Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090050686 | Electronic wallet device, communication method, and program - An electronic wallet device is provided, which includes a holding section holding a plurality of non-contact type IC cards in an attachable/detachable manner, an antenna for external communication, a transmitting/receiving section demodulating a communication request received by the antenna for external communication and transmitting a response signal, a storage section storing virtual card information for the respective non-contact type IC cards held in the holding section, a card internal information recording section recording the virtual card information in the storage section based on the status of mounting of the non-contact type IC card, a card selection section selecting virtual card information to be used for communication based on the code included in the communication request and the virtual card information, and a data processing section performing processing requested by the communication request by using the virtual card information selected and making the transmitting/receiving section transmit a response signal. | 02-26-2009 |
20090050687 | Electronic wallet device and method of using electronic value - There is provided an electronic wallet device using electronic value concerning a prescribed service by means of a non-contact type IC card capable of non-contact communication with an external unit, which includes a holding section to hold a plurality of non-contact type IC cards, an external communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the external unit, a card communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the non-contact type IC cards held in the holding section, a value storing section capable of storing electronic value, and a control section to receive a transaction request concerning the service from the external unit via the external communication antenna and, in response to the transaction request, transfer electronic value between the value storing section and at least one of the plurality of non-contact type IC cards via the card communication antenna. | 02-26-2009 |
20090050688 | Electronic wallet device and communication method - There is provided an electronic wallet device including a holding section to hold a plurality of non-contact type IC cards, an external communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with an external unit, a card communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the IC cards held in the holding section, a card selecting section to select at least one IC card by narrowing down candidates for an IC card to be used for communication with the external unit from the plurality of IC cards based on a plurality of different card selection criteria, and a communication control section to connect the selected IC card with the external unit via the external communication antenna and the card communication antenna so that the selected non-contact type IC card and the external unit communicate with each other. | 02-26-2009 |
20090050689 | Electronic wallet device and method of using electronic value - There is provided an electronic wallet device using electronic value concerning a prescribed service by means of a non-contact type IC card capable of non-contact communication with an external unit, including a holding section to hold the non-contact type IC card, an external communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the external unit, a card communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the non-contact type IC card held in the holding section, a value storing section capable of storing electronic value, a charge section to charge the value storing section with electronic value, and a value transfer section to transfer electronic value stored in the value storing section to the non-contact type IC card on condition of success of authentication of an owner of the electronic wallet device by an authentication section when using electronic value by means of the non-contact type IC card. | 02-26-2009 |
20090051785 | Imaging apparatus and imaging method - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to perform, as an image capturing operation, a process of obtaining captured image data of a subject and save the captured image data; a position detecting unit configured to detect current position information; and a control unit configured to update activity history information on the basis of the position information obtained by the position detecting unit and, when performing image capturing control as an automatic image capturing process not based on a shutter operation performed by a user, set an image capturing operation setting on the basis of the current position information detected by the position detecting unit and the activity history information, and cause the imaging unit to perform an image capturing operation based on the image capturing operation setting. | 02-26-2009 |
20090051788 | Image-capturing apparatus and image-capturing method - An image-capturing apparatus includes an image-capturing unit configured to capture image data of a subject and to store the captured image data in an image-capturing operation; a speed detector configured to detect speed information; and a controller configured to control the image-capturing unit so that, in an automatic image-capturing process that is not based on a shutter operation of a user, a distance moved by the image-capturing apparatus is computed on the basis of information from the speed detector, and the image-capturing operation is performed in response to the fact that a computation result indicating that the image-capturing apparatus has moved a predetermined distance is obtained. | 02-26-2009 |
20090065582 | Card holder and communication method - A card holder is provided, which includes a holding section holding, in an attachable/detachable manner, a plurality of non-contact type IC cards capable of non-contact communication with an external unit, an antenna for external communication communicating contactlessly with the external unit, an antenna for card communication communicating contactlessly with each of the plurality of the non-contact type IC cards held in the holding section, and an amplification section amplifying each of a carrier signal received by the antenna for external communication and transmitted from the external unit and a response signal, to the carrier signal, transmitted from each of the plurality of the non-contact type IC cards and received by the antenna for card communication. | 03-12-2009 |
20090068992 | Information delivery apparatus, information receiving apparatus, information delivery method, information receiving method and information delivery system - There is provided an information delivery apparatus including a receiving portion to receive location information of a mobile communication terminal at a given time and acquired date and time of the location information from the terminal, an event information storage portion to store event information including an event place, date and time, a delivery terminal selecting portion to select the mobile communication terminal to which the event information is to be delivered based on the location information and the acquired date and time of the location information and on the event place, date and time, and an event information delivery portion to deliver the event information to the selected mobile communication terminal. The delivery terminal selecting portion selects the mobile communication terminal whose location indicated by location information is within a predetermined range and whose acquired date and time of the location information are before the event date and time. | 03-12-2009 |
20090070029 | Information delivery apparatus, information receiving apparatus, information delivery method, information receiving method and information delivery system - There is provided an information delivery apparatus including an event information storage portion to store event information including a place, date and time of an event held in a predetermined place on predetermined date and time, a location information receiving portion to receive location information indicating a current location of a mobile communication terminal, a travel time calculating portion to calculate a necessary travel time from the current location of the terminal to the event place based on the location information, a delivery time determining portion to determine a delivery time of the event information to the terminal based on the necessary travel time, and an event information delivery portion to deliver the event information to the terminal at the delivery time. The delivery time determining portion determines the delivery time so that the interval between the delivery time and the event time is longer than the necessary travel time. | 03-12-2009 |
20090110386 | PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC METHOD - A photographic apparatus infers a user's photographic intent and accordingly switches between a manual shoot mode and an automatic shoot mode. In the manual shoot mode, processing to save photographic image data is timed in accordance with the user operating a user-operable shutter element, while in the automatic shoot mode, such processing is conducted independently of shutter element operations. A photographic unit photographs a scene, acquires photographic image data of a subject, and then executes processing for saving the photographic image data. An intention judgment information detector detects intention judgment information used to judge the photographic intent of the user. A controller makes an intention judgment using the intention judgment information from the intention judgment information detector, and according to the intention judgment result, causes the photographic unit to selectively execute the operations for one of the modes. | 04-30-2009 |
20090111523 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus including an IC chip receiving, by communicating with a reader/writer, service data corresponding to a service provided via the reader/writer and processing the received service data, a SIM card holding section holding a SIM card which includes a card internal memory storing information and to which a unique number for identifying a subscriber is added and a control section storing in the card internal memory of the SIM card the service data processed by the IC chip in the communication with the reader/writer, reading the service data stored in the card internal memory of the SIM card and making the IC chip process the service data. | 04-30-2009 |
20090115617 | INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD - An information provision system includes a terminal device, and an information provision device that can communicate with the terminal device. The information provision device includes a communicating section configured to communicate with the terminal device, a head count information managing section configured to manage current head count information for each position, and a crowd information generating section configured to determine a position for making a notification display based on the managed head count information, and generate crowd information containing information of the determined position, and a transmission control section configured to transmit the generated crowd information from the communicating section to the terminal device. The terminal device includes a communicating section configured to communicate with the information provision device, and a control section configured to execute display of a map image on a display section, and execute a display based on the transmitted crowd information on the map image. | 05-07-2009 |
20090115865 | AUTOMATIC IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, AUTOMATIC IMAGE-CAPTURING CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An automatic image-capturing apparatus including an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject so as to obtain captured image data; an automatic captured-image obtaining unit configured to automatically obtain the captured image data obtained by the image-capturing unit without being based on an operation of a user; an inclination detection unit configured to detect an inclination in at least one of a pan direction and a tilt direction; and a control unit configured to control the obtaining operation performed by the automatic captured-image obtaining unit on the basis of information on the inclination in the pan direction or in the tilt direction, the inclination being detected by the inclination detection unit. | 05-07-2009 |
20090136909 | INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP EVALUATION DEVICE, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP EVALUATION METHOD, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP EVALUATION SYSTEM, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - An interpersonal relationship evaluation method includes the steps of: obtaining position information obtained at each of the two or more terminal devices over a plurality of points in time; and calculating a mean value of distance between the respective terminal devices with a point in time as a target wherein a predetermined condition holds to obtain the mean value as an interpersonal relationship evaluation value regarding each terminal device user. | 05-28-2009 |
20090152344 | ELECTRONIC VALUE SAVING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC VALUE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An electronic value saving apparatus is provided that communicates with an information processing apparatus capable of storing electronic value and includes a storage section storing one or more electronic values relating to a predetermined service, a first communicating section communicating with the information processing apparatus and transmitting/receiving the electronic value to/from the information processing apparatus, a process type judging section judging a type of process defining the transmission/reception of the electronic value, a state judging section judging whether execution of process is possible for each type of the process based on the judgment result of the process type judging section, and a data processing section processing the electronic value received from the information processing apparatus or the electronic value to be transmitted to the information processing apparatus based on the judgment result of the process type judging section and the judgment result of the state judging section. | 06-18-2009 |
20090156234 | GUIDE INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, GUIDE INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, SERVER DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE - A guide information providing system including terminal and server devices, comprising: a specified location acceptance unit in the terminal device, to accept input of a specified location; a display unit in the terminal device, to display information; a storing unit, in the server device, to store guide information classified by position wherein guide information including time-of-day information, and position information, of an object of guiding, are correlated; an information selecting unit to select guide information correlated with position information indicating the position corresponding to the specified location based on the content of specified location information accepted by the specified location acceptance unit, and the guide information classified by position, and satisfies a time-of-day condition with at least the current time-of-day and thereafter as reference; and a display control unit in the terminal device, configured to control the display unit to provide the guide information selected by the information selecting unit, and position information correlated with the guide information thereof, to a user in a predetermined display format. | 06-18-2009 |
20090157298 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM - There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an information management apparatus storing service information including place information, service content information, and start time information; the information processing apparatus including a communication portion; a position measurement portion for generating positional information; a data acquiring portion for acquiring, based on an input search condition, service information satisfying the search condition from the information management apparatus; and a list generating portion for generating a presentation list recorded with information on a service providing place capable of receiving the service at a provision start time based on the positional information, the place information and the start time information of the acquired service information, and time information defining a time the positional information is generated. | 06-18-2009 |
20090187597 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY DATA PROVIDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device capable of communicating with a purchase history storage device for storing purchase history data and a display device, the information processing device including a storage unit for storing user image data and property data; a communication unit; a purchase history data acquiring unit for acquiring the purchase history data; a property data recording unit for generating and recording the property data based on the purchase history data; a property data updating unit for updating the property data to property data including a second property image represented with a time interval from when the user purchased the property until present based on the property data and time information; and a display data generating unit for generating display data shown with the user image and an image of the property according to the display request. | 07-23-2009 |
20090199105 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY DATA PROVIDING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus, including a storage part storing, user by user, history information, an evaluation processing part deriving, user by user, an evaluation index value corresponding to an evaluation theme requested in a display request transmitted from a display apparatus, by performing a process according to the evaluation theme for each piece of history information of at least two users who are requested to be displayed in the display request, a relative processing part deriving user by user a relative evaluation parameter showing relationship between the users in the evaluation theme based on the evaluation index value, and a display data generation part generating display data which shows an evaluation image of each user showing the relationship between the users in the evaluation theme, by generating user by user the evaluation image based on the relative evaluation parameter. | 08-06-2009 |
20090208128 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM CARRYING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method includes the steps of extracting edges from each of a plurality of original images, thereby obtaining edge images; extracting straight lines from the edge images, thereby obtaining line images; assuming extensions of the straight lines constituting the line images and setting vanishing points on the basis of the extensions; and trimming the plurality of original images so that positions of the vanishing points in the respective original images mutually match, thereby obtaining final images. | 08-20-2009 |
20100138154 | INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM - Disclosed is an information display method whereby an information processing apparatus displays a map on a display screen such that a cursor is displayed at a position measured as the current position of a position indication object on the map. The method includes the steps of, when the moving speed of the position indication object is equal to or less than a threshold speed, scrolling the map on the display screen in accordance with the movement of the position indication object in a first display mode, and when the moving speed of the position indication object is greater than the threshold speed, fixing the map on the display screen in a second display mode or reducing the speed of scrolling the map on the display screen so that the scrolling speed is less than that in the first display mode. | 06-03-2010 |
20110116780 | PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC METHOD - A photographic apparatus infers a user's photographic intent and accordingly switches between a manual shoot mode and an automatic shoot mode. In the manual shoot mode, processing to save photographic image data is timed in accordance with the user operating a user-operable shutter element, while in the automatic shoot mode, such processing is conducted independently of shutter element operations. A photographic unit photographs a scene, acquires photographic image data of a subject, and then executes processing for saving the photographic image data. An intention judgment information detector detects intention judgment information used to judge the photographic intent of the user. A controller makes an intention judgment using the intention judgment information from the intention judgment information detector, and according to the intention judgment result, causes the photographic unit to selectively execute the operations for one of the modes. | 05-19-2011 |
20120026334 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-CAPTURING METHOD - An image-capturing apparatus includes an image-capturing unit configured to capture image data of a subject and to store the captured image data in an image-capturing operation; a speed detector configured to detect speed information; and a controller configured to control the image-capturing unit so that, in an automatic image-capturing process that is not based on a shutter operation of a user, a distance moved by the image-capturing apparatus is computed on the basis of information from the speed detector, and the image-capturing operation is performed in response to the fact that a computation result indicating that the image-capturing apparatus has moved a predetermined distance is obtained. | 02-02-2012 |
20120094641 | INFORMATION DELIVERY APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECEIVING APPARATUS, INFORMATION DELIVERY METHOD, INFORMATION RECEIVING METHOD AND INFORMATION DELIVERY SYSTEM - An information delivery apparatus is provided, including a receiving portion to receive location information of a mobile communication terminal at a given time and acquired date and time of the location information from the terminal, an event information storage portion to store event information including an event place, date and time, a delivery terminal selecting portion to select the mobile communication terminal to which the event information is to be delivered based on the location information and the acquired date and time of the location information and on the event place, date and time, and an event information delivery portion to deliver the event information to the selected mobile communication terminal. The delivery terminal selecting portion selects the mobile communication terminal whose location indicated by location information is within a predetermined range and whose acquired date and time of the location information are before the event date and time. | 04-19-2012 |
20120254167 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires personal identification information for identifying a person, a control unit that generates correlation information by correlating the personal identification information acquired by the acquisition unit with an environmental impact which is an impact exerted on the environment by the person, and a storage unit that stores the correlation information generated by the control unit. | 10-04-2012 |
20120275720 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM CARRYING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method includes the steps of extracting edges from each of a plurality of original images, thereby obtaining edge images; extracting straight lines from the edge images, thereby obtaining line images; assuming extensions of the straight lines constituting the line images and setting vanishing points on the basis of the extensions; and trimming the plurality of original images so that positions of the vanishing points in the respective original images mutually match, thereby obtaining final images. | 11-01-2012 |
20130013186 | INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM - Disclosed is an information display method whereby an information processing apparatus displays a map on a display screen such that a cursor is displayed at a position measured as the current position of a position indication object on the map. The method includes the steps of, when the moving speed of the position indication object is equal to or less than a threshold speed, scrolling the map on the display screen in accordance with the movement of the position indication object in a first display mode, and when the moving speed of the position indication object is greater than the threshold speed, fixing the map on the display screen in a second display mode or reducing the speed of scrolling the map on the display screen so that the scrolling speed is less than that in the first display mode. | 01-10-2013 |
20130130720 | INORMATION DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR SENDING REMINDER TIMES BASED ON EVENT AND TRAVEL TIMES - There is provided an information delivery apparatus including a receiving portion to receive location information of a mobile communication terminal at a given time and acquired date and time of the location information from the terminal, an event information storage portion to store event information including an event place, date and time, a delivery terminal selecting portion to select the mobile communication terminal to which the event information is to be delivered based on the location information and the acquired date and time of the location information and on the event place, date and time, and an event information delivery portion to deliver the event information to the selected mobile communication terminal. The delivery terminal selecting portion selects the mobile communication terminal whose location indicated by location information is within a predetermined range and whose acquired date and time of the location information are before the event date and time. | 05-23-2013 |
20130229562 | AUTOMATIC IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, AUTOMATIC IMAGE-CAPTURING CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An automatic image-capturing apparatus including an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject so as to obtain captured image data; an automatic captured-image obtaining unit configured to automatically obtain the captured image data obtained by the image-capturing unit without being based on an operation of a user; an inclination detection unit configured to detect an inclination in at least one of a pan direction and a tilt direction; and a control unit configured to control the obtaining operation performed by the automatic captured-image obtaining unit on the basis of information on the inclination in the pan direction or in the tilt direction, the inclination being detected by the inclination detection unit. | 09-05-2013 |
20140037262 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a data storage device that conducts at least one of audio recording and video recording, the data storage device including a trigger signal transmitter that transmits a given trigger signal to an external device, a storage controller that applies control to conduct the at least one of audio recording and video recording, and a marking unit that marks stored data acquired by the at least one of audio recording and video recording at a time of transmitting the trigger signal. | 02-06-2014 |
20140059704 | CLIENT DEVICE, SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a client device, including an identification unit that identifies a person included in content information acquired by a content information acquisition unit, and generates first identification information indicating an identified person, a communication unit that associates and transmits the content information and the first identification information to an external device, and a generation unit that generates an access request for content information stored in the external device. The access request includes second identification information specifying a user who accesses the content information stored in the external device, and the communication unit transmits the access request to the external device, and from the external device receives content information that is at least partially access-restricted based on a comparison by the external device between the second identification information included in the access request and the first identification information associated with the content information stored in the external device. | 02-27-2014 |
20140106815 | TERMINAL APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a terminal apparatus including a search unit configured to search for an apparatus group including an input apparatus or an output apparatus, the input apparatus and the output apparatus being wirelessly connectable to the terminal apparatus, a recommendation unit configured to recommend, to a user, a predetermined input apparatus or a predetermined output apparatus from the apparatus group that has been searched for by the search unit, in accordance with current time, a place in which the user is currently present, or an attribute of the user, and a setting unit configured to set the predetermined input apparatus or the predetermined output apparatus as an input unit or an output unit of the terminal apparatus, respectively, the predetermined input apparatus and the predetermined output apparatus having been recommended by the recommendation unit. | 04-17-2014 |
20140111668 | CONTENT ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a content acquisition apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire content, a recognition unit configured to recognize at least two types of bookmark instructions when the acquisition unit acquires the content, and a control unit configured to, when the recognition unit recognizes a first bookmark instruction, provide a bookmark to the content acquired by the acquisition unit at corresponding time as a bookmarker at time of reproducing the content, and when the recognition unit recognizes a second bookmark instruction, provide the bookmark to the content acquired by the acquisition unit at corresponding time and switch an operation mode of the acquisition unit. | 04-24-2014 |
20140112534 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing device including a detection unit that detects a face image region in an image, a determination unit that determines a human attribute of at least one face image in the face image region detected by the detection unit, and a face image replacement unit that replaces the at least one face image with a natural face image of another person according to the human attribute determined by the determination unit. | 04-24-2014 |
20140123015 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing system including a database in which at least one of a name, position information, and an image identifying a predetermined location is associated with specific content, a position identification part configured to identify a current position, a determination part configured to determine whether content corresponding to the current position is present in the database, a notification part configured to, when the determination part determines that the content corresponding to the current position is present, send to a user a notification that the content corresponding to the current position is present, and a controller configured to start playback of the content in accordance with an action of the user with respect to the notification by the notification part. | 05-01-2014 |
20140125451 | AUDIO ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an audio illumination apparatus including an illumination unit, an audio output unit, a setting unit configured to set a parameter of at least one of illumination of the illumination unit and audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with a recognized user who is in a neighborhood, a transmission unit configured to transmit the parameter set by the setting unit to an audio illumination apparatus in the neighborhood, and a control unit configured to control the at least one of the illumination of the illumination unit and the audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with the set parameter. | 05-08-2014 |
20140146024 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided a display control device including a setting unit that sets a type and display position of a pseudo object, an acquiring unit that acquires a parameter for implementing a function of the set pseudo object in one or more devices placed near the set display position, and a display control unit that displays the pseudo object according to the parameter on a display unit, the display unit being one of the one or more devices. | 05-29-2014 |
20140160129 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit configured to include a first display control mode in which control is performed in a manner that a first image from a user viewpoint, which is captured by a first imaging unit, is displayed on a display unit or control is performed in a manner that the display unit is transmissive, and a second display control mode in which control is performed in a manner that a second image captured by a second imaging unit including a user within an angle of view is displayed on the display unit, and a switching control unit configured to perform control in response to an instruction from the user in a manner that a display control mode of the display control unit is switched from the first display control mode to the second display control mode. | 06-12-2014 |
20140176599 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided a display control system including a plurality of display units, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor, and a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject. | 06-26-2014 |
20140176764 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing device including a recognition unit that recognizes a face area from a captured image, a storage controller that causes a storage unit to store face recognition information indicating a face area recognized by the recognition unit, and a display controller that superimposes onto a display unit a display indicating, as a face area candidate in a current captured image captured by an image capture unit according to an external instruction, an area that is among areas corresponding to a first face area indicated by face recognition information from another captured image stored in the storage unit, but is not included in a second face area recognized by the recognition unit from the current captured image, distinguishably from a display indicating the second face area. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181989 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a storage controller configured to perform control in a manner that a log of a user is stored in a storage, a determination part configured to determine whether a position of the user is within a set area, and an erasure controller configured to substantially erase, when the determination part determines that the position of the user is not within the set area, at least data capable of identifying the user individually among the log of the user stored in the storage. | 06-26-2014 |
20140186002 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided An information processing apparatus including a perspective switching control unit configured to switch a perspective when playing back content acquired by a content acquisition unit to at least one of a first-person perspective and a third-person perspective, an editing unit configured to edit a part of the content, and a playback control unit configured to play back the content edited by the editing unit in the at least one of the first-person perspective and the third-person perspective to which the perspective has been switched by the perspective switching control unit. | 07-03-2014 |
20140191974 | INPUT APPARATUS, OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an input apparatus including an estimation unit configured to automatically estimate an attribute of a user, a setting unit configured to set an input mode based on the attribute of the user estimated by the estimation unit, and a control unit configured to control input based on the set input mode. | 07-10-2014 |
20140214860 | DATA GENERATION DEVICE, CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a data generation device including a content specifying unit configured to specify content, a period estimation unit configured to estimate a period in which the content specified by the content specifying unit attracts interest, and a metadata generation unit configured to associate as metadata the period estimated by the period estimation unit with the content. | 07-31-2014 |
20140232639 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection unit configured to detect a gaze point of a user in a display image displayed on a display unit, an estimation unit configured to estimate an intention of the user based on the gaze point detected by the detection unit, an image generation unit configured to generates a varying image that subtly varies from the display image to a final display image according to the intention estimated by the estimation unit, and a display control unit configured to control the display unit in a manner that the varying image generated by the image generation unit is displayed. | 08-21-2014 |
20140240336 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a signal processing apparatus including a setting unit configured to set a perceptual property parameter for changing perceptual data to desired perceptual data, and a conversion unit configured to convert currently acquired perceptual data to the desired perceptual data in real time in accordance with the perceptual property parameter that has been set by the setting unit. | 08-28-2014 |
20140300633 | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an image processor including a recognition part configured to recognize a captured target on the basis of a captured image, and an image generation part configured to generate an additive image for decorating the target depending on a user circumstance of a user seeing the target and a recognition result by the recognition part. | 10-09-2014 |
20140303885 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a navigation apparatus including an estimation section which estimates first environmental information in a movement route candidate of an object based on observation information observed in real time in the movement route candidate, an acquisition section which acquires second environmental information of a surrounding of the movement route candidate, and a guidance section which guides a movement direction for the object based on the first environmental information estimated by the estimation section and the second environmental information acquired by the acquisition section. | 10-09-2014 |
20140315160 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing device including a detection unit configured to detect a plurality of pieces of food which are eating targets from an image obtained by imaging eating of a user, and a recommendation unit configured to recommend at least the food to be subsequently ingested in real time among the plurality of pieces of food so that the user ingests the plurality of pieces of food detected by the detection unit in an order satisfying a predetermined purpose. | 10-23-2014 |
20140315161 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a determination unit configured to determine whether a user is consuming food and drink or whether food and drink is present in a periphery of the user, and a control unit configured to carry out control to output a control signal to an adding unit that adds a lighting effect to one of the food and drink present in a real space and picked-up images of the food and drink in accordance with a determination result of the determination unit. | 10-23-2014 |
20140351191 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an information processing apparatus, including a calculation section which calculates a proficiency level of a user for operations performed by the user for achieving a prescribed objective based on history information related to the operations and attribute information related to physical features of the user, and a generation section which generates advice for achieving the objective based on the proficiency level calculated by the calculation section. | 11-27-2014 |
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