Abstract: A service providing apparatus 100 capable of providing a service while effectively managing execution codes and screen configuration information stored in the apparatus includes: a display apparatus 108; a communication unit 101; an obtaining unit 151 for obtaining an execution code for providing the service through communication unit 101; an execution code storage 102 for storing the obtained execution code; a screen configuration information storage 103 for storing screen configuration information defining screen configuration to be displayed at the time of execution of the execution code; and a management unit 104 managing these units such that by the time the service is provided, the execution code and screen configuration information necessary for providing the service are stored in the execution code storage 102 and screen configuration information storage 103, and executing, in response to a service providing instruction, the execution code stored in the execution code storage 102 using the screen conf

Abstract: Setting of a biometric device is easily carried out. A setting device (7) includes: a storage section for storing (i) personal or physical information to be set in a biometric device (101), and (ii) output mode information indicative of an output mode of a measurement result measured by the biometric device (101); a setting request acquisition section (23) for acquiring a setting request, a device ID and a type ID; a setting information management section (27) for reading out, in a case where the setting request acquisition section (23) acquires the setting request, necessary personal and/or physical information and appropriate output mode information from the storage section (30); and a setting information output section (26) for notifying the biometric device (101) of various setting contents indicated by various information read out by the setting information management section (27).

Abstract: A bioinformation input/output apparatus comprises bioinformation storage means for storing bioinformation in association with a user or users, device information storage means for storing a device(s) in association with the user or users, and bioinformation output means for reading bioinformation stored in the bioinformation storage means and outputting the bioinformation to a device. The bioinformation output means outputs the bioinformation to the device according to the user associated with the device. With this, the bioinformation input/output apparatus outputs bioinformation according to the device.

Abstract: A biological signal measurement device includes: a circular or hyperbolic fitting section (101) to be worn on a part of a human body; a sensing section (103) which is provided to the fitting section (101), and senses a biological signal by being closely attached to a specific part of the human body; a measurement environment judging section for judging an environment for measuring the biological signal by using the sensing section (103); a measurement environment notifying section (104) for notifying a user of a judgment result, according to the result of judgment performed by the measurement environment judging section; and a measurement environment adjusting section (102) for adjusting the measurement environment of the sensing section (103). Thus, it is possible to provide a human-wearable biological signal measurement device that allows easier maintenance of suitable measurement conditions.

Abstract: A measurement data communication device for measuring a health condition of an examinee and transmitting a plurality of measurement values representing a result of the measurement, to an information acquiring device managing the measurement values, includes: communication information generating means for generating communication information in accordance with (i) an attribute definition column defining attributes of the plurality of measurement values, and (ii) a code value uniquely corresponding to the attribute definition column; measurement data generating means for generating measurement data in accordance with the code value and the plurality of measurement values; and transmitting means for transmitting the communication information and the measurement data to the information acquiring device.

Abstract: By a simple operation, data held in a portable information terminal can be transmitted to a desired apparatus and processed appropriately. A receiving apparatus 410 includes a wireless LAN communication unit 420 and an infrared receiving unit 82, and processing units 422 and 424 responsive to reception of data by the infrared receiving unit 82 from the same apparatus of the data received by wireless LAN communication unit 420, for performing a process determined by the data received by the infrared receiving unit 82 on the data received by the wireless LAN communication unit 420. Transmission of data as the object of processing and the process thereon can be designated by the data transmitting side, without requiring the side of receiving apparatus 410 to designate the method of processing.

Abstract: A vital information measuring device according to the present invention includes: communication means for communicating with an external device; a vital information measuring section for measuring vital information of a living organism; vital condition judging section for judging a condition of the living organism by comparing (i) the vital information measured by the vital information measuring section with (ii) vital evaluation information for evaluating the vital information; an electric power consumption control section for controlling electric power consumption of the vital information measuring device in accordance with a result of the judgment carried out by the vital condition judging means. This makes it possible to control the electric power consumption of the device in accordance with the result of judging the condition of the living organism.

Abstract: A vital information measuring device measures vital information of a measurement target person. The vital information measuring device includes (i) a data frame creating section for generating, by using a symbolic code assigned to an item regarding measurement processing of the vital information, a request data frame for use in requesting a vital information managing device for necessary information, and (ii) a response data frame analyzing section for analyzing a response data frame, which is received from the vital information managing device. This makes it possible to provide a vital information measuring device that does not have a storage device having a particularly large storage space but can obtain precise vital information.

Abstract: An information providing system includes a mobile terminal and an information providing device. The mobile terminal includes a communication circuit transmitting positional information representing a position of the mobile terminal to the information providing device in response to an inquiry from the information providing device. The information providing device includes a storage circuit storing plan information representing a plan to be executed by the user of the mobile terminal, and a control circuit generating traveling information related to traveling for the user to execute the plan and transmitting the traveling information to the mobile terminal based on the positional information received from the mobile terminal and the plan information stored in the storage circuit. The mobile terminal further includes a display circuit displaying the traveling information received from the information providing device.

Abstract: An accounting and reconciliation system includes a seller terminal that receives credit data guaranteeing payment, and payment data. A buyer terminal for a buyer sends purchase request data containing transaction information which specifies purchase transaction conditions. A reconciliation unit mediates a purchase transaction between the buyer and the seller in response to receiving the purchase request data communicated from the buyer terminal to the reconciliation unit. The reconciliation unit includes communication circuitry for communicating with the buyer terminal and the seller terminal and a processing system responsive to the purchase request data for sending the credit data to the seller terminal, and for sending the payment data to the seller terminal after receiving acknowledgment data indicative of the buyer's acknowledgment of receipt.

Abstract: A user terminal (5-N: FIG. 1) receives karaoke data from a Web server (1: FIG. 1). A writer (7-N: FIG. 1) writes the karaoke data as received by the user terminal (5-N) to a memory cartridge (13: FIG. 2). In this case, the writer (7-N) can only be written once in an area of the storage areas of the memory cartridge (13) in which data is not written yet. The system program is initially stored in the memory cartridge (13). Accordingly, a data delivery system can be realized with a high degree of security and with ease, but without resort to the prepaid system.

Abstract: An operation such as changing the coordinates of a specified position is performed on a two-dimensional display screen 103 of a display unit 5 by using an input pen 102, a touch-panel, etc., as an operation input unit 103 to shift the list of candidate character strings which is displayed on the display screen at the initial screen. The contents of the list of the candidate character strings which are displayed on the display screen 103 are continuously changed until a desired candidate character string appears on the screen 103.

Abstract: The present invention provides virtual keyboard which can be used at the same number of operations as on a conventional keyboard and can allow a natural input operation at a minimized load. The virtual keyboard comprises a liquid crystal display for displaying thereon a keyboard having special keys and general keys, a transparent pressure-sensitive panel superimposed on the display and a computing portion that, when a special key and a general key on a pressure-sensitive panel are pushed at a time, detects the coordinate of a middle point between the two pushed positions from outputs of the pressure-sensitive panel, calculates a general key position from the special key point and the middle point and outputs a code corresponding to that position.

Abstract: An accounting and reconciliation system includes a seller terminal that receives credit data guaranteeing payment, and payment data. A buyer terminal for a buyer sends purchase request data containing transaction information which specifies purchase transaction conditions. A reconciliation unit mediates a purchase transaction between the buyer and the seller in response to receiving the purchase request data communicated from the buyer terminal to the reconciliation unit. The reconciliation unit includes communication circuitry for communicating with the buyer terminal and the seller terminal and a processing system responsive to the purchase request data for sending the credit data to the seller terminal, and for sending the payment data to the seller terminal after receiving acknowledgment data indicative of the buyer's acknowledgment of receipt.

Abstract: A stroboscope is utilized as an input device of a golf game system (10), for example. The golf game system includes a game machine (12) as an information processing apparatus and a golf-club-shaped input device (14), and within a housing of the game machine, an imaging unit (28) is housed, and the imaging unit is provided with an image sensor (40) and an infrared-LED. By utilizing the infrared-LED, an infrared ray is intermittently emitted to a predetermined range of an upper portion of the imaging unit. Accordingly, the image sensor intermittently images a reflective body provided in the golf-club-shaped input device moving within the range. Such the stroboscope image processing of the reflective body enables calculation of a velocity, and so on as an input of the game machine.

Abstract: A fishing game apparatus (10) has a casting rod (12) connected to a television monitor (16). The casting rod (12) is built therein with a game processor and an acceleration sensor. During casting, an acceleration signal is inputted from the acceleration sensor to the game processor. The game processor calculates a corresponding casting distance and displays, on a game screen of the monitor (16), a splashdown point according to a distance calculated. By providing a light gun in the casting rod (12), the game processor can recognize a direction of casting and move the rod in that direction on the game screen.

Abstract: In a disk reading/writing device, a chucking mechanism holds two types of disks having different outer diameters. The chucking area of a small-diameter disk is set to be less then the chucking area of a large-diameter disk. The disks are focused by an optical pickup placed on the side opposite the chucking surface. This configuration makes it possible to enlarge the data area of the small-diameter disk and to perform reading and writing from and onto the small-diameter disk with an enlarged data area.

Abstract: A data access system includes a client device (10) connected over a network (5) and being used by a user for registering or displaying data such as a schedule or a memo, and a data server device (1) connected over the network (5) for managing the data currently stored in the client device (10). The client device (10) includes a communication portion (11) for establishing communication with the data server device (1), a client data storing portion (12) storing a part or a whole of server data stored in the data server device (1), an output portion (13) formed of a display device providing character information and movie information to the user and a speaker for outputting a sound or a voice, and a control portion (15) controlling various portions.

Abstract: An operation such as changing the coordinates of a specified position is performed on a two-dimensional display screen 103 of a display unit 5 by using an input pen 102, a touch-panel, etc., as an operation input unit 103 to shift the list of candidate character strings which is displayed on the display screen at the initial screen. The contents of the list of the candidate character strings which are displayed on the display screen 103 are continuously changed until a desired candidate character string appears on the screen 103.

Abstract: An operation such as changing the coordinates of a specified position is performed on a two-dimensional display screen 103 of a display unit 5 by using an input pen 102, a touch-panel, etc., as an operation input unit 103 to shift the list of candidate character strings which is displayed on the display screen at the initial screen. The contents of the list of the candidate character strings which are displayed on the display screen 103 are continuously changed until a desired candidate character string appears on the screen 103.