Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To add BGM matching memories in photographing, to the collection of contents of photograph data or the like. SOLUTION: When it is instructed to display a scrapbook that is the collection of a plurality of pieces of photograph data, a retrieval section 143 retrieves music metadata relating to scrapbook metadata that are metadata of the scrapbook (pieces of the plurality of photograph data), a scrapbook display control section 144 controls the display of the scrapbook instructed to be displayed, and a music playback control section 146 controls playback of music data corresponding to the retrieved music metadata in parallel with the display of the scrapbook by the scrapbook display control section 144. The present invention is applicable, e.g., to a case where scrapbook being the album of electronic photographs is to be displayed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cluster contents into a proper number of clusters. SOLUTION: A clustering processing part 127 clusters a plurality of contents into groups to which a predetermined number N or less of contents belong on the basis of the meta data of contents. That is, the clustering processing part 127 calculates the maximum distance d(k) from among distances d(n) according to a predetermined distance between n-th content and (n+1)th content among the contents from the top of the content sequence composed of a plurality of contents arranged in a prescribed order on the basis of the meta data to the (N+1)th content, and clusters the contents from the top of the content sequence to the k-th content into one group and the (k+1)th content in the content sequence is set at a new top content, and repeats the processing. This invention can be applied to the clustering of photographic data or the like, for example. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To set supply bases for supplying a message, widely to terminal equipment 2 owned by a user. SOLUTION: Data transmitting parts 5 are mounted on posters 501 to be stuck in the street, for example, and arranged in the wide range. The parts 5 include, for example; a blue-tooth module; a non-contact IC chip; a small infrared light data transmitting part; or a two-dimensional code, etc, and performs a processing to transmit (supply) the message to the terminal equipment owned by the user. The terminal equipment 2 acquires the message and starts a prescribed application program. The present invention is applied to a PDA and a portable telephone set. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display control device capable of displaying icons of structured data so that the hierarchical positions of the icons seen from the whole hierarchical structure can be grasped. SOLUTION: This device comprises an operation part acquiring an instruction for at least a screen display of icons based on a user's operation; a storage part storing data for icons of at least each layer; a control part arranging and displaying the icons of each layer along each icon arrangement axis. The control part moves, in case that the operation part acquires an instruction from the user, each icon arrangement axis in a different direction with each icon arranged and displayed therein based on the instruction, and generates image data displaying the icon of each layer. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a display configuration that it is possible to easily understand a hierarchical structure from display in an electronic equipment where a menu picture is displayed. SOLUTION: When the input status of an electronic equipment is displayed by a menu picture, a ring is displayed on the screen, and a plurality of icons are displayed with predetermined intervals on the ring, and when any item in the menu picture is selected, each ion displayed on the ring is rotated on the ring while the array order is maintained, and when the selected item in the menu picture is decided, the input associated with the icon displayed at the specific position of the ring is executed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To encourage a user to obtain and utilize information related to content.SOLUTION: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a first information acquiring section acquiring location specification information which indicates content being viewed by a user and a location in the content specified by the user, a second information acquiring section acquiring, on the basis of the location specification information, content-related information provided correspondingly to the content for each of the locations, and an action support information generating section generating action support information for the user by using the content-related information.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To recommend a scrapbook related to a scrapbook during viewing. SOLUTION: When "viewing the scrapbook having relation" is instructed by button operation or key operation, for example, in a state that the scrapbook is displayed, for example, a drop-down list box 261 described with a list of the scrapbook corresponding to a retrieval key is displayed such that the scrapbook having a high accordance degree with the retrieval key is displayed on the head side of lit display. A user selections and determines a desired scrapbook from the scrapbooks displayed in the drop-down list box 261 to select and display the desired scrapbook from the scrapbooks related to the presently displaying scrapbook. This information processor can be applied to an HDD recorder. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly classify a content according to liking of a user. SOLUTION: When inputting the image content from a photographic image database 230, a position information acquisition part 240 acquires position information included in the image content, a clustering part 251 associates each the image content to a leaf of a binary tree based on the acquired position information and produces binary tree structure data corresponding to the binary tree, and a hierarchy determination part 252 extracts a node satisfying a grouping condition from nodes in the produced binary tree structure data, and determines the image content belonging to the extracted node as one group. Each the image content recorded in the photographic image database 230 is classified based on the determined group, and is made to be displayed on a display part 120. The grouping condition is set by a condition setting part 260 according to operation input from an operation reception part 130. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To classify content according to metadata created from receipts, pamphlets, tickets and the like. SOLUTION: A feature extracting part 54 extracts features of a predetermined image among a plurality of images associated with each other. Based on the features extracted, an image determining part 55 determines whether or not the predetermined image is an image of the surface of a certificate, a deed, a ticket or an album with a character string written thereon. If the predetermined image is determined to be an image of the surface of a certificate, a deed, a ticket or an album with a character string written whereon, a metadata adding part 56 adds first metadata that is the character string data of the character string to another of the plurality of images. This invention is applicable to an information processing apparatus capable of recording or reproducing images and content, such as an HDD recorder or a personal computer. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select and reproduce data suitable for user's feeling or situation at that time without necessitating any complicated operation when the data are successively read out and reproduced from a data storage means in which a plurality of data are stored. SOLUTION: The data reproducing device, by which the data are successively read out and reproduced from the data storage section 104 wherein the plurality of data are stored, includes: a reproduced history storage section 202 for storing the reproduced history including an identity information of the data, at least a part of which is reproduced; an identity information read-out section 204 for reading out the identity information of a part of or whole data from the reproduced history storage section 202; a reproduction characteristic information developing section 208 for developing the reproduction characteristic information regarding a predetermined situation on the basis of characteristic information of the data to be identified by the read out identity information; and a reproduction order deciding section 212 for deciding the reproduction order of data on the basis of the reproduction characteristic information and the characteristic information of a part of or whole data to be stored in the data storage section 104. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT