Sony Corporation

Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Fujitsu Corporation

Takashi Kuwayama

Yuki Sato

Kazuhiro Kobayashi

Kenichi Fujita

Takeo Inagaki

Tetsuji Nishikawa

Hiroto Narioka

Ryuichi Watanabe

Tomonori Furuta

Tomohiro Uno

Nobuhiro Shima

Takuya Nagao

Noboru Oguri

Jo Ebara

A state determining device includes a current detecting unit, a state determining unit, and a notifying unit. The current detecting unit detects a current value of a drive current which flows into a drive motor that rotary-drives a driven unit with a drive force according to the drive current. Based on the drive current value detected by the current detecting unit, the state determining unit determines a state of a driving system including the driven unit. The notifying unit notifies a user of a determination result of the state determining unit.

State determining device, image processing apparatus, state determining method, and computer program product

A hierarchical hysteresis menu area is such an area in which the hysteresis information from the hysteresis of past operations up to the current hierarchical layer is displayed responsive to an operation on an operating unit and in which selection by a user is made using the operating unit. As the hierarchy progresses, new rows such as 'Top Menu', ' . . . Menu A', &#x201c; . . . Menu A-&#x201d; are created progressively, until the current layer [ . . . menu A-&#x201c; . . . menu A-&#x201d;] is demonstrated as the lowermost layer. Indents and marks are used to denote a hierarchical structure. If a cursor is moved by an operating unit to decide on a certain selected layer, reversion may be made directly to the layer. The current menu area indicates the item of the current layer. A folder mark is displayed for a menu having a further lower item. The current hierarchical layer is indicated in this manner in the operating menu system of a hierarchical structure employing a user interface device.

Information processing method and apparatus and information processing program

A structure is provided for checking a missing part in an electric device with an accommodation space for an electric component () and an exterior cover () to close the space. The structure includes cover male screws () and base members (A,B) which are detachably fixed in the accommodation space, on which the electric component () is inseparably fixed, and which include cover female screws () receiving the cover male screws () to detachably fix the exterior cover (). When one of the base members (A,B) with the electric component () is removed from the accommodation space, the exterior cover () is unfixable to the electric device.

Missing part checking structure

An information processing apparatus is disclosed which comprises: an inputting element for inputting a departure point and a destination; a nearby station retrieving element for retrieving stations located near the departure point and the destination which were input through the inputting element; a train route searching element which, if there are a plurality of stations near at least either the departure point or the destination, the nearby stations having been retrieved by the nearby station retrieving element, then searches for at least one train route for each of all nearby station combinations linking the departure point to the destination; a storing element for storing the train routes retrieved by the train route searching element; a setting element for setting prioritizing conditions to be referenced when the train route searching element searches for train routes; and a ranking element for ranking the train routes stored in the storing element in accordance with the prioritizing conditions set by the setting element.

Information processing apparatus and method, and program storage medium

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Kanagawa, Japan

Takashi Kuwayama