Abstract:
In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect an active device configured to utilize content; identify the content and a current location of the content; detect an idle device configured to selectively deliver the content; detect a transition parameter for determining a transition to the idle device; and transition the content from the active device to the idle device wherein the idle device is capable of utilizing the content based on the transition parameter.
Abstract:
A program information acquisition unit 60 acquires program information of each of a plurality of channels over a plurality of broadcasting types, among which a transmitting form of a broadcasting signal is different. A program table displaying unit 88 causes a program table, in which program information of the plurality of channels is juxtaposed in a classified state for each channel, to be displayed. The program table displaying unit 88 causes both of program information of channels belonging to a first broadcasting type and program information of channels belonging to a second broadcasting type to be displayed in a juxtaposed relationship in the same program table.
Abstract:
In syllable or vowel or phone boundary detection during speech, an auditory spectrum may be determined for an input window of sound and one or more multi-scale features may be extracted from the auditory spectrum. Each multi-scale feature can be extracted using a separate two-dimensional spectro-temporal receptive filter. One or more feature maps corresponding to the one or more multi-scale features can be generated and an auditory gist vector can be extracted from each of the one or more feature maps. A cumulative gist vector may be obtained through augmentation of each auditory gist vector extracted from the one or more feature maps. One or more syllable or vowel or phone boundaries in the input window of sound can be detected by mapping the cumulative gist vector to one or more syllable or vowel or phone boundary characteristics using a machine learning algorithm.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a peripheral equipment control device controlling data flow via a peripheral equipment, the peripheral equipment control device including: a peripheral equipment control processor that can control an operation of one or more peripheral equipment; and a bus adapted to connect the peripheral equipment control processor, a main processor, and the one or more peripheral equipment, the main processor being provided outside the peripheral equipment control device to control the operation of the one or more peripheral equipment, in which the bus stores addresses that are referenced by the main processor and the peripheral equipment control processor to access the one or more peripheral equipment, and the bus prohibits access to the peripheral equipment by the peripheral equipment control processor while the main processor is active.
Abstract:
To provide an information communication device including an antenna that can singly transmit and receive both of vertically polarized waves and horizontally polarized waves with a sufficient strength. The information communication device includes a casing and the antenna disposed within the casing. The antenna includes a plate-shaped planar portion having a feeding point. The planar portion includes a conductive portion extending in a direction of obliquely intersecting a bottom surface of the casing, and a ground portion connected to one end of the conductive portion.
Abstract:
Provided is an optical disk drive including a carrying roller for carrying an optical disk in a first direction. The carrying roller includes a first roller portion and a second roller portion which are aligned in a second direction along the optical disk and orthogonal to the first direction and which are so disposed as to make contact with a surface on one side of the optical disk. An axis of the first roller portion is so inclined that a distance between the axis of the first roller portion and the one-side surface of the optical disk gradually increases toward a central portion of the carrying roller. An axis of the second roller portion is so inclined that a distance between the axis of the second roller portion and the one-side surface of the optical disk gradually increases toward the central portion.
Abstract:
A delay is suppressed that occurs in a period of time from the actual inputting of operation information into a terminal by a user to the forming of image information corresponding to this operation information in a server and the displaying of this image information on the terminal. Provided is a server having: operation information acquisition means configured to sequentially acquire each piece of operation information sequentially transmitted from a terminal through a network; execution means configured to execute an application by executing processing corresponding to the each piece of operation information in accordance with a timing with which the operation information acquisition means acquired the each piece of operation information; execution control means configured, if a first predetermined interval has passed from a moment when the execution means started processing corresponding to first operation information of the each piece of operation information without acquiring second operation information acquired after the first input information, to make the execution means execute processing in accordance with the first input information again; and transmission means configured to transmit image information based on the execution of the application by the execution block to the terminal.
Abstract:
A world may be partitioned into a set of regions and sub-regions by the computer game system in a hierarchical manner, wherein the regions and sub-regions are arranged according to a hierarchy, each sub-region being encompassed by a higher-level sub-region or region, and two or more highest-level sub-regions being encompassed by a region. A location of a user of the computer game system along with one or more statistics associated with the user may be assigned to a smallest sub-region created in the hierarchical manner. A rank of the user may then be determined within a region or sub-region encompassing the smallest sub-region to which the user's location was assigned, wherein the rank is determined using the one or more statistics associated with the user. One or more users may then be notified of the rank.
Abstract:
A quantization parameter (QP) used for encoding a current picture is determined using rate control data. One or more sections of the current picture are encoded using the determined QP. After encoding the sections, the rate control data is updated based on statistical data determined from the resulting encoded sections.
Abstract:
An acquisition unit acquires presence information of an information processing device of another via server. When the acquisition unit acquires pieces of presence information including the same user account from two or more information processing devices, a status image generation unit generates a status image indicating a status of the user identified by the user account, by referring to the latest presence information. In order to represent the status of the user, the status image generation unit includes a name of an application being run by the user in the status image.