Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Masahiro Kawai

Hiroshi Kohso

Junichi Nawama

Yuji Ozeki

Shinji Suematsu

Hiroshi Horibata

Yasunori Matsunari

Masataka Kitajima

Wataru Uchiyama

Mikio Tahara

Norihiko Fujiwara

Provided is excretion detection system () including: toilet seat () that is openable; imaging unit () with which toilet seat () is provided; and information processor () that estimates at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) presence or absence of urine or feces, and (ii) a property of the urine or feces, by using imaging data of imaging unit (), excretion detection system () being configured not to capture an image using imaging unit () when toilet seat () opens.

Excretion detection system and toilet seat used in same

A clothes separating device and a clothes processing apparatus including the clothes separating device according to this disclosure are provided with a separator that operates to grip clothes in a washing tub and to separate, from the gripped clothes, another item of clothes entwined with the gripped clothes. In this manner, a user does not need to separate a plurality of individual items of clothes before folding the clothes. Hence, it is possible to provide the clothes separating device that contributes to reducing a burden of work related to laundry and a clothes processing apparatus including the clothes separating device.

Clothing item separating device and clothing item processing device comprising same

A broadcasting device and a receiver excellent in responsiveness are obtainable through transmitting program information, organized by condition and including a program satisfying a search condition, from a broadcasting station.

Broadcasting device selecting program information based on search conditions

A receiving device receives a plurality of first and second program information. The first program information is information relating to each of broadcasting scheduled programs within a predetermined time period from the date of transmission of a broadcasting signal by a broadcasting station apparatus. The second program information is information relating to a broadcasting scheduled program in the future after a predetermined time period from the date of transmission of the broadcasting signal. A controller in the receiving device stores, when there is a reservation based on the second program information, the reserved second program information in a reservation information storage. Thereafter, the controller compares the reserved second program information with a plurality of first program information newly received, and determines whether or not there is first program information that coincides with the second program information. The controller updates, when there is first program information that coincides with the second program information, information relating to the reserved program stored in the reservation information storage on the basis of the first program information.

Broadcasting system, broadcasting station apparatus, receiving device, and broadcasting method

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Osaka, Japan

Masahiro Kawai