a first time when the positioning unit starts to determine the position of the information processing apparatus to a second time when the positioning unit completes determining the position of the information processing apparatus; and identifies a position of the information processing apparatus at the first time by compensating the position of the information processing apparatus determined by the positioning unit at the second time with the amount of displacement of the information processing apparatus.

Self-position measuring terminal

An information processing apparatus includes a display unit located on a front surface of a case. The information processing apparatus also includes a sensing unit located on a side surface of the case facing away from the display unit.

Information processing apparatus

An apparatus may include circuitry configured to determine, as a first determination result based on an output of a sensor, that an instruction object is within a predetermined distance of a surface of a display. The circuitry may acquire an image of an area surrounding the apparatus. The circuitry may detect a presence of a facial feature in the captured image. The circuitry may calculate a line-of-sight angle based on the detected facial feature. The circuitry may control the display to enlarge an area of a displayed interface based on the first determination result and the line-of-sight calculation.

Method and apparatus for enlarging a display area

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Tokyo, Japan

Hiroaki Adachi