Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Japan Tobacco Inc.

Kazutoshi Serita

Yoichiro Sako

Kazuyoshi Takemura

Kuniya Hayashi

Isao Soma

Taro Tadano

Satoshi Higano

Toshimoto Mitomo

Kazuyuki Sakoda

Masatoshi Senju

Takatoshi Nakamura

Takahiro Suzuki

Akira Tange

Tatsuya Inokuchi

Kayoko Tanaka

Takanori Washiro

Masayuki Takada

Yuki Koga

Erika Saito

Akihiro Ihori

Miki Shibuya

Yueting Hu

Katsumi Ando

Makoto Morishita

Jiang Wu

Toru Yamamuro

To provide a mechanism that allows a user to have a novel inhalation experience, terminal equipment is provided that includes a communication unit that transmits inhalation information including information showing a location where a user is inhaling using an inhalation device and receives virtual space information that defines a virtual space created on the basis of the inhalation information; and a control unit that outputs from an output unit the virtual space defined by the virtual space information received.

Terminal equipment, information processing device, information processing method, and program

An information processing method of an information processor includes: obtaining information received from a mobile body through a wireless communication, the mobile body including a movement mechanism and an imaging unit configured to capture image data, the information received from the mobile body including captured image data obtained by the imaging unit, with the captured image data being updated periodically; and generating route guidance information for use in moving the mobile body by the movement mechanism. The captured image data is stored together with data update time information. The route guidance information includes at least two selectable routes. The route guidance information is generated based on the captured image data, position information of the mobile body, and the data update time information.

Mobile body, information processor, mobile body system, information processing method, and information processing program

A mobile body includes: an imaging unit; a movement mechanism that moves itself; a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication; and an information generator that generates, on a basis of external information received from outside by the wireless communication unit, route guidance information for use in allowing the movement mechanism to move itself.

Devices, methods, and programs for billing for electric power. A billing method may include generating billing information for an amount related to electric power transmitted by a power supply device, performing a billing process based on the billing information, and selectively transmitting electric power based on the result of the billing process. A power supply device may include a billing information generating unit, a billing processing unit, and a power control unit. Another billing method may include determining whether billing information has been received, performing a billing process after it is determined that the billing information has been received, transmitting a response signal to a power supply device, and providing notice regarding information related to the billing process. A power receiving device may include a billing processing unit, a power control unit, and a notice control unit.

Power supply device, power receiving device and billing method

There is provided a power consumption management device including a power measurement unit configured to measure power consumption of an electrical device, an environmental factor measurement unit configured to measure a factor of an environment in which the electrical device is used, a storage unit configured to store a predicted value related to the power consumption in which a value of the factor of the environment is designated as a parameter, and a calculation/control unit. The calculation/control unit obtains the predicted value related to the power consumption stored in the storage unit based on the value of the factor of the environment measured by the environmental factor measurement unit and compares the obtained predicted value related to the power consumption to an actual measurement value related to the power consumption obtained based on a power consumption value measured by the power measurement unit.

Power consumption management device, power consumption management system, power consumption management method, and power consumption management program

Provided is an information processing device that includes a control unit. The control unit performs control of making a display unit display, as route information, relations between a plurality of information processing devices and routes related to wireless communication in a network in which the plurality of information processing devices are interconnected by the plurality of information processing devices performing the wireless communication in a one-to-one manner. The control unit controls the wireless communication in the network on the basis of operation input related to the route information displayed at the display unit.

Information processing device and information processing method

Devices and methods for supply or receiving electric power. A power supply method may include specifying a type of a power source, specifying a power receiving capability of a power receiving device, performing collation of the specified type of the power source with the specified power receiving capability, and controlling transmission of electric power from the power source of the specified type to the power receiving device based on the collation. A power receiving method may include specifying a type of a power source, specifying a power receiving capability of a power receiving device, performing collation of the specified type of the power source with the specified power receiving capability, and controlling, based on the collation, selective conversion of electric power transmitted from the power source of the specified type to the power receiving device.

Power supply device and power receiving device

Information on the belongings of a nearby-present person is easily acquired. An information processing apparatus comprises a reception unit and a control unit. Herein, the reception unit is directed for receiving belongings information of the user of other information processing apparatus transmitted from the other information processing apparatus by use of wireless communication. Further, the control unit is directed for causing the received belongings information to be output and controlling evaluation information on the belongings information to be transmitted to the other information processing apparatus by use of wireless communication on the basis of a user operation for the belongings information.

Wireless communication apparatus and method for a user wirelessly receiving information regarding belongings of a nearby person

There is provided a power receiving device including a connecting unit that is connected to a power line through which power is transmitted, a determining unit that determines whether transmitted power is chargeable, based on power identification information indicating whether the transmitted power is chargeable power, and a notification control unit that performs notification based on a determination result.

Power receiving device that determines chargeable power

There is provided a management apparatus for an electrical apparatus, the management apparatus including a communication unit configured to receive conduction state information from an electrical apparatus, a storage unit configured to store reference conduction state information of the electrical apparatus, and a determination unit configured to compare the conduction state information of the electrical apparatus with the reference conduction state information of the electrical apparatus to determine a state of the electrical apparatus.

Management apparatus for electrical apparatus, management method for electrical apparatus, and management program

There is provided an appliance management apparatus including a connection state acquiring unit acquiring information generated due to an appliance terminal of an electronic appliance being positioned close to or connected to a power supplying terminal that supplies power, and a connection state management unit managing a connection state of the appliance terminal to the power supplying terminal using the information acquired by the connection state acquiring unit.

Appliance management apparatus and appliance management method

There is provided a transmission apparatus including a terminal electrically connected to a terminal of another apparatus, a body information acquiring unit acquiring body information of a user holding the transmission apparatus, and a transmission unit operable, by carrying out load modulation in accordance with the terminal contacting or being positioned close to the terminal of the other apparatus, to transmit, via the terminal, information on which the body information acquired by the body information acquiring unit is superimposed.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kazutoshi Serita