Denso Corporation

Yousuke Kimura

Hiroki Ukai

Masatoshi Itoh

Masatoshi Aboh

Hiroshi Kuwahara

Hideaki Suzuki

Takehiro Abeta

Takafumi Okayasu

Tooru Kakehi

A recommendation apparatus comprises a destination acquisition portion, a storage device, a stopover place extraction section, a user number extraction section, a recommendation degree calculation section, and a selection section. The storage device stores, for each of a plurality of visit places visited by a plurality of users in past, a total number of visit users which is a total number of users who have visited the visit place, and store, for each of one or more stopover places visited by the users after having visited the visit place, a total number of stopover users which is a total number of users who have visited the stopover place after having visited the visit place.

Recommendation apparatus and recommendation system

An information acquisition system includes a communication terminal that reads an information code storing the point information and a service ID; and a server that stores point information and a service ID in association with each other, the communication terminal accessing the server and acquiring the point information from the server. The communication terminal extracts the point information and the service ID from the information code to transmit to the server the point information and the service ID. At a time of reception of the point information and the service ID, the server extracts, from the point information stored in the server, association point information corresponding to the point information that correlates with the service ID received from the communication terminal, and transmits the association point information to the communication terminal. The communication terminal outputs the point information, and the association point information received from the server.

Information acquisition system, communication terminal, information acquisition program, server, and information provision program

A two-dimensional code generation device includes a determination unit, an image acquisition unit, and a code generation unit. The determination unit determines whether point information is included in coding information, which is information for generating a two-dimensional code. The image acquisition unit selecting, from an image database in which multiple images are registered, an image that visually indicates the point information as a base image and acquires the selected image as the base image when the determination unit determines that the point information is included in the coding information. The code generation unit generates the two-dimensional code based on the coding information, and includes the base image in the two-dimensional code in a superimposed manner when the base image is acquired by the image acquisition unit.

Two-dimensional code generation device and two-dimensional code generation program product

An information code generation apparatus includes: a setting unit that specifies a destination position based on position specifying information included in coding information for generating an information code, wherein the setting unit acquires, from a database, environment information indicating information on a peripheral environment of the specified destination position, and sets a display range of a map image to be displayed by adjusting at least one of a center position or a display scale based on the destination position and the acquired environment information; and an information code generation unit that acquires, from the database, the map image having the display range set by the setting unit, and generates the information code by integrating the map image with the information code.

Information code generation apparatus and information code generation program product

An information provision system includes: a reading section that reads an information code; a situation acquisition section that acquires a situation when the information code is read by the reading section; a determination section that determines a situation when the information code is read, based on (i) read information that is obtained by decoding the information code that is read and (ii) the situation acquired by the situation acquisition section; a provided information generation section that generates provided information that is different from the read information, the provided information matching with the situation when the information code is read; and a provision section that provides the provided information that is generated.

Information provision system, communication terminal, and information provision program

An information code image display system includes an area specifying part, an image generation part, and a display controller. The area specifying part specifies an area as a conversion target area, the area being a part of a base image displayed in a display area of a display part. The image generation part generates a base-image-attached information code image by applying an information code to a conversion target image corresponding to the conversion target area. The display controller displays in the display part the base-image-attached information code image and a remaining image obtained by excluding an image of the conversion target area from the base image.

Information code image display system, information code image display terminal, information code image display program, server, and information code image generating program

A two-dimensional code generation device includes an image acquisition unit acquiring, from a database, an image visually indicating a type of information to be provided by a two-dimensional code based on coding information, and a code generation unit generating the two-dimensional code based on the coding information. The coding information is information for generating the two-dimensional code. When the image acquisition unit acquires the image visually indicating the type of information to be provided by the two-dimensional code, the code generation unit includes the image acquired by the image acquisition unit in the two-dimensional code in a superimposed manner.

An information processing terminal including an application execution portion, a sub-application execution portion and a hidden screen display portion is provided. The application execution portion executes an application. The sub-application execution portion executes a sub-application in response to an execution request from the application execution portion. The sub-application is configured to provide a specified function for the application executed by the application execution portion. The hidden screen display portion, instead of displaying an execution screen indicating execution of the sub-application, displays a hidden screen hiding the execution of the sub-application while the sub-application execution portion is executing the sub-application.

Information processing terminal

An in-vehicle audio device and an in-vehicle audio system are disclosed. The in-vehicle audio device acquires and registers metadata of music data from multiple music possession devices, at least one of which is a portable music carrier device capable of performing wireless communication. Regarding the metadata acquired from the portable music carrier device, the in-vehicle audio device maintains the registration of the metadata after a communication connection between the portable music carrier device and the in-vehicle audio device is cut off. The in-vehicle audio device creates a playlist based on the registered metadata.

In-vehicle audio device and in-vehicle audio system

An in-vehicle handsfree apparatus establishes a handsfree profile connection with at least two cellular phones. It may be determined that a first cellular phone and a second cellular phone are receiving incoming calls at the same time, or that while a first cellular phone is calling, a second cellular phone is receiving an incoming call. In such a case, based on attributes (for example, a holder or intended use) of the first and second cellular phones, a notice manner of information on incoming call or information on telephone call is differentiated, for instance, in regard to a background color of a display window.

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Kariya, Japan

Yousuke Kimura