Pioneer Corporation

Toshio Tabata

Takeshi Nakamura

Shinichi Gayama

Michikazu Hashimoto

Hajime Miyasato

Takehiko Shioda

Yoshihiro Kawazoe

Hajime Kobayashi

Yukitaka Saito

Motoyuki Yamashita

Motohiko Takayanagi

Kazuyoshi Takahashi

Mitsuru Watanabe

An apparatus for reproducing a television broadcast program digest which stores a broadcast signal indicative of contents of at least one television broadcast program and guide data of the at least one television broadcast program. The apparatus pre-stores a period of time and a weight point as data for at least one attribute concerning program contents every different television broadcast program. The apparatus reads the broadcast signal and guide data of the at least one television broadcast program when a digest reproduction is performed. In accordance with the guide data, the apparatus reads a period of time and a weight point for each attribute corresponding to a television broadcast program consistent in terms of content with or similar to the at least one television broadcast program. The apparatus reproduces a partial signal having a length of time based on the weight point and the period of time.

Method and apparatus for reproducing television broadcast program digest

An interactive information providing apparatus is provided with: an output component that provides an information requesting output for requesting a user for information; an input component that receives from the user input information to the information requesting output; and an interaction controller component that controls the output component and the input component according to a scenario, to carry on a dialogue with the user. In the apparatus, the interaction controller component changes a level at which the output component requests a user for information, according to an importance parameter associated with the scenario.

Interactive information providing apparatus, interactive information providing program, and storage medium having stored same

An information serving system includes a broadcasting station module (TV), user module (RV), and advertising agency module (AD). The broadcasting station module (TV) broadcasts pieces of broadcast information including at least video information. The user module (RV) receives the broadcast information, selects an image component composing an image from the received broadcast information, and produces specification information indicative of the selected image component. The user module (RV) transmits the produced specification information, while receiving component information to represent the received component information. The advertising company module (AD) acquires the specification information, and transmits to the user module (RV) the component information indicating an image component specified by the acquired specification information. This allows a viewer viewing a broadcasted program to acquire detailed information about a desired image component in an easier and quicker manner, thus enhancing usability of a broadcasting business.

System for serving information in relation to video information broadcasted on electric wave

Provided is an image information summary device for reproducing the summary information, by which an operator is capable of grasping the image information appropriately by the use of the preliminary announcement information. A summary reproducing apparatus obtains the continuous voice image information which is provided in plural times and extracts a characteristic amount of each piece of voice image information. Simultaneously, upon carrying out the summary reproduction, the summary reproducing apparatus compares the object voice image information to be an object of the summary reproduction with the non-object voice image information having the preliminary announcement information in the object voice image information, detects the same shot from the object voice image information and decides the partial image information to be extracted on the basis of the same shot in this object voice image information.

Image information summary apparatus, image information summary method and image information summary processing program

A navigation apparatus, which is to be mounted on a movable body, comprises a navigation information acquisition unit, a requirement judgment unit and a control unit. The navigation information acquisition unit acquires navigation information relating to movement of the movable body. The requirement judgment unit judges as whether or not dialog start requirements are satisfied on the basis of the navigation information. The control unit gives a speech to a user to start providing interactive information, in case where the dialog start requirements are satisfied.

Navigation apparatus and interactive information providing program

An electronic system is provided with: an information outputting apparatus ( ) having an output device ( ) for outputting a content information including at least one of an audio information and a video information; and a navigation apparatus ( ), which is equipped with an input device ( ) for inputting a destination in a movement of a movable body. A controlling apparatus ( ) for controlling the electronic system is provided with: a selecting device ( ) for selecting the content information to be outputted during the movement of the movable body until an arrival at the destination, on the basis of the destination inputted by the input device; and an output controlling device ( ) for controlling the output device so as to output the content information selected by the selecting device, during the movement of the movable body until the arrival at the destination.

Apparatus for and method of controlling electronic system for movable body, electronic system for movable body, program storage device and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave

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Tsurugashima, Japan

Toshio Tabata