Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Sony Corporation

Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd.

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

Hiroshi Yahata

Tadamasa Toma

Tomoki Ogawa

Tomoyuki Okada

Wataru Ikeda

Taiji Sasaki

Takahiro Nishi

Masayuki Kozuka

Toshiyasu Sugio

Kazuhiro Mochinaga

Joseph McCrossan

Masaya Yamamoto

Tomotaka Yagi

Shinya Kadono Kadono

Yoshiichiro Kashiwagi

Yoshihiro Mori

Toshiroh Nishio

Takeshi Hirota

Kazuhiko Kouno

Toru Kawaguchi

Hiroshi Hamasaka

Yasushi Uesaka

Yuka Ozawa

Kaoru Murase

Masanori Itoh

Nobuo Nakanishi

Kengo Terada

Masahiro Oashi

Satoshi Hashimoto

Kojiro Kawasaki

Shingo Matsumoto

Satoshi Kondo

Kazuhiko Nakamura

Yoshinori Matsui

David Michael Duffy

Akihiko Inoue

Tohru Wakabayashi

Masayasu Iguchi

Christopher John Wright

Keizo Ishiguro

Bernadette Elliott Bowman

Hideyuki Oka

Motoki Kato

Declan Patrick Kelly

Wilhelmus Jacobus Van Gestel

Masanobu Nakamura

Aki Yoneda

Toshihiko Munetsugu

Hideaki Mita

Takuji Hiramoto

Seigo Takahashi

Tomohiro Matsumoto

Takeshi Tanaka

Kenjiro Ueda

Akihisa Kawamura

Masaki Yamauchi

Kouichi Uchimura

Tateo Oishi

Shinichi Yamamoto

Katsuhiko Miwa

Kosuke Nishio

Hiroaki Shimazaki

Masahiro Sueyoshi

Nanami Fujiwara

Seiji Horita

Hisataka Ueda

Sam Liu

Gabe Beged-Dov

Takenori Maehashi

Yosuke Uemondo

Joseph Mccrossan

A method includes: detecting, through a sensor, a location and a movement direction of the user and an object around the user; specifying the type and the location of the detected object; if the object is a dangerous object and is located in the movement direction of the user, setting a relative position where the robot is to be located relative to the user to a lead position ahead of the user and in a direction different from the movement direction; driving at least one pair of legs or wheels of the robot to cause the robot to move to the lead position; and driving the at least one pair of legs or wheels to cause the robot to accompany the user in the lead position and induce a change in the movement direction of the user.

Method for controlling robot, robot, and recording medium

A content management device includes: a storage that stores (a) a content generated by imaging performed by a first terminal that is at least one of a plurality of terminals, (b) a time at which the imaging of the content was performed, and (c) a history indicating whether each of one or more terminals among the plurality of terminals excluding a second terminal received, during a period that includes the time at which the imaging was performed, a beacon signal transmitted from the second terminal by radio waves, the second terminal being at least one of the plurality of terminals; and a manager that manages the content as a permissible content that is permitted to be presented by the plurality of terminals when determining, with reference to the storage, that each of the one or more terminals received the beacon signal during the period.

Content management device, content management system, and control method

A robot control system acquires request information requesting a robot to keep within a prescribed distance from a user and to collect surrounding information, acquires, from the robot, location information indicating a location of the robot and confirmation information indicating that the robot is near the user, and transmits, to the robot, a command for changing a setting of the robot from a first specification to a second specification in response to the request in a case where it is determined, on a basis of the map information, the location information, and the confirmation information, that the user of the robot is accompanying the robot outside a home area of the user, the first specification enabling the robot to collect the surrounding information inside the home area, and the second specification enabling the robot to collect the surrounding information outside the home area.

Robot control method, robot, and recording medium

A control method of a robot according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes receiving from an external computer information that instructs the robot to encourage a user to exercise; sensing a user's current position; moving the robot into a predetermined area that includes the user's current position; causing the robot to perform a gesture to encourage the user to exercise; monitoring behavior of the user; and performing driving of the robot along with exercise of the user, based on a result of the monitoring.

Method for controlling robot, robot, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing program

In a method for providing information, menu items included in menu information regarding a second restaurant indicated by a store identifier are arranged in order according to taste information regarding a user on the basis of the taste information and the menu information, the menu information being obtained, over a network before the store identifier is obtained from a terminal apparatus, from a server associated with the second restaurant indicated by the store identifier. Menu information regarding the menu items arranged in the order is transmitted to the terminal apparatus and displayed on a display screen of the terminal apparatus.

Method for providing information

A method includes acquiring, on a basis of a restaurant ID, menu information indicating one or more foods provided by a restaurant over a network from a second server associated with the restaurant corresponding to the restaurant ID, transmitting identification information stored in an information terminal to a first server and acquiring classification information from the first server on a basis of the identification information, generating a personalized menu for the user corresponding to the classification information on a basis of the menu information and the classification information, and displaying the personalized menu through a second operation screen for accepting an order of a food to be provided by the restaurant, the second operation screen being displayed on a display of the information terminal carried by the user.

Method, information terminal, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

A method acquires, on a basis of a restaurant ID, menu information indicating one or more foods provided by a restaurant over a network from a second server associated with the restaurant corresponding to the restaurant ID, acquires, from a first server, religion information, extracts one or more first foods compatible with the religion information on a basis of the menu information and the religion information, displays the one or more first foods through a second operation screen for accepting an order of a food to be provided by the restaurant of a user, and transmits food order information indicating a food selected from among the one or more first foods to the second server.

A method for providing information includes: arranging, on the basis of taste information regarding a user and the menu information regarding a second restaurant indicated by a store identifier, first menu items included in the menu information in order according to the taste information; and causing the first menu items arranged in the order according to the taste information to be displayed in a first display area of a display screen of a terminal apparatus, and causing second menu items specified by the second restaurant to be displayed in a second display area of the display screen.

A method includes causing a computer of a communication terminal to perform a process including acquiring, in response to receipt of a beacon signal transmitted from a vending machine, identification information and type information of a plurality of drinks from the vending machine by using short-range wireless communication; acquiring preference information on drinks of a user of the communication terminal; generating, based on the identification information, the type information, and the preference information, a push notification screen that recommends at least one drink that matches a preference of the user indicated by the preference information from among the plurality of drinks stored in the vending machine indicated by the identification information; and displaying the push notification screen on a display of the communication terminal.

Control method, communication terminal, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, and information providing method

A method includes acquiring, based on a restaurant ID, menu information indicating dishes provided by a restaurant corresponding to the restaurant ID from a second server related to the restaurant via a network, transmitting identification information stored in an information terminal to a first server, acquiring, from a first server, allergy information related to a user based on the identification information, generating, based on the menu information and the allergy information, a personalized menu arranged for the user according to the allergy information, displaying the personalized menu on a second operation screen for accepting an order of a dish in the restaurant, the second operation screen being displayed on a display of the information terminal of the user, and transmitting ordered-dish information representing the dish selected from the personalized menu to the second server.

Method, information terminal, and storage medium

A method includes: acquiring, from a store terminal via a network, limited product information indicating a limited product for which a time available for sale in one branch store corresponding to the store terminal is limited; acquiring, from a communication terminal of a user via the network, i) a request for a purchase menu of affiliated stores and ii) a branch store identifier (ID) specifying one branch store corresponding to a device ID specifying a beacon signal transmitter disposed in the one branch store; generating, based on the limited product information, the request for the purchase menu, and the branch store ID, privileged purchase menu information corresponding to the one branch store; and outputting the privileged purchase menu information to the communication terminal.

Information providing method, control method, communication terminal, and recording medium

A playback device acquires first management information that stores first playback control information and second management information that stores second playback control information. The first playback control information specifies that a video stream of a high-luminance range is to be played, and the second playback control information specifies that a video stream of a standard-luminance range is to be played. A video player acquires and plays the video stream of the high-luminance range based on the first playback control information in a case of playing the content as the high-luminance range. The video player acquires and plays the video stream of the standard-luminance range based on the second playback control information in a case of playing the content as the standard-luminance range.

Recording medium, playback method, and playback device

A method includes causing a computer of a communication terminal to perform a process including acquiring, in response to receipt of a beacon signal from a vending machine, identification information and type information and stock information of drinks from the vending machine by short-range wireless communication; acquiring preference information on drinks of a user of the communication terminal; acquiring current biological information of the user; generating, based on the identification information, the type information, the stock information, the preference information, and the biological information, a push notification screen that recommends at least one drink matching a preference of the user indicated by the preference information in relation to a current physical condition of the user indicated by the biological information from among the drinks stored in the vending machine indicated by the identification information; and displaying the push notification screen on a display of the communication terminal.

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Hiroshi Yahata