摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes a first sheet discharge unit, a second sheet discharge unit, a switching unit configured to cause a sheet discharge destination to switch between the first sheet discharge unit and the second sheet discharge unit, a memory unit configured to store information about drying time of a print medium, a timer unit configured to determine elapse of the drying time of the printed print medium based on the information stored in the memory unit, and a control unit configured to control the switching unit to set the first sheet discharge unit to be the sheet discharge destination based on a determination of the timer unit that a drying time of a print medium discharged to the first sheet discharge unit has elapsed.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes a first sheet discharge unit, a second sheet discharge unit, a switching unit configured to cause a sheet discharge destination to switch between the first sheet discharge unit and the second sheet discharge unit, a memory unit configured to store information about drying time of a print medium, a timer unit configured to determine elapse of the drying time of the printed print medium based on the information stored in the memory unit, and a control unit configured to control the switching unit to set the first sheet discharge unit to be the sheet discharge destination based on a determination of the timer unit that a drying time of a print medium discharged to the first sheet discharge unit has elapsed.
摘要:
In an interactive program search apparatus (100) which presents search condition candidates for expanding or narrowing down search results, reason words indicating the reason why the search condition candidates are presented are adaptively determined based on user's preference, search actions, and watching actions. An association-source word extracting unit (109) extracts an association-source word from the program search results, and an associated word extracting unit (110) extracts associated words associated with the association-source word, from an association dictionary storage unit (103). A reason word extracting unit (111) extracts reason words illustrating the relationships between the association-source word and the associated words, using the association-source word, the associated words, and the obtainment history information composed of words included in the program information of the programs selected by the user in the past and selected words among the words.
摘要:
To provide a content searching device which can efficiently present to the user a topical related keyword.A content searching device (100), which searches content from a content database with a use of a related keyword, includes: a related segment calculating unit (106) which calculates, for each content attribute, a related segment which is defined in order for first content and second content to be included in a same time segment, the related segment being calculated based on whether or not a degree of difference, for each content attribute, calculated out of a plurality of first keywords and a plurality of second keywords meets a predetermined reference value, the plurality of the first keywords each describing the first content to be stored in the content database (101), and the plurality of the second keywords each describing the second content having been stored in the content database (101); and a dictionary updating unit (107) which updates a degree of relevance stored in a dictionary database (102), the degree of relevance being updated with a use of the related segment, and the degree of relevance, among the plurality of keywords, being calculated for each content attribute.
摘要:
The contents retrieval device (100) which can present an appropriate related keyword to a user even when the object user wishes to retrieve dynamically changes includes a contents estimation unit (107) which retrieves the contents according to the search keyword, the document space database (103) where the plurality of document spaces according to the occurrence frequency of the keyword is stored, the document space selection unit (104) which selects the narrowing-down document space and the expansion document space from the document space database (103) according to the search keyword and the occurrence frequency of the document space indicating a degree of relevance with the contents according to the search keyword, the related keyword estimation unit (108) which selects the keywords corresponding to the narrowing-down document space and the expansion document space as the narrowing-down keyword and the expansion keyword respectively, and the output unit which displays the selected narrowing-down keyword and the expansion keyword.
摘要:
There is provided an information retrieval apparatus which can properly retrieve information associated with a user's preference from one of a plurality of data bases having different use frequencies. An information retrieval apparatus includes: a retrieval instruction issue unit which identifies one of an information source A data base, an information source B data base and an information source C data base according to the user's operation; a retrieval keyword selection unit which preferentially selects, from a group of keywords indicating the user's preference, one or more strongly preferred keywords based on a number associated with the use frequency of the data base identified by the retrieval instruction issue unit; and a retrieval unit which retrieves information including the one or more keywords selected by the retrieval keyword selection unit from the data base identified by the retrieval instruction issue unit.
摘要:
An input supporting device, which supports a user's input in the case where an information search is not progressing, so that the user can promptly obtain a result of the search, and includes: an input unit that receives an input of a search keyword; a search progress management unit that monitors progress of the search in a search device; and a search condition presentation unit which obtains an appropriate search condition based on the inputted search keyword and presents the obtained search condition to the user, in the case where the search is not progressing, while the search condition presentation unit includes: a categorized knowledge storage unit in which a category and a search keyword are stored in an associated manner; a category obtainment unit that obtains a category of the inputted search keyword with reference to the categorized knowledge storage unit; a search method storage unit in which a name of a search method and a category string are stored in an associated manner; a search method obtainment unit that obtains a name of a search method based on which the obtained category can be searched with reference to the search method storage unit; a screen creation unit that converts the obtained search method name into screen information; and a display unit that displays the screen information.
摘要:
An information retrieval apparatus which includes: a preference related-word obtainment unit which, in the case where a search condition is inputted from an input unit, obtains one or more related words each being associated with search keywords included in the inputted search condition by an association value indicating a predetermined threshold or greater, and which decreases the predetermined threshold so as to obtain such one or more related words, from a preference-based association dictionary stored in a preference-based association dictionary storage unit, in the case where a search condition expansion command is inputted from the input unit; an unobtained related-word judgment unit which judges whether or not the related word obtained by the preference related-word obtainment unit is already stored in an obtained-word storage unit in the case where a search condition expansion command is inputted from the input unit; a general related-word obtainment unit which obtains a related word from a general association dictionary stored in a general association dictionary storage unit in the case where the unobtained related-word judgment unit judges that the related word obtained by the preference related-word obtainment unit is already stored; and a retrieval unit which generates a search condition from the inputted related word, obtains information which meets the generated search condition, from a content storage unit, and outputs the obtained information as a search result.
摘要:
There is provided an information retrieval apparatus which can properly retrieve information associated with a user's preference from one of a plurality of data bases having different use frequencies. An information retrieval apparatus (100) includes: a retrieval instruction issue unit (102) which identifies one of an information source A data base (101A), an information source B data base (101B) and an information source C data base (101C) according to the user's operation; a retrieval keyword selection unit (105a) which preferentially selects, from a group of keywords indicating the user's preference, one or more strongly preferred keywords as many as a number associated with the use frequency of the data base identified by the retrieval instruction issue unit (102); and a retrieval unit (106) which retrieves information including the one or more keywords selected by the retrieval keyword selection unit (105a) from the data base identified by the retrieval instruction issue unit (102).
摘要:
A behavior recognition apparatus includes a hand movement observation unit which outputs hand movement data indicating a hand movement made by a user; a velocity variation detection unit which detects a time at which the hand movement matches a predetermined movement pattern; and a feature selection unit which selects the hand movement data outputted at the time detected by the velocity variation detection unit. A standard behavior pattern storage unit stores a movement pattern data sequence represented by a hand movement data sequence, in association with a user behavior; and a behavior recognition unit calculates a degree of similarity between the movement pattern data sequence stored in the standard behavior pattern storage unit and the hand movement data selected by the feature selection unit, and recognizes, as the user behavior, a behavior represented by the movement pattern data sequence when the degree of similarity is the highest.