Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100007984 | RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND REPRODUCING METHOD - Provided is a recording medium onto which a plurality of tracks that constitute a unit as one unit of signal processing for reproducing data are recorded, each of the plurality of tracks being recorded with at least data and, as a preamble necessary for controlling the reproduction of the data, a separation pattern necessary for detecting a positional relationship between a reproducing head and the plurality of tracks in a track width direction and synchronization patterns for synchronization processing, the synchronization patterns being recorded in front and rear of the separation pattern in a running direction of the plurality of tracks. | 01-14-2010 |
20110084859 | DATA MODULATION APPARATUS, DATA MODULATION METHOD, DATA MODULATION PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A data modulation apparatus includes: insertion means for inserting information bits into data at a predetermined interval; conversion means for converting the data into which the information bits are inserted into an RLL code based on a modulation table that has a variable-length conversion rule; setting means for setting a control section that is used for calculating a value of the information bit; and determination means for determining the value of the information bit inserted into the control section that is different from a calculation target by calculating the code of the control section. | 04-14-2011 |
20110095921 | DATA DEMODULATOR, DATA DEMODULATION METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A data demodulator includes: a conversion means for converting an RLL code obtained by converting data in which information bits including specific bits are inserted at fixed intervals which is included in an input signal in accordance with a modulation table having variable-length conversion rules into data in accordance with a demodulation table corresponding to the modulation table; a determination means for determining control segments for performing calculation intended by the information bits from the converted data; a calculation means for executing calculation intended by the specific bit inserted in the control segment different from a calculation target with respect to the data of the control segment as the calculation target; and a correction output means for selecting one of first data converted by the conversion means and second data obtained by converting the RLL code of the input signal corrected based on the calculation result in accordance with the demodulation table and outputting the data. | 04-28-2011 |
20110267310 | SENSOR APPARATUS AND INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A sensor apparatus includes a sensor unit, a calculation unit, a switch circuit unit, and a control unit. The sensor unit has a plurality of detection electrodes each having a capacitance changed by proximity of a detection target object. The calculation unit calculates a first distance, which is a distance between the detection target object and the sensor unit. The switch circuit unit is capable of switching the detection electrodes between a first state in which a signal voltage for detecting the capacitance is supplied and a second state which is an electrically floating state, and selects at least two detection electrodes one by one switched from the second state to the first state. The control unit controls the switch circuit unit to cause a second distance, which is a distance between the detection electrodes switched from the second state to the first state, to correspond to the first distance. | 11-03-2011 |
20110291939 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INPUT APPARATUS, AND SENSOR SHEET - An information processing apparatus includes: a key array having a key layout in which rows of input keys parallel to a first direction are arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and the input keys belonging to one row are shifted in the first direction to the input keys belonging to another row; first wiring electrodes routed between the input keys at intervals in the first direction and each having a capacitance changed by proximity of a detection target; second wiring electrodes routed along the first direction to thread through the rows and each having the capacitance; and a control unit to generate a control signal including a first signal on a position of the detection target along the first direction based on the capacitances of the first and second wiring electrodes and a shift amount of the input keys in each row in the first direction. | 12-01-2011 |
20110298699 | INPUT APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPERATION INPUT METHOD, AND SENSOR SHEET - Provided is an input apparatus including an input operation section, a capacitive sensor, and an output section. The input operation section includes an operation member configured to mechanically receive an input operation, and a first detection circuit configured to detect the input operation of the operation member. The capacitive sensor includes a plurality of electrodes which are arranged around the operation member, and each of which has a capacitance variable due to an approaching of a detection target, and a second detection circuit configured to detect the capacitance of each of the plurality of electrodes. The output section is configured to output an output of the first detection circuit and an output of the second detection circuit. | 12-08-2011 |
20110304936 | DATA DEMODULATING DEVICE, DATA DEMODULATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A data demodulating device which converts an RLL code string obtained by converting a data string in which information bits including a special bit having a value representing the content of a signal process at the time of demodulating data within a target section included in an input signal are inserted with a constant interval in accordance with a modulation table having a variable length conversion rule, in accordance with a demodulation table corresponding to the modulation table, includes: a shaping unit configured to subject to two or more signal processes; and a selecting unit configured to select the content of the signal process by the shaping unit based on the information bits. | 12-15-2011 |
20120011932 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus includes: an input apparatus main body that is used to make an input for operating an operation target; a grip detection portion configured to detect that a user has gripped the input apparatus main body with a predetermined force or more; a motion detection portion configured to detect a movement of the input apparatus main body and output a movement detection value corresponding to the movement of the input apparatus main body; a controller configured to execute, while/after the grip of the input apparatus main body is being detected by the grip detection portion, processing for controlling the operation target based on the movement detection value; and a first response portion configured to return, when at least the grip of the input apparatus main body is detected by the grip detection portion, a first response to the user irrespective of the control of the controller. | 01-19-2012 |
20120017702 | CONTACT-PRESSURE DETECTING APPARATUS AND INPUT APPARATUS - There is provided a contact-pressure detecting apparatus including a base, at least three pressure-sensitive sensors, and a plurality of plates. The base has an arbitrary shape. The at least three pressure-sensitive sensors are provided on different vertex positions of a polygon having at least three corners, respectively, the polygon being set on each of a plurality of areas partitioning at least part of an area on a surface of the base. The plurality of plates are arranged corresponding to the areas of the base, respectively, the plurality of plates covering the surface of the base by sandwiching the at least three pressure-sensitive sensors with the base. | 01-26-2012 |
20120092332 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION, AND PROGRAM - An input device includes a housing having a two dimensional detection surface, a first detection unit detecting a position coordinate of a detection object that travels on the detection surface and outputting a first signal to calculate a travel direction and an amount of travel of the detection object, a second detection unit detecting gradient of the detection surface relative to one reference plane in a spatial coordinate system to which a screen belongs and outputting a second signal to calculate a tilt angle of the detection surface relative to the reference plane, and a control unit generating a control signal to three dimensionally control a display of an image displayed on the screen based on the first signal and the second signal. | 04-19-2012 |
20120139944 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes: a generation unit generating object information including at least information for displaying an object to rotate at a velocity corresponding to a rotation velocity, which is detected by a rotation sensor installed in an operation device operated by a user, within a screen based on the rotation velocity; and a changing unit changing the object information generated by the generation unit based on a pressure detected by a pressure sensor installed in the operation device. | 06-07-2012 |
20120154387 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device includes an acquisition unit which acquires information of acceleration, angular velocity, and magnetic intensity of an operation device, a coordinate conversion unit which converts the angular velocity acquired by the acquisition unit into global angular velocity in a global coordinate system using information of posture angles of the operation device, an initial posture angle calculation unit which calculates a posture angle of the operation device in the initial stage in the global coordinate system based on the information of the acceleration and the magnetic intensity, an updating unit which updates the posture angle of the operation device in the global coordinate system based on information of the global angular velocity, and a control unit which causes the coordinate conversion unit to convert the first angular velocity into the global angular velocity and to convert a second angular velocity into the global angular velocity. | 06-21-2012 |
20120179408 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes: an operation unit configured to calculate, based on information on an acceleration detected by an acceleration sensor included in an operation device that is operated by a user, movement information as information on one of a velocity and a movement distance of the operation device; and a correction unit configured to correct, based on information obtained by the acceleration sensor within an acceleration period as a period between an acceleration start time and an acceleration end time of the operation device, the movement information of the operation device within a period between the acceleration end time of the operation device and a movement end time at which the movement ends, that is calculated by the operation unit. | 07-12-2012 |
20120256739 | OPERATION APPARATUS - An operation apparatus includes a base, a sensing unit, a plurality of plates, and a drive mechanism. The base has a surface. The sensing unit includes at least three pressure-sensitive detection regions that are provided at different vertex positions of a polygon having at least three corners set in each of a plurality of regions obtained by partitioning at least a part of the surface of the base. The plurality of plates are provided to correspond to the plurality of regions and cover the at least a part of the surface. The drive mechanism is configured to drive the plurality of plates on the basis of a signal generated by detection of the sensing unit. | 10-11-2012 |
20130027294 | INPUT APPARATUS, INPUT METHOD, AND CONTROL SYSTEM - There is provided an apparatus including an input apparatus including an input apparatus main body with which input manipulation is performed to manipulate a manipulation target object, a first manipulation detection unit that detects a first manipulation on the input apparatus main body, a second manipulation detection unit that detects a second manipulation on the input apparatus main body after the first manipulation is detected, and a first processing unit that performs first processing for manipulation on the manipulation target object or a first response of the input apparatus, based on a movement detection value corresponding to movement of the input apparatus main body according to the first manipulation or a detection value of the first manipulation. | 01-31-2013 |
20130027295 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit acquiring data on at least one of an acceleration or an angular velocity of a controller operated by a user, and a determination unit determining at least one of a velocity of the controller or a trajectory of the controller based on the acquired data on the at least one of the acceleration or the angular velocity. | 01-31-2013 |
20130027299 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INPUT APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a calculation unit and a determination unit. The calculation unit has a two-dimensional calculation mode configured to perform, when an operation device is placed on an operation surface and a user operates the operation device, calculation based on a detection value of a motion sensor corresponding to two-dimensional motion of the operation device, and has a three-dimensional calculation mode configured to perform, when the user operates the operation device in a three-dimensional space, calculation based on a detection value of the motion sensor corresponding to three-dimensional motion of the operation device. The determination unit is configured to determine which of the two-dimensional calculation mode and the three-dimensional calculation mode is used to perform the calculation with the calculation unit, based on the detection value of the motion sensor and at least one of information other than the detection value of the motion sensor. | 01-31-2013 |
20130088421 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - Provided is a display control device including a communication unit that performs communication with an external device, a detecting unit that detects a direction of an operation device based on detection information representing motion of the operation device, and a display control unit that generates an imaging control command used to control an imaging operation based on the detected direction of the operation device, and controls display of an image obtained through an imaging operation by causing the communication unit to transmit the imaging control command to the external device. | 04-11-2013 |
20130181888 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - A head-mounted display includes a display portion, a support portion, and an input operation unit. The display portion is configured to present an image to a user. The support portion is configured to support the display portion and be mountable on a head of the user. The input operation unit serves to control the image and includes a touch sensor provided to the display portion. | 07-18-2013 |
20130231050 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND CHANNEL SETTING METHOD - There is provided an information processing device including a determination unit that, when in each of a plurality of spaces short-range wireless communication is simultaneously performed in each space using a plurality of wireless communication devices, determines a channel to be used in each space for each space based on a predetermined rule, and a control unit that performs control of setting the channel determined in accordance with the space in which the wireless communication device is used in the wireless communication device. | 09-05-2013 |
20130265330 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided is an information processing apparatus, including: an image-taking unit configured to take an image of real scenery to thereby obtain real image; a marker-detecting unit configured to extract a marker image from the real image, the marker image being an image of marker projection light, the marker projection light being projected by a projection device to the real scenery in order to provide spatial first information, the first information being necessary to display virtual information such that the virtual information is superimposed on the real scenery, second information being added to the marker projection light; and an extracting unit configured to extract the second information added to the extracted marker image. | 10-10-2013 |
20130300760 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus includes a see-through display, an image mask generator, an image generator, and an image display unit. The see-through display is located before an eye of a user. The image mask generator is configured to generate an image mask. The image generator is configured to generate a display image with the image mask being overlapped with an original image. The image display unit is configured to display the display image on the see-through display. | 11-14-2013 |
20140062841 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - A head-mounted display includes a main body, an operation unit, and a controller. The main body includes a display unit capable of displaying an image in front of an eye of a user. The operation unit includes a buffer that is connected to the main body and deformable with respect to the main body, and a first detector configured to output a detection signal depending on the deformation. The controller is configured to generate an image signal for generating an image based on the detection signal and to output the image signal to the display unit. | 03-06-2014 |
20140204062 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND INPUT APPARATUS - A head-mounted display includes a main body and an input operation unit. The main body includes a display unit configured to be capable of presenting an image to a user, and is configured to be mountable on a head of the user. The input operation unit includes an operating element having a longitudinal direction in a direction of a first axis, is configured to be capable of electrostatically detecting a first operation on the operating element along the direction of the first axis and detecting a second operation on the operating element along a direction of a second axis orthogonal to the direction of the first axis, and is provided to the main body. | 07-24-2014 |
20140320383 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY AND INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A head-mountable display device is provided including an image display device configured to be communicable with an input device and to display an operation image and an auxiliary image overlaid upon the operation image. The auxiliary image indicates three-dimensional positional information of a target object relative to an input operation surface of the input device. | 10-30-2014 |
20150042563 | CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a control method, including: outputting a displacement value depending on a displacement amount of an input device in a case where operation is input in the input device, the operation being for a control target displayed on a display apparatus, the position of the display apparatus being specified by a first coordinate system, the position of the input device being specified by a second coordinate system; calculating a displacement amount of the input device in the second coordinate system based on the displacement value; and displaying the control target, the control target being moved to a position corresponding to a displacement amount in the first coordinate system by using a transformation matrix, the transformation matrix transforming a displacement amount of the input device in the second coordinate system into a displacement amount in the first coordinate system. | 02-12-2015 |
20150070389 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - The present disclosure is generally directed to an information processing apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to execute instructions to generate a superimposition parameter corresponding to superimposing virtual information on a real space based on a spatial position of a marker projected on the real space by an input apparatus, and cause a display section to display the virtual information superimposed on the real space according to the spatial position relationship while the marker is detectable and continue the display of the virtual information superimposed on the real space after the marker is undetectable according to a last detected spatial position of the marker. | 03-12-2015 |
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20090300455 | DATA TRANSMITTING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - A data transmitting device determines a coding rate used to perform error correction coding processing for data transmitted to a data receiving device based on information relating to the function of concealing an error occurring in data transmitted from the data transmitting device, the function being provided in the data receiving device. Then, the data transmitting device performs the error correction coding processing for data transmitted to the data receiving device based on the determined coding rate, and transmits the data subjected to the error correction coding processing to the data receiving device. | 12-03-2009 |
20100014860 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus configured to transmit moving image data to a receiving apparatus via a network. The communication apparatus includes a coding unit configured to code the moving image data, a control information generation unit configured to determine a degree of importance of each packet of the moving image data coded by the coding unit and transmission quality of the network, and generate, for each packet, control information to control communication service quality according to the determined degree of importance and transmission quality, a packet generation unit configured to generate a packet based on the moving image data coded by the coding unit and the control information generated by the control information generation unit, and a communication control unit configured to transmit the packet generated by the packet generation unit. | 01-21-2010 |
20100023837 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A change amount detector calculates the amount of change between frames in a predetermined display range in an image corresponding to image data. When the calculated amount of change is larger than a first threshold, a redundancy determining portion determines the number of data of redundant data such that the number of data of the redundant data for image data in the predetermined display range is increased. A communication controller transmits data containing image data based on the determined number of data of the redundant data. | 01-28-2010 |
20100067578 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - If a loss of a RTP packet is detected, a RTT acquisition unit acquires time information corresponding to a period of time needed from transmission of data from a transmitting apparatus to reception of this data at a receiving apparatus. A QoS switching unit determines based on the time information whether moving image data is to be retransmitted that was transmitted from the transmitting apparatus but that has been lost without being received by the receiving apparatus or moving image data located in playback time sequence after the lost moving image data is to be encoded without referring to the lost moving image data and the resultant encoded moving image data is to be transmitted. | 03-18-2010 |
20120236927 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A transmission apparatus capable of transmitting moving image data at a plurality of different frame rates includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire status information about the transmission apparatus, a transmission unit configured to transmit moving image data, and a change unit configured to, when the transmission unit is transmitting the moving image data at a first frame rate and a second frame rate which is lower than the first frame rate and if the frame rates of the moving image data which is being transmitted are reduced according to the status information, reduce the first frame rate and the second frame rate so that a reduction rate of the first frame rate with respect to the first frame rate is higher than a reduction rate of the second frame rate with respect to the second frame rate. | 09-20-2012 |
20140098884 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - If a loss of a RTP packet is detected, a RTT acquisition unit acquires time information corresponding to a period of time needed from transmission of data from a transmitting apparatus to reception of this data at a receiving apparatus. A QoS switching unit determines based on the time information whether moving image data is to be retransmitted that was transmitted from the transmitting apparatus but that has been lost without being received by the receiving apparatus or moving image data located in playback time sequence after the lost moving image data is to be encoded without referring to the lost moving image data and the resultant encoded moving image data is to be transmitted. | 04-10-2014 |
20140184734 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF, AND TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A reception apparatus configured to receive content data including a plurality of pieces of segment data includes a metadata reception unit configured to receive metadata indicating a reproduction order of the segment data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire storage information indicating whether the reception apparatus is in a storage mode for storing the content data, and a control unit configured to, if the storage information does not indicate the storage mode, perform control to transmit a request for acquiring a piece of segment data that is later in the reproduction order than a piece of the segment data to be requested to be acquired if the storage information indicates the storage mode. | 07-03-2014 |
20150058900 | IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image communication apparatus has a function of outputting a shot image obtained by imaging an object, a function of displaying at least the shot image, a function of generating a captured image by capturing a displayed image, a function of encoding an image and decoding an encoded image, a function of writing the encoded shot image in a memory and reading out a recorded image stored in the memory, and a function of communicating with another apparatus through a network. The image communication apparatus switches the mode of video to be transmitted to the other apparatus by controlling these functions based on a control event. | 02-26-2015 |