Jvc Kenwood Corporation

Masato Sugano

David Michael Duffy

Jan Jasper Van Den Berg

Bernadette Elliott-Bowman

Masato Horiuchi

User interface (UI) manipulation techniques are disclosed that can allow a user device to hide and obscure sensitive information displayed on a flexible, foldable, or otherwise reconfigurable display from onlookers whilst maintaining or improving its accessibility exclusively to the primary user. Examples of the disclosed techniques can manipulate the UI in a way such that it is largely only viewable as intended when the user device is physically configured to a certain folding angle (and/or viewing angle). In some examples, the UI can be customized such that it promotes a certain device configuration (e.g., folding angle) that can provide an optimum security configuration for the user's current surroundings. The UI displayed on the display screen can change in form factor (e.g., an intended size as viewed by the user) to adapt to the current surroundings and/or based on the sensitivity in the displayed content.

User interface manipulation in a flexible screen device

User interface manipulation in a foldable screen device

A frequency domain converter divides an input signal for each predetermined frame, and generates a first signal X(f, &#x3c4;) for each first frequency division unit. A noise estimation signal generator generates a signal Y(f, &#x3c4;) for each second frequency division unit wider than the first frequency division unit. A signal comparator calculates a representative value for each second frequency division unit based on the signal Y(f, &#x3c4;) stored in a storage unit, and compares the representative value and the signal Y(f, &#x3c4;) with each other for each second frequency division unit. A mask generator generates a mask M(f, &#x3c4;), which determines a degree of suppression or emphasis for each first frequency division unit, based on a peak range of the signal X(f, &#x3c4;), and a comparison result by the signal comparator. The mask application unit multiplies the signal X(f, &#x3c4;) by the mask M(f, &#x3c4;).

Audio signal processing apparatus, audio signal processing method, and audio signal processing program

A frequency domain converter is configured to create a plurality of pieces of frequency domain information by individually converting a plurality of input audio signals, which is acquired at different positions, into frequency domain information. A relative value calculator is configured to calculate a relative value of time frequency components of at least one set of frequency domain information among the plurality of pieces of frequency domain information. A signal determiner is configured to determine whether or not each of the input audio signals includes an audio signal component, which is emitted from a predetermined position, based on whether or not the relative value is included in a range specified and based on a relative threshold value stored in a memory in advance.

Audio signal processing device, audio signal processing method, and audio signal processing program

An audio signal processing device includes: a frequency-domain conversion unit that generates a plurality of pieces of frequency-domain information from a plurality of audio input signals acquired at different positions; a relative value calculation unit that calculates, for each piece of frequency-domain information, a relative value between a time-frequency component included in one frequency-domain information and a time-frequency component included in another frequency-domain information; a mask generation unit that compares the relative value with an emphasized range set based on a relative value threshold stored in advance to generate a time-frequency mask that decreases a value of the frequency-domain information corresponding to the relative value which is outside the emphasized range; a mask multiplication unit that multiplies the time-frequency mask by the frequency-domain information to generate emphasized frequency-domain information; and a time-domain conversion unit that converts the emphasized frequency-domain information into an audio output signal indicated as being time-domain information.

Audio signal processing device

A beat information corrector acquires beat position information including information regarding a point of time when a beat is reproduced, acquires a tempo value indicating a number of beats per unit time in a music piece, and corrects the beat position information of the music piece so that the tempo value of the music piece be a same value as the reference value. A correlation value calculator calculates a correlation value, which indicates a degree of correlation of beat position information between respective music pieces among a plurality of the music pieces, based on the corrected beat position information. A music piece order determiner determines a music piece order as a reproduction order of music pieces, which are to be reproduced successively, so that a product or total sum of the correlation values between the music pieces be at a maximum or an approximate solution thereof.

Music piece order determination device, music piece order determination method, and music piece order determination program

A music piece order determination device includes a beat information corrector, a correlation value calculator, and a music piece order determiner. The beat information corrector acquires beat position information and a tempo value in a musical composition, and corrects the beat position information such that the tempo value becomes the same value as a reference value. The correlation value calculator calculates a correlation value indicative of a degree of correlation of beat position information between respective musical compositions among a plurality of musical compositions, based on the beat position information. The music piece order determiner determines a music piece order, which is a reproduction order of musical compositions, based on the correlation value between the respective musical compositions.

The total number of object images is 'N'. Object images whose the number is less than 'N' are displayed on a display among the N-object images according to a previously defined display rule. When a selected object image is shifted by n-object images, a position obtained by shifting by a distance becomes a new position of the selected object image, wherein the distance is obtained by multiplying by &#x201c;n&#x201d; a value obtained by dividing the distance between a display position of an object image and a display position of the selected object image by a value obtained by subtracting &#x201c;1&#x201d; from &#x201c;N&#x201d;.

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Yokohama, Japan

Masato Sugano