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20100232766 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A reproduction device includes: a reproduction unit which reproduces audio and/or video data; a reproduction position display unit which displays a time axis and scales on the time axis and displays a reproduction position indicator indicating the current reproduction position of the audio and/or video data on the time axis; an operation unit which receives operation for shifting the reproduction position indicator on the time axis; and a shift information detection unit which detects information concerning to shift received by the operation unit, wherein the reproduction unit reproduces audio and/or video data at the reproduction position indicated by the reproduction position indicator after shift when operation for shifting the reproduction position indicator is received by the operation unit, and the reproduction position display unit changes time interval shown by a unit length between the scales on the time axis based on the shift information. | 09-16-2010 |
20110231791 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display system includes: a plurality of image supply devices; and an image display device adapted to display one or more supply images out of supply images supplied from the respective image supply devices, wherein each of the image supply devices includes a display section, and an interface section adapted to display an operating image on the display section, the operating image being used for selecting at least one of the supply images to be displayed by the image display device and designating a layout of the images, and to transmit an instruction by a user via the operating image to the image supply devices. | 09-22-2011 |
20120026189 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY METHOD - A projector includes: a display-side communication unit that receives participation request information and image information from a plurality of terminal devices; a display-side image generating unit that generates an entire image including individual images that are based on the image information; and a display-side display unit that displays the entire image. The display-side display unit displays an individual image that is based on the image information transmitted from the terminal device that has transmitted the participation request information first time regardless of an explicit display instruction, and does not display the individual image that is based on the image information transmitted from the terminal device that has transmitted the participation request information second or later time in a state in which there is no explicit display instruction but displays the individual image in a case where there is an explicit display instruction. | 02-02-2012 |
20120030595 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - In an information storage medium in which a program readable by a computer is stored, the program allows the computer to execute generating a configuration change image containing an individual image based on image information from one or more terminal apparatuses and containing an individual image arrangement area showing arrangement of the individual image in an overall image displayed by a display apparatus and an icon arrangement area containing an icon with respect to each terminal apparatus for changing a configuration of the overall image, changing a display condition of the individual image arrangement area based on operation information representing operation relating to a configuration change of the overall image, and changing an icon background image on a background of the icon or a form of the icon in response to the display condition. | 02-02-2012 |
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20130164609 | NONAQUEOUS SOLVENT, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE, AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE - A power storage device using an organic solvent as a nonaqueous solvent for a nonaqueous electrolyte, in which a CV charging period in CCCV charging can be prevented from being extended and which has high performance, can be provided. The power storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The nonaqueous electrolyte includes an ionic liquid including an alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation having one or more substituents and a counter anion to the alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation, a cyclic ester, and an alkali metal salt. In particular, in the power storage device, the ionic liquid content is greater than or equal to 70 wt % and less than 100 wt % per unit weight of the ionic liquid and the cyclic ester in the nonaqueous electrolyte, or greater than or equal to 50 wt % and less than 80 wt % per unit weight of the nonaqueous electrolyte. | 06-27-2013 |
20130164610 | IONIC LIQUID, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE, AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE - A nonaqueous electrolyte of the present invention includes an ionic liquid including a first alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation having one or more substituents, a second alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation having an alicyclic skeleton that is the same as an alicyclic skeleton of the first alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation, and a counter anion to the first alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation and the second alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation and an alkali metal salt. In the second alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation, one of substituents bonded to a nitrogen atom in the alicyclic skeleton is a substituent including a halogen element. In the ionic liquid, the amount of a salt including the second alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation is less than or equal to 1 wt % per unit weight of the ionic liquid, or is less than or equal to 0.8 wt % per unit weight of the nonaqueous electrolyte. | 06-27-2013 |
20130288112 | CYCLIC QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SALT, NONAQUEOUS SOLVENT, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE, AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE - To provide an ionic liquid which has at least one of properties such as high ionic conductivity, a small reduction in ionic conductivity at a low temperature, a low melting point, and a low viscosity. To provide a power storage device having higher initial charge and discharge efficiency than a power storage device containing a conventional ionic liquid. A cyclic quaternary ammonium salt is liquid at room temperature and contains a quaternary spiro ammonium cation having an asymmetrical structure including two aliphatic rings and one or more substituents bonded to one or both of the two aliphatic rings and an anion corresponding to the quaternary spiro ammonium cation. The power storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing the cyclic quaternary ammonium salt as a nonaqueous solvent. | 10-31-2013 |
20140099529 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE - A power storage device with a higher degree of safety is provided. Further, a power storage device with improved cycle life is provided. In the power storage device, an ionic liquid as a solvent of an electrolyte solution, and an exterior body is covered with a conductive component so as to prevent direct contact between a positive electrode current collector and the exterior body. This suppresses elution of the positive electrode current collector due to contact between different kinds of metals and accordingly prevents a phenomenon in which the eluted metal of the positive electrode current collector is deposited on a negative electrode and the deposited metal comes in contact with a positive electrode. Thus, an internal short-circuit caused by the contact can be prevented. | 04-10-2014 |
20140099558 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE - A power storage device with reduced initial irreversible capacity is provided. The power storage device includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer, and an electrolyte solution. In the negative electrode active material layer, the content percentage of a carbon material with an R value of 1.1 or more is less than 2 wt %. The R value refers to a ratio of a peak intensity I | 04-10-2014 |
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20090321902 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The semiconductor device of the invention includes a transistor, an insulating layer provided over the transistor, a first conductive layer (corresponding to a source wire or a drain wire) electrically connected to a source region or a drain region of the transistor through an opening portion provided in the insulating layer, a first resin layer provided over the insulating layer and the first conductive layer, a layer containing conductive particles which is electrically connected to the first conductive layer through an opening portion provided in the first resin layer, and a substrate provided with a second resin layer and a second conductive layer serving as an antenna. In the semiconductor device having the above-described structure, the second conductive layer is electrically connected to the first conductive layer with the layer containing conductive particles interposed therebetween. In addition, the second resin layer is provided over the first resin layer. | 12-31-2009 |
20100236053 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The manufacturing apparatus of a semiconductor device includes a jig having a plurality of holders arranged in a row, a controller for controlling the pitch of the plurality of holders arranged in a row, a support means provided with a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits, and a support means provided with a substrate having a plurality of elements. By mounting the semiconductor integrated circuits on the respective elements by using the jig having the plurality of holders arranged in a row, semiconductor devices are manufactured. | 09-23-2010 |
20120002349 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE, LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR - One object is to provide a power storage device including an electrolyte using a room-temperature ionic liquid which includes a univalent anion and a cyclic quaternary ammonium cation having excellent reduction resistance. Another object is to provide a high-performance power storage device. A room-temperature ionic liquid which includes a cyclic quaternary ammonium cation represented by a general formula (G1) below is used for an electrolyte of a power storage device. In the general formula (G1), one or two of R | 01-05-2012 |
20120241924 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - The present invention provides an antenna in that the adhesive intensity of a conductive body formed on a base film is increased, and a semiconductor device including the antenna. The invention further provides a semiconductor device with high reliability that is formed by attaching an element formation layer and an antenna, wherein the element formation layer is not damaged due to a structure of the antenna. The semiconductor device includes the element formation layer provided over a substrate and the antenna provided over the element formation layer. The element formation layer and the antenna are electrically connected. The antenna has a base film and a conductive body, wherein at least a part of the conductive body is embedded in the base film. As a method for embedding the conductive body in the base film, a depression is formed in the base film and the conductive body is formed therein. | 09-27-2012 |
20120308882 | IONIC LIQUID AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An ionic liquid having high electrochemical stability and a low melting point. An ionic liquid represented by the following general formula (G0) is provided. | 12-06-2012 |
20120328960 | NONAQUEOUS SOLVENT AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE - A nonaqueous solvent having excellent reduction resistance, which can be applied to an electrolyte solution, is provided. Further, a nonaqueous solvent which can be used in a wide temperature range and applied to an electrolyte solution is provided. Furthermore, a high-performance power storage device is provided. A nonaqueous solvent containing at least an ionic liquid including an alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation having one or more substituents and a counter anion to the alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation, and a freezing-point depressant is provided. A power storage device including the nonaqueous solvent for an electrolyte solution is also provided. | 12-27-2012 |
20130334611 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The semiconductor device of the invention includes a transistor, an insulating layer provided over the transistor, a first conductive layer (corresponding to a source wire or a drain wire) electrically connected to a source region or a drain region of the transistor through an opening portion provided in the insulating layer, a first resin layer provided over the insulating layer and the first conductive layer, a layer containing conductive particles which is electrically connected to the first conductive layer through an opening portion provided in the first resin layer, and a substrate provided with a second resin layer and a second conductive layer serving as an antenna. In the semiconductor device having the above-described structure, the second conductive layer is electrically connected to the first conductive layer with the layer containing conductive particles interposed therebetween. In addition, the second resin layer is provided over the first resin layer. | 12-19-2013 |
20140342245 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE, LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR - One object is to provide a power storage device including an electrolyte using a room-temperature ionic liquid which includes a univalent anion and a cyclic quaternary ammonium cation having excellent reduction resistance. Another object is to provide a high-performance power storage device. A room-temperature ionic liquid which includes a cyclic quaternary ammonium cation represented by a general formula (G1) below is used for an electrolyte of a power storage device. In the general formula (G1), one or two of R | 11-20-2014 |
20150132665 | IONIC LIQUID AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An ionic liquid having high electrochemical stability and a low melting point. An ionic liquid represented by the following general formula (G0) is provided. | 05-14-2015 |
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20130076052 | CRUSH BOX AND VEHICLE BUMPER APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A crush box arranged between a side member of a vehicle body and a bumper reinforcement member, the crush box including: a main body portion arranged in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and formed in a tubular shape, the main body portion having first and second portions; a vehicle body attaching portion arranged at a first end of the main body portion; and a bumper attaching portion arranged at a second end of the main body portion, wherein vertical cross-sections of both the first portion adjacent to the vehicle body attaching portion and the second portion adjacent to the bumper attaching portion are polygonal shapes, and the number of vertices of the polygonal shape of the vertical cross-section of the second portion is greater than the number of vertices of the polygonal shape of the vertical cross-section of the first portion. | 03-28-2013 |
20130099514 | VEHICLE BUMPER APPARATUS AND CRUSH BOX THEREOF - A vehicle bumper apparatus includes a bumper reinforcement member formed to have a hollow cross section and including a vehicle interior portion formed to have an open cross section including an opening, and a crush box supporting the bumper reinforcement member to mount the bumper reinforcement member to a side member of a vehicle body, the crush box including a connecting portion arranged at a vehicle exterior portion, the connecting portion closing the opening of the bumper reinforcement member to restrict the opening from being expanded, and a retaining portion protruding from the connecting portion toward an exterior side of a vehicle to retain the bumper reinforcement member. | 04-25-2013 |
20130113224 | BUMPER REINFORCEMENT - A bumper reinforcement includes end portions and an intermediate portion, wherein the bumper reinforcement is made of a light alloy extruded material including a hollow cross-section and is configured to be arranged at a vehicle, the bumper reinforcement is configured to be assembled on and supported by a supporting member at each of the end portions bent toward a vehicle body side, the hollow cross-section includes a closed cross-section at the intermediate portion and includes an open cross-section provided with an opening at each of the end portions, each of the end portions is formed in a manner that a thickness of the hollow cross-section thereof in a vehicle front-rear direction is gradually reduced toward an end, and each of the openings is configured to be at least partially closed with a connecting portion of the supporting member and is restricted from being expanded. | 05-09-2013 |
20130241218 | VEHICLE BUMPER REINFORCEMENT - Provided is a vehicle bumper reinforcement including: an inner-wall section in a long shape along the width direction of a vehicle; an outer-wall section formed in a long shape so as to be arranged to face the inner-wall section; an upper-wall section connecting an upper end side of the inner-wall section and an upper end side of the outer-wall section; and a lower-wall section connecting a lower end side of the inner-wall section and a lower end side of the outer-wall section. The inner-wall section has a first concave section with a bottom, which is formed along a longitudinal direction thereof, the outer-wall section has a second concave section with a bottom, which is formed along a longitudinal direction thereof, and a bottom surface of the first concave section and a bottom surface of the second concave section are arranged to face each other. | 09-19-2013 |
20130241219 | CRASH BOX AND BUMPER DEVICE - Provided is a crash box to be installed to a bumper reinforcement including an outer-wall section, an upper-wall section and a lower-wall section, an upper inner-wall section, a lower inner-wall section, and a clearance between the upper inner-wall section and the lower inner-wall section. The crash box includes a body section provided between a member of a vehicle body side and the bumper reinforcement, an upper support section provided to protrude from the body section to a bumper reinforcement side, a lower support section provided to protrude from the body section to the bumper reinforcement side, and an insertion section provided to protrude from the body section to the bumper reinforcement side, inserted from the clearance into the bumper reinforcement and contacting a lower end portion of the upper inner-wall section and an upper end portion of the lower inner-wall section. | 09-19-2013 |
20150176673 | SHOCK ABSORBING MEMBER - A shock absorbing member is arranged at a side end portion of a vehicle, and is formed into a tubular shape extending in a vehicle front-and-rear direction. The shock absorbing member includes an outer wall portion formed so as to extend in a vehicle height direction and the vehicle front-and-rear direction, an inner wall portion formed so as to extend in the vehicle height direction and the vehicle front-and-rear direction, and arranged on a center portion side of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction with respect to the outer wall portion so as to be opposed to the outer wall portion, an upper wall portion connected to upper end portions of the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion, a lower wall portion connected to lower end portions of the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion, and a horizontal rib connected to the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion. A distance between the upper wall portion and the lower wall portion is decreased as approaching from the inner wall portion side to the outer wall portion side. A thickness of a part of the horizontal rib, which is connected to the outer wall portion, is set larger than a thickness of a part of the horizontal rib, which is connected to the inner wall portion. | 06-25-2015 |
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20100246807 | Headphone Device - A headphone device includes: two output units for outputting playback audio which has been played back; a contact determination unit determining the occurrence of contact with respect to a telephone device; a first audio-collecting unit for collecting call voice generated from the telephone device; a second audio-collecting unit for collecting ambient external sound; and an output audio control unit performing control so that the call voice is outputted from one output unit of the two output units and the external sound is outputted from the other output unit when it is determined that contact has occurred by the contact determination unit. | 09-30-2010 |
20100295678 | MOBILE APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a notice apparatus including: a plurality of notice signal generation units which generate notice signals; a reference signal output unit which outputs a reference signal used to determine an environmental situation; a reference signal detection unit which detects the reference signal output from the reference signal output unit and generates the detected reference signal as a detection signal; and a notice controller which controls one of the notice signal generation units to generate the notice signal based on the detection signal generated by the reference signal detection unit. | 11-25-2010 |
20120155658 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A content reproduction device including: a microphone that collects noise in the surroundings of a casing; a feature amount extractor that extracts a plurality of feature amounts; a distance calculator that calculates an intervector distance between the extracted feature amount vector and a feature amount vector with the same dimensions which is set in advance as a feature amount of a waveform of a music signal; a determinator that determines whether or not music is included in the sounds collected by the microphone; a processor that processes the signal of the sounds collected by the microphone to change the volume or frequency characteristics of the sounds collected by the microphone; and an adder that adds and outputs the signal of the sounds collected by the microphone and the signal of sounds of reproduced content. | 06-21-2012 |
20120163613 | NOISE REDUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A noise reduction apparatus includes a microphone that picks up a noise from surroundings of a casing, a cancellation signal generating section that generates a cancellation signal for reducing the noise from surroundings, by applying filtering to a signal picked up by the microphone, a predicted signal computing section that computes a predicted signal by predicting a noise from surroundings leaking into the casing, on a basis of the signal picked up by the microphone, an additional-signal control section that generates an additional signal for improving a listening feel of an actual residual noise, on a basis of a predicted residual noise obtained by adding the cancellation signal and the predicted signal, and an addition/output section that adds and outputs the additional signal and the cancellation signal. | 06-28-2012 |
20130162904 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - A signal processing device includes: a feature amount calculation unit calculating the respective feature amount of a first audio signal obtained through a first communication pathway and a second audio signal obtained through a second communication pathway corresponding to the first audio signal; an audio synchronization processing unit generating synchronization information of the first audio signal and the second audio signal based on the feature amounts calculated by the feature amount calculation unit; and an audio synthesis unit synthesizing the first audio signal with the second audio signal based on the synchronization information generated by the audio synchronization processing unit. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162905 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing device includes a feature amount calculating unit configured to obtain an audio feature amount of audio included in a content including audio; a synchronization information generating unit configured to generate synchronization information for synchronizing a plurality of content including the same or similar audio signal components, based on the audio feature amount obtained by the feature amount calculating unit; and a compositing unit configured to generate composited content, where a plurality of contents have been synchronized and composited using the synchronization information generated at the synchronization information generating unit. | 06-27-2013 |
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20120304789 | VEHICLE DRIVE SYSTEM - A vehicle drive system includes an input shaft to which a driving force of a first driving source is inputted, a first shaft idly rotating relative to the input shaft and being connectable with the input shaft, the first shaft being provided with a plurality of drive gears, a single drive gear idly rotating relative to the input shaft and being connectable with the input shaft, a second shaft arranged parallel to the input shaft and being provided with a first idler gear and a second idler gear, an output shaft arranged parallel to the input shaft and outputting the driving force to a wheel, and a plurality of driven gears idly rotating relative to the output shaft and being connectable with the output shaft, the plurality of driven gears engaging with the plurality of drive gears, respectively. | 12-06-2012 |
20130240317 | DOG CLUTCH FOR AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION - A dog clutch for an automated transmission includes a rotary shaft, a clutch ring, a hub, a sleeve including a spline that includes a plurality of first teeth and second teeth, a whole depth of each of the first teeth being greater than a whole depth of each of the second teeth, a dog clutch portion including clutch forward teeth, the teeth number of clutch forward teeth being equal to the teeth number of first teeth, each of the clutch forward teeth being formed at a position facing each of the first teeth to extend from a front end surface to a rear end position of the dog clutch portion, the dog clutch portion including clutch rearward teeth engageable with tooth grooves formed at the spline and formed to extend from a position retracted by a first predetermined distance from the front end surface to the rear end position. | 09-19-2013 |
20130240318 | DOG CLUTCH FOR AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION - A dog clutch for an automated transmission includes a rotary shaft rotatably connecting to one of an input shaft and an output shaft of the automated transmission, a clutch ring rotatably supported by the rotary shaft and rotatably connecting to the other of the input shaft and the output shaft, a clutch hub fixed to the rotary shaft, a sleeve including first teeth and second teeth, an axial driving device moving the sleeve, and a dog clutch portion arranged at the clutch ring, the dog clutch portion including: clutch forward teeth each having an engagement portion contactable with each of the first teeth, and inclined surfaces extending from the engagement portion toward both sides in a circumferential direction and inclined toward a rear end position of the dog clutch portion; and a clutch rearward tooth portion engageable with the second teeth and including clutch rearward teeth. | 09-19-2013 |
20140014425 | IN-WHEEL MOTOR APPARATUS - An in-wheel motor apparatus includes an in-wheel motor loaded on a wheel having a rotational shaft extending in a transverse direction of a vehicle body. The in-wheel motor and the wheel are suspended by a suspension mechanism retained by the vehicle body such that movement of the suspension mechanism in the transverse direction is restricted. The in-wheel motor is loaded on the wheel such that a rotational shaft axis of the in-wheel motor is orthogonal to, oblique to, or non-intersecting from a rotational shaft axis of the wheel. | 01-16-2014 |
20140026697 | VEHICLE DRIVE SYSTEM - A vehicle drive system includes: an engine outputting a rotational torque; a drive shaft; a dog-clutch automatic transmission which includes an input shaft, an output shaft, plural idler gears idly rotatably arranged at one of the input shaft and the output shaft, plural fixed gears fixed to the other of the input shaft and the output shaft and engageable with the idler gears, respectively, plural dog clutches provided at a shaft at which the idler gears are arranged, and a selection mechanism moving each dog clutch in an axial direction of the shaft to allow the dog clutch to be engaged with the idler gear and to allow the dog clutch to be disengaged from the idler gear; a clutch arranged between the drive shaft and the input shaft; and a shift execution device configured to execute an up-shift operation from a present gear stage to a subsequent gear stage. | 01-30-2014 |
20140209426 | DOG CLUTCH CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION - A dog clutch control apparatus for an automated transmission includes a dog clutch transmission mechanism including a clutch ring, a clutch hub, a sleeve, an axial driving device, a dog clutch portion, a stroke position sensor, and a spline of the sleeve including high teeth and a low tooth, the dog clutch portion including clutch front teeth and clutch rear teeth, wherein in a rotation adjustment range, a control apparatus controls a thrust load of the axial driving device so that a first thrust load is applied to the sleeve, and the first thrust load generates a relative rotation between the sleeve and the dog clutch portion against a frictional force generated by contact between an end surface of each of the high teeth and a front end surface of each of the clutch rear teeth. | 07-31-2014 |
20140213410 | VEHICLE PARKING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PARKING VEHICLE - A vehicle parking apparatus includes an engine, an electric motor, a transmission apparatus, a parking detection member, and a control unit. The transmission apparatus includes a first gear train configured to connect between the engine and a driving wheel, a second gear train configured to connect between the electric motor and the driving wheel, and a first switching mechanism selectively connecting and disconnecting between a predetermined first rotation element in the first gear train and a predetermined second rotation element in the second gear train. The control unit connects between the engine and the driving wheel by the first gear train, disconnects between the electric motor and the driving wheel by the second gear train, and disconnects the second gear train from the first gear train by the first switching mechanism in a case where the parking detection member detects the parked state of the vehicle. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214291 | AUTOMATIC SHIFT APPARATUS - An automatic shift apparatus includes a rotation shaft, a dog clutch gear shift mechanism, and a control unit. The control unit controls first moving speed to be faster than second moving speed on moving a sleeve in an engaged state engaged with one of a first clutch ring and a second clutch ring to a neutral position defined at a position between the first clutch ring and the second clutch ring where the first moving speed is a speed of moving the sleeve in the engaged state to a target position defined between the neutral position and the mentioned one of the first clutch ring and the second clutch ring the sleeve is engaged with and where the second moving speed is a speed of moving the sleeve from the target position to the neutral position. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214293 | DOG CLUTCH CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION - A dog clutch control apparatus for an automated transmission includes a rotary shaft, plural dog clutch mechanisms, each of the dog clutch mechanisms including a clutch ring, a clutch hub arranged next to the clutch ring, a sleeve fitted with the clutch hub, a dog clutch portion which is provided at the clutch ring and selectively meshes with a spline formed at the sleeve, an axial driving device for moving the sleeve, the dog clutch control apparatus includes a disengagement detecting portion for detecting disengagement before the sleeve reaches a neutral position and a control apparatus for controlling operation of the axial driving device, wherein in a case where the disengagement is detected at a time of shifting operation, the control apparatus starts a shift-related control. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214294 | AUTOMATIC SHIFT APPARATUS - An automatic shift apparatus including a rotation shaft, a dog clutch gear shift mechanism, and a control unit. The control unit supplies a predetermined electric current to a shaft moving apparatus to move a sleeve in an engaged state engaged with one of a first clutch ring and a second clutch ring and supplies a braking electric current smaller than the predetermined electric current to the shaft moving apparatus to exert a braking force on the sleeve, the braking force directed in the opposite direction relative to a direction of movement of the sleeve, before a spline of the sleeve disengages from a first dog clutch portion or a second dog clutch portion of the mentioned one of the first clutch ring and the second clutch ring, | 07-31-2014 |
20140235405 | VEHICLE DRIVE SYSTEM - A vehicle drive system includes a transmission, a clutch, and a shift execution portion. The shift execution portion operates the shift actuator to control the connecting portion in an engaged state engaged with the idler gear of a present gear stage to disengage from the idler gear of the present gear stage while gradually decreasing the engine torque while the clutch is still engaged, when a shift operation from the present gear stage to a subsequent gear stage is executed. | 08-21-2014 |
20140238170 | TRANSMISSION SHIFT DEVICE - A transmission shift device includes a rotary shaft rotationally connected to an input shaft of a transmission, first and second clutch rings rotationally connected to an output shaft of the transmission at a first gear ratio and a second gear ratio, respectively, a clutch hub fixed to the rotary shaft between the first clutch ring and the second clutch ring, a sleeve restricted a relative rotation with the clutch hub and movably engaged with the rotary shaft in the axial direction, first and second dog clutch portions projected from respective side surfaces of the first and second clutch rings and engageably and disengageably meshing with sleeve spline formed at the sleeve, and an elastic member positioned between the clutch hub and the sleeve and restricting a movement of the sleeve in the axial direction in each of a neutral state, a first shift state and a second shift state. | 08-28-2014 |
20140243148 | DRIVE FORCE CONTROL SYSTEM - A drive force control system includes an engine for controlling an output in accordance with an operation of an accelerator of a vehicle, a drive motor assisting a torque of the engine, an operation state detection portion detecting an operation state of the accelerator, and a control portion performing an advancing compensation control by the drive motor together with a drive control of the engine on the basis of an amount of change of the operation state of the accelerator generated within a predetermined time to provide greater acceleration than a case where the operation state of the accelerator is maintained. | 08-28-2014 |
20140283637 | AUTOMATIC SHIFT DEVICE FOR AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION FOR VEHICLE - An automatic shift device for an automated transmission for a vehicle includes a rotation shaft, a clutch ring, a clutch hub, a sleeve, a dog clutch portion, a shaft moving apparatus, and a control portion. The control portion includes a push force reduction control portion performing a push force reduction control reducing a push force of the sleeve that the shaft moving apparatus applies on the clutch rear teeth in response to a back and forth movement of the sleeve after the sleeve reaches an end surface of the clutch rear tooth. The control portion includes a retry control portion performing a retry control that re-applies the push force of the sleeve in response to a predetermined retry condition after the push force reduction control is performed. | 09-25-2014 |
20150211607 | TRANSMISSION FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A transmission for hybrid vehicle includes a change-speed gear assembly, an engine-side connector, and a motor-side connector. The change-speed gear assembly includes drive gears and driven gears making change-speed stages. A specific drive gear of the drive gears, and a specific driven gear of the driven gears, making a specific change-speed stage (e.g., the fifth-speed change-speed stage) of the change-speed stages, are made switchable between the idling state and the rotary connection state. The engine-side connector switches the other drive gears and driven gears, making the other change-speed stages, between the idling state and the rotary connection state, respectively. The motor-side connector includes a motor-side drive gear meshing with a motor-side driven gear doubled as the specific drive gear. The motor-side connector switches the specific drive gear, and the specific driven gear between the idling state and the rotary connection state, respectively. | 07-30-2015 |
20150375747 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND DRIVE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A control signal output unit (a drive control unit) executes control to retain a gear position corresponding to a motor generator during deceleration of a vehicle and regeneration executed by the motor generator. | 12-31-2015 |
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20110000226 | 4-VALVE PULSE TUBE CRYOCOOLER - A 4-valve pulse tube cryocooler has, on a high-pressure end of a compressor, first and second coolant supply channels respectively connected to high-temperature ends of a regenerator and a pulse tube. The cryocooler further has, on a low-pressure end of the compressor, a first coolant recovery channel connected to the high-temperature end of the regenerator, a second coolant recovery channel connected to the high-temperature end of the pulse tube, and a third coolant recovery channel connected to the high-temperature end of the pulse tube via a common pipe and including a flow resistance member interposed between a flow control valve and the high-temperature end of the pulse tube. | 01-06-2011 |
20110061404 | REGENERATIVE REFRIGERATOR - A regenerative refrigerator includes a compressor compressing working fluid; a cylinder fed with the compressed working fluid, containing a regenerator material, and having an expansion space; and a rotary valve to switch a first passage and a second passage formed to cause the working fluid to flow from the compressor to the expansion space and from the expansion space to the compressor, respectively. The working fluid expands in the expansion space to generate cold temperatures in the cylinder. The rotary valve includes a valve body having a first flat surface; and a valve plate having a second flat surface and configured to rotate with the first and second flat surfaces in surface contact. One of the first and second flat surfaces has an arithmetic average roughness of 0.1 μm to 0.9 μm. The other one of the first and second flat surfaces includes resin. | 03-17-2011 |
20110185747 | PULSE TUBE REFRIGERATOR - A pulse tube refrigerator includes a regenerator tube; a pulse tube; and a condenser condensing an atmospheric gas and disposed at cold ends of the regenerator tube and the pulse tube so as to also function as a cooling stage. The condenser includes a first surface and a second surface facing each other, a flow path having two openings on the first surface and connecting the cold end of the regenerator tube and the cold end of the pulse tube, and multiple holes extending from the second surface. The holes formed in an area of the condenser defined by a circle having the center on a straight line connecting the centers of the openings of the flow path do not pass through the condenser up to the first surface. The circle is the smallest circle enclosing the openings or a circumscribed circle circumscribing the openings. | 08-04-2011 |
20130247592 | REGENERATIVE REFRIGERATOR - A regenerative refrigerator includes a regenerator disposed in a flow passage of working gas generating a cold thermal mass, the regenerator being loaded with a regenerative material to accumulate cold thermal energy from the cold thermal mass in the working gas, wherein the regenerative material is a sintered body made of a fiber material, and a diameter of the fiber material disposed at a low-temperature end of the regenerator is smaller than a diameter of the fiber material disposed at a high-temperature end of the regenerator. | 09-26-2013 |
20130247593 | PULSE TUBE REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF - A pulse tube refrigerator includes a compressor, a pulse tube including an internal space, a regenerator loaded with a regenerative material for exchanging heat with working gas, a buffer including an internal space with a predetermined capacity, a flow passage to connect an end of the pulse tube and the buffer, a temperature detecting section to detect temperature of the working gas, a flow adjusting section to adjust an amount of flow of the working gas flowing through the flow passage, and a controlling section to control the flow adjusting section in response to the temperature of the working gas detected at the temperature detecting section. | 09-26-2013 |
20140245609 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING REGENERATIVE REFRIGERATOR - A method of manufacturing a regenerative refrigerator including a rotary valve configured to switch passages of helium gas, the rotary valve including a valve body and a valve plate, includes forming the valve body of a first material and forming the valve plate of a second material, wherein the first material is one of a resin and an aluminum metal or an aluminum alloy and the second material is the other of the resin and the aluminum metal or the aluminum alloy, anodizing a surface of one of the valve body and the valve plate which is formed of the aluminum metal or the aluminum alloy, polishing the anodized surface, and performing shot peening on the polished anodized surface so that the polished anodized surface has an arithmetic average roughness of 0.2 μm to 0.9 μm. | 09-04-2014 |
20140290276 | U-SHAPED PULSE-TUBE REFRIGERATOR - A U-shaped pulse-tube refrigerator includes a regenerative tube and a pulse-tube that are juxtaposed with each other; a communicating path that connects a low-temperature end of the regenerative tube and a low-temperature end of the pulse-tube; a heat exchanger that is provided at the low-temperature end of at least one of the regenerative tube and the pulse-tube; and a flow smoothing member that is provided between a first exit of the communicating path at a side where the heat exchanger is provided and the heat exchanger. | 10-02-2014 |
20140338368 | STIRLING-TYPE PULSE TUBE REFRIGERATOR AND FLOW SMOOTHER THEREOF - A Stirling-type pulse tube refrigerator includes: a compressor which pressurizes and depressurizes a gas; a regenerator which is supplied with the gas from the compressor or supplies the gas to the compressor through pressurization or depressurization of the compressor; a pulse tube which is supplied with the gas from the regenerator or supplies the gas to the regenerator; and a flow smoother which is disposed on at least one of a high temperature side and a low temperature side of the pulse tube. The flow smoother includes a plurality of meshes arranged to be laminated and a holding member which maintains gaps between the plurality of meshes. | 11-20-2014 |
20150033766 | REFRIGERATOR - A pulse tube refrigerator has a pulse tube having a first end and a second end. A inertance tube connects the first end and a buffer tank. A pressure change generator is connected with the second end. The pressure change generator generates a pressure change of a working gas at the second end periodically. A first flow straightener provided at the first end. A second flow straightener provided at the second end. A degree to which the first flow straightener hinders the flow of the working gas is greater than a degree to which the second flow straightener hinders the flow of the working gas. | 02-05-2015 |
20150276272 | STIRLING REFRIGERATOR - In a Stirling refrigerator, a regenerator has a low-temperature end and a high-temperature end. A plurality of protrusions, which thermally contact with the low-temperature end of the regenerator, are formed on a low-temperature heat exchanger. The low-temperature heat exchanger has a recess between the protrusions, and the recess forms a flowing groove through which a working gas flows. The regenerator may contain a mesh regenerator material. | 10-01-2015 |
20150276273 | STIRLING REFRIGERATOR - In a Stirling refrigerator, a displacer has an internal space. An expander body houses the displacer so that the displacer can be reciprocated. A temperature sensor is arranged in the internal space of the displacer. A displacer rod, having an internal space, may connect to the displacer. A wiring may provide an electrical connection to the temperature sensor, the wiring arranged through the internal space of the displacer rod to outside of the expander body. | 10-01-2015 |
20150354861 | STIRLING-TYPE PULSE TUBE REFRIGERATOR - A Stirling-type pulse tube refrigerator includes: a regenerator that has a low temperature end and high temperature end; a pulse tube that is arranged coaxially with the regenerator, and that is connected to the regenerator so as to enable working gas to circulate therebetween; a low temperature heat exchanger that is disposed in the low temperature end of the regenerator, and that has a gas flow passage serving as a flow passage for the working gas; and a flow straightener that is disposed in an end portion, on a side close to the low temperature heat exchanger, out of end portions of the pulse tube. The gas flow passage and the flow straightener are spaced away from each other, and a length of a connecting passage connecting the gas flow passage and the flow straightener is equal to or shorter than 10% of a length of the pulse tube. | 12-10-2015 |
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20120148313 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The specification discloses a developing device comprises a first developer bearing member configured to bear a developer including a toner and a carrier, and to convey the developer to a first developing region facing an image bearing member, so as to develop an electrostatic latent image formed onto the image bearing member and a second developer bearing member configured to bear a developer transferred from the first developer bearing member, and to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member, by conveying a developer to a second developing region facing the image bearing member and a cover unit configured to shield a route toward the image bearing member from a mutual gap position between the first developer bearing member and the second developer bearing member. | 06-14-2012 |
20120269555 | DEVELOPING DEVICE - A developing device includes a developer carrying member for carrying a developer; a circulation path along which the developer is circulated; a carrier supplying portion; a discharge opening, provided in the circulation path, through which a portion of the developer is to be overflowed and discharged; and a feeding member comprising a rotation shaft and a blade portion including a helical portion. An outer diameter of the blade portion formed in a first region including at least a portion opposing the discharge opening is smaller than that in a second region adjacent to the first region with respect to a rotation shaft direction. A smaller average angle formed between the rotation shaft and a developer feeding surface of the blade portion in the first region is smaller than that in the second region. | 10-25-2012 |
20120301159 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a developing device that develops the electrostatic latent image on the drum using toner, a temperature sensor that detects toner temperature in the developing device, an optical sensor that detects the density of a patch image formed on the drum, a controller that controls the amount of the toner supplied to the developing device based on the detection result of the density of the patch image, and a setting portion that sets an potential difference between the electric potential of an image portion at the time of forming the patch image and a DC bias applied to the developing device. The setting portion sets the electric potential difference so as to be increased according to an increase in the toner temperature based on the detection result. | 11-29-2012 |
20130016998 | DEVELOPING DEVICEAANM Noguchi; AkihiroAACI Toride-shiAACO JPAAGP Noguchi; Akihiro Toride-shi JPAANM Nose; KatsuyaAACI Matsudo-shiAACO JPAAGP Nose; Katsuya Matsudo-shi JPAANM Takahashi; KyosukeAACI Toride-shiAACO JPAAGP Takahashi; Kyosuke Toride-shi JP - A developing device includes a developer carrying member for carrying a developer; a first feeding portion for supplying the developer to the developer carrying member while feeding the developer along the developer carrying member; a second feeding portion, communicating with the first feeding portion at end portions thereof, for feeding the developer in a direction opposite to a developer feeding direction of the first feeding portion while collecting the developer from the developer carrying member; and a partition wall portion for partitioning the first and second feeding portions. The partition wall portion includes an opposing portion opposing the developer carrying member with a spacing. A surface roughness of at least the opposing portion is larger than that of the developer carrying member. | 01-17-2013 |
20150071683 | DEVELOPING DEVICE - A developing device includes: a developer carrying member; a first chamber; a second chamber; a partition wall; a communicating portion; and a feeding member, provided rotatably in the first chamber, for feeding the developer in the first chamber. In a circulation path, the feeding member includes a first region corresponding to a developer coating region of the developer carrying member and a second region, provided downstream of the first region with respect to a feeding direction of the feeding member, corresponding to a region outside the developer coating region of the developer carrying member. Feeding power per unit driving time of the feeding member is set at a smaller value in the first region than in the second region. | 03-12-2015 |
20160085197 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developing device, a supplying device, and a control unit. The image bearing member bears a latent image. The developing device develops the latent image with a toner. The supplying device supplies toner to the developing device. The control unit executes a discharge operation to consume toner transferred onto the image bearing member from the developing device without transferring the toner onto a recording medium. The control unit executes the discharge operation where first deterioration integrated information exceeds a first executing threshold, and where second deterioration integrated information exceeds a second executing threshold that is larger than the first executing threshold. The control unit acquires the first deterioration information based at least a first deterioration threshold, and acquires the second deterioration information based on at least a second deterioration threshold that is larger than the first deterioration threshold. | 03-24-2016 |
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20080315958 | PHASE-LOCKED LOOP CIRCUIT, PHASE-LOCKED LOOP CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PHASE-LOCKED LOOP CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a phase-locked loop circuit comprises a phase difference detection unit which detects a phase error between a reproduced binary data and extracted clock and generates phase error pulse signals each having an amplitude corresponding to the phase error, a phase sifter sensitivity adjusting unit which generates a first adjustment pulse signal produced by adjusting the phase error pulse signal, and a loop filter unit which generates a pulse train signal for feedback control to generate the extracted clock from the first adjustment signal, wherein the phase shifter sensitivity adjusting unit comprises a first pulse doubler unit which generates an expanded pulse signal which doubles a time width of the phase error pulse signal, and a first amplifying unit which amplifies the amplitude of the expanded pulse signal and generates the first adjustment pulse signal. | 12-25-2008 |
20090219792 | DATA REPRODUCING DEVICE AND DATA REPRODUCING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a data reproducing device according to the invention includes a frequency difference detector, a phase comparator, a loop filter, an integrator, a first conversion part for converting a value of the integrator into a first conversion value, a second conversion part for converting the value of the integrator into a second conversion value, a first conversion table, a second conversion table, a first D/A converter (DAC), a second D/A converter (DAC), a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), and a prediction table. The value of the integrator and the first conversion value are associated with each other and stored in the first conversion table in consideration of the characteristics of the VCO. Meanwhile, the value of the integrator and the second conversion value are associated with each other and stored in the second conversion table in consideration of the characteristics of the VCO. | 09-03-2009 |
20120166711 | DATA STORAGE APPARATUS AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NONVOLATILE MEMORIES - According to one embodiment, a data storage apparatus comprises a channel controller, an encoding module, and a data controller. The channel controller is configured to control data input to, and output from, nonvolatile memories for channels. The encoding module is configured to generate encoded data for which an inter-channel error correction process, using data stored in each of the nonvolatile memories. The data controller is configured to manage the encoded data in units of logic blocks when the channel controller writes the encoded data in parallel to the channels, and to allocate parity data contained in the encoded data to one plane in each logic block. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166911 | DATA STORAGE APPARATUS AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NONVOLATILE MEMORIES - According to one embodiment, a data storage apparatus comprises a channel controller, an encoding module, and a data controller. The channel controller configured to control data input and output to and from nonvolatile memories for channels. The encoding module configured to generate encoded data for an interchannel error correction process, using data stored in each of the nonvolatile memories. The data controller configure to manage the encoded data in units of logical blocks when the channel controller writes the encoded data in parallel to the channels, and to allocate parity data contained in the encoded data to planes of the same channel in each logical block. | 06-28-2012 |
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20130067148 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes an assignment unit and a determination unit. The assignment unit evaluates physical properties of each of a plurality of semiconductor memories constituting one storage device as a whole and assigns a usage attribute corresponding to an evaluation result to at least a part of the plurality of semiconductor memories. The determination unit determines a semiconductor memory having an optimal usage attribute as a write destination of data with respect to a write command of the data. | 03-14-2013 |
20130067177 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An information processing method includes: grouping temporarily consecutive data into a plurality of groups based on a reference defined in advance and storing the grouped data; reading, in response to an access request from an external apparatus, target data to be a target of the request from a first group including the target data and outputting the read target data to the external apparatus; and reading, in response to the reading of the target data, at least part of data from a second group different from the first group as read-ahead target data. | 03-14-2013 |
20130265660 | LENS UNIT AND IMAGING APPARATUS - According to an illustrative embodiment, a lens unit is provided. The lens unit includes at least one lens having an engagement portion in a flange portion of the lens, the engagement portion having a width perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens, and the width of the engagement portion decreasing as the engagement portion is traversed in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to the optical axis of the lens. | 10-10-2013 |
20140086496 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an evaluation unit which acquires a search pattern which is an appearance pattern of a person in a scene of a video content containing the scene, where a similar scene is to be searched, and a search target pattern which is an appearance pattern of a person in a video content which is to be a search target of the similar scene, calculates a degree of similarity between the search pattern and the search target pattern, and determines the similar scene on a basis of the calculated degree of similarity. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086556 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a display control unit that causes a content view which displays statistic information of characters appearing in video content and a relationship view which displays character-relation information of the characters appearing in the video content, to be displayed on a predetermined display unit. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089267 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a search unit, a selection unit, and a mounting processor. The search unit is configured to search for a plurality of roll back points of a file system. The selection unit is configured to select, from the plurality of roll back points searched for by the search unit, a roll back point corresponding to an operation made by a user. The mounting processor is configured to mount the file system at the roll back point selected by the selection unit to a read-only state, and further mount the file system to a readable and writable state according to an operation made by the user. | 03-27-2014 |
20140149864 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a plurality of feature amount extraction parts configured to extract, from content, a plurality of feature amounts containing information concerning a camera motion in a frame, and a display control part configured to display a GUI corresponding to an operation concerning the camera motion in the frame on the frame in the content on the basis of the information concerning the camera motion extracted by the feature amount extraction parts. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149865 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a plurality of feature amount extraction parts configured to extract, from content, a plurality of feature amounts, a display control part configured to control display of an image of the content and information concerning the feature amounts of the content, and a selecting part configured to select display or non-display of the information concerning the feature amounts. The display control part controls display of importance of a scene found on the basis of the display or non-display of the information concerning the feature amounts which is selected by the selecting part. | 05-29-2014 |
20140205158 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a grouping unit that detects a part of an object from contents and performs grouping of each object, a correlation degree calculating unit that calculates a correlation degree between the objects of which the grouping is performed by the grouping unit, and a display control unit that controls a display of a diagram of a correlation between the objects indicating the correlation between the objects, based on the correlation degree between the objects which is calculated by the correlation degree calculating unit. | 07-24-2014 |
20150373404 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including: a content selection unit configured to select content including at least one name specified by a user; a face group acquisition unit configured to acquire face groups by grouping, per person, face images occurring in content selected by the content selection unit; and a face group determination unit configured to determine a face group to associate with the name from face groups acquired by the face group acquisition unit. | 12-24-2015 |