Panasonic Corporation

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Shouichi Araki

Atsushi Yoshida

Hiroshi Kutsumi

Minoru Etoh

Koichi Emura

Katsuji Aoki

Toshihiko Munetsugu

Koji Morikawa

Shinobu Adachi

Eiichi Naito

Kouji Miura

Satoshi Matsuura

Takeshi Imanaka

Tomoyasu Hiratsuka

Chikako Tada

Tadashi Ano

Yuumi Jitousho

A device linkage control system is provided that includes a life data recording apparatus for accumulating usage information on the use of devices by a user, as life data, and a life pattern extraction apparatus including an episode creation unit that takes, as element data, details related to an identified episode from among life data and creates episode data which is a combination of the element data. Moreover, the system includes an episode analysis unit that analyzes relationships between the element data included in the episode data, and a life pattern interpretation unit that identifies, from the relationships between the element data, the life pattern which is characteristic of the user, and records this pattern, as life pattern information, and a control apparatus for linkage controlling of the devices by using the life pattern information of the user stored in the life pattern storage unit.

Device linkage control apparatus

A user agent unit includes an pattern extracting unit which extracts a frequent operation pattern of the log data that fulfills predetermined conditions from the operation log data registered in the operation log data database a pattern database which memorizes the frequent operation pattern; a pattern monitoring unit which monitors an operation pattern, from the operation log data to be newly registered, that correspond with the frequent operation pattern registered in the pattern database; and a pattern classifying unit which specifies the operator of the frequent operation pattern memorized in the pattern database.

Operation history utilization system

A detection area adjustment apparatus automatically detects the entire target detection area without producing any dead areas and without requiring cameras to be previously fixed at regular intervals, even in the case where a camera is broken. The detection area adjustment apparatus includes plural camera terminals. Each of the plural camera terminals includes a camera whose detection area is adjustable, an adjustment unit that adjusts the position of the detection area by controlling the camera, and a communication unit that communicates the detection area information indicating the detection area of the camera. The adjustment unit adjusts the position of the detection area of the camera in the current camera terminal so that the total area of the detection areas of the plural camera terminals covers the entire target detection area based on the detection area of the camera in the current camera terminal and the detection areas of the cameras in the other camera terminals.

Detection area adjustment apparatus

A monitor system which can flexibly deal with changes in the system structure and perform monitoring of high quality includes a plurality of cameras and connected via a communication medium. Each of the plurality of cameras includes: an image capturing device which captures an image of an image capturing area included in a monitoring area and changes the image capturing area; a communication unit which (i) transmits, to another camera via the communication medium, the image capturing characteristics information for identifying the image capturing area and (ii) receives image capturing characteristics information from another camera; and an image capturing characteristics change unit which changes the image capturing area by controlling the image capturing device of the camera based on the image capturing characteristics information of the camera and the image capturing characteristics information of another camera received in the communication unit so that the image capturing area of the camera and the image capturing area of another camera have a predetermined relation.

Monitor system and camera

An operation history utilization system including a terminal electric device, a server electric device (user server), and an application server that are connected to one another via network. On the terminal electric device, there is implemented a device agent for storing the device operated by a user, the operation details and the operation time as an operation history set. On the server electric device, there is implemented a user agent for receiving the operation history transmitted from the device agent at a predetermined timing and managing the history in a centralized manner. On the application server, there is implemented a service concierge for providing service, considering the user's taste by inquiring the user agent about the operation history.

Operation history utilization system and method thereof

A context of media content is represented by hierarchical context description data for describing a plurality of segments. Each of the segments represents a scene of media content. Scores that are attribute information of the media content, and for representing a degree of importance of each of the plurality of segments based on a context of the media content including scenes, is input and/or appended, as an attribute, to a number of the hierarchical layers of the description data. The description data also includes a viewpoint of said media content represented by at least one keyword describing the scenes. One of said plurality of segments is selected based on the viewpoint and/or said the One of the plurality of segments can then be selected based upon the scores.

Data processing device and method for selecting media segments on the basis of a score

A context of media content is represented by hierarchical context description data for describing a plurality of segments. Each of the segments represents a scene of media content. Scores that are attribute information of the media content, and for representing a degree of importance of each of the plurality of segments based on a context of the media content, is input and/or appended, as an attribute, to a number of the hierarchical layers of the description data. One of the plurality of segments can then be selected based upon the scores.

A response content determination section determines a response content in response to a request from a user which is received by an input section, and an output section outputs the response content. A biological signal detection section measures a biological signal of the user from an output timing of the output section as a starting point, and a disappointment judgment section judges, based on the biological signal, whether or not the response content matches the request of the user.

Service providing system, disappointment judging system, and disappointment judging method

An information recommendation apparatus selects and recommends contents coincident with or similar to conditions input. The conditions are represented by predetermined items and attribute values corresponding thereto, from among contents formed of plural pieces of data having plural items and attribute values corresponding thereto and stored in a content database in which the contents are registered, wherein the recommended contents are output to the terminal.

Information recommendation apparatus and information recommendation system

An information forwarding system and method including an information input device for inputting search conditions to a remote data base. The remote data base includes a search device for searching the data base based on the search conditions so as to gain search results. The information forwarding system includes an information display for displaying the search results; a selector for selecting one, or more, search results from among the search results; and an output device for sending the designated contents selected by the selector to a separate supply device so as to designate the operation of the separate supply device.

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Shouichi Araki