Sony Corporation

Koji Suginuma

Jun Matsumoto

Masayuki Nishiguchi

Akira Inoue

Mototsugu Abe

Kenzo Akagiri

Shinako Matsuyama

The events experienced are stored automatically, so that the information of higher utility for a user may be taken out with responsiveness and efficiency higher than is possible with a technique of keyword retrieval over a network. An information registration unitincludes an information acquisition unit, for acquiring the empirical information, a private information adding unit, for adding the private information, a data recognition processing unit, for recognizing the acquired information, a data definition processing unit, for classifying the recognized data in accordance with the preset definitions, a data storage unitfor storage of the classified data, and a data processing unitfor generating the predictive information inferable from the empirical information and the private information. The information exploitation unitincludes an information acquisition unit, for acquiring the current state, a retrieval inputting unit, supplied with the retrieval conditions, a data recognition processing unit, for recognizing the acquired information, a retrieving unit, for extracting the information fitted to the retrieval conditions or the analogous information from the data storage unit, and an information presenting unitfor presenting the extracted information to the user.

Private information storage device and private information management device

An audio signal processing method for repairing an anomalous state such as noise, a discontinuity, and a break of sound, comprising detecting the anomalous state of an audio signal, deleting the audio signal in the anomalous segment, deducing the correct audio signal by referring to the waveform of the audio signal before and after the deleted segment, generating a repair signal for repairing the signal in the deleted segment based on the deduced result, inserting the repair signal into the deleted segment, and connecting it to the audio signal before and after the deleted segment.

Audio signal processing method, audio signal processing apparatus, Hi-Fi video apparatus, digital video apparatus and 8 mm video apparatus

Audio signal processing method, audio signal processing apparatus, HI-FI video apparatus, digital video apparatus and 8 MM video apparatus

A method and apparatus for providing pay programs to viewers, distributes program guide information representing the program subject which will be broadcast receives subscription information from a person who has received the distributed program guide information and wishes to subscribe to the program, charges a subscription charge to a person who wishes to subscribe on the basis of the subscription information, and distributes the program as a broadcast signal, which is produced or purchased by using the subscription charge that has been collected at the step of charging, so that it is possible to provide only programs that meet the viewer's demands.

Program providing apparatus and method, program receiving apparatus and method

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Tokyo, Japan

Koji Suginuma