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20110119323 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM AND SERVER APPARATUS - A mobile communication network system and server apparatus enabling the time for a mobile terminal apparatus to acquire content to be sufficiently reduced. In a mobile communication network system provided with a cellular telephone | 05-19-2011 |
20120182312 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A communication apparatus stores schedule information and a decorative image attached to the schedule information in association with each other. The communication apparatus specifies a display section, at which the schedule information is displayed, in a schedule area in which the schedule information is arranged. In addition, the communication apparatus determines, as a candidate for a position on a schedule screen at which the decorative image is arranged, a position that, if the decorative image is arranged thereon, makes at least a part of the attached image overlap the schedule area in which the schedule information stored in association with the decorative image is arranged, and further prevents the decorative image from overlapping the specified display section. In addition, the communication apparatus arranges the decorative image on the position selected from a plurality of positions determined as candidates. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185760 | DATA-PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA-PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A data-processing device includes: a display control means that causes a display means to display multiple input fields that receive input of data; an acquisition means that acquires multiple items of data constituting a data group; a recording means that records into a storage means a first item of data, which is one of the multiple items of data acquired by the acquisition means, while associating the first item of data with a first input field predetermined, and records into the storage means a second item of data, which is one of the multiple items of data acquired by the acquisition means and inputted later than the first item of data, while associating the second item of data with a second input field(s) that is included in the multiple input fields and is different from the first input field; and a specifying means. | 07-19-2012 |
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20100315493 | Receiving apparatus, transmitting apparatus, communication system, display control method, program, and data structure - Disclosed herein is a receiving apparatus including, a video signal acquisition section configured to acquire a video signal included in a digital broadcast signal, and a control section configured to acquire display information regarding three-dimensional or two-dimensional display and included in both a system data area and a video data area of the digital broadcast signal in order to control the processing of video display with the video signal based on the display information. | 12-16-2010 |
20110096232 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND BROADCASTING SYSTEM - The transmitting apparatus includes an encoder creating an encoded content signal by encoding the content, a generator generating sign language word identification information corresponding to chronologically-ordered sign language words appearing in a speech in the content, a creating unit creating control information containing the generated chronologically-ordered sign language word identification information, a storage unit storing sign language word images for displaying a sign language video corresponding to the sign language words by grouping the sign language word images into a plurality of modules according to a frequency of appearance of the sign language words in the speech in the content, a multiplexer creating a data stream by combining the encoded content signal with the control information and by repeatedly replicating the plurality of modules at a frequency corresponding to the frequency of appearance, and a transmitter transmitting the created data stream. | 04-28-2011 |
20110102554 | Transmission device, receiving device, program, and communication system - There is provided a demultiplexer that receives video data for one of a three-dimensional display and a two-dimensional display. There is also provided an HDMI transmission portion that transmits the video data and display information that pertains to one of the three-dimensional display and the two-dimensional display of the video data to a television receiver through TMDS channels #0, #1, and #2 of an HDMI cable. There is also provided a transmission/receiving portion that transmits the display information to the television receiver through a CEC line of the HDMI cable. | 05-05-2011 |
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20090249998 | Single crystal pulling apparatus - A single crystal pulling apparatus comprises: a chamber; a crucible disposed within the chamber for containing a melt; a water-cooling means disposed within the chamber in such a manner as surrounding a single crystal pulled up from the melt in the crucible; water piping for feeding cooling water to and discharging the same from the water-cooling means; and supporting arms connected to the chamber for supporting the water-cooling means, wherein the supporting arms are disposed between the single crystal and the water piping. According to this configuration, the supporting arms can prevent the water piping from being damaged in the event of fall and collapse of the single crystal due to failure of the seed neck portion or in the event of rupture of the single crystal due to thermal stress, for instance. | 10-08-2009 |
20100018454 | Method of producing single crystal - After melting raw materials, a distance between a raw material melt surface and a heat-shielding member disposed so as to face to the melt surface is adjusted based on temporal changes in chamber inside conditions, such as the heater temperature at the time of completion of the seed crystal equilibration operation carried out after completion of the raw material melting procedure and/or lag time required for completion of the seed crystal equilibration operation following completion of the raw material melting procedure. As a result, single crystals can be produced efficiently and in high yield, and further, by controlling the crystal interior temperature gradient by modifying the distance between the melt surface and the heat-shielding member, it becomes possible to control the ratio V/G (V:pulling speed, G:crystal interior temperature gradient) to thereby produce single crystals free of crystal defects such as COPs and/or dislocation clusters. | 01-28-2010 |
20100263585 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING SINGLE CRYSTAL DIAMETER - When pulling and growing a single crystal from a raw material melt by the Czochralski method, a boundary between the single crystal and the raw material melt is imaged by an optical sensor, and also the weight of the single crystal is measured by a weight sensor, a diameter value of the single crystal is calculated on the basis of first measured values of the diameter of the single crystal derived from image data captured by the optical sensor and second measured values of the diameter of the single crystal derived from weight data captured by the weight sensor, and a pulling rate of the single crystal and the temperature of the raw material melt are adjusted on the basis of the calculated diameter value to thereby control the diameter of the single crystal, and thus it is possible to accurately measure the diameter of a growing single crystal. | 10-21-2010 |
20120145068 | APPARATUS OF PRODUCING SILICON SINGLE CRYSTAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SILICON SINGLE CRYSTAL - An apparatus of producing a silicon single crystal including: an imaging device; a heat shield that has a circular opening; a first operation unit that operates the imaging device and takes a real image of the heat shield and a mirror image of the heat shield reflected on a surface of the silicon melt, measures a spacing between the real image and the mirror image, and calculates a position of a melt-surface; a second operating unit that operates the imaging device and takes an image of a bright-zone in the vicinity of the solid-liquid interface, and calculates a position of the melt-surface based on the image of the bright zone; and a controlling unit that refers a data of the position of the silicon melt obtained by the first operation unit and the second operation unit, and controls the position of the silicon melt. | 06-14-2012 |
20130263773 | SILICON SINGLE CRYSTAL MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND SILICON SINGLE CRYSTAL MANUFACTURING METHOD - The distance between the heat shield and the melt level of the melt can be regulated in a high precision. The real image includes at least the circular opening of the heat shield provided in such a way that the heat shield covers a part of the melt level of the silicon melt. The mirror image is a reflected image of the heat shield on the surface of the silicon melt. Based on the distance between the obtained real image and the mirror image, the melt level position of the silicon melt is computed, and the distance between the heat shield and the melt level position is regulated. | 10-10-2013 |
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20080301455 | Authentication System And Authentication Object Device - To provide an authentication system for improving security, using fewer encryption keys. An authentication requesting device ( | 12-04-2008 |
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20110263329 | Operating Device - Provided is an operation device which allows various kinds of operation information to be input to a main body thereof as needed without unnecessarily increasing the weight of the operation device. The operation device includes: the main body having a shape elongated from one end to another end; a light emitting member provided to the one end of the main body; and a connection portion provided to the other end of the main body, to which an arbitrary one of a plurality of other operation devices is to be connected. | 10-27-2011 |
20120260006 | Communication System, Terminal Device, Communication Processing Method, Communication Processing Program, Storage Medium Stored With Communication Processing Program. - A controller to which a second controller is connected arranges, based on predetermined integrated scenario information defining a first input region allotted for the controller and a second input region allotted for the second controller within data regions for packet input data, operation input data corresponding to an operation input from a user in the first input region, and data based on extended input data obtained from an extension apparatus in the second input region, generates packet input data, and transmits it to a device main unit. | 10-11-2012 |
20120273859 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A semiconductor device may include, but is not limited to, a semiconductor substrate having a first gate groove; a first fin structure underneath the first gate groove; a first diffusion region in the semiconductor substrate, the first diffusion region covering an upper portion of a first side of the first gate groove; and a second diffusion region in the semiconductor substrate. The second diffusion region covers a second side of the first gate groove. The second diffusion region has a bottom which is deeper than a top of the first fin structure. | 11-01-2012 |
20120281849 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND CONTROLLER DEVICE - A controller device is provided whereby players can experience realistic sounds. The controller device is connected to the main body of an information processing apparatus, wherein the controller device comprises a first speaker for emitting a sound signal in a low frequency range, and a second speaker for emitting a sound signal in a frequency range that is higher in comparison with the first speaker. | 11-08-2012 |
20130240966 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body including a first upper surface with a first side surface extending downwardly therefrom, a second upper surface with a second side surface extending downwardly therefrom, and a bottom surface interfacing first and second side surfaces. The first and second side surfaces and the bottom surface together define a groove. A conductive film partially fills the groove with an intervention of an insulating film therebetween so the conductive film terminates at a first intermediate portion of the first side surface between the first upper surface and the bottom surface and at a second intermediate portion of the second side surface between the second upper surface and the bottom surface. A distance between the first intermediate portion of the first side surface and the first upper surface exceeds a distance between the second intermediate portion of the second side surface and the second upper surface. | 09-19-2013 |
20140235349 | OPERATING DEVICE - Provided is an operation device which allows various kinds of operation information to be input to a main body thereof as needed without unnecessarily increasing the weight of the operation device. The operation device includes: the main body having a shape elongated from one end to another end; a light emitting member provided to the one end of the main body; and a connection portion provided to the other end of the main body, to which an arbitrary one of a plurality of other operation devices is to be connected. | 08-21-2014 |
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20120107208 | GAS TREATMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED-BED GASIFICATION SYSTEM - In a circulating fluidized-bed gasification system, an ammonia-off gas | 05-03-2012 |
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20130182836 | SECRET SHARING SYSTEM, SECRET SHARING APPARATUS, SECRET SHARING METHOD, SECRET SORTING METHOD, SECRET SHARING PROGRAM - A secret sharing system according to the present invention includes N secret sharing apparatuses. The secret sharing system according to the present invention includes fragment replacement means and reshare means. The fragment replacement means selects a number, smaller than N, of secret sharing apparatuses, generates a bijection π of {1, . . . , K}→{1, . . . , K}among the selected secret sharing apparatuses and designates a fragment a | 07-18-2013 |
20130304780 | SECURE SUM-OF-PRODUCT COMPUTATION METHOD, SECURE SUM-OF-PRODUCT COMPUTATION SYSTEM, COMPUTATION APPARATUS AND PROGRAMS THEREFOR - There is provided a method that can quickly perform a secure sum-of-product computation by cooperative computation by three parties (computation apparatuses) that is easy to implement. In a secure computation method in which a party X performs a party-X random number generation step, a party-X first computation step and a party-X second computation step, a party Y performs a party-Y random number generation step, a party-Y first computation step and a party-Y second computation step, and a party Z performs a party-Z random number generation step, a party-Z first computation step and a party-Z second computation step, computation processings performed by the parties are symmetrical to each other. | 11-14-2013 |
20130339728 | SECURE PRODUCT-SUM COMBINATION SYSTEM, COMPUTING APPARATUS, SECURE PRODUCT-SUM COMBINATION METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - The efficiency of multiplication in secure function computation is increased to make the secret function computation faster than before. Three or more computing apparatuses cooperate to generate a secret value of a random number, perform secure function computation for secret values of arbitrary values by using a function including addition and multiplication to compute concealed function values, and compute a secret value. If the secret value is [0], a concealed function value is output; otherwise, information indicating that tampering has been detected is output. | 12-19-2013 |
20150086439 | MICROREACTOR - A microreactor includes: a reaction passage to flow a fluid as a reaction object; and a medium passage provided in parallel with the reaction passage to flow a heat medium to exchange heat with the fluid in the reaction passage. A cross-sectional area of the medium passage adjacent to a location of the reaction passage where any of heat generation and heat absorption associated with a reaction of the fluid is relatively large is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the medium passage adjacent to a location of the reaction passage where any of the heat generation and the heat absorption associated with the reaction of the fluid is relatively small. | 03-26-2015 |
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20110132019 | HEAT PUMP APPARATUS - A heat pump apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a condenser, expansion means, and an evaporator are serially connected. Condensation temperature detection means that detects a saturation temperature of the condenser, and evaporation temperature detection means that detects the saturation temperature of the evaporator are provided. Operation efficiency is estimated by a value obtained by dividing heating ability estimated from a detection value of the condensation temperature detection means by a difference between a detection value of condensation temperature detection means and that of evaporation temperature detection means or dissipation power estimated by the difference. | 06-09-2011 |
20110197600 | HEAT PUMP WATER HEATER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A refrigerant circuit of a heat pump water heater has a compressor, a four-way valve, a water heat exchanger, a heat storage transfer pipe contained in a heat storage water tank, an expansion valve, and an air heat exchanger and forms a refrigerating cycle by sequentially connecting them. A water circuit of the heat pump water heater has a water inlet pipeline that supplies water to the water heat exchanger, a hot water tank, and a water outlet pipeline that allows the water heat exchanger to communicate with the hot water tank, in which water is supplied to the heat storage water tank through a heat storage water tank water feed pipe branching from the water inlet pipeline by opening a heat storage water tank water feed opening/closing valve) and the water in the heat storage water tank can be discharged through the heat storage water tank water discharge pipe (by opening a heat storage water tank water discharge opening/closing valve). | 08-18-2011 |
20120111042 | HEAT PUMP APPARATUS - In a heat pump apparatus, it is aimed to enhance efficiency of a defrost operation by reducing a loss of heat radiation during the defrost operation and reducing a compressor input during the defrost operation. The heat pump apparatus includes a main refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a first heat exchanger, an expansion mechanism, and a second heat exchanger are connected sequentially, and also includes a bypass circuit including an on-off valve and providing a connection by bypassing the expansion mechanism. The main refrigerant circuit includes a four-way valve that switches between a heating operation and the defrost operation by switching an order in which the refrigerant circulates through the main refrigerant circuit. The main refrigerant circuit also includes a first temperature detection unit and a second temperature detection unit. Based on values detected by these temperature detection units, a degree of superheat of the first heat exchanger during the defrost operation is computed. When the heating operation is switched to the defrost operation, the heat pump apparatus increases a circulation amount of the refrigerant circulating through the refrigerant circuit by opening the on-off valve, and also controls an operation frequency of the compressor such that the degree of superheat is at a predetermined target value. | 05-10-2012 |
20130031921 | REFRIGERATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A refrigeration cycle that is formed by connecting a compressor, a condenser, expansion means, and an evaporator and that performs cooling operation; an evaporator heating device that heats the evaporator; a drain pan that receives drain-water from the evaporator and drains the drain-water; a drain-pan heating device that heats the drain pan; frost detecting means including a light-emitting element that emits light to the evaporator and a light-receiving element that receives reflected light from the evaporator and outputs a voltage according to the reflected light; and a control device that controls on-off operation of the evaporator heating device and the drain-pan heating device. The control device determines a frosting condition on the evaporator from an output of the frost detecting means and individually controls the evaporator heating device and the drain-pan heating device in accordance with the determination result. | 02-07-2013 |
20130031932 | CROSS-FIN TYPE HEAT EXCHANGER AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A plurality of heat transfer fins are arranged so as to surround straight pipe portions of heat transfer tubes connected through bends in a serpentine arrangement. Heat transfer surfaces for transferring heat between air of the heat transfer tubes and the heat transfer fins have holes each having a radius smaller than the critical radius of a nucleus that occurs upon phase change from water vapor to condensed water droplets such that the holes are filled with the air at all times. Water is allowed to move from the holes filled with the air having low surface energy to metal part having high surface energy, thus improving drainage. | 02-07-2013 |
20140230479 | REFRIGERATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND HUMIDITY CONTROL DEVICE - An air-conditioning system includes a pump that sends, to an evaporator, a cooling fluid that exchanges heat with a refrigerant at the evaporator, and a first heat exchanger that exchanges heat between ambient air and the cooling fluid that has undergone the heat exchange at the evaporator. A sensible heat exchange cycle is formed by annularly connecting the evaporator, the heat exchanger, and the pump by using a pipe. This system is also includes an air-sending unit that sends air to a second heat exchanger, moisture absorbing-and-desorbing devices that are provided at a passage of the air sent by the air-sending unit and that are disposed in front of and behind the first heat exchanger, and an air-path switching device that reverses a passing direction of air passing through the moisture absorbing-and-desorbing device, the first heat exchanger, and the moisture absorbing-and-desorbing device. | 08-21-2014 |
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20100271382 | GRAPHIC DRAWING DEVICE AND GRAPHIC DRAWING METHOD - A distance information generating unit | 10-28-2010 |
20120242693 | IMAGE SYNTHESIS DEVICE AND IMAGE SYNTHESIS PROGRAM - An image synthesis device includes a matrix memory for storing matrix information for bringing subregions of each of inputted images into correspondence with subregions of an outputted image, and a vector graphic processing unit for drawing a vector graphic of each of graphic regions according to graphic data in a vector form defined by both vertex data for defining the shape of each of the graphic regions into which the outputted image is divided, and a drawing command for specifying contents-to-be-drawn of the vertex data, and performs a coordinate transformation process on the vector graphic by using a correspondence defined by the matrix information to calculate texture coordinates of the inputted images, and displays synthesized image data which the image synthesis device calculates by using image element data about the inputted images, the image element data corresponding to the texture coordinates, as the outputted image. | 09-27-2012 |
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20130321449 | WINDOW COMBINING DEVICE - A window combining device includes a window control unit for adding one window number to pixels on a window-by-window basis, a two-dimensional drawing engine for combining a drawn window including the pixels to which the window number is added by the window control unit into a display window, and a display control unit for displaying the display window into which the drawn window is combined by the two-dimensional drawing engine. When an update occurs in one of a plurality of drawn windows which construct the display window, the two-dimensional drawing engine computes an original background color from a pixel to which a blend flag showing that the pixel is a target for an antialiasing process is added, the pixel being included in pixels of the window for which the update occurs, and carries out the antialiasing process and recombines pixels into the display window. | 12-05-2013 |
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20090109899 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, PARAMETER SETTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - This invention has as its object to implement dynamic processing according to processing loads on access points in a wireless communication local network system including a plurality of independent wireless cells. According to this invention, a communication control method for a communication control apparatus, which controls a wireless communication in a wireless communication local network system including a plurality of independent wireless cells, includes: a step of determining the processing loads of respective APs; a step of selecting an STA, which is to associate with another independent wireless cell built using an AP with a low processing load by switching processing, of STAs, which associate with an independent wireless cell built using an AP with a high processing load; and a step of requesting to transmit parameter information required to associate with the other independent wireless cell. | 04-30-2009 |
20090234932 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication apparatus operating by selectively switching between a master mode and a slave mode includes: a determination unit configured to determine whether an apparatus that operates in the master mode exists; a control unit configured to exercise control in such a manner that the communication apparatus operates in the master mode if it is determined that such an apparatus does not exist, and to exercise control in such a manner that the communication apparatus operates in the slave mode if it is determined that such an apparatus does exist; and a transceiver unit configured to transmit a message for updating the management table to the apparatus in the network in case of operation in the master mode, and to receive a message transmitted from another apparatus that operates in the master mode in case of operation in the slave mode. | 09-17-2009 |
20100030882 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - It has been difficult for a management apparatus to make a communication apparatus change a communication channel in consideration of a remaining communication band of a network so as to set an appropriate communication channel. Further, setting the appropriate communication channel has been an enormous load placed on a communication apparatus provided with not many processing resources including a small CPU capacity, a small memory, and so forth. Therefore, the present invention allows for setting an appropriate communication channel ready for the remaining communication band of the network. Further, the present invention allows for reducing the load placed on the communication apparatus for setting the appropriate communication channel. Therefore, a management apparatus managing the network determines a communication channel satisfying a requested communication band and notifies at least a transmission apparatus and/or a reception apparatus of a change to the communication channel. | 02-04-2010 |
20100103273 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND SYSTEM - A communication apparatus includes a transfer unit configured to transfer data to an external apparatus, and a determination unit configured to determine that a transfer of first data is completed by the transfer unit, wherein the transfer unit transfers second data, at a reduced communication speed, to cause the external apparatus to operate the first data, after the determination unit determines that the transfer of the first data has been completed. | 04-29-2010 |
20100208731 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device includes a recognition unit configured to recognize a service provided by a network, a generation unit configured to generate a packet to be transmitted to an external device that provides the service recognized by the recognition unit based on a priority set to the packet according to the recognized service when the service is recognized by the recognition unit, and a connection unit configured to establish a connection with the external device using the packet generated by the generation unit. | 08-19-2010 |
20100311327 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The object of the invention is to achieve stable operation of a communication device which includes an information transmission means and a power transmission means while maintaining communication quality. A mobile device of the invention has an information transmission means for executing non-contact transmission, a power transmission means, a first control means for controlling the information transmission means to repeat an active period and a sleep period, and a second control means for controlling the power transmission means to transmit a power during the sleep period. | 12-09-2010 |
20120269184 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication apparatus is provided which includes a recognition unit configured to recognize a service of communication using a packet to which a first priority higher than a second priority is set, provided by an external apparatus; a generation unit configured to generate a packet to be transmitted to the external apparatus and to which the first priority is set, in a case that the service is recognized by the recognition unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the packet generated by the generation unit for establishing a connection with the external apparatus, wherein the generation unit generates a packet to be transmitted to the external apparatus and to which the second priority is set, in a case that the recognition unit does not recognize a service of communication using a packet to which the first priority is set. | 10-25-2012 |
20140078956 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing provided with a wireless communication unit adapted to communicate with a wireless network formed by a control apparatus, comprises: a first sending unit adapted to send a probe signal including identification data of the network via the wireless communication unit; a receiving unit adapted to receive a response signal to the probe signal from another information processing apparatus associated with the control apparatus via the wireless communication unit; and a determination unit adapted to determine an information processing apparatus capable of direct link communication, based on the response signal received by the receiving unit. | 03-20-2014 |
20140378052 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A communication apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate in a first communication mode in which a memory of the communication apparatus is accessed by another communication apparatus, a detection unit configured to detect an access from the another communication apparatus to the memory of the communication apparatus, and a shift unit configured to shift an operation mode of the communication apparatus in response to a condition including at least the access to the memory detected by the detection unit. | 12-25-2014 |
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20110176017 | DATA RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A data recording apparatus records data onto a recording medium having a flash memory in which data can be written in block units using a part of a recording region as an alternative block for a defect block in which normal data writing cannot be performed. The data recording apparatus causes a user to select one of plural recording modes including a first recording mode and a second recording mode in which an amount of data to be processed is larger than that of the first recording mode, then obtains data in the selected recording mode and stores the data onto the recording medium. If an alternative block remaining amount obtained from the recording medium is equal to or less than a threshold value, the data recording apparatus allows recording in the first recording mode and inhibits recording in the second recording mode. | 07-21-2011 |
20110187894 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A recording apparatus records data in a recording medium which has a plurality of blocks and includes an alternative block for a defect block, in accordance with a recording unit of a set data amount. The recording apparatus sets the data amount of the recording unit based on an alternative block remaining amount in the recording medium. | 08-04-2011 |
20110187896 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A recording apparatus is disclosed that records information data and file system information for managing a file containing the information data in accordance with a predetermined file system to a recording medium having a plurality of blocks including an alternative block for a defect block, wherein a first threshold and a second threshold that is smaller than the first threshold are set, and recording of the information data to the recording medium is inhibited if an alternative block remaining amount in the recording medium is less than or equal to the first threshold, and an update of the file system information recorded in the recording medium is inhibited if the alternative block remaining amount is less than or equal to the second threshold. | 08-04-2011 |
20110246841 | STORING APPARATUS - A storing apparatus, equipped with a control unit configured to control the writing of data into a memory and to communicate a notice to an external device with a communication unit if the remaining amount of substitute blocks becomes equal to or less than a threshold value specified by stored threshold value information, includes the control unit configured to change the threshold value information, used for the notice communicated by the control unit, by the use of threshold value information received from the external device with the communication unit. | 10-06-2011 |
20120256913 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus of the present invention displays a plurality of images on a display device capable of performing three-dimensional representation by laying out the images at a predetermined interval in a depth direction of three-dimensional representation, and includes a determination unit configured to determine a display interval between the plurality of images belonging to an identical group depending on the number of images contained in the group, a layout unit configured to lay out the plurality of images in a depth direction based on the display interval of each group determined by the determination unit, and a display control unit configured to display the images laid out by the layout unit on the display device. | 10-11-2012 |
20140056575 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for processing moving image files each including moving image data and identification information relating to continuity of time between the moving image file and other moving image file is arranged to perform an editing process for deleting at least a portion of the moving image data included in the moving image file, and change the identification information of the moving image file in accordance with the editing process, wherein in accordance with the editing process being preformed, identification information of at least one of the plurality of moving image files is changed to a predetermined value for discriminating that there is no continuity between the moving image file to which the editing process is performed and a moving image file which has continuity of time with the moving image file to which the editing process is performed. | 02-27-2014 |
20140341546 | EDITING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An editing apparatus comprises a selection unit configured to select one file included from a group of a plurality of files of predetermined continuity; a first instruction detection unit configured to detect a first instruction for deleting an anterior portion of time-series data in the file selected by the selection unit, the anterior portion preceding a designated position in time-series; and a processing unit configured to, if the first instruction is detected by the first instruction detection unit, perform processing for deleting a file preceding the selected file from the group of the plurality of files. | 11-20-2014 |
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20100282130 | HEAVY CONCRETE - It is aimed at providing a heavy concrete, which does not require addition of a thickener such as methyl cellulose, which is less in segregation between a heavy aggregate and a cement paste, and which is high in flowability and excellent in construction ability. The present invention provides a heavy concrete comprising, at least, a cement, a heavy aggregate, and water, mixed with one another, characterized in that the heavy fine aggregate includes hot scarves brought about in a scarfing process of a steel slab surface. The present invention further provides the above-described heavy concrete characterized in that the heavy fine aggregate includes fine aggregate particles passing through a sieve having a nominal size of 0.15 mm, in an amount of 10% to 20% in mass percentage, and the heavy fine aggregate includes spherical particles each having a distortion irregularity of 3.3 or less as defined below, in an amount of 20% or more in the whole of particles having diameters between 50 μm inclusive and 5 mm inclusive in the heavy fine aggregate: | 11-11-2010 |
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20110157794 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A HINGE - An electronic device includes: a key input module including a plurality of keys and configured to receive a key input; a functional component including a user interface; a first unit including a first opening and a second opening, the first opening on which the key input module is placed, and the second opening being provided near the first opening and including a bottom wall portion on which the functional component is placed; a first bracket being accommodated in the first unit and including a facing surface facing the bottom wall portion; a second unit including a display device having a display screen; and a hinge including a second bracket accommodated in the second unit and connected to the facing surface with the bottom wall portion interposed therebetween. | 06-30-2011 |
20120218474 | Broadcast Receiver and Electronic Device - According to one embodiment, a broadcast receiver includes a housing, a circuit board, a module, a holder, and a buffer. The housing is provided with a wall. The circuit board is housed in the housing and includes a first connector. The module includes a second connector to be electrically connected to the first connector and fits to the first connector with a gap therebetween. The module is movable between a first position where the length of connected portions of the first connector and the second connector is short and a second position where the length of the connected portions is long. The holder holds the module. The buffer is provided to the holder and is bent along with the movement of the module from the first position to the second position. | 08-30-2012 |
20130194513 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, television receiver includes: first component; second component; pressing member. The pressing member includes: two second fixing portions; pressing portion; first and second arms; first and second reinforcements. Pressing portion presses the first component. First and second arms extend between the pressing portion and the two second fixing portions, respectively. First reinforcement includes a first portion extended from one of the second fixing portions to a first middle point between the one of the second fixing portion and the pressing portion, and positioned away from one of the first fixing portions. Second reinforcement includes a second portion extended from other one of the second fixing portions to a second middle point between the other one of the second fixing portions and the pressing portion, and positioned away from other one of the fixing portions. Second fixing portions are positioned on one side of the first component. | 08-01-2013 |
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20100079483 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program - An image processing apparatus prevents the inappropriate application of error diffusion and adaptively applies palette conversion functions according to the properties of the source. A processing subsystem performs various processing with respect to an original video source. A palette converter converts the palette bit depth, having modifiable palette conversion functions for creating the illusion of expressing the pre-conversion palette tones in the post-conversion image. A controller turns on the palette converter, turns off the palette converter, or modifies the palette conversion functions thereof, in accordance with at least original source information and system-wide settings information. | 04-01-2010 |
20100104211 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program - An image processing apparatus includes: ΔΣ modulation means for applying ΔΣ modulation to an image; analog conversion means for converting a signal of the image, whose gradation is converted by the ΔΣ modulation means, into an analog signal; digital output means for outputting a digital signal of the image after gradation conversion; and analog output means for outputting an analog signal of the image after gradation conversion. The ΔΣ modulation means includes arithmetic means for filtering a quantization error; adding means for adding a pixel value of the image and output of the arithmetic means; quantization means for quantizing output of the adding means and outputting a quantized value; and subtracting means for calculating a difference between the output of the adding means and the quantized value. A filter coefficient for the filtering corresponding to the analog output is determined according to a frequency characteristic of the analog conversion means. | 04-29-2010 |
20100104213 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program - An image processing apparatus includes: ΔΣ modulation means for applying, when predetermined signal processing is applied to a modulated image obtained by applying ΔΣ modulation to an image in a signal processing unit, the ΔΣ modulation to the image, wherein a frequency characteristic of noise shaping by the ΔΣ modulation is a characteristic opposite to a frequency characteristic of the predetermined signal processing. | 04-29-2010 |
20100110301 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and communication system - An information processing apparatus includes: a processing system performing processing on an original image; and a gradation conversion section having a gradation conversion function of receiving image data from the processing system, converting a number of bits of the image data, and expressing pseudo grayscales before the gradation conversion in a grayscale converted image, the gradation conversion section being capable of changing the gradation conversion function and performing conversion processing on the image, wherein the gradation conversion section adds and outputs a determination flag indicating whether the gradation conversion processing has been performed at the time of outputting the image data. | 05-06-2010 |
20110019931 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image recording device, including: a highly-gradating unit for highly-gradating an input image having a first gradation depth, thereby generating a high gradation image having a second gradation depth higher than the first gradation depth; an image quantizing unit for quantizing the high gradation image generated by the highly-gradating unit such that a quantization error is modulated into a band with relatively low sensitivity of human visual characteristics, thereby generating a recording target image having a third gradation depth lower than the second gradation depth; an encoding unit for encoding the recording target image generated by the quantizing unit; and a recording unit for recording the recording target image encoded by the encoding unit in a recording medium. | 01-27-2011 |
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20090115548 | BALUN CIRCUIT AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A balun circuit includes a first CPW line | 05-07-2009 |
20090238206 | BAND CONTROL METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - The present invention intends to improve communication efficiency between two communication apparatuses each engaged in the communication by full duplex communication method by using a surplus band of the one to transmission band of the other. A first bandwidth required by a first communication apparatus (A) at data transmission and a second bandwidth required by a second communication apparatus (B) at data transmission are presumed. Next, the first bandwidth presumed as mentioned is compared to a first bandwidth used which the first communication apparatus (A) currently uses and at the same time, the second bandwidth presumed as mentioned is compared to a second bandwidth used which the second communication apparatus (B) currently uses. The first bandwidth and the second bandwidth are then adjusted, and a third bandwidth which the first communication apparatus (A) uses at data transmission and a fourth bandwidth which the second communication apparatus (B) uses are determined. | 09-24-2009 |
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20100117755 | BALUN CIRCUIT AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A balun circuit comprising first through third CPW lines becoming signal I/O ports, a first differential transmission line for linking the central conductor of the second CPW line and the ground conductor of the first CPW line and for linking the ground conductor of the second CPW line and the central conductor of the first CPW line, a second differential transmission line for linking the central conductors of the first and third CPW lines and for linking the ground conductors of the first and third CPW lines, and a joint for connecting at least two ground conductors of the first through third CPW lines. The differential transmission line has a first line formed in a dielectric layer on a substrate, a second line arranged in the underlying layer, and an underlying line at a fixed potential arranged between the substrate and the second line. | 05-13-2010 |
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20100079243 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND AUTHENTICATION PROGRAM - An object of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is to provide an authentication system which can perform highly convenient authentication while ensuring minimum required authentication accuracy. An authentication system of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first authentication device which acquires a first authentication level, a second authentication device which acquires a second authentication level, and an authentication verifying device which authenticates based on a comparison between a predetermined value and a sum of the first authentication level and the second authentication level. | 04-01-2010 |
20100177939 | MASQUERADE DETECTION SYSTEM, MASQUERADE DETECTION METHOD AND MASQUERADE DETECTION PROGRAM - To provide a masquerade detection system which can detect a masquerade using a photograph, a picture or the like, without using an additional device other than an image picking-up device. A masquerade detection method includes an image conversion step in which an image conversion from one flat plane to the other flat plane is carried out from a first image of an examining object picked up from a first angle into a second image of an examining object picked up from a second angle different from the first angle to generate a converted image, and a masquerade judging step in which the converted image and the second image are entirely or partially compared with each other and, if a compared result satisfies a predetermined condition, an attempt to do a masquerade is judged. | 07-15-2010 |
20110019921 | IMAGE MATCHING DEVICE, IMAGE MATCHING METHOD AND IMAGE MATCHING PROGRAM - Image matching device | 01-27-2011 |
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20120314904 | IMAGE COLLATION SYSTEM, IMAGE COLLATION METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image collation system includes: a first direction estimating unit for estimating a first imaging direction of a reference object that matches an imaging direction of a collation target object by comparing global characteristics between an image of the collation target object and the three-dimensional data of the reference object; a second direction estimating unit for generating an image corresponding to the first imaging direction of the reference object, and estimating a second imaging direction of the reference object that matches the imaging direction of the collation target object by comparing local characteristics between the image of the collation target object and the generated image corresponding to the first imaging direction; and an image conformity determining unit for generating an image corresponding to the second imaging direction of the reference object, and determining whether the image of the collation target object matches the generated image corresponding to the second imaging direction. | 12-13-2012 |
20140011457 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A communication apparatus comprises a reception unit that receives a reception signal from a metal cable and extracts reception data; a transmission unit that sends a transmission signal obtained by modulating transmission data with a frequency included in a first frequency band to the metal cable; an interference signal detection unit that detects a signal used in wireless communication, modulated by a frequency included in a second frequency band, and transmitted over the metal cable as an interference signal; and a signal transmission control unit that instructs the transmission unit to modulate transmission data using a frequency included in a third frequency band that does not have any frequency band overlapping the second frequency band when the interference signal is detected and a frequency band overlapping both the first frequency band and the second frequency band exists. | 01-09-2014 |
20140033263 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A communication apparatus comprises a reception unit that receives a reception signal from a metal cable and extracts reception data; a transmission unit that sends a transmission signal obtained by modulating transmission data with a frequency included in a first frequency band to the metal cable; an interference signal detection unit that detects a signal used in communication using a cable modem, modulated by a frequency included in a second frequency band, and transmitted over the metal cable as an interference signal; and a signal transmission control unit that instructs the transmission unit to modulate transmission data using a frequency included in a third frequency band that does not have any frequency band overlapping the second frequency band when the interference signal is detected and a frequency band overlapping both the first frequency band and the second frequency band exists. | 01-30-2014 |
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20100213620 | Manufacturing method of substrate for a semiconductor package, manufacturing method of semiconductor package, substrate for a semiconductor package and semiconductor package - A manufacturing method of a substrate for a semiconductor package includes a resist layer forming step to form a resist layer on a surface of a conductive substrate; an exposure step to expose the resist layer using a glass mask with a mask pattern including a transmission area, a light shielding area, and an intermediate transmission area, wherein transmittance of the intermediate transmission area is lower than that of the transmission area and is higher than that of the light shielding area; a development step to form a resist pattern including a hollow with a side shape including a slope part decreasing in hollow circumference as the hollow circumference approaches the substrate; and a plating step to plate on an exposed area to form a metal layer with a side shape including a slope part decreasing in circumference as the circumference approaches the substrate. | 08-26-2010 |
20120064666 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SUBSTRATE FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE, SUBSTRATE FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - A manufacturing method of a substrate for a semiconductor package includes a resist layer forming step to form a resist layer on a surface of a conductive substrate; an exposure step to expose the resist layer using a glass mask with a mask pattern including a transmission area, a light shielding area, and an intermediate transmission area, wherein transmittance of the intermediate transmission area is lower than that of the transmission area and is higher than that of the light shielding area; a development step to form a resist pattern including a hollow with a side shape including a slope part decreasing in hollow circumference as the hollow circumference approaches the substrate; and a plating step to plate on an exposed area to form a metal layer with a side shape including a slope part decreasing in circumference as the circumference approaches the substrate. | 03-15-2012 |
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20090003773 | Method of forming an optical fiber - Marker grooves of an optical fiber are formed by a marker groove forming device including at least, on a substrate, a fiber guide and optical fiber pressing springs formed on a side wall surface in the fiber guide. The optical fiber pressing springs include edges contacted and pressed to the side of an optical fiber stored in the fiber guide, and plate springs for pressing the edges to the side of the optical fiber with fulcra on the side wall surface in the fiber guide. The optical fiber is pressed to a side wall surface in the fiber guide, and the edges are formed at a predetermined distance from each other. | 01-01-2009 |
20090003774 | Marker groove forming device - Marker grooves of an optical fiber are formed by a marker groove forming device including at least, on a substrate, a fiber guide and optical fiber pressing springs formed on a side wall surface in the fiber guide. The optical fiber pressing springs include edges contacted and pressed to the side of an optical fiber stored in the fiber guide, and plate springs for pressing the edges to the side of the optical fiber with fulcra on the side wall surface in the fiber guide. The optical fiber is pressed to a side wall surface in the fiber guide, and the edges are formed at a predetermined distance from each other. | 01-01-2009 |
20090004765 | Method of manufacturing micro-optic device - A micro-optic device including a complicate structure and a movable mirror is made to be manufactured in a reduced length of time. A silicon substrate and a single crystal silicon device layer with an intermediate layer of silicon dioxide interposed therebetween defines a substrate on which a layer of mask material is formed and is patterned to form a mask having the same pattern as the configuration of the intended optical device as viewed in plan view. A surface which is to be constricted as a mirror surface is chosen to be in a plane of the silicon crystal. Using the mask, the device layer is vertically etched by a reactive ion dry etching until the intermediate layer is exposed. Subsequently, using KOH solution, a wet etching which is anisotropic to the crystallographic orientation is performed with an etching rate which is on the order of 0.1 μm/min for a time interval on the order of ten minutes is performed to convert the sidewall surface of the mirror into a smooth crystallographic surface. Subsequently, the intermediate layer is selectively subject to a wet etching to remove the intermediate layer only in an area located below the movable part of the optical device. | 01-01-2009 |
20090146228 | Microminiature moving device - A microminiature moving device has disposed on a single-crystal silicon substrate movable elements such as a movable rod and a movable comb electrode that are displaceable in parallel to the substrate surface and stationary parts that are fixedly secured to the single-crystal silicon substrate with an insulating layer sandwiched between. Depressions are formed in the surface regions of the single-crystal silicon substrate where no stationary parts are present and the movable parts are positioned above the depressions. The depressions form gaps large enough to prevent foreign bodies from causing shorts and malfunctioning of the movable parts. | 06-11-2009 |
20090181487 | Method of making microminiature moving device - A microminiature moving device has disposed on a single-crystal silicon substrate movable elements such as a movable rod and a movable comb electrode that are displaceable in parallel to the substrate surface and stationary parts that are fixedly secured to the single-crystal silicon substrate with an insulating layer sandwiched between. Depressions are formed in the surface regions of the single-crystal silicon substrate where no stationary parts are present and the movable parts are positioned above the depressions. The depressions form gaps large enough to prevent foreign bodies from causing shorts and malfunctioning of the movable parts. | 07-16-2009 |
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20100049819 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A vehicle communication device for using a plurality of applications in an inter-vehicle communication, and performing a control to avoid congestion of its own vehicle and other vehicles. The vehicle communication device includes a plurality of application units performing the inter-vehicle communication, a lower protocol unit transmitting and receiving data between vehicles, and a middleware unit intervening between the application units and the lower protocol unit. The middleware unit includes a transfer service processing unit, a communication control service unit, and a transmission/reception control processing unit. The communication control service unit controls a congestion avoiding process of its own vehicle and other vehicles based on application priority received for each of the application units, priority for each vehicle, and channel usage rate obtained from the lower protocol unit. | 02-25-2010 |
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20140191884 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND NAVIGATION DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THIS VEHICLE-MOUNTED COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND NAVIGATION DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THIS COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR PEDESTRIANS, AND PEDESTRIAN-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a vehicle-mounted communication device that carries out radio communications with a communication device for pedestrians which is carried by a pedestrian, the vehicle-mounted communication device including: a receiver that receives pedestrian information showing whether the pedestrian belongs to a pedestrian group formed of the pedestrian and a plurality of pedestrians in the vicinity of the pedestrian from the communication device for pedestrians; a controller that judges the pedestrian information received by the receiver and issues a command to present pedestrian attention information when the pedestrian information shows that the pedestrian does not belong to a pedestrian group; and an information outputter that presents the pedestrian attention information according to the command from the controller. Therefore, the vehicle-mounted communication device enables the driver to certainly recognize the existence of a pedestrian not belonging to a pedestrian group. | 07-10-2014 |
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20080198394 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A print-information acquiring unit acquires print object information as an image and predetermined information to be encoded. A code-image creating unit encodes the predetermined information according to a predetermined encode rule to create a plurality of types of code images. A layer-image creating unit creates a plurality of types of layer images including the code images for each of the types. A combined-image creating unit superimposes the types of layer images according to a predetermined superimposition rule to create a combined image. A printing unit prints the combined image created by the combined-image creating unit on a recording medium. | 08-21-2008 |
20080198405 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - In a printing operation, a first MFP prints a code image of a paper ID, and stores paper information including information specifying an electronic document as a print source with the paper ID. In a copying operation in a second MFP, the second MFP acquires the paper ID from the code image and paper information through a network, specifies an electronic document using the paper information, and acquires the specified electronic document through the network. The second MFP prints the code image of the paper ID and the acquired electronic document, and stores paper information including the paper ID of a copy source with the paper ID. | 08-21-2008 |
20080225334 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - In printing an electronic document on a paper, an MFP prints a code image created by encoding a paper ID including a local ID issued to the paper and stores paper information with the paper ID. The MFP determines a type of data format, creates a paper ID in the data format, and prints a code image created by encoding the paper ID. In copying a printed paper, the MFP decodes the code image printed on the paper to acquire the paper ID and retrieves paper information associated with the paper ID according to the data format. The MFP specifies the electronic document as a print source from retrieved paper information and performs printing using the electronic document. | 09-18-2008 |
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20110246644 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF LOG MANAGEMENT, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING LOG MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - An apparatus to manage transmission of log data generated by a transmission terminal from the transmission terminal to a log management device obtains detection result data indicating whether a predetermined event is detected at the log management device, determines whether the log data is to be transmitted from the transmission terminal to the log management device based on the detection result data to generate a determination result, and transmits the transmission approval data having the determination result to the transmission terminal to cause the transmission terminal to process the log data according to the determination result of the transmission approval data. | 10-06-2011 |
20120221715 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING LOG DATA, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING LOG DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - An management system stores information including communication state data indicating a communication state of a terminal as raw log data, and applies format processing to the raw log data to generate formatted log data before a request for obtaining communications log information of the terminal is received. When the request is received, the management system searches the formatted log data to obtain formatted log data that matches the request. | 08-30-2012 |
20140045455 | CHARGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CHARGE MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROGRAM, PROGRAM PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM - A charge management system includes a user managing unit configured to manage pieces of user identification information for identifying users and pieces of terminal identification information for identifying transmission terminals, each piece of user identification information being associated with pieces of terminal identification information for identifying transmission terminals used by a user identified by the each piece of identification information; and a calculating unit configured to calculate a participation charge to each of the transmission terminals, bases on a total participation duration in which the each of the transmission terminals has participated in a conversation during a predetermined period, and calculate a total participation charge to each of the users by summing up the participation charges to transmission terminals specified by the pieces of terminal identification information associated with the each piece of the user identification information. | 02-13-2014 |
20140233433 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, PARTICIPATION FEE MANAGEMENT METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM - A transmission system includes: a transmission management system and a fee management system. The transmission management system manages participation time information using a given transmission terminal. The fee management system manages participation fee information. The transmission management system includes a transmission unit that transmits the participation time information to the fee management system. The fee management system includes: a user management unit that manages user identification information and terminal identification information in a manner linked; a reception unit that receives the participation time information transmitted from the transmission management system; a participation time calculation unit that calculates a total participation time of conversation; a participation fee calculation unit that calculates a participation fee; and a participation fee summing unit that refers to the user management unit, sums up participation fees of each transmission terminal, and calculates a total participation fee for each user. | 08-21-2014 |
20140258548 | PLAYBACK CONTROL DEVICE, PLAYBACK CONTROL SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A playback control device includes an identification part configured to identify one of communication terminals based on identification data associated with a request to play session data including at least one of image data and sound data; a first acquisition part configured to acquire session data which has been communicated in a session in which the communication terminals have joined; a second acquisition part configured to acquire, in response to the identification data, time data representing at least a time period in which the identified communication terminal had joined the session; and a control part configured to, in response to the time data, allow playing of the session data for the time period in which the identified communication terminal had joined the session and disallow playing of the session data for the time period in which the identified communication terminal had not joined the session. | 09-11-2014 |
20140267566 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication system managing a communication conference which uses a plurality of communication terminals includes an acquisition unit acquiring electronic information related to the communication conference from a registration terminal which registers the electronic information; and a management unit registering communication identification information in association with the electronic information, the communication identification information identifying the communication that the communication terminals attend during communications between one communication terminal, which is related to terminal identification information acquired from the registration terminal, and another communication terminal of the communication terminals. | 09-18-2014 |
20150077510 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANAGING DATA, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In response to a request for deleting a specific management terminal from being under management of a specific administrator, a transmission management system not only deletes terminal identification information of the specific management terminal, from terminal identification information of management terminals being managed by the specific administrator, but also deletes the terminal identification information of the specific management terminal from candidate counterpart terminal identification information for the other management terminals being managed by the specific administrator. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081870 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANAGING DATA, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In view of the above, in one aspect of the present invention, in response to a request for registering a specific management terminal to be under management of a specific administrator, a transmission management system not only registers terminal identification information of the specific management terminal, to terminal identification information of management terminals being managed by the specific administrator, but also registers the terminal identification information of the specific management terminal from candidate counterpart terminal identification information for the other management terminals being managed by the specific administrator. | 03-19-2015 |