Sony Corporation

Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.

Sony Group Corporation

Sony Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.

Seiji Muramatsu

Ryo Yokoyama

Mayu Irimajiri

Tetsuya Takahashi

Tetsuya Naruse

Akira Ono

Atsushi Imai

Takamoto Tsuda

Yoshimitsu Funabashi

Takeshi Matsuzawa

Hideaki Hayashi

Mikio Takenaka

Ryosuke Takeuchi

Keiko Hiraoka

Tatsuhiko Nishimura

Takeshi Tanigawa

Tomoharu Okamoto

Akihiko Adachi

Kazutoshi Ohno

Mioko Ambe

Ryosuke Murakami

Tsutomu Takahashi

Kenji Yokoyama

Takashi Sawada

Shun Kayama

Kouichiro Takashima

Yukiko Shimizu

Hiroaki Adachi

Toshiyuki Kimura

Satoshi Kushima

Kazuki Kozuma

Ikuo Yamano

Hiroshi Yokoyama

Takeshi Matsui

Shinichi Iriya

Makoto Imamura

Takeshi Ogita

Naoki Iwata

Tetsuya Kohno

Osamu Sakurai

Shuhei Miyazaki

Ayumi Kato

Ryoko Amano

Emi Arakawa

Daisuke Inaishi

Taku Tomita

Minoru Tomita

Risa Takahashi

Shinji Kanada

Yuuji Arataki

Kazuhiko Takeda

Nobuyo Suzuki

Yujin Ohsawa

Yugo Takeda

Rinna Kanao

Genki Okada

Takanori Kubota

Yukako Murakami

In a conventional multi-window function, when it is desired to switch an application to another application, only one application can be switched, which lacks usability. Therefore, provided is an information processing apparatus that includes an operation unit configured to detect an operation by a user, and a display unit configured to display a first application list and a second application list in response to detecting a first user operation, display a first application selected in a first window in response to detecting a second user operation for selecting the first application from the first application list, and display a second application selected in a second window in response to detecting a third user operation for selecting the second application from the second application list.

Information processing apparatus, program, and method

Provided is a conference support system that includes a user information acquisition unit that acquires voice information of each of users, and an analysis unit that generates text data of each user statement on the basis of the voice information, wherein the user information acquisition unit acquires classification information of a problem proposal or problem handling assigned by the users to the text data of the user statement, and acquires classification information of a satisfaction level or a problem resolution level assigned by the users to the text data to which the classification information of the problem proposal or the problem handling is assigned.

Conference support system and conference support method

Further improvement in usability is promoted. An information processing device () includes a control unit () that executes processing of displaying an operation area having a predetermined shape in an edge area of a display screen, and moving the operation area to a center area of the display screen by a first operation set in advance as a predetermined operation on the operation area.

Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program

An information processing apparatus capable of controlling vibration in accordance with a situation in a case where the vibration is generated on the basis of an audio signal. The information processing apparatus can include: a vibrator; and a controller configured to detect a state of the information processing apparatus and control a state of the vibrator based on a detection result, in which the controller controls vibration the vibrator in accordance with reproduction of content while the content is being reproduced in the information processing apparatus, and, in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied, restricts vibration of the vibrator even while the content is being reproduced in the information processing apparatus.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program product for controlling vibration

The disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and an information processing method capable of allowing a user to approach a destination intuitively. An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a position-coordinate acquisition part, a direction acquisition part, a direction calculation part, and a haptic-feedback determining part. The position-coordinate acquisition part acquires a position coordinate of the information processing apparatus. The direction acquisition part acquires an apparatus direction that the information processing apparatus faces. The direction calculation part calculates a target direction being a direction of a target with respect to the information processing apparatus from a position coordinate of the target and the position coordinate of the information processing apparatus. The haptic-feedback determining part determines a haptic feedback to be presented to a user on the basis of an angle formed by the apparatus direction and the target direction.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes an information acquisition unit and a signal output unit. The information acquisition unit acquires electronic information. The signal output unit outputs a first haptic signal for presenting haptic feedback with respect to an object, the haptic feedback with respect to the object being set corresponding to the acquired electronic information.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system for haptic feedback presentation based on electronic information

An object of the present technology is to provide a haptic-feedback presenting apparatus, a haptic-feedback presenting system, and a haptic-feedback presenting method capable of presenting information mapped in space without vision and audition. A haptic-feedback presenting apparatus according to the present technology includes a mapping-information acquisition part, a region detection part, and a haptic-feedback arithmetic part. The mapping-information acquisition part acquires mapping information that is information mapped in space. The region detection part sets a detection-target region, and determines whether or not the mapping information included in the detection-target region satisfies a condition, such as being a threshold or more. The haptic-feedback arithmetic part calculates a haptic feedback to be presented to a user on the basis of a determination result from the region detection part.

Haptic-feedback presenting apparatus, haptic-feedback presenting system, and haptic-feedback presenting method

[Object] An object of the present technology is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and an information processing method capable of allowing a user to approach a destination intuitively. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a position-coordinate acquisition part, a direction acquisition part, a direction calculation part, and a haptic-feedback determining part. The position-coordinate acquisition part acquires a position coordinate of the information processing apparatus. The direction acquisition part acquires an apparatus direction that the information processing apparatus faces. The direction calculation part calculates a target direction being a direction of a target with respect to the information processing apparatus from a position coordinate of the target and the position coordinate of the information processing apparatus. The haptic-feedback determining part determines a haptic feedback to be presented to a user on the basis of an angle formed by the apparatus direction and the target direction.

A control system according to the present technology includes a control apparatus and a control-subject apparatus. The control-subject apparatus includes a first execution unit and a first output unit. The first execution unit performs a predetermined operation in response to a control signal output from the control apparatus. The first output unit outputs a tactile-sensation-related information item relating to the predetermined operation. The control apparatus includes a detection unit, a second output unit, and a second execution unit. The detection unit detects a state of the control apparatus. The second output unit outputs the control signal corresponding to the detected state. The second execution unit performs, on the basis of the tactile-sensation-related information item output from the first output unit, a tactile-sensation presentation operation for presenting a tactile sensation.

Control system, control apparatus, and control method

[Solving Means] A terminal apparatus includes a processor part, a haptic-feedback-information output part, and a detection part. The processor part is configured to generate segmented-waveshape data by segmenting oscillation-waveshape data at a timing based on one or a plurality of periods of the oscillation-waveshape data, and to generate waveshape data based on the segmented-waveshape data. The haptic-feedback-information output part is configured to generate and output haptic-feedback information corresponding to the waveshape data generated by the processor part. The detection part is configured to detect an input signal based on a user action, and to output the detected input signal to the processor part as the oscillation-waveshape data.

Terminal apparatus, server, and information processing system

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system for presentation of haptic feedback with respect to an object based on the electronic information

[Object] An object of the present technology is to provide a haptic-feedback presenting apparatus, a haptic-feedback presenting system, and a haptic-feedback presenting method capable of presenting information mapped in space without vision and audition. [Solving Means] A haptic-feedback presenting apparatus according to the present technology includes a mapping-information acquisition part, a region detection part, and a haptic-feedback arithmetic part. The mapping-information acquisition part acquires mapping information that is information mapped in space. The region detection part sets a detection-target region, and determines whether or not the mapping information included in the detection-target region is a threshold or more. The haptic-feedback arithmetic part calculates a haptic feedback to be presented to a user on the basis of a determination result from the region detection part.

An information processing apparatus includes a 3D(three dimensional)-matrix arranging portion and a luminance/transmittance display controller portion. When a plurality of contents are list-displayed, the 3D-matrix arranging portion arranges the plurality of contents in a 3D-matrix-like form ('3D-matrix,' hereinbelow) in accordance with predetermined three axes. The 3D matrix includes a plurality of planes each containing a group of contents of the plurality of contents. The luminance/transmittance display controller portion displays on a display portion the respective groups of contents of the plurality of contents arranged in the 3D matrix, in a manner that luminance is gradually reduced in a direction from contents on a front-most plane of the plurality of planes to contents on a rear-most plane, and transmittance is gradually increased in the direction from the contents on the front-most plane to the contents on the rear-most plane.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and mobile terminal device

An information processing apparatus includes a user evaluation value table and a display controller portion. In the user evaluation value table, user evaluation values each corresponding to the number of processes of the respective content are stored on a basis of the respective content. When performing display changing of a respective content intended for display on a display portion, the controller portion detects from the user evaluation value table a user evaluation value of a content intended to be graphically displayed on the display portion. Then, the controller portion performs change control to change a display time period for the content intended to be graphically displayed on the display portion in accordance with the detected user evaluation value.

Information processing apparatus, method and computer program storage device having user evaluation value table features

Automatically preparing communications for transmission by a mobile terminal device. In one example, this includes storing contact information including personal contacts and associated address and face image information. A face image is extracted from within a still image content to obtain an extracted face image. The extracted face image is linked to a given personal contact among the personal contacts by finding a match corresponding to the extracted face image among previously extracted face images found in the stored contact information. The given personal contact is correlated to address information using the contact information, and a message is automatically prepared for transmission to the given personal contact using the address information.

Apparatus, method, program, and mobile terminal device with person image extracting and linking

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Seiji Muramatsu