Nec Corporation

Lenovo Innovations Limited (hong Kong)

Nec Casio Mobile Communications, Ltd.

Kenichi Kitatani

Hiroyuki Aoki

Ayumu Yagihashi

Yumi Katou

Atsuhiko Murayama

Seiji Sugahara

Shinjiro Ishida

A community server of the present invention includes a monitor that monitors communication states of users, and a controller, in a case where users who previously communicate with each other but who are not linked with each other after the previous communication, that encourages each user to communicate with the counterpart user after passage of a first period since end of the previous communication between the users, and that links the users with each other if the users subsequently communicate with each other.

Community server, community method and program

A playback apparatus includes: an acquiring unit that acquires auditory language data including data to be played back as a spoken voice; an analyzing unit that analyzes the auditory language data to output an analysis result; a setting unit that sets at least a portion of the auditory language data to a control portion to be played back at a set playback speed, based on the analysis result; and a voice playback unit that plays back the control portion as a spoken voice at the set playback speed.

Playback apparatus, setting apparatus, playback method, and program

To provide a startup UI presentation portable device capable of automatically presenting a preset UI highly likely to be used next in the current posture when returned from a sleep mode, the portable device (), when returned from the sleep mode (S), determines whether the posture (S) of the portable device () sent from a built-in acceleration sensor is within a specified range of a reference posture predetermined for each of a camera, a projector and a direction indicator (S). When the posture is within the specified range (YES in S), the portable device () displays a startup UI (icon) previously associated as a startup UI for a function most likely to be used in the reference posture on a display screen (S). The display of the startup UI is performed automatically subsequent to release of the sleep mode, without requiring an unlock operation or password entry.

Device capable of presenting startup UI, method of presenting the same, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing presentation program

A navigation apparatusincludes a current position information acquisition unit (a self-position acquisition unit) that acquires current position information, and a travel direction determination unit (for example, a route search unit) that determines a travel direction based on the acquired current position information and destination position information. The navigation apparatusfurther includes a sound unit that outputs a sound (for example, a parametric speaker), and a sound control unitthat controls the sound unit so that the sound can be heard to the user from the travel direction.

Navigation apparatus

A terminal device includes: a determination unit that determines whether a user intends to use a non-contact reception function based on information indicating a state of a terminal device to output a determination result; and a display unit that displays a mark to be used for alignment between the terminal device and the opposed device based on the determination result.

Terminal device, information processing method and program

A portable terminal device includes a display section, a display control section, an operation detection section, and an execution processing section. The display section detects an operation position and displays various objects. The display control function arranges the various objects on the screen of the display section and outputs information of an operation performed on a predetermined region. The operation detection section detects the operation performed on the predetermined region. The execution processing section executes predetermined processing according to the result of detection by the operation detection section. Accordingly, privacy of information containing a password can be enhanced.

Portable terminal device, information presentation method, and program

There are provided an oscillation device that outputs a sound wave; a recognition unit that recognizes a direction in which sound output targets (), for which a sound is to be output, are located; a selection unit that selects at least one of the sound output targets (); a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance to the sound output target (); and a control unit that controls the oscillation device to adjust sound pressure of the sound wave. The oscillation device outputs an ultrasonic wave for a sensor and a sound wave for sound reproduction. The distance calculation unit calculates a distance between the oscillation device and an object to be selected () by detecting the ultrasonic wave for a sensor reflected from the object to be selected () selected by the selection unit. The control unit adjusts the magnitude of the output of the sound wave for sound reproduction on the basis of the calculated distance between the oscillation device and the object to be selected ().

Electronic device

There is provided a display apparatus capable of reducing user annoyance by displaying display information in an appropriate output format. Touch paneldetects a touch to a display surface of display device. Sensor sectiondetects an apparatus orientation. Display control sectionchanges an output format of display information displayed on a display surface according to the apparatus orientation. When the touch is detected, display lock detecting sectionlocks the changed output format of display information.

Display apparatus, display control method, and program

An input apparatus (for example, a mobile terminal apparatus ()) includes a display unit () that displays a plurality of operation position displays (for example, operation position displays (to)); and a detection unit that contactlessly detects an operation which corresponds to an operation position set in a specific space of a front of the input apparatus in correspondence to each of the plurality of operation position displays. The detection unit includes a first piezoelectric element (an oscillation piezoelectric element ()) that oscillates ultrasound toward the front space of the input apparatus; a second piezoelectric element (a reception piezoelectric element ()) that detects the ultrasound which is oscillated by the first piezoelectric element; and a determination unit that determines whether or not an operation is performed on a certain operation position based on a result of detection performed by the second piezoelectric element.

Input apparatus

It is desired to obtain a more valuable picture from the viewpoint of a person seeing the picture. An imaging device () includes an imaging unit (), a position/posture detection unit () that detects a spatial displacement, and a data processing unit () that processes image data supplied from the imaging unit () in a format in accordance with the displacement detected by the position/posture detection unit (). The imaging device () is built in a mobile phone or the like, for example. A lens unit () is often disposed on an imager included in the imaging unit ().

Imaging device, information processing device, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program

An electronic device includes: a plurality of oscillators () that output modulation waves of a parametric speaker; a display unit () that displays a plurality of contents at the same time; a recognition unit that recognizes the locations of a plurality of users; and a control unit that controls the oscillators () so as to reproduce sounds corresponding to the contents. The control unit controls the oscillators () so as to reproduce the sound corresponding to the content selected by each user, toward the location of each of the plurality of users which is recognized by the recognition unit.

A portable terminal device () includes a plurality of operation units (for example, a plurality of operation keys ()) that are operated by a user; a detection unit that detects which operation unit of the plurality of operation units is operated; and a directional speaker (for example, a parametric speaker ()). The portable terminal device () further includes an audio control unit that controls the directional speaker so that an audio image is formed at a position corresponding to the position of the operation unit operated by the user among the plurality of operation units.

Audio output device

An information processing system includes a mobile equipment and an information processing apparatus. The mobile equipment includes a sensor for acquiring biological information, a camera for acquiring an image corresponding to a visual field of a user, and a first communication means. The information processing apparatus includes a second communication unit and computing unit. The computing unit determines whether to activate the camera based on the biological information acquired by the sensor. Further, the computing unit extracts a feature from the image acquired by the camera and transmits information regarding the extracted feature to a public network using the second communication unit to acquire a searched result regarding the extracted feature.

Information processing system and information processing method

In position measurement device, a positional data acquirer measures a present position to acquire positional data. A positional data storage sequentially stores the positional data acquired by the positional data acquirer. A determiner determines, on the basis of the positional data sequentially stored by the positional data storage and a predetermined criterion, whether a position of a user at a present time is a position of a location to be recorded. And, a locational information storage stores, if the determiner determines that the position of the user at the present time is the position of the location to be recorded, the positional data of the position as locational information.

Position measurement device, method for generating locational information, and storage medium

A portable terminal includes a GPS processing unit and RTC oscillator. In the GPS processing unit, a free-run RTC counter continuously counts real time clocks generated by the RTC oscillator even in the power saving mode, a time maintenance processing unit which includes a memory storing the count value of the free-run RTC counter and a notified GPS time upon a shift from a normal power mode to the power saving mode, calculates the duration of the power saving mode from the difference between the count value stored in the memory and the count value read from the free-run RTC counter upon return from the power saving mode to the normal power mode, and calculates the current GPS time by adding the calculated duration of the power saving mode to the stored GPS time upon a shift from the normal power mode to the power saving mode, and a position measurement processing unit performs position measurement by receiving a radio wave from the GPS satellite in the normal power saving mode, also notifies the time maintenance processing unit of the GPS time acquired when position measurement is performed, and performs position measurement by using the GPS time notified from the time maintenance processing unit upon a shift from the power saving mode to the normal power mode. A GPS keeping method is also disclosed.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Kenichi Kitatani