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A communication device for performing communication by employing first and second communication units, includes: a reception unit for receiving a communication packet including a random number generated for every connection with another communication device, a certificate calculated with the random number, and authentication method information indicating whether or not an authentication method at the second communication unit is compatible with the public key system, through the first communication unit; and a method determining unit for determining whether or not an originator of the communication packet accepts public key encryption based on the authentication method information included in the communication packet; wherein in a case of the method determining unit determining that the originator of the communication packet does not accept the public key system, the random number included in the communication packet is replied to the originator as the identification information of the device itself.

An imaging apparatus automatically detects an object and displays information on a display device based on a comparison between detected data and memorized (stored) data. The imaging apparatus includes a detecting circuit and a memorizing circuit. The detecting circuit detects the object based on the image data produced from an output of an imaging element and calculates a feature value representing a feature of the detected object. The memorizing circuit memorizes the feature value calculated by the detecting circuit. A feature value calculated by the detecting circuit based on the image data displayed on the display device is compared with the feature value memorized in the memorizing circuit. The display device displays information relating to the comparison result.

The invention provides a method and means for dietary control. The method provides information to a person under dietary prior and during a meal regarding item positioned before the person in real time. The system comprises in combination a video photographic means connected to a computer provided with a suitable database and further provided with a display unit connected to the computer.

A forensic system, method, and computer-readable medium that display a document group that includes a plurality of documents included in the digital information to a user, receive classification information assigned to a target document which is a document for determination of whether the document is related to a lawsuit by a user in the displayed document group, based on the determination of whether the document is related to the lawsuit by the user, update a score of each document corresponding to predetermined classification information based on a comparison result between a feature value of the target document of which the classification information is received and a feature value of each document in the document group, and control a display order of the documents in the document group to be displayed by the display unit based on the updated scores.

The invention provides a method and a system for dietary control. The method provides information to a person under dietary limitations prior to and during a meal regarding an item positioned before the person in real time. The system includes, in combination, a video photographic means connected to a computer provided with a suitable database and further provided with a display unit connected to the computer.

At the start of a process, an information presenting section presents information expressed by a solution vector, while an auxiliary information presenting section presents information for facilitating comparative evaluation of multiple pieces of information being presented simultaneously. Based on these pieces of information, the user evaluates each solution vector. A model estimation executing section generates an evaluation model for an adjustment process from a user evaluation history, and thereafter, a model evaluation calculating section performs evaluation using the evaluation model. A fitness calculating section calculates fitness from the evaluation made by the user or by the model, and in accordance with the thus calculated fitness, a recombination operation section performs an arithmetical recombination operation. The above process is iteratively performed to carry out optimum adjustment of solution vectors.

When it is determined that a resource corresponding to the identifier is accessible, the resource may then be accessed. When the resource is not accessible, then it may be determined whether an expected date / time range indicating when identifier may exist can be retrieved. When a date / time range cannot be retrieved, then it may be determined whether an expected date / time range may be generated from the identifier. If so, then a date / time range for the identifier may be generated. When the date / time range cannot be generated, then at least a start time may be provided to determine existence of a resource corresponding to the identifier. When a date / time range is retrieved, generated, or provided then a delay interval to check for existence of a resource corresponding to the identifier may be determined. It may then be determined whether to determine whether there a resource corresponding to the identifier may exist. If so, then it may be determined whether the current date / time is within the date / time range of identifier to make the determination as to whether the resource corresponding to the identifier exists. When the current date / time is within the date / time range and it is determined that a resource corresponding to the identifier is accessible, the resource may then be accessed.

Disclosed is a nail print apparatus including: a photographing section which photographs a plurality of fingers and a nail section of each finger to obtain a finger image; a finger type detecting section which detects a type of each finger from the finger image; a first storage controlling section which stores the type of finger detected by the finger type detecting section corresponded with the nail image; a design specifying section which receives specification of a design image to be printed; a second storage controlling section which stores the design image specified on the design specifying section; a combined nail image generating section which combines the design image with the nail image for each type of finger to generate a combined nail image; and a print controlling section which controls printing of the combined nail image on the nail chip sheet.

An electronic mailing method comprises: upon sending an electronic mail message to a recipient, activating an automatic monitoring of the receipt of a reply message to the message, said automatic monitoring comprising: ascertaining whether the reply to the message has been received, and in the negative case, alerting at least one among a sender of the message and the recipient of the message, for example sending a reminder message to the recipient adapted to remind him / her to send the reply message.

A navigation terminal device includes a map information display unit 771 for displaying, on a screen, the map information containing the location information retrieved by a web server 3, a destination display unit for displaying the destination searched from the map information displayed on the display screen by screen scrolling, a route drawing unit 773 for drawing the route connecting a reference point based on the location information retrieved by the web server 3 to the destination so as to be superimposed on the screen with the map information displayed thereon, and a route searching unit 774 for exchanging the display between the reference point and the destination when the destination is displayed but the reference point disappears from the screen, thereby following the route from the reference point to the destination according to the drawn route information. In this configuration, the operability of a terminal device having a small capacity of screen can be improved and the burden for the user can be relaxed.

An imaging unit captures images of the retroreflective sheets worn on both legs. A multimedia processor detects step and jump of a player on the basis of the pictures obtained by the image capturing to reflect to a video image and thereby the interactive system is constituted. It is possible to support a user so as to continuously perform a stepping exercise while reducing an economical burden of the user and realizing the space saving.

Provided is a remote control device capable of remotely operating an Internet home appliance with little burden on the user. A remote control (400) remotely operates a camera (200) which sends self-identification information by an optical signal (510) and a television (300) (Internet home appliance) which sends the self-identification information by an optical signal (520), and has a receiver which receives the optical signal transmitted from the Internet home appliance, which is the remote control target, a network interface which connects to the communication network connected to the Internet home appliance, and a remote control unit which remotely controls an Internet home appliance which indicates the identification information via the communication network when the identification information of the Internet home appliance was received by the receiver when the specified operation was performed.

Person identification information is extracted from digital data with a high accuracy and additional tag is recommended by adopting a decision fusion. In other words, the person identification information is acquired by using various additional information to tag the same to the digital data automatically as a person tag, in a digital data management system in which the person identification information is extracted from the digital data by referring to its attributes and contents; and specific digital data having specific tags which are same as those attached to newly created digital data are found out and then candidate tags which are attached to the specific digital data except the specific tags are provided to a monitor in order for a user to choose one or more proper tags from the candidate tags, which are desired to be attached to the newly created digital data additionally, by using the decision fusion.

Provided is an information processing terminal provided with an imaging function of photographing an image. In the information processing terminal, based on positional information, time information and photographed contents, an image file is automatically classified, and burden on a user in image file management is reduced. An image photographing system is provided with: an imaging section which photographs an image; a photographing mode setting section which sets photographing mode of photographing to be performed by the imaging section; a photographing status information acquiring section which acquires, as photographing status information, positional information indicating the position of the terminal, and current time information at the time of photographing; an additional information processing section, which adds photographing mode setting set at the time of photographing the image data and the photographing status information, as attribute information relating to the contents of each image data, to the image data photographed by the imaging section; an image data storage section which stores image data with the attribute information added by the additional information processing section; and a display control section which, corresponding to the attribute information of each image, searches and displays the image data stored in the image data storage section.

An information processing device and an information processing method using fingerprint matching lighten the burden imposed the user in suspension / resumption of use of the device, and enable suspension / resumption to be performed smoothly when a plurality of users share the identical information processing device and when a plurality of users have respective individual information (to what extent of the electronic book the user reads to be progressed, etc) in connection with the information processing device. User is identified according to inputted fingerprint. When use of the device is suspended, individual information (for instance, work progressive information, work environmental information, work historical information) of the user regarding the information processing device is associated with the user to preserve, while when use of the device is resumed, identified individual information to the user preserved corresponding to the user is selected to be provided to the user.

A navigation apparatus utilized in an electric vehicle includes a position obtaining section subsequently obtaining present position of the electric vehicle, a display controller displaying an electronic map on a display device, an available travel range calculation section, an estimation available travel range calculation section, and a progress calculation section calculating progress of the available travel range relative to the estimation available travel range. The available travel range is available travel distance or available travel time that can be traveled with remaining power of the travelling battery. The display controller displays light beam locus having sector-like shape on the electronic map with the present position as a base in a travelling direction, and changes a length of the light beam locus in the travelling direction corresponding to progress of the available travel range under a condition that the light beam locus is entirely displayed on the display device.

An image processing apparatus includes a read and analysis unit that analyzes print setting items recorded by a printer and stored in a memory card, and a generation unit that generates additional data relating to print settings required upon printing by the printer based on the print setting items analyzed. The image processing apparatus reduces the user's burden of manipulating print setting items for each printer, and avoids an incident in which print setting items that cannot be set by a printer that is to output image data are set.

A note sequence analysis apparatus calculates a similarity index based on similarity between a designated sequence of notes designated by a user and a reference sequence of notes for each of a plurality of reference pieces of music, then selects a reference piece of music from among the plurality of reference pieces of music based on the similarity index calculated for each of the plurality of reference pieces of music, and specifies an evaluation index of the designated sequence of notes based on the similarity index calculated for the selected reference piece of music.

Person identification information is extracted from digital data with a high accuracy and additional tag is recommended by adopting a decision fusion. In other words, the person identification information is acquired by using various additional information to tag the same to the digital data automatically as a person tag, in a digital data management system in which the person identification information is extracted from the digital data by referring to its attributes and contents; and specific digital data having specific tags which are same as those attached to newly created digital data are found out and then candidate tags which are attached to the specific digital data except the specific tags are provided to a monitor in order for a user to choose one or more proper tags from the candidate tags, which are desired to be attached to the newly created digital data additionally, by using the decision fusion.

A communication apparatus is disclosed that transmits data using a plurality of transmission methods. The communication apparatus includes a transmission information input unit that inputs transmission information including destination information and encryption information, and an encryption unit that generates encrypted data based on the encryption information. When at least two sets of the destination information are input for one transmission job, an encryption determination process is performed on each set of the destination information to determine whether encryption transmission involving transmission of the encrypted data is to be performed.

An exemplary UCL estimation system including: an output section configured to present to a user a first sound, and a second sound after lapse of a first predetermined time from a point of presenting the first sound, the first sound having a sound pressure within a predetermined sound pressure range, and the second sound having a same sound pressure as that of the first sound; a measurement section configured to measure an electroencephalogram signal of the user; an extraction section configured to extract, from an electroencephalogram signal measured within a second predetermined time from a point of presenting the second sound, a characteristic amount of an event-related potential of the signal; and an estimation section configured to estimate, by referring to a predetermined relationship between characteristic amount values of event-related potential and uncomfortableness threshold values, an uncomfortableness threshold value corresponding to the extracted characteristic amount of the potential.

Device and methods for use in a biosensor comprising a multisite array of test sites, the device and methods being useful for modulating the binding interactions between a (biomolecular) probe or detection agent and an analyte of interest from a biological by modulating the pH or ionic gradient near the electrodes in such biosensor. An electrochemically active agent that is suitable for use in biological buffers for changing the pH of the biological buffers. Method for changing the pH of biological buffers using the electrochemically active agents. The methods of modulating the binding interactions provided in a biosensor, analytic methods for more accurately controlling and measuring the pH or ionic gradient near the electrodes in such biosensor, and analytic methods for more accurately measuring an analyte of interest in a biological sample.

A calibration method of a printer includes forming characterization data using first colorimetric data obtained from a first set of color patches outputted from the printer, and forming calibration data using second colorimetric data obtained from a second set of color patches, which is smaller in number than the first set of color patches. A color matching table is formed based on the characterization data and the calibration data. And color image data is converted based on the color matching table.

A photographed body authenticating unit includes a control unit for executing solid judgment processing for judging whether a photographed body is solid or not based on an entire brightness changing amount of an entirety of a photographed body and a partial brightness changing amount of a part of the photographed body. The entire and partial brightness changing amounts are acquired by a difference between photographed image data obtained in different illuminating states. The control unit also executes photographed body collation processing for collating whether the photographed body is already registered with respect to at least one photographing image or not and authentication processing for authenticating that the photographed body is true when the solid judgment processing determines that the photographed body is solid and the collation processing determines that the photographed body is already registered.

To facilitate positioning of a drill bit and alleviate burden to a user, a medical drill machine including a drive shaft gripping a drill bit, a casing constituted of X-ray transparent material and capable of housing the drive shaft, and a force transferring mechanism for transferring rotational force to the drive shaft is provided. In this medical drill machine, a first guide and a second guide constituted of X-ray opaque material are fixed at given positions along an axial direction of the drive shaft in the casing. Both guides are arranged coaxially with the axis of the drive shaft, and are formed in mutually different shapes. A slant direction of the drill bit can be recognized from any relative misalignment of the mutually different shapes of the guides included in an X-ray image along the ideal axial line.

A printer 30a that was originally specified by the user Prints a transfer destination guide map, on which the location information of other printers is shown, when a portion or all of a print job is transferred to those other printers. The transfer destination guide map is further added with information useful for the user such as the expected time of completion for the print out, the number of printed sheets, and the route of pick up. The transfer destination guide map is insert-printed on the page position of the transferred page.

An object of the present invention is to reduce the burden of purchasing measurement devices for clinical tests, and to simplify user support for the measurement devices. Divide the measurement function of a clinical test device and the analysis function between the medical institution and a service provider. In other words, the measurement of clinical data occurs in a measurement device 2 of a medical institution, and the analysis of the measurement data occurs in an analysis server 1. Due to this, measurement data is transmitted via a network 3 from measurement device 2 to analysis server 1. In addition, analytical data is transmitted via network 3 from analysis server 1to an output terminal 4. The service provider provides measurement device 2 to the medical institution free of charge, and in return collects a use fee from the medical institution for the analysis service.

An imaging apparatus automatically detects an object and displays information on a display device based on a comparison between detected data and memorized (stored) data. The imaging apparatus includes a detecting circuit and a memorizing circuit. The detecting circuit detects the object based on the image data produced from an output of an imaging element and calculates a feature value representing a feature of the detected object. The memorizing circuit memorizes the feature value calculated by the detecting circuit. A feature value calculated by the detecting circuit based on the image data displayed on the display device is compared with the feature value memorized in the memorizing circuit. The display device displays information relating to the comparison result.