Sony Corporation

Satoru Kamoto

Michinari Kohno

Naoki Nagano

Atsushi Fuse

Katsushi Fujii

Jun Kaneko

Mayumi Shinoda

Kazuo Ishii

Yasuhiro Yamada

Noriyuki Fukushima

Nozomu Ikeda

Seiichi Takamura

Kazuyuki Iijima

Yuko Iijima

Susumu Oikawa

Jun Hiroi

Hideyuki Imaida

Takahiro Nishikawa

Tooru Amano

Shinjiro Tanaka

Teruo Kajiura

Tsuyoshi Nakao

According to the present disclosure, provided is a network system including a plurality of devices and a network management apparatus connected to the plurality of devices by an IP transmission line, and the network management apparatus () includes a setting execution unit () configured to execute setting of a path to which the plurality of devices are connected, and setting of parameters for controlling the plurality of devices. With this configuration, it is possible to freely set a connection path and devices in a system in which a plurality of devices are connected.

Network system, network management apparatus, and network management method executing setting of a path and parameters

The present invention includes: a step of creating at least a play list including reproduction start times of the display terminal devices () and acquisition destination data indicating acquisition destinations of the creative data; and a step of transmitting the play list and the creative data to the display terminal devices () via the normal relay server devices () and the super relay server devices (). The play list creating step creates the play list by determining the acquisition destination data in such a manner that the creative data is distributed preferentially to the super relay server devices () rather than to the normal relay server devices () and that the normal relay server devices () acquire the creative data from the super relay server devices (). Because of this, the load on distribution devices for distributing creative data is reduced.

Distribution device, distribution method, and computer program

A multi-screen synchronized playback system capable of synchronizing, with high accuracy, playback start times of content to be displayed on multiple screens. The multi-screen synchronized playback system has a plurality of display control terminals and a synchronization server connected to the plurality of display control terminals. The synchronization server includes a synchronization time transmitting section for simultaneously transmitting time information of a clock of the synchronization server to the plurality of display control devices. The display control terminal includes a time setting section for setting time on a clock of the display control terminal based on the time information simultaneously transmitted from the synchronization server, and a display control section for starting playback of content at a playback start time set for each content, based on the time on the clock of the display control terminal.

Multi-screen synchronized playback system, display control terminal, multi-screen synchronized playback method, and program

The present invention is intended to provide a data providing system including a data providing apparatus having provision image data generating means for generating provision image data of a provision image which is reusable by inlaying a predetermined advertisement image into a predetermined template image into which a predetermined user image can be inlaid as superimposed upon the predetermined advertisement image and providing-side transmitting means for transmitting the provision image data via a network.

Data providing system, data providing apparatus and method, data acquisition system and method, and program storage medium

The present invention is intended to provide a data providing system including a data providing apparatus having provision image data generating means for generating provision image data of a provision image which is reusable by inlaying a predetermined advertisement image into a predetermined template image into which a predetermined user image can be inlaid as superimposed upon the predetermined advertisement image and providing-side transmitting means for transmitting the provision image data via a network. The data providing system also includes a data acquisition apparatus having acquiring-side receiving means for receiving the provision image data from the data providing apparatus via the network, transmission image data generating means for generating transmission image data of a transmission image for displaying the provision image based on the provision image data onto a predetermined display means, inlaying the predetermined user image as superimposed upon the predetermined advertisement image into the template image of the provision image, and displaying the predetermined user image together with the template image in preference to the predetermined advertisement image until the predetermined user image is detached from the template image, and acquiring-side transmitting means for transmitting the transmission image data to a predetermined destination via the network.

The present invention aims to provide an improved entertainment property. In a robot system where a plurality of robot apparatus act autonomously, each robot apparatus has wireless communication means, and when the robot apparatus make conversation between themselves, the contents of the conversation are transmitted to and received by the robot apparatus as a command and/or a semantics through the wireless communication means of both.

Robot system and robot apparatus control method

A data providing system including a data providing apparatus having a provision image data generating device for generating data of a provision image that is reusable by inlaying an advertisement image into a template image into which a user image is inlaid and a providing-side transmitting device for transmitting the provision image data via a network. A data acquisition apparatus has an acquiring-side receiving device for receiving the provision image data via the network, a transmission image data generating device for generating data of a transmission image for displaying the provision image onto a display device, inlaying the user image into the template image of the provision image, and displaying the user image with the template image in preference to the advertisement image until the user image is detached from the template image, and a acquiring-side transmitting device for transmitting the transmission image data to a destination.

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Satoru Kamoto