Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Ssd Company Limited

The University of Tokyo

Tatsuta Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd.

Katsuya Nakagawa

Toru Ueda

Hiromu Ueshima

Katsuo Doi

Yoshiaki Nakanishi

Satoshi Yamato

Masakazu Nagano

Masayuki Yukawa

Hideki Tanaka

Jun Higashiyama

Tsunehiko Terada

Yoshiharu Yamamoto

Azusa Umemoto

Akira Imai

Motoki Sone

Hiroshi Uno

Yuji Ichikawa

Hisatoshi Murakami

Shinichi Wakita

Hiroaki Niwamoto

Toru Nakamura

Tsukasa Kaminokado

Fumio Nakatani

Kunihiro Tanaka

Hideki Nishimura

Hideyuki Otokawa

Kazumasa Eguchi

Keiichi Yasumura

Zbigniew Struzik

Satoshi Washizuka

Hiroyuki Aimoto

Masaki Nomura

Kanae Naoi

A body motion detection section () for continuously detecting the frequency of a user's activity as an activity level is provided. The activity level detected by the body motion detection section () is outputted to a fatigue detection section () for estimating a user's fatigue level on the basis of the activity level.

Fatigue estimation device and electronic apparatus having the fatigue estimation device mounted thereon

A remote code reader system sends a code read by a code reader to an appropriate function by utilizing identification information assigned specific to a client in order to select a function. A barcode reader and a host computer connected to a network are included therein. An ID (pen ID) of the barcode readerand a barcode as read are transmitted to the host computer through a terminal connected to the network. The host computer decodes the received pen ID to select a CGI which conforms to the pen ID, and sends the barcode to the CGIas selected in order to make the CGI process it.

Remote code reader system

Each time stepping motion of a player by a stepperis detected, one firework objectappears on a television monitorand then disappears. Each a predetermined number of times of the stepping motion of the player is detected, a more spectacular firework object than that of one step is displayed. If the player performs the stepping motion by frequency as a quota shown in a quota display section, this screen is finished.

Exercise assisting method, exercise appliance, and information processor

A stroboscope is utilized as an input device of a golf game system (), for example. The golf game system includes a game machine () as an information processing apparatus and a golf-club-shaped input device (), and within a housing of the game machine, an imaging unit () is housed, and the imaging unit is provided with an image sensor () and an infrared-LED. By utilizing the infrared-LED, an infrared ray is intermittently emitted to a predetermined range of an upper portion of the imaging unit. Accordingly, the image sensor intermittently images a reflective body provided in the golf-club-shaped input device moving within the range. Such the stroboscope image processing of the reflective body enables calculation of a velocity, and so on as an input of the game machine.

Information processing apparatus provided with input system utilizing stroboscope

A service providing apparatuscapable of providing a service while effectively managing execution codes and screen configuration information stored in the apparatus includes: a display apparatus; a communication unit; an obtaining unitfor obtaining an execution code for providing the service through communication unit; an execution code storagefor storing the obtained execution code; a screen configuration information storagefor storing screen configuration information defining screen configuration to be displayed at the time of execution of the execution code; and a management unitmanaging these units such that by the time the service is provided, the execution code and screen configuration information necessary for providing the service are stored in the execution code storageand screen configuration information storage, and executing, in response to a service providing instruction, the execution code stored in the execution code storageusing the screen configuration information stored in the screen configuration information storage

Service providing apparatus

A measurement data communication device for measuring a health condition of an examinee and transmitting a plurality of measurement values representing a result of the measurement, to an information acquiring device managing the measurement values, includes: communication information generating means for generating communication information in accordance with (i) an attribute definition column defining attributes of the plurality of measurement values, and (ii) a code value uniquely corresponding to the attribute definition column; measurement data generating means for generating measurement data in accordance with the code value and the plurality of measurement values; and transmitting means for transmitting the communication information and the measurement data to the information acquiring device. This makes it possible to realize a measurement data communication device and an information acquiring device, each of which (i) expresses, with one code, attributes to a plurality of measurement items of measurement data, for each measurement device; (ii) employs a different code system according to a type of measurement device; (iii) allows for free addition of a new measurement item; and the like.

Measurement data communication device, information acquiring device, and system

Information processor having input system using stroboscope

An information providing system includes a mobile terminal and an information providing device. The mobile terminal includes a communication circuit transmitting positional information representing a position of the mobile terminal to the information providing device in response to an inquiry from the information providing device. The information providing device includes a storage circuit storing plan information representing a plan to be executed by the user of the mobile terminal, and a control circuit generating traveling information related to traveling for the user to execute the plan and transmitting the traveling information to the mobile terminal based on the positional information received from the mobile terminal and the plan information stored in the storage circuit. The mobile terminal further includes a display circuit displaying the traveling information received from the information providing device.

Method and device for providing information related to activity of user

An accounting and reconciliation system includes a seller terminal that receives credit data guaranteeing payment, and payment data. A buyer terminal for a buyer sends purchase request data containing transaction information which specifies purchase transaction conditions. A reconciliation unit mediates a purchase transaction between the buyer and the seller in response to receiving the purchase request data communicated from the buyer terminal to the reconciliation unit. The reconciliation unit includes communication circuitry for communicating with the buyer terminal and the seller terminal and a processing system responsive to the purchase request data for sending the credit data to the seller terminal, and for sending the payment data to the seller terminal after receiving acknowledgment data indicative of the buyer's acknowledgment of receipt.

Accounting and reconciliation system

An operation such as changing the coordinates of a specified position is performed on a two-dimensional display screenof a display unitby using an input pen, a touch-panel, etc., as an operation input unitto shift the list of candidate character strings which is displayed on the display screen at the initial screen. The contents of the list of the candidate character strings which are displayed on the display screenare continuously changed until a desired candidate character string appears on the screen

Character input apparatus and storage medium in which character input program is stored

The present invention provides virtual keyboard which can be used at the same number of operations as on a conventional keyboard and can allow a natural input operation at a minimized load. The virtual keyboard comprises a liquid crystal display for displaying thereon a keyboard having special keys and general keys, a transparent pressure-sensitive panel superimposed on the display and a computing portion that, when a special key and a general key on a pressure-sensitive panel are pushed at a time, detects the coordinate of a middle point between the two pushed positions from outputs of the pressure-sensitive panel, calculates a general key position from the special key point and the middle point and outputs a code corresponding to that position.

Virtual keyboard

A fishing game apparatus () has a casting rod () connected to a television monitor (). The casting rod () is built therein with a game processor and an acceleration sensor. During casting, an acceleration signal is inputted from the acceleration sensor to the game processor. The game processor calculates a corresponding casting distance and displays, on a game screen of the monitor (), a splashdown point according to a distance calculated. By providing a light gun in the casting rod (), the game processor can recognize a direction of casting and move the rod in that direction on the game screen.

Fishing game device

An operation such as changing the coordinates of a specified position is performed on a two-dimensional display screen of a display unit by using an input pen a touch-panel, etc., as an operation input unit to shift the list of candidate character strings which is displayed on the display screen at the initial screen. The contents of the list of the candidate character strings which are displayed on the display screen are continuously changed until a desired candidate character string appears on the screen

Character input apparatus with character string extraction portion, and corresponding storage medium

A ball paddle game apparatus ( ) has a game machine ( ) connected to a television monitor. ( ). A paddle key ( ) is provided on a game machine ( ). On the game screen of the monitor, a ball moves on the ball movement route in the number corresponding to the number of paddles. A paddle is displayed on the moving route. At the push of a paddle key ( ), the corresponding paddle hits the ball. If the timing of operating a paddle key ( ) and the timing of a ball movement agrees, then it is a success. If not, then it is a failure.

Ball paddle game device

The noise removing device is used in a data communication system utilizing a transmitting signal modulated by a data signal to be transmitted. The noise removing device includes a receiving section for receiving the transmitting signal, and converting it into an electric signal, so as to supply an input signal, an analog signal processing circuit for selectively passing the input signal in a first frequency range including a carrier frequency of the transmitting signal, thereby removing a first noise, for converting the passed signal into a digital signal, and for outputting the digital signal, and a digital signal processing circuit for sampling the digital signal, and for selectively passing the digital signal in a second frequency range including the carrier frequency based on a result of comparison of a pattern obtained by the sampling with a predetermined pattern, thereby removing a second noise.

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Kyoto, Japan

Katsuya Nakagawa