Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Electric Industrial

Toshiki Yamamura

Tsukasa Yoshiura

Yuji Nagaishi

Toshiharu Koshino

Yoshio Umeda

Seiichi Suzuki

Teruyuki Naka

Junichi Nawama

Hideaki Takechi

Makoto Kuwamoto

Akira Kumon

Hisanori Nagase

Toshiyuki Wada

Naonori Kato

Shinichiro Takigawa

Masazumi Yamada

Junji Yoshida

Hidetoshi Takeda

Yasushi Ayaki

Shinji Hamai

Yasuyuki Shintani

Tadashi Kunihira

Kazuhiro Aizu

Shinichi Tsuchida

Monta Nakatsuka

An information provision system includes a first history collection device, a second history collection device, and a specific-information generation device. The specific-information generation device includes a history collector that acquires first history information and second history information, and a specific-information generator that generates specific information regarding an attribute and a preference of a user, based on the first history information and the second history information. The specific-information generator disposes, on a map of a thesaurus prepared in advance, a first keyword obtained from an access history of a Web terminal, and a second keyword obtained from a manipulation history of a household electric appliance terminal, and generates first specific information, based on the second keyword having a distance smaller than a predetermined distance from a disposed position of the first keyword disposed on the map.

Information provision system, specific-information generation device, and specific-information generation method

A broadcast receiving device capable of easily setting area information. A control unit of a DVR transmits an acquisition request for area information to a TV. When the control unit receives a response to the acquisition request from the TV, the control unit extracts area information from the received response and performs a channel presetting using the extracted area information. A control unit of the TV has area information stored therein. When the control unit receives an acquisition request for area information from the DVR, the control unit transmits, as a response to the request, the stored area information to the DVR.

Broadcast receiving device

When pairing an AV device with a controller for linking to and controlling the AV device, it was necessary for the user operating the controller to select an AV device near the user in accordance with the position of the user. A controllerspecifies a nearby device based on audio characteristic information (an audio fingerprint) generated from audio obtained by an audio input portion (microphone) or content information specified from such audio characteristic information, and audio characteristic information of devices obtained with a communication portion or content information specified from such audio characteristic information, to carry out the pairing.

Portable terminal, pairing system and pairing method

The network system comprises an original device description indicating a control point so as to register an address used for MAC address authentication. The server side acquires information from the device(s) connected to the network, and only the device(s) having the above mentioned description are listed and displayed. By responding to the access from the non-registered device in a predetermined manner, the device is prompted to be registered.

Server apparatus, client apparatus and system for securely transmitting stored content

An internet terminal, which includes a communication unit for sending and receiving packet data, an encryption unit for encrypting and decrypting packet data, a packet generation unit for generating packet data to be sent to a server apparatus, a protocol determination unit for determining a communication protocol to be used between the internet terminal and the server apparatus, a control request reading unit for reading in packet data and a control request packet that includes a control request, a control unit for receiving control information and controlling the internet terminal or a terminal apparatus accordingly. Further, the internet terminal includes a server certificate authentication unit for authenticating the validity of a server certificate sent by the server apparatus, a client certificate management unit for sending a client certificate to the server apparatus, and a storage unit for storing a terminal ID and other information.

Apparatus, method and computer software products for controlling a home terminal

A communication system includes a device and a server connected to the Internet, which transfers communications between the device and a terminal connectable to the Internet via the server. The device periodically transmits a notice packet to the server. The server transmits a connection request packet to the device in reply to the notice packet when a transfer to the device is requested from the terminal. The device transmits a TCP connection request to the server when receiving the connection request packet from the server. The server accepts the TCP connection request transmitted from the device to the server in reply to the connection request packet, to establish the TCP connection. Thus, the server transfers communications between the terminal and the device on the TCP connection after the TCP connection is established.

Secured TCP/IP communication system for devices and private networks connected to the internet

A data recording device, using a disc, wherein it is easy to handle respective audio signals independently and which receives digital data got by multiplexing plural audio signals is provided. In a data recording device according to the present invention data blocks are identified in the frame unit from among received digital data and, at least, the first audio block and the second audio block are generated from among the data blocks so that each audio block is recorded from the leading address of the recording segment formed on the disc.

Data recording method and data recording device using same

An data recording apparatus in accordance with the present invention is configured so as to determine whether a received data block is of the same data to a previously received data block or not on the basis of the data block particular information in the data block transmitted from the outside and stored in a buffer thereby determining the recording-or-not into a disk drive, or so as to determine whether it is to be recorded into the disk drive or not on the basis of the information transmitted from the outside.

Data recording apparatus and data recording method

A video and audio data converter capable of insert-edit-processing another video data and audio data in real time while reproducing produced video and audio data and a disk apparatus using the video and audio data converter are configured so that a plurality of video and audio data input and output from a plurality of external apparatuses to video and audio input/output sections are input and output while the video and audio data input and output to one video and audio input/output section is replaced with the video and audio data input and output to another video and audio input/output section in a video and audio data conversion section.

Image/voice data conversion device and disk unit using it

Disk apparatus, video/audio data processor, and video/audio control method that detect audiovisual frame information to control output

In a disk control apparatus according to the present invention, after overwriting processing or block erasure processing is performed, index information on the fragmented recorded area is newly generated for managing the recording area, and recording start and end information is written to the video and audio data recorded on a disk apparatus, and edit processing can be easily performed by the disk control apparatus even after video and audio data recorded on the disk apparatus is overwritten with externally input video and audio data and after a part of the video and audio data is erased.

Disk control apparatus dividing a recording area into recorded and unrecorded areas

An apparatus having a flexible mounting mechanism according to the present invention includes a storage section, a casing accommodating and holding the storage section, a protective housing accommodating and protecting the casing, a supporting member provided between the casing and the protective housing for supporting the casing, and a maintaining member supporting the protective housing. The supporting member and the maintaining member have different vibration damping characteristics.

Apparatus having flexible mounting mechanism

A storage apparatus of the present invention has an HDA of a storage portion, a box frame for containing the HDA and fixed to the HDA by bolts, and a protection box for incorporating at least the HDA and the box frame. A plurality of supporting members are arranged between the box frame and an inner surface of the protection box, so that the supporting members elastically support the HDA and the box frame in the protection box.

Storage apparatus and shockproof case

A charging device for charging a movable object to be charged. A charging member contacts the object to be charged. A power source applies a voltage to the charging member, wherein the power spectrum PS satisfies the following relation when the space frequency of the profile of the surface of the charging member is analyzed. In the section of 10.ltoreq.f.ltoreq.100 (cycles/mm):

Charging device and an image forming apparatus using a charging device

A charging device for charging a moving photoconductor. The charging device includes a charging member, an electric power supply for applying a voltage to the charging member, and a light exposing device, such as a LED for exposing surfaces of the charging member and the photoconductor in a closing region where the surfaces of the charging member and the photoconductor move closer to each other. The charging member is a blade having a transparent layer for guiding a light beam from the LED to the closing region and a shading layer for shading the light beam to a contacting region and a separating region. The contacting region is where the surfaces of the charging member and the photoconductor contact, and the separating region is where the surfaces of the charging member and the photoconductor gradually separate from each other. The LED is disposed in the vicinity of an end of the transparent layer opposite to the other end in the closing region in a section parallel to the moving direction of the photoconductor.

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Toshiki Yamamura