Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Mika Hirama

Akihiko Fujiwara

Masami Takahata

Naoki Watanabe

Shigeo Uchida

Masaaki Yasunaga

Tomonori Ikumi

Koji Nagai

Tetsuya Nobuoka

Kazunori Hirabayashi

Ryuichi Aoyama

Yu Yoshiie

Masaki Narahashi

Sou Miyazaki

Hiroyo Tanaka

Yumiko Okuma

Shuichi Tsujimoto

Mahina Nakamura

An information processing device includes a memory that stores a known position of a marker, a camera, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine whether the image includes the marker, calculate a relative position of the marker with respect to the camera and store the calculated relative position in the memory if image includes the marker, and determine a position of the camera using the known position of the marker and two or more relative positions calculated for the marker stored in the memory.

Information processing device, method performed thereby, and non-transitory computer readable medium

An information processing apparatus includes a camera acquiring an image, a memory storing a feature value of an image associated with a location, and a processor. When a current location of the apparatus is not stored in the memory, the processor extracts a first area from an acquired image, acquires a first feature value of the first area, and when a feature value that is substantially identical with the first feature value is stored in the memory, determines the current location using a location stored in the memory in association with the feature value. When the current location is stored in the memory, the processor extracts a second area from an acquired image, acquires a second feature value of the second area, determines a location corresponding to the second area using the current location, and stores in the memory the determined location in association with the second feature value.

Information processing apparatus configured to determine a location of a candidate for a marker for augmented reality

An information providing apparatus including a detection unit of at least one computer, a decision unit of the at least one computer, and a sound control circuit. The detection unit detects a position and a movement direction of a moving object in an area in which an article, corresponding to information that is provided, is disposed. The decision unit decides a direction in which the information is provided to the moving object from a relationship between the position of the moving object, the movement direction of the moving object, and a position in the area of the article. The sound control circuit controls a sound output attached to the moving object to localize a sound image according to the information in the direction decided.

Information providing apparatus and information providing method using virtual sound image localization processing

A content providing apparatus includes a selecting unit, a setting unit, and an output unit. The selecting unit selects additional information output while being superimposed on content output to a display device. The setting unit sets the additional information selected by the selecting unit in any position overlapping the content. The output unit outputs the content, for which the additional information is set by the setting unit, to the display device.

Content providing apparatus and computer program

In accordance with an embodiment, a positioning apparatus comprises a first interface and a processor. The first interface receives a positioning signal. The processor sets an interval for searching the positioning signal with a first interface to a first searching interval, sets the interval for searching the positioning signal to a second searching interval which is shorter than the first searching interval if it is determined that the positioning signal is received through searching in the first searching interval and uses the positioning signal received through searching in the second searching interval to specify a position of the positioning apparatus.

Positioning apparatus and positioning method

A positioning device includes a processor configured to calculate a first neighboring time at which the mobile device becomes closest to a first base station in the plurality of base stations based on the received signal strength data and a second neighboring time at which the mobile device becomes closest to a second base station of the plurality of base stations, and convert the relative movement data in the second storage device into position coordinates data specifying an absolute position of the mobile device in an absolute coordinate system using the first base station as a reference point from the first neighboring time to the second neighboring time.

Positioning device and positioning system

A method for providing information related to information displayed on a signage device to a mobile device carried by a user includes displaying on a screen of the signage device one or more images, establishing a connection between a mobile device and the signage device, displaying on the screen of the signage device a mark unique to the user, after the connection has been established, moving the mark on the screen in accordance with an operation of the mobile device by the user, and transmitting, to the mobile device, information related to an image at which the mark is located.

Information providing method and system using signage device

A positioning device includes a first storage device having stored therein received signal strength data in time series according to mobile device data, a second storage device having stored therein relative movement data of the mobile device in time series within a relative coordinate system, and a processor configured to calculate a first neighboring time at which the mobile device becomes closest to a first base station in the plurality of base stations based on the received signal strength data and a second neighboring time at which the mobile device becomes closest to a second base station of the plurality of base stations, and convert the relative movement data in the second storage device into position coordinates data specifying an absolute position of the mobile device in an absolute coordinate system using the first base station as a reference point from the first neighboring time to the second neighboring time.

An information processing apparatus comprises a recording module; an extraction module which extracts maximum radio wave intensity from the radio wave intensities recorded in the same time zone and extracts the radio wave intensities of other first communication devices arranged in the vicinity of a position where the first communication device with the maximum radio wave intensity is installed; and a positioning module which measures a position of the second communication device based on the plurality of the radio wave intensities extracted by the extraction module, wherein the positioning module determines that the second communication device is present at a position where the first communication device with the maximum radio wave intensity is installed on condition that the maximum radio wave intensity extracted by the extraction module is equal to or greater than a threshold value.

Information processing apparatus, positioning system and method for positioning a communication device

According to one embodiment, a user interface screen creation supporting system presents, to a screen creator, a design template for supporting creation of a user interface screen operated by an unspecified large number of guests. The user interface screen creation supporting system includes a guest-information acquiring unit, a template selecting unit, and a template presenting unit. The guest-information acquiring unit acquires guest information concerning the guests who operate the user interface screen. The template selecting unit selects, on the basis of the acquired guest information, out of a plurality of template groups stored in a predetermined storage region in advance, design templates that should be presented as selection candidates. The template presenting unit presents the design templates selected by the template selecting unit to the screen creator.

User interface screen creation supporting system

A mobile information terminal determines whether or not access to a site which is specified by a signal is permitted when the signal transmitted from a transmission source is received, based on identification information. When it is determined that access to the site is permitted, the terminal changes a state of the identification information to a state in which access is not permitted by accessing the site. When it is determined that access to the site is not permitted, the terminal receives an instruction on access to the site while the signal is received. When the instruction on access is received, the terminal accesses the site.

Mobile information terminal and program thereof

A management apparatus according to embodiments is configured to manage a processing apparatus having an operation display. The management apparatus includes a request acquisition unit configured to receive a request for screen information used to generate an operation display, from the processing apparatus, a function acquisition unit configured to acquire from the processing apparatus function information indicating one or more functions supported by the processing apparatus, a generating unit configured to generate, based on the function information, the screen information such that a function not supported by the processing apparatus cannot be selected on the operation display, and a provision unit configured to provide the screen information generated by the generating unit to the processing apparatus.

Management of a graphical user interface to be displayed on a display of an image forming apparatus

An information distribution device includes a display unit, a reception unit, and a distribution unit. The display unit displays information of distributable full content. The reception unit receives a trial request for the distributable full content from the portable terminal. The distribution unit distributes, as trial content which is viewable within a limited physical range, the distributable full content for which the trial request is received, to the portable terminal.

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Tokyo, Japan

Mika Hirama