Sony Corporation

Shigeki Wakatani

Hiroshi Masuda

Ryuji Suzuki

Akira Masuda

Jun Yoshikawa

Isao Matsumoto

Tamihei Hiramatsu

Tetsuya Makabe

Yoshiko Matsushita

Tetsuzo Kano

Taiji Kitami

Shigeki Toyoda

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a control unit configured to acquire and output information of an operation screen on a display unit from a relay apparatus storing the information of the operation screen, the relay apparatus being configured to relay at least one moving image from a moving image server, in which the moving image is stored, to a different device via a network, request the thumbnail image to be arranged in the region of the operation screen to the relay apparatus, arrange the acquired thumbnail image in the region if the thumbnail image requested is acquired, and request a thumbnail image the acquisition of which fails until the acquisition is succeeded if the acquisition is failed due to the fact that the thumbnail image is not present.

Information processing apparatus, relay computer, information processing system, and information processing program

A reproducing device includes: a storage unit in which data is accumulated; a program control unit controlling first and second programs respectively generating an acquisition request of the data accumulated in the storage unit and generating the acquisition request of the data, which is different from the first program; and a read control unit managing the data on a file basis, selecting one of first and second algorithms in which the file is read using a method suitable for reading the data by the first program and in which the file is read using a method suitable for reading the data by the second program based on storage position information of the file designated in the data acquisition request when the data acquisition request is inputted from the program control unit, and performing readout of the data from the storage unit based on the selected first or second algorithm.

Reproducing device and reproducing method

A reproducing apparatus includes: a storing unit in which data is accumulated; a readout control unit that controls readout of the data from the storing unit; a cache that temporarily stores the data read out by the readout control unit; and a data transmission and reception control unit that reads out the data stored in the cache and outputs the data to an external apparatus on the basis of a data acquisition request input from the external apparatus, wherein the readout control unit reads out the data from the storing unit and outputs the data to the cache while increasing stepwise a size of the data to be read out from the storing unit from a first size, which is a minimum size set in advance, to a second size, which is a maximum size set in advance.

Reproducing apparatus and reproducing method

A data storage apparatus using a plurality of hard disk drives for storing stream data includes a command receiving portion for receiving a stream data read command from the outside; and a data processing portion reading the stream data stored in the hard disk drives upon receiving the read command, assembling the data, and transferring the assembled stream data to the outside. The apparatus further includes a control portion performing control of determining maximum time from receiving the read command to completing the assembly of the stream data, terminating the data read from the hard disk drives in the case where the maxim time has elapsed, and preparing the stream data transferred to the outside in the data processing portion only using data having been read; and a managing portion variably setting the maximum time according to a bit rate of the stream data read on the read command.

Data storage apparatus and data reading method

A group education system including a first memory for storing an original sentence group, a second memory for storing a starting address, an end address of a sentence block of an original sentence group stored in the first memory, a control circuit for controlling the selection of a playback mode and the reading order of the sentence blocks of the original sentence group stored in the first memory and the change of the pause times thereof and a third memory for storing the reading order, the starting address, the end address and the altered pause times of the selected sentence block under the control of the control circuit. Accordingly, it becomes possible to form with ease a sentence group in which the playback mode and the reproducing order of the selected sentence block are selected and the pause times between the sentence blocks are changed.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Shigeki Wakatani