Panasonic Corporation

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Kouji Hatano

Yoshihiro Tsukamoto

Eiji Takahashi

Kyoko Kawaguchi

Masataka Sugiura

Masatoshi Nakao

Satoshi Terasaki

Tetsuya Ushijima

Toshiyuki Teranishi

Toshio Yagi

An object of the invention is to conveniently increase standard patterns registered in a voice recognition device to efficiently extend the amount of words that can be voice-recognized. New standard patterns are generated by modifying a part of an existing standard pattern. A pattern matching unitof a modifying-part specifying unitperforms pattern matching process to specify a part to be modified in the existing standard pattern of a usage source. A standard pattern generating unitgenerates the new standard patterns by cutting or deleting voice data of the modifying part of the usage-source standard pattern, substituting the voice data of the modifying part of the usage-source standard pattern for another voice data, or combining the voice data of the modifying part of the usage-source standard pattern with another voice data. A standard pattern database update unitadds the new standard patterns to a standard pattern database

Updating standard patterns of words in a voice recognition dictionary

In the case that media data containing image information of persons are managed, protection of privacy is realized, and an increase in management costs and a deterioration of operability are suppressed. In a media data processing apparatus into which media data containing at least one image information is inputted so as to produce encrypted media data, the media data processing apparatus is equipped with: biological feature extracting unitfor extracting a feature of biological information which is related to at least one person contained in said image information from the media data inputted thereinto; and encrypting process unitfor partially, or wholly encrypting the media data based upon the feature extracted by the biological feature extracting unit. A feature parameter of a face of the person contained in the media data is utilized.

Media data processing apparatus and media data processing method

A communication terminal according to the invention aims at improving convenience by proper reflection of a user's intention changing in accordance with a status of the terminal. A portable phone terminal provided with a broadcast program reception function, including: a program reservation unitfor reserving a process for a broadcast program; a terminal status detection unitfor detecting a status of the terminal; and a terminal operation control unitfor performing control to correct the reserved process in accordance with the terminal status up to a predetermined point of time.

Communication terminal

The present invention provides an audio control device and an audio control method capable of promptly controlling a desired sound source, by simply selecting the sound where the sound state should be adjusted among multiple sounds, without displaying the sound state of multiple sounds on a display for identifying. An audio control device according to the invention includes a cross-key manipulation detection modulethat receives various input manipulations; a plurality of generating unitstothat generate a sound having a different sound source; and CPUthat controls the sound state generated by the plurality of generating unitsto, wherein the cross-key manipulation detection modulecontrols the sound state of the selected first generating unit among the plurality of generating unitsto, wherein CPUgenerates a sound having a sound state which is controlled by the input unit in the first generating unit, generates a sound having a sound state which is different from that of the first generating unit in the other generating units.

Acoustic adjustment device and acoustic adjustment method

An information terminal of the present invention aims at informing the user of an occurrence of an event during the reproduction of contents without an unexpected feeling. An information terminal of the present invention, includes a contents reproducing unitfor reproducing contents, a contents reproducing unitfor informing an occurrence of an event by reproducing the contents, a superposing unitfor superposing respective outputs of the contents reproducing unitand a controlling unitfor causing an information of the occurrence of the event and a superposition of respective outputs of the contents reproducing unitto execute in a previously set reproducing procedure.

Information terminal, and event notifying method

An output method is changed optimally in response to a difference of a device connected to an output device and a combination of output media streams, and user's convenience is improved. Each of media state sensing unitfor sensing a state of a media stream sends out a media state sensing signal to a control portion, and each of connection state sensing unitfor sensing a connection state between an outputting unitand a providing device, which presents the media stream visually or audibly, sends out a connection state sensing signal to the control portion. The control portiondecides an output state based on priority output information, which specifies a preferential output state of the media stream, the media state sensing signal, and the connection state sensing signal, and then the outputting unitoutputs the media stream to the providing device.

Information outputting device, information output controlling method, and information output controlling program

There is provided a contents distribution method in which burdens imposed on a distribution service provider and a contents user are lightened so that the contents user can use contents as many as possible at low cost. A system comprises terminal apparatuses, a portal server, a contents DB, a contents distribution server, a cabinet management server, and an accounting server. The cabinet management servermanages the contents usable limit and contents storage status of each of the terminal apparatuses. The portal serverand the cabinet management servercooperate with each other to generate the contents usable limit for each terminal apparatusand instruct the contents distribution serverto distribute contents in accordance with a contents distribution request given from the terminal apparatus. To distribute the contents, the remaining capacity of the contents usable limit in the terminal apparatusis obtained based on information concerned with available contents and deleted contents in the terminal apparatusso that an instruction is given to distribute the contents within the remaining capacity.

Content delivery method, content delivery service computer, content delivery service system, data discard recognition method, data discard recognition computer, and terminal

A technique that can enhance convenience on each of both sides that distribute and use content under the conditions where use limitations intended to protect the copyright of content have diversified. According to this technique, a right gatewayis provided, that converts the condition of use in the right information of content subject to transmission from repositoryat the transmitting end to repositoryat the transmission destination in accordance with the right management capacity (capacity information) of content in repositoryat the transmission destination. With right gatewayperforming processing, the range of equipment and recording mediums capable of use of content expands, thereby promoting the use of content.

Information converting apparatus

A content delivery method for exporting content from a server to a terminal includes acquiring information on right management capability supported by the terminal, the information being reported from by terminal. The content that is appropriate to the terminal is selected based on the acquired information, and the selected content is delivered to the terminal in response to a request from the terminal.

An information export method for exporting content and right information of the content to a repository includes referring to the right information when the content is exported to the repository and checking whether the repository is allowed to have the content based on a description of the right information. When the repository is not allowed to have the content, it is determined not to export the content and the right information to the repository.

The invention provides a system where additional services using other sites connected over a network are made available when a content is delivered via a network. According to the invention, when user A receives delivery of a content from a content delivery service server () by using a terminal (), predetermined information is transmitted from the server () to user A or a community server (). With this information, the preferential use of community sites or additional use of services is made available to user A. The preferential use is for example the preferential use of a community site bulletin board. The additional use is re-delivery of delivered contents by using community sites.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kouji Hatano