Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Takeshi Imanaka

Satoshi Matsuura

Hiroshi Kutsumi

Jun Ozawa

Kouji Miura

Mitsuteru Kataoka

Atsushi Tanaka

Shoichi Araki

Hidemi Henmi

Noboru Wakami

Hiroyoshi Nomura

Tetsuji Abe

Shouichi Araki

Tetsuya Yagi

Chikako Tada

Sozo Yamamoto

Masayuki Mukai

Tadashi Ano

A receiving apparatus includes an information receiving portion for receiving images, speech, text, data and the like, an additional information receiving portion for receiving additional information comprising a next key word indicating the contents of information scheduled for the next transmission, a received information synthesizing portion for synthesizing the information received by the information receiving portion and the additional information received by the additional information receiving portion and a display portion for displaying the information synthesized by the received information synthesizing portion. A user can look at the information displayed on the display portion along with the contents of the information scheduled for the next transmission.

Method for receiving information, apparatus for receiving information and medium

Fuzzy inference method and machine, and an image production method and 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.

E-mail preparation device, terminal device, information forwarding system, and program recording medium

An apparatus is disclosed to include a transmission devicehaving a rule generation devicefor generating rules, and a data transmission devicefor converting rules generated by the rule generation deviceinto rule data and for transmitting the rule data. The apparatus also includes a receiving devicehaving a data receiving devicefor receiving rule data transmitted by the data transmission device, a rule conversion devicefor converting the rule data received by the data receiving deviceinto rules, a rule storage devicefor storing rules converted by the rule conversion device, and a control devicefor controlling a controlled apparatus, such as a microwave oven, in accordance with the rules stored in the rule storage device

Recording medium having a computer-executable program for data transmission to plural devices

A one-way data transmission method is disclosed for transmitting a set of rules to data receiving apparatuses that each control a controlled apparatus. Also, a method is disclosed for controlling a controlled apparatus according to a specific rule and a specific parameter of the controlled apparatus, such specific rule being one of a set of rules provided for control over the predetermined kind of controlled apparatuses. Further, a transmission method is disclosed for transmitting a program including a set of rules to at least one reception side having plural kinds of controlled apparatuses, over a network, via a receiving device, or memory device. Further still, a reception method is disclosed for receiving a program including a set of rules on a reception side having plural kinds of controlled apparatuses through a network or memory device. The predetermined controlled apparatuses have a common, primary operation function but different specific parameters.

Data transmission apparatus, data receiving apparatus, rule communication apparatus, rule communication method and program recording medium

An information processing apparatus comprises an indication means placed on a manuscript; a reading unit for reading information on the manuscript; an indication means detection unit for detecting the indication means placed on the manuscript, thereby detecting a region indicated by the indication means on the manuscript; and an information processing unit performing a predetermined process to the information obtained from the region indicated by the detected indication means, amongst the information on the manuscript read by the reading unit. Therefore, by only placing the indication means on a target portion to be processed on the manuscript, the portion is detected by the indicated means detection unit to be subjected to a process such as scale-up by the information processing unit.

Information processing apparatus and information equipment using the information processing apparatus

Fuzzy inference method and machine

An information abstracting method and apparatus for extracting and displaying keywords as an information abstract. Given a large number of character string data sets divided into prescribed units, the extracted keywords are significant and effective in describing a topic common to the plurality of units. The information abstracting apparatus comprises an input section for accepting an input of character string data divided into prescribed units, with each individual character represented by a character code, and an output section for displaying the result of information abstracting. Keywords contained in each of the prescribed units are extracted by a keyword extracting section from the character string input data from the input section. A score is calculated for each keyword by a score calculating section, so that a higher score is given to a keyword extracted from a larger number of units. On the basis of the calculated scores, keywords are selected by an abstracting section and are outputted as an information abstract by the output section.

Teletext broadcast receiving apparatus using keyword extraction and weighting

An apparatus is disclosed to include a transmission device having a rule generation device for generating rules, and a data transmission device for converting rules generated by the rule generation device into rule data and for transmitting the rule data. The apparatus also includes a receiving device having a data receiving device for receiving rule data transmitted by the data transmission device , a rule conversion device for converting the rule data received by the data receiving device into rules, a rule storage device for storing rules converted by the rule conversion device , and a control device for controlling a controlled apparatus, such as a microwave oven, in accordance with the rules stored in the rule storage device

Data transmitter, data receiver, rule communication device, rule communication method, and program recording medium

Weighting method for use in information extraction and abstracting, based on the frequency of occurrence of keywords and similarity calculations

Information abstracting method, information abstracting apparatus, and

An information receiving apparatus and method are disclosed. According to such apparatus and method, a DTMF signal is received over a telephone line, and coordinate data corresponding to the received DTMF signal are obtained. A predetermined figure then is displayed in a position based upon the coordinate data.

Method and apparatus for receiving a DTMF signal and displaying a figure

A similar change information takeout apparatus is intended to take out automatically unit containing similar change information when character row data divided in certain units are given in a multiplicity, and comprises an input unit in which character row data are entered sequentially in time series, a former data memory unit for storing character row data, a start/stop input unit for accepting an input for designating start or stop of output of similar change information from the user, a new data unit takeout process for taking out sequentially the units contained in new data, a unit comparison process for comparing the units taken out in the new data unit takeout process and the units contained in former data to see if different or same character by character contained in the units sequentially, a different character and type counting process for calculating the variety and number of different or same characters as a result of comparison in the unit comparison process, and a similarity judging process for judging similarity between units in certain condition on the basis of the result of calculation of the different character and type counting process.

Similar change information takeout method, similar change information

The invention provides a data retrieval apparatus which includes a sensibility database 2 for storing a plurality of title names, evaluation points on a plurality of evaluation items, and identifiers assigned to evaluators responsible for the evaluation points; an evaluation point input block 1 for accepting an evaluation on each of the plurality of evaluation items; an evaluation point correction process block 5 for correcting each of the evaluations accepted by the evaluation point input block 1 by using a plurality of evaluator difference data for each of the plurality of evaluators; a retrieval criteria generating process block 6 for selecting a title name from the sensibility database 2 on the basis of each corrected evaluation; and a data retrieval process block 7. With this data retrieval apparatus, flexible data retrieval can be conducted by just entering subjective evaluation points even for objects from which objective numeric values related to subjective evaluation criteria are difficult to extract.

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Nara, Japan

Takeshi Imanaka