Abstract: Provided is an acoustic reproduction system capable of setting a sound image localization service area at an arbitrary position even in a case where a sound production direction of a directional sound cannot be changed. An acoustic reproduction system according to the present technology includes a sound producing device that emits a directional sound and a sound reflector positioned between a viewer and a viewing target by the viewer and having a sound reflecting surface that reflects the directional sound emitted by the sound producing device.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that controls and presents sound information in an appropriate form to a user who acts in an environment on the basis of situation recognition including recognition of the environment and recognition of the actions of the user.

Abstract: Provided is an acoustic reproduction system capable of setting a sound image localization service area at an arbitrary position even in a case where a sound production direction of a directional sound cannot be changed. An acoustic reproduction system according to the present technology includes: a sound producing device that emits a directional sound; and a sound reflector positioned between a viewer and a viewing target by the viewer and having a sound reflecting surface that reflects the directional sound emitted by the sound producing device.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that performs processing of sensor information using artificial intelligence. The information processing apparatus includes: a collection unit that collects first sensor information detected by a first sensor and second sensor information detected by a second sensor; a model generation unit that generates a learned model for estimating second sensor information corresponding to first sensor information on the basis of the first sensor information and the second sensor information that have been collected; an accumulation unit that accumulates the learned model; and a providing unit that provides a result of a service based on the learned model. The providing unit provides the learned model to the second apparatus in response to a request from the second apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that performs human emotion recognition using artificial intelligence. The information processing apparatus includes: a preprocessing unit that determines whether or not to permit provision of a service based on emotion recognition on the basis of a predetermined criterion; an emotion estimation processing unit that performs the emotion recognition for a user by using an artificial intelligence function; and a service providing processing unit that provides a service based on an emotion recognition result by the emotion estimation processing unit, in which, when the preprocessing unit determines to permit the provision of the service, the emotion estimation processing unit performs the emotion recognition or the service providing processing unit provides the service.

Abstract: Provided is an artificial intelligence device that verifies an artificial intelligence function such that a device having the artificial intelligence function generates appropriate output data on the basis of predetermined specifications. The artificial intelligence device includes: an obtaining unit that obtains input data for an artificial intelligence function from a predetermined storage device; a verifying unit that verifies the obtained input data on the basis of a predetermined criterion; an input unit that inputs input data satisfying the criterion into the artificial intelligence function; and a presenting unit that presents input data not satisfying the criterion and a criterion violated by the input data. The information processing apparatus further includes a processing unit that performs processing when the input data does not satisfy the criterion data.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that controls and presents sound information in an appropriate form to a user who acts in an environment on the basis of situation recognition including recognition of the environment and recognition of the actions of the user.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that controls and presents sound information in an appropriate form to a user who acts in an environment on the basis of situation recognition including recognition of the environment and recognition of the actions of the user.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that controls and presents sound information in an appropriate form to a user who acts in an environment on the basis of situation recognition including recognition of the environment and recognition of the actions of the user.

Abstract: An RFID aggregate storage stores a radio-frequency ID aggregate structure. The RFID aggregate structure is an aggregated data structure of a plurality of RFIDs, in which each RFID is associated with a location and time read out from a RFID tag, and RFID related information, hierarchically constructed by classifying RFIDs based on the readout location and further by classifying them based on the readout time. A proximity evaluator evaluates the proximity between the first user's RF ID aggregate and the second user's RFID aggregate. A user classifier classifies the first user and the second user in one group when the proximity is smaller than a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A computer including at least two processors is used to preferably perform a secure data communication. Data containing a processor ID identifying one of the at least two processors provided for a first computer (computer 31) is transmitted from the first computer to a second computer (a node at the other party) (S91, S92). The second computer returns data containing the processor ID contained in the data transmitted in S91 and S92 and a public key certificate relating to the second computer. The first computer receives the data returned from the second computer, acquires, from the received data, the processor ID contained therein, and causes a processor (SPE1), which is identified by the processor ID, to process the received data. At this moment, the processing of the data is restricted according to a content of the public key certificate contained in the received data.

Abstract: An advertisement space auction apparatus enabling for a more strategic and open auction transaction to be realized is provided. The advertisement space auction apparatus using a network, comprising a memory storing advertisement space information and being accessible by a plurality of entities connected to the network, a bid data communication unit receiving a bid data submitted via the network from at least one of the plurality of entities, the bid data corresponding to the advertisement space information stored in the memory; and a winning bidder determination unit determining a winning bidder of an advertisement space designated by the advertisement space information, on the basis of the bid data received by the bid data communication unit.

Abstract: An RFID aggregate storage stores a radio-frequency ID aggregate structure. The RFID aggregate structure is an aggregated data structure of a plurality of RFIDs, in which each RFID is associated with a location and time read out from a RFID tag, and RFID related information, hierarchically constructed by classifying RFIDs based on the readout location and further by classifying them based on the readout time. A proximity evaluator evaluates the proximity between the first user's RF ID aggregate and the second user's RFID aggregate. A user classifier classifies the first user and the second user in one group when the proximity is smaller than a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: An advertisement space auction apparatus enabling a more strategic and open auction transaction to be realized using a network, including a memory storing advertisement space information and being accessible by a plurality of entities connected to the network, a bid data communication unit receiving bid data submitted via the network from at least one of the plurality of entities, the bid data corresponding to the advertisement space information stored in the memory; and a winning bidder determination unit for determining a winning bidder of an advertisement space designated by the advertisement space information, on the basis of the bid data received by the bid data communication unit.

Abstract: In distributed processing on a network, improvement of resource management and high efficiency of task scheduling are becoming the goals that need to be achieved. In a multiprocessor computer, a sub-processor included in a multiprocessor brings a resource manager into operation, while the resource manager being loaded in local memory, which receives resource information that can be provided from a computer on a network via a network and manages the resource information, and processes provision of the resource being managed when a request for use of the resource is received. Other sub-processors bring a resource scheduler into operation, while the resource scheduler being loaded in the local memory, which receives a request for use of a resource from a computer on a network and manages the request for use of a resource, and allocates a resource provided by the resource manager as a mediator in response to the request for use of the resource.

Abstract: An RFID aggregate storage stores a radio-frequency ID aggregate structure. The RFID aggregate structure is an aggregated data structure of a plurality of RFIDs, in which each RFID is associated with a location and time read out from a RFID tag, and RFID related information, hierarchically constructed by classifying RFIDs based on the readout location and further by classifying them based on the readout time. A proximity evaluator evaluates the proximity between the first user's RF ID aggregate and the second user's RFID aggregate. A user classifier classifies the first user and the second user in one group when the proximity is smaller than a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: The RFID reader reads out an RFID stored in an RFID tag in the vicinity through wireless communication. The clock acquires an RFID readout time. The location sensor acquires an RFID readout location. The memory stores the RFID in association with the readout time and the readout location. The communication I/F acquires RFID-related information from a server asynchronously with readout of the RFID. The processor generates in the memory an RFID aggregate structure, which is a data structure of RFID aggregates constructed by classifying a plurality of RFIDs stored in the memory based on the readout time and the readout location and in which RFID-related information is stored in association with the constructed RFIDs.

Abstract: It is inevitable in distribution processing on a network to improve resource management or to provide task scheduling with high efficiency. In a multiprocessor computer, a sub-processor (102) included in a multiprocessor (20) receives and manages available resource information provided from a computer on a network through the network. When the sub-processor receives a request to make use of a resource, it makes a resource manager for processing provision of its managing resource operate with a local memory (122) loaded.

Abstract: The RFID reader 20 reads out an RFID stored in an RFID tag in the vicinity through wireless communication. The clock 28 acquires an RFID readout time. The location sensor 24 acquires an RFID readout location. The memory 16 stores the RFID in association with the readout time and the readout location. The communication I/F 22 acquires RFID-related information from a server asynchronously with readout of the RFID. The processor 10 generates in the memory 16 an RFID aggregate structure, which is a data structure of RFID aggregates constructed by classifying a plurality of RFIDs stored in the memory 16 based on the readout time and the readout location and in which RFID-related information is stored in association with the constructed RFIDs.

Abstract: An RFID aggregate storage stores a radio-frequency ID aggregate structure. The RFID aggregate structure is an aggregated data structure of a plurality of RFIDs, in which each RFID is associated with a location and time read out from a RFID tag, and RFID related information, hierarchically constructed by classifying RFIDs based on the readout location and further by classifying them based on the readout time. A proximity evaluator evaluates the proximity between the first user's RF ID aggregate and the second user's RFID aggregate. A user classifier classifies the first user and the second user in one group when the proximity is smaller than a predetermined threshold value.