Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080301721 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a control method of an information processing device, includes measuring a movement amount of a body with a sensor, invalidating an operation of a switch which ejects an optical disc held in an optical disc drive, in a case where the movement amount of the body is a threshold value V1 or more, and validating the operation of the switch in accordance with a measured value of the sensor, after invalidating the operation of the switch. | 12-04-2008 |
20090058827 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, the information processing device includes a display provided with a touch sensor on a display surface thereof, a virtual display section capable of virtually displaying an area larger than a maximum display area of the display, a mode switch section configured to switch the display from a first mode in which the maximum display area of the display is presented to a second mode in which an area of a screen of the virtual display section, and a display area panning section configured to, when the display is switched to the second mode and when the touch sensor detects that one of predetermined areas of the display is touched, pan the display area so that a not-shown area of the virtual display section that corresponds to the touched area is presented on the display. | 03-05-2009 |
20090109804 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND READING CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus, has a reading unit which, if a transfer delay address is found, stores data in the transfer delay address, in a memory, and stores data in a range from the transfer delay address to an additional address located at an outer periphery in a certain distance and which, if the address to be read on the optical disc is present in the transfer delay address, reads data corresponding to the address to be read as stored in the memory, and a control unit which, if the address to be read on the optical disc is present in the additional address, reads the data corresponding to the address to be read as stored in the memory, by the reading unit, and increases a rotation rate of the optical disc up to a predetermined number of revolutions. | 04-30-2009 |
20100011100 | Health Check System, Server Apparatus, Health Check Method, and Storage Medium - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a transmission module configured to acquire a status information of a plurality of devices and transmit the status information to a server apparatus via the network. The server apparatus includes a storage module configured to predetermine a condition corresponding to items of status information of the devices or a combination of the items of status information of the plurality of devices and store feedback information defined in correspondence with each condition, and a notification module configured to, when the status information or the combination transmitted by the transmission module matches the predetermined condition, notify, via the network, the information processing apparatus of the feedback information corresponding to the condition and stored in the storage module. | 01-14-2010 |
20100067343 | Information Processing Apparatus, Health Check Method, and Storage Medium - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an optical disk drive, a power supply module configured to supply power to the information processing apparatus, an acquisition module configured to start acquisition of status information of the optical disk drive when the power supply module supplies power to the information processing apparatus, a storage module configured to store feedback information corresponding to each condition predetermined for the status information of the optical disk drive, and a notification module configured to notify the apparatus of feedback information which is read from the storage module in correspondence with the condition when the status information of the optical disk drive acquired by the acquisition module matches the condition. | 03-18-2010 |
20100241888 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND POWER-SAVING SETTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus having a power-saving function includes a monitoring module and a power-saving setting presenting module. The monitoring module monitors a usage pattern of the information processing apparatus, and stores log information indicative of the usage pattern in a storage device. The power-saving setting presenting module determines recommended values of power-saving parameters for specifying content of the power-saving function, based on the stored log information, and to display the determined recommended values. | 09-23-2010 |
20100246351 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND FAULT SYMPTOM DETERMINATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an optical disc drive, a measuring module in the optical disc drive, and a measurement value reception module. The measuring module is configured to measure a value related to an operation of a predetermined motor in the optical disc drive, which is executed during a time period of power-up of the optical disc drive. The measurement value reception module is configured to receive a measurement value related to the operation of the predetermined motor from the optical disc drive in response to an event of being requested to turn off the power of the optical disc drive, and to store the received measurement value in a storage device. | 09-30-2010 |
20100271913 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, OPTICAL DISC FAILURE ANALYSIS METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information processor includes an optical disc drive, an acquiring module, a storage module, and a determination module. The acquiring module acquires identification information that uniquely identifies an optical disc loaded in the optical disc drive based on information read from the optical disc. The storage module obtains information related to failure analysis of the optical disc contained in state information indicating reading state or writing state upon reading from or writing to the optical disc, and stores the information related to failure analysis in association with the identification information. The determination module calculates values each indicating a level of failure of the optical disc based on pieces of information related to failure analysis of the optical disc stored until just recently in association with the identification information and, when the values satisfy a predetermined condition, determines that there is a risk of failure in the optical disc. | 10-28-2010 |
20100271919 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, FAILURE PREDICTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information processor includes an optical disc drive, a recorder, and a determination module. The optical disc drive includes a loading mechanism that loads and ejects an optical disc. The recorder obtains state information indicating the operating state of the loading mechanism to record the state information. The determination module determines that, when a value related to failure prediction of the loading mechanism satisfies a predetermined condition, there is a risk of failure in the loading mechanism. The value is calculated from a combination of a plurality of indices contained in the state information. | 10-28-2010 |
20100275047 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND POWER-SAVING EFFECT DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus having a power-saving function includes a power-saving control module, a power consumption measuring module, a log accumulation module, and a log display module. The power-saving control module sets each of predetermined components in the information processing apparatus in either a normal operation state or a power-saving state, based on power-saving parameters corresponding to the predetermined components. The power consumption measuring module measures a total power amount consumed by the apparatus in a predetermined time period. The power-saving effect calculation module calculates a power-saving effect value indicative of a power amount reduced in the predetermined time period by the setting of the power-saving parameters. The log storing module stores information indicative of the total power amount and the power-saving effect value. The log display module displays cumulative values which are periodically accumulated the total power amounts and the power-saving effect values. | 10-28-2010 |
20110150429 | RECORDING AND PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING AND PLAYBACK METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT RECORDING AND PLAYBACK - In one embodiment, a recording and playback device includes: a tuner receiving a broadcast wave including program data; a display displaying the program data; a detector detecting an object being present in a direction of a screen of the display using infrared rays; a determination module determining a presence or absence of a viewer based on a signal from the detector; and a recording and playback controller recording and playback the program data in accordance with a judgment of the determination module, wherein when a viewer is determined to be absent, the recording and playback controller starts recording the program data and sets a recording start position at which the recording of the program data is started as a playback start position, and when the viewer is determined to be present during recording of the program data, the recording and playback controller starts playing back the program data from the playback start position while continuing to record the program data. | 06-23-2011 |
20140344624 | OPERATION DATA ANALYSIS APPARATUS, METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided an analysis apparatus including: a first storage to store operation data on an electronic device; a second storage to store a span characteristic concerning a time span in which each of values of a plurality of explanatory variables is changed; an explanatory variable calculator to calculate the explanatory variables based on the operation data; a failure state information calculator to calculate failure state information for the electronic device based on the explanatory variables calculated by the explanatory variable calculator, and calculate, when the failure state information represents a risky state, an overall span concerning in what time span the failure state information is possibly to represent a safe state due to changes in the values of the explanatory variables; and a diagnosis unit to diagnose the electronic device based on the failure state information and the overall span characteristic. | 11-20-2014 |