Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Hironari Nishino

Shinichi Kikuchi

Shigefumi Odaohhara

Yoshiyuki Shibayama

Hidetoshi Mori

Tabito Miyamoto

Yasushi Tsukamoto

Takumi Imai

Masaharu Yoneda

Kosei Kimura

Qian Wang

Hideaki Nakanishi

Dadao Tian

An information processing apparatus includes: two amplifiers that and output sound signals based on sound data to two speakers, respectively, that the stereo speaker has; a connector that connects the amplifiers to the two speakers; and a microphone. When a first stereo speaker is to be connected to the connector, the stereo speaker is connected so that the two speakers of the first stereo speaker are in phase with each other. When a second stereo speaker is to be connected to the connector, the stereo speaker is connected so that the two speakers of the second stereo speaker are in reverse phase with each other. The information processing apparatus outputs a sound signal based on predetermined sound data from the amplifiers to the stereo speaker, thus identifying the type of the stereo speaker connected to the connector based on the sound collected with the microphone.

Information processing apparatus and control method

A vibration isolator is a vibration isolator for supporting a speaker box to a chassis of an electronic apparatus and includes a main body having a bar shape, and an attachment piece having a plate shape, the attachment piece including a hole portion through which a screw thread to fix the vibration isolator to the speaker box is passed through, the attachment piece being provided to protrude from the main body. The main body includes a core and a rubber material covering a surface of the core, and the attachment piece is made of the rubber material.

Vibration isolator and electronic apparatus

An apparatus is provided with a device storing machine readable code and a processor executing the machine readable code. The machine readable code includes sound setting code and audio processing code. The sound setting code detects use of a microphone and sets sound characteristics that are suitable for conversation in response to detecting the use of the microphone. The audio processing code processes sound on the basis of the sound characteristics set by the sound setting code.

Sound output setting apparatus, method, and computer program product

A tablet PC capable of providing continuous utilization of a sound signal collected from a microphone without requiring any user intervention when a use mode thereof has been changed from a PC use mode to a tablet use mode is disclosed. The tablet PC includes a set of microphones to form a microphone array. The tablet PC is able to operate in a sound emphasis mode wherein sound signals collected from the microphones are processed while forming an emphasis space, and to operate in a non-processing mode wherein the sound signals are processed without forming the emphasis space. When a user manipulates a chassis orientation of the tablet PC from a PC use mode to a tablet use mode, the tablet PC operates to process the emphasis space so that the sound signals collected by the microphones can be utilized in the tablet use mode.

Tablet computer equipped with microphones

The present invention provides a method, apparatus an device for reducing power loss by lowering an operating frequency of a power supply device in a standby state such as soft-off state, suspend state, or a state in which a line is not connected. In one aspect of the present invention, an AC adaptor connectable to a main body of an apparatus through a power line, comprising a rectifying and smoothing unit, a switching unit, and an operating frequency supplying unit, is provided for.

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Hachiouji, Japan

Hironari Nishino