Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Kutsumi

Satoshi Matsuura

Jun Ozawa

Takeshi Imanaka

Eiichi Naito

Takashi Tsuzuki

Shouichi Araki

Kouji Miura

Atsushi Yoshida

Yuka Yamada

Kiyoshi Morimoto

Shoichi Araki

Hideyuki Yoshida

Yoshiyuki Okimoto

Mitsuaki Oshima

Tsutomu Mukai

Tsuyoshi Inoue

Makoto Kato

Toshiyuki Tanaka

Masaru Yamaoka

Nobuyuki Otsuka

Takahiro Sato

Mitsuteru Kataoka

Susumu Maruno

Kenji Mizutani

Yoichi Ikeda

Tomoyasu Hiratsuka

Hideo Morita

Shunsuke Tanaka

Chikako Tada

Tadashi Ano

Takuma Iwasa

Nobuo Kitao

Yuumi Jitousho

A broadcast image output device includes: a reception unit that receives a broadcast; a communication unit that communicates with the download server; an output that outputs each of home screens; a memory unit that holds the home screens; and a control unit that selects one of the home screens and causes the output unit to output the selected home screen as an initial screen to be displayed after power is turned ON. The control unit performs download processing for a new home screen via the communication unit, causes the memory unit to hold home-related information, and causes the output unit to output the new home screen generated based on the home-related information as the initial screen.

Broadcast image output device, download server, and method of controlling broadcast image output device and download server

A device linkage control system is provided that includes a life data recording apparatus for accumulating usage information on the use of devices by a user, as life data, and a life pattern extraction apparatus including an episode creation unit that takes, as element data, details related to an identified episode from among life data and creates episode data which is a combination of the element data. Moreover, the system includes an episode analysis unit that analyzes relationships between the element data included in the episode data, and a life pattern interpretation unit that identifies, from the relationships between the element data, the life pattern which is characteristic of the user, and records this pattern, as life pattern information, and a control apparatus for linkage controlling of the devices by using the life pattern information of the user stored in the life pattern storage unit.

Device linkage control apparatus

An object of the invention is to eliminate a program having a high general preference, and recommend a program customized to a preference of a specific user. A reserved information receiver () in a program recommendation server () receives reserved information transmitted by a program viewing terminal. A reserved information DB () stores the reserved information with respect to each of the users. A community reserved information statistics section () defines the users as a first group, based on the received reserved information, and the reserved information stored with respect to each of the users. A total user reserved information statistics section () defines the users as a second group including the first group. A recommended program creator () generates recommended information customized to the first group, based on an aggregate calculation result of the reserved information of the users belonging to the first group, and an aggregate calculation result of the reserved information of the users belonging to the second group. A recommendation transmitter () transmits the recommended information to the program viewing terminal. The program viewing terminal reproduces a program based on the recommended information.

Program recommendation system, program view terminal, program view program, program view method, program recommendation server, program recommendation program, and program recommendation method

An association dictionary creation apparatus is provided that is capable of easily and efficiently creating an association dictionary suiting the user's taste. The association dictionary creation unit includes: a profile storage unit that stores a profile which is information regarding the user's taste; a word selection unit that determines, every predetermined time, a word from the profile stored in the profile storage unit as an associated word search word, and further, selects words, other than the associated word search word, included in the profile as the associated word candidates; and an association degree calculation unit that calculates the degree of association between the associated word search word and each associated word candidate word selected by the word selection unit with reference to the contents stored in the contents storage unit, and when the association degree is higher than a predetermined threshold value, sets the associated word search word and the associated word candidate word as the associated word pair and stores the associated word pair and the association degree in the association dictionary storage unit in association with each other.

Association dictionary creation apparatus

A dictionary creation device and dictionary creation method which optimally create and update a dictionary for classifying, searching, or extracting text information in accordance with a changes in content of text information groups. The dictionary creation device includes a keyword extraction unit that extracts a keyword from inputted text information; a keyword statistics unit that finds statistics regarding an appearance of the keyword; a keyword assessment value calculation unit that calculates an assessment value of the extracted keyword based on the statistics regarding the appearance of the keyword; a determination unit that determines whether or not to register or delete the keyword based on the calculated assessment value; a dictionary registration and deletion unit which registers or deletes the keyword in or from a dictionary database based on a result of the determination performed by the determination unit; and the dictionary database.

Dictionary creation device and dictionary creation method

A user agent unit includes an pattern extracting unit which extracts a frequent operation pattern of the log data that fulfills predetermined conditions from the operation log data registered in the operation log data database a pattern database which memorizes the frequent operation pattern; a pattern monitoring unit which monitors an operation pattern, from the operation log data to be newly registered, that correspond with the frequent operation pattern registered in the pattern database; and a pattern classifying unit which specifies the operator of the frequent operation pattern memorized in the pattern database.

Operation history utilization system

A health care system includes a sampling device for sampling body fluid of a test subject, an analysis device for analyzing the sampled body fluid, and a transmission device for transmitting analytical data obtained from the analysis to a diagnosis unit, where the diagnosis unit is for diagnosing a health status of the test subject from the transmitted analytical data. Moreover, the system includes a server for storing and accumulating analytical data and/or diagnostic results, and a health-care-information display device for receiving and displaying diagnostic results.

Health management system and health management method

A dictionary creation device and dictionary creation method are provided which optimally create and update a dictionary for classifying, searching, or extracting text information in accordance with a changes in content of text information groups. The dictionary creation device includes a keyword extraction unit that extracts a keyword from inputted text information and a keyword statistics unit that finds statistics regarding an appearance of the keyword. The dictionary creation device further includes a keyword assessment value calculation unit that calculates an assessment value of the extracted keyword based on the statistics regarding the appearance of the keyword, a determination unit that determines whether or not to register or delete the keyword based on the calculated assessment value, a dictionary registration and deletion unit which registers or deletes the keyword in or from a dictionary database based on a result of the determination performed by the determination unit, and the dictionary database.

A named entity extracting apparatus that extracts a named entity suitable for a user by enabling an order to be set in which the named entity is extracted from texts includes: an extraction order reading unitthat acquires a named entity pattern name stored in association with an extraction order in an extraction order storage unit; a named entity extracting unitthat extracts the named entity from input texts using a named entity pattern corresponding to the named entity pattern name acquired by the extraction order reading unit; and an extraction end judging unitwhich outputs, in the case where extraction has not ended, a text on which the extraction is in progress to the extraction order reading unit, and continues the named entity extraction processing.

Named entity extracting apparatus, method, and program

An information retrieval apparatus using a preference-based association dictionary, having words stored therein that are dynamically changed according to user's preferences, and using a general association dictionary storing a relationship between keywords included in a database. The apparatus includes: a matching unit which calculates a degree of matching between a search condition inputted from an input unit and a profile; a generation unit which obtains (i) one or more related words from a general association dictionary in a case where the matching degree is smaller than a predetermined threshold, and (ii) one or more related words from a preference-based association dictionary in a case where the matching degree is greater than the predetermined threshold; and a retrieval unit which retrieves information that meets the generated search condition.

Information retrieval apparatus

An operation history utilization system including a terminal electric device, a server electric device (user server), and an application server that are connected to one another via network. On the terminal electric device, there is implemented a device agent for storing the device operated by a user, the operation details and the operation time as an operation history set. On the server electric device, there is implemented a user agent for receiving the operation history transmitted from the device agent at a predetermined timing and managing the history in a centralized manner. On the application server, there is implemented a service concierge for providing service, considering the user's taste by inquiring the user agent about the operation history.

Operation history utilization system and method thereof

An apparatus including: a preference word obtainment unit that, when a search condition is input, obtains related words associated with keywords included in the search condition by a predetermined threshold or greater. Further, the preference word obtainment unit decreases the predetermined threshold to obtain related words, from a preference association dictionary when an expansion command is received. Moreover, the apparatus includes (i) a judgment unit which judges whether the related word obtained by the preference word obtainment unit is stored when the expansion command is received, (ii) a general word obtainment unit which obtains a related word from a general dictionary when it is judged that the related word obtained by the preference word obtainment unit is stored, and (iii) a retrieval unit which generates a search condition from the related word, obtains information meeting the generated search condition, and outputs the obtained information as a search result.

A server, which transmits phonetic-sound information to a plurality of client machines and reproduces the transmitted phonetic-sound information, includes a storage unit for storing a plurality of pieces of voiced phonetic-sound information whose contents are voices of a plurality of speakers in a conversation made up of the voices of the plurality of speakers. The server also includes a timing determining unit for determining reproduction timing of the plurality of pieces of voiced phonetic-sound information, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the voiced phonetic-sound information which is applicable to each client machine, so that its reproduction is executed in the reproduction timing determined by the timing determining unit.

Phonetic-sound providing system, server, client machine, information-provision managing server and phonetic-sound providing method

There is provided an information retrieval apparatus which can properly retrieve information associated with a user's preference from one of a plurality of data bases having different use frequencies. An information retrieval apparatus includes: a retrieval instruction issue unit which identifies one of an information source A data base, an information source B data base and an information source C data base according to the user's operation; a retrieval keyword selection unit which preferentially selects, from a group of keywords indicating the user's preference, one or more strongly preferred keywords based on a number associated with the use frequency of the data base identified by the retrieval instruction issue unit; and a retrieval unit which retrieves information including the one or more keywords selected by the retrieval keyword selection unit from the data base identified by the retrieval instruction issue unit.

Information retrieval apparatus and information retrieval support apparatus

An information recommendation apparatus selects and recommends contents coincident with or similar to conditions input. The conditions are represented by predetermined items and attribute values corresponding thereto, from among contents formed of plural pieces of data having plural items and attribute values corresponding thereto and stored in a content database in which the contents are registered, wherein the recommended contents are output to the terminal.

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Hiroshi Kutsumi