Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Tadahide Shibao

Masafumi Hirata

Muhammed Ibrahim Sezan

Petrus Van Beek

Mitsuru Minakuchi

Hiroaki Zaima

Kohei Yoshikawa

To make a call, a calling-end terminal station () notifies a call-up control unit () of a communications network () of the terminal station number of a called-end terminal station () so as to cause it to stand by for a connection. The calling-end terminal station () notifies a calling party information server () of the calling-end-terminal-station number and the called-end-terminal-station number and instructs it to transmit to the called-end terminal station () calling party information stored in advance for the caller and called parties. The calling party information server () transmits the calling party information to the called-end terminal station () which in turn instructs the call-up control unit () to exit standby mode. This amounts to the communications network () calling up the called-end terminal station (), resulting in the called-end terminal station () reproducing the received calling party information to alert the user to the call from the calling-end terminal station (). If the user accepts the call, voice communication is started between the calling-end terminal station () and the called-end terminal station (). A communications system is thereby realized whereby alert data to alert to a call can be altered according to the calling party with no settings at the called end.

Method of calling up called party, communication equipment, calling party information server, and calling control device

A data communication device for data communication through radio among a plurality of devices includes a reception circuit receiving data, a storage circuit connected to the reception circuit to store received data, a transmission circuit connected to the storage circuit to search for one data communication device capable of communication therewith, and transmitting the data stored in the storage circuit into the found data communication device, and a control unit connected to the storage circuit, controlling the storage circuit to delete the data transmitted to the found data communication device in response to receiving reception complete data representing reception of data from the found data communication device.

Data communication device and method of processing transmitted data

An animation creating device creates composite animation, in which an object has been added to a pre-described animation image that includes a motion object, the animation creating device including: an additional object selecting section (), which selects an additional object; a motion animation creating section (), which generates motion animation, in which the motion object moves according to the selected additional object, using the pre-described animation image; and an animation composite section (), which combines the motion animation with an animation image of the additional object. This provides an animation creating method and an animation creating device with a capability to create composite animation with simple operations and in a short period of time. An animation creating program, which is provided to execute the animation creating method on a computer, is recorded in a computer-readable recording medium.

Animation producing method and device, and recorded medium on which program is recorded

When a point (parameter) to be edited is judged to be present in the shape or moving state of an object (to be displayed) during reproduction of animation, the user selects the object on the screen (S). Varying parameters (variation parameters; position, and the like) of the object are extracted during the reproduction of the animation and displayed on another display screen. The animation can be corrected by stopping it at a part to be edited and correcting the values of the displayed variation parameters (S). Since the variation parameters can be extracted and the animation can be edited, edition of animation is facilitated.

Device for editing animating, method for editin animation, program for editing animation, recorded medium where computer program for editing animation is recorded

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Takaishi, Japan

Tadahide Shibao