Sony Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.

Hiroyuki Tominaga

Takashi Nomura

Masayuki Takahashi

Haruhiko Sakata

Ichiro Ueno

Mihoko Yamamoto

Baiping Liao

Katsuhiko Watanabe

Takashi Nunomaki

Kenichiro Imai

Tetsuo Morimoto

Masayuki Kuwata

Kei Yamashita

Takashi Oguma

Keisuke Okawa

Ko Kobayashi

Noriko Ohtsuka

Nahoko Kaji

Sachiyo Noguchi

Kumiko Shimazaki

Tsuyoshi Kubo

Takashi Sato

Masayuki Ishikawa

Yoshinori Koshida

Hiroyuki Sano

Kazuhiro Yamane

Naohiro Yamada

Kiminori Sugisaki

Isao Miyake

Tetsuhisa Araki

Toshiaki Ikematsu

Simon Currie

Kumiko Sera

Currie Simon

Naomi Ushioda

Kousuke Mitsunaga

Kiyoshi Komikawa

Takashi Sony Digital Network Appl Inc Oguma

Keisuke Sony Digital Network Appl Inc Okawa

A vehicle can execute an automatic driving mode and a manual driving mode as a driving mode. An assistance device supports mode switching from the automatic driving mode to the manual driving mode. The assistance device includes an acquisition interface and a notification interface. The acquisition interface acquires data indicating a situation around the vehicle. The notification interface that communicates a candidate position derived based on the data acquired by the acquisition interface, the candidate position being a candidate of a position where the mode switching should be executed.

Assistance device for supporting switching between automatic driving mode and manual driving mode

A signal processing apparatus capable of easily linking video data of a DVCR connected by an i-Link or the like and utilizing the same in a desired format is disclosed. Streaming data such as video data is defined, managed, and controlled in usage by an 'optional-media' link tag linked to a 'gpoi' tag defining a specific position in a position information file. The &#x201c;optional-media&#x201d; link can describe the five attributes of a format attribute for designating a connected apparatus and format information thereof, id attribute for further specifying the target in the connected apparatus designated by the format attribute, an &#x201c;in&#x201d; attribute and &#x201c;out&#x201d; attribute for designating a reproduction start position and ending position of the designated data, and a repeat attribute for designating a number of times of reproduction.

Signal processing method, signal processing apparatus, signal processing system, and machine readable storage medium storing control information of signal processing apparatus

The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to photograph and record a still image and moving images before and after the still image as well. In step S, when a still-image-with-moving-image photographing mode is set, moving image temporary storage is started. When a shutter is depressed in step S, in step S, a photographed still image is recorded and one moving image is generated from the moving image before the still image stored in step S, a moving image obtained by converting the photographed still image, and a moving image photographed after the depression of the shutter and the one moving image generated is recorded. Therefore, the moving images before and after the still image are recorded together with a high-definition still image.

Recording apparatus and method, reproducing apparatus and method, and program

A search apparatus includes the following elements. A provisional search condition inputting unit inputs character string information as a provisional search condition. A character string/position correspondence information holding unit holds character string/position correspondence information including a correspondence between character string information and position information. A position information obtaining unit obtains position information corresponding to the character string information input as the provisional search condition from the character string/position correspondence information. A search object information storage unit stores search object information with additional information including at least position information. A searching unit performs a search for the position information of the search object information stored in the search object information storage means using the position information obtained by the position information obtaining unit as an actual search condition, and outputs search object information having the found position information as a search result satisfying the provisional search condition.

Search apparatus and method, and program

A search apparatus may include the following elements. A provisional search condition inputting unit inputs character string information as a provisional search condition. A character string/position correspondence information holding unit holds character string/position correspondence information including a correspondence between character string information and position information. A position information obtaining unit obtains position information corresponding to the character string information input as the provisional search condition from the character string/position correspondence information. A search object information storage unit stores search object information with additional information including at least position information. A searching unit performs a search for the position information of the search object information stored in the search object information storage means using the position information obtained by the position information obtaining unit as an actual search condition, and outputs search object information having the found position information as a search result satisfying the provisional search condition.

An information processing apparatus may include the following elements: an image information obtaining unit which obtains image information having at least position information added thereto as additional information, a map information storage unit which stores map information, a template information storage unit which stores template information including a template of content information, a map information obtaining unit which obtains map information corresponding to the position information added to the image information obtained by the image information obtaining unit from the map information stored in the map information storage unit, and a content information creating unit which creates content information using at least the map information obtained by the map information obtaining unit on the basis of the template information.

Information processing apparatus and method, and program

The present invention relates to a program and an information processing method and apparatus with which a connection can be formed reliably between apparatuses having different capabilities. A first application, using a presence function, announces a profile space ID representing processing for a service that can be provided. A second application receives the announcement. The second application requests the first application for detailed information of the service and registration to the service. The second application connects to the first application by peer to peer, based on a URI needed for peer-to-peer access, transmitted from the first application. The present invention can be applied to personal computers, network-enabled CE devices, and commercial application servers on the Internet.

Program and information processing method and apparatus

An information processing apparatus for displaying a map, displaying any data related to position information on the map, and effectively using the same even if map information is not provided in the information processing apparatus is disclosed. Image data and additional information having link information to the position information and a map are linked and stored in a memory stick. At the time of display, the apparatus accesses the Internet by a mobile phonebased on the link information, acquires the map information, and displays it on an LCD. It displays marks based on the position information on the map. For example when the mark is selected etc., it reads image data and further displays it on the LCD

Apparatus and method for processing map data and storage medium having information for controlling the processing of map data

The present invention relates to a program and an information processing method and apparatus with which a connection can be formed reliably between apparatuses having different capabilities. An application #, using a presence function, announces a profile space ID representing processing for a service that can be provided. An application #n receives the announcement. The application #n requests the application #for detailed information of the service and registration to the service. The application #n connects to the application #by peer to peer, based on a URI needed for peer-to-peer access, transmitted from the application #. The present invention can be applied to personal computers, network-enabled CE devices, and commercial application servers on the Internet.

Program, information processing method and device

The present invention relates to a program, an information processing method and apparatus, and a data structure with which connection can be formed reliably between apparatuses having different capabilities. A service that can be provided to another party is represented by five dimensional parameters, namely, Access Method, Link Speed, X scale, Y scale, and Audio Codec. The values of the parameters are all represented by integer values. Access Method is represented by number 1 in the case of RTSP/TCP+RTP/UDP, and by number 2 in the case of HTTP tunnelling. Link Speed is normalized by kbps as a base unit, and X scale and Y scale are normalized by 16 pixels as a base unit. Audio Codec supports predetermined methods represented by numbers 0 to 6. The present invention can be applied to a personal computer.

Program, information processing method and device, and data structure

An imaging system includes plural portable terminals managed by a server; and the portable terminal to be imaged is notified that an imaging operation has been performed on a portable terminal which can communicate with a facility camera through a camera-terminal network. The notification is also provided to portable terminals belonging to the same group as the portable terminal.

Imaging system and system control method

In an instant message communication system, if a provider logs in to an instant message communication service, the provider supplies, via a server, main presence information to a consumer specified as a friend of the provider, wherein the main presence information is a basic part of presence information. The provider then acquires main presence information of the consumer. At the provider, consumers are registered in relation to respective capabilities of the provider. The provider supplies provider sub-presence information to each consumer to inform of the details of the capability related to the consumer. Furthermore, the provider acquires consumer sub-presence information indicating the details of a capability that the consumer has, and the provider manages the acquired information. Thus, information associated with the status of capabilities available in communication can be provided without imposing a high load on the transmission process.

Method and apparatus for processing client capability information over a network

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Hiroyuki Tominaga