Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a base, an object detecting section, and a chassis that houses the base and the object detecting section. The object detecting section includes a substrate and a detecting element that is provided on a first principal surface of the substrate and is configured to detect a wave coming from an object and output a detection signal. The object detecting section is mounted on the base with the first principal surface facing the base. The base has a long passage hole that allows the wave to pass therethrough toward the detecting element. A longer direction of the passage hole is along a first direction that is a substantially horizontal direction when the chassis adopts a reference posture.

Abstract: Noise generation caused by sudden rising of a rotational speed of a heat radiation fan when a user has no intension is prevented. A temperature management system located on an information processing apparatus is configured by a system including a processor and scheduled tasks, a performance control system which controls processing ability of the processor and a temperature control system which includes a heat radiation fan and controls a heat radiation amount thereof. The processor executes the scheduled tasks when a state where a usage rate is low, such as an idle state, lasts. The temperature control system controls the rotational speed of the heat radiation fan in accordance with temperatures of electronic devices including the processor. The performance control system lowers processing ability of the processor before the rotational speed of the heat radiation fan rises in accordance with a temperature of the processor which executes the scheduled tasks.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling power efficiency of an information processing device is disclosed. The apparatus includes a voltage converter that converts an input voltage into a predetermined output voltage, an information processing device that consumes power supplied by the voltage converter, a battery pack that is charged using power supplied at a predetermined charging voltage by the voltage converter, and a controller that determines the input voltage where the power supplied by the voltage converter exceeds power consumed by the information processing device and a difference between the input voltage and the predetermined charging voltage is minimized. A method and a system also perform various functions of the apparatus.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to acquire an RGB image of an imaging target, and to output either a captured image in which a background area determined to be the background in the RGB image is subjected to blur processing based on the depth information, or a captured image in which the blur processing is not performed on the RGB image; an authentication processing section configured to execute authentication processing based on the captured image output from the imaging unit; a login processing section configured to execute login processing to log in based on the authentication result by the authentication processing section; and a blur processing control section configured to instruct the imaging unit not to perform the blur processing at least during a period in which the authentication processing section executes the authentication processing.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes processing unit configured to execute system processing, an object detection unit configured to detect an object present within a predetermined detection range, and an operation control unit configured to control the system processing according to a detection state detected by the object detection unit to make a transition to one of a first operating state and a second operating state in which at least part of the system processing is more limited than that in the first operating state. When a transition from the first operating state to the second operating state is made regardless of the detection state detected by the object detection unit, where the operation control unit prohibits the transition to the first operating state according to the detection state detected by the object detection unit.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a processing unit which executes system processing; a detection unit which detects an object present within a predetermined detection range; an operation control unit which activates the operation of the processing unit when the object is detected within the predetermined range by the detection unit; and a detection range control unit which sets the predetermined detection range according to the operating state of the system processing.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, a control method, and a program can more accurately distinguish a vibration added to a chassis from the detected vibration. The information processing apparatus includes a first chassis in which at least one first vibration detecting unit is provided; a second chassis in which at least one second vibration detecting unit is provided, a face of the second chassis overlapping with a face of the first chassis; and a controller. The controller determines a contact state of the first chassis based on relative characteristics of a first vibration that is a vibration detected by the first vibration detecting unit with respect to a second vibration that is a vibration detected by the second vibration detecting unit.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are disclosed. The method includes detecting ambient light around an electronic device, determining whether a user is present based on the ambient light, and controlling an operation of the electronic device. The apparatus includes a component that consumes electric power, a light sensor that detects ambient light, a frequency analyzing unit that specifies a frequency component, and a control unit that determines whether a user is present and controls an operation of the component. The computer program product includes code to perform detecting ambient light around an electronic device, determining whether a user is present based on the ambient light, and controlling an operation of the electronic device.

Abstract: A user detection apparatus includes a processor for an information handling device and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to detect a user in a user space that is proximate to the information handling device in response to an airflow being detected in the user space and, in response to detecting the user, resume or begin operations in the information handling device.

Abstract: An apparatus for transferring objects between multiple display units includes a processor of an information handling device and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to detect a screen object and/or a pointing input mechanism selecting the screen object being moved to a predetermined region of a first display unit and, in response to the detection, display at least part of the screen object on a second display unit.

Abstract: An apparatus for managed updating of meeting handout data is disclosed. A method and system also perform the functions of the apparatus. An apparatus is disclosed that, in one embodiment, includes an acquisition unit that acquires from a server, meeting information and meeting handout data for a meeting, and stores the acquired meeting information and meeting handout data to a storage area in a memory unit of a meeting device. The apparatus also includes an authentication unit that authenticates a participating terminal to participate in the meeting; and a management unit that, after authenticating the participating terminal, changes a locator for the meeting handout data that the participating terminal acquires from a storage place of the server to the storage area in the memory unit of the meeting device.

Abstract: An apparatus to detect the presence of a user includes, in one embodiment, an infrared sensor that passively detects infrared light radiated from an observation target, a heat source arranged proximate the infrared sensor, and a determinator that determines whether the observation target is present in response to information changing along with an operational situation of the heat source and infrared data detected by the infrared sensor. A method and a computer program product also perform functions of the apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus to switch a central processing unit between operational modes includes, in one embodiment, a central processing unit (“CPU”) having at least a first operation mode and a second operation mode, where the second operation mode is a higher performance operation mode than the first operation mode.

Abstract: An information processing device suppresses the entering of a state unintended by a user in a standby mode. The information processing device, which has a standby mode and a normal operation mode, has a mode control portion changing the mode to the standby mode of bringing the state into a first low power consumption state and configured to be switched to a first operating state in which background processing is executed in response to a stop of a display of a display portion, and a power setting processing portion configured to set a first upper limit power consumption in the first operating state and a second upper limit power consumption in a second operating state in the normal operation mode, and set the first upper limit power consumption so as to be lower than the second upper limit power consumption when the mode control portion changes the mode to the standby mode.

Abstract: An apparatus for heat suppression in an initial setting mode includes, in one embodiment, an execution unit of an information processing device that executes an operation related to an initial setting mode of the information processing device, a power supply that supplies power to one or more heat generating components of the execution unit, and a controller that controls at least the power supplied by the power supply to make an amount of heat generation of the execution unit in the initial setting mode lower than the amount of heat generation of the execution unit in an operating mode after termination of the initial setting mode until fulfillment of a predetermined condition. A method and a computer program product also perform functions of the apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling power efficiency of an information processing device is disclosed. The apparatus includes a voltage converter that converts a selected input voltage into a predetermined output voltage, an information processing device that uses power supplied by the voltage converter; and a controller that determines the selected input voltage based on an operating state of the information processing device where the operating state includes one or more parameters selected from fan speed, power consumption, power consumption fluctuation, processor usage, processor usage fluctuation, system temperature, sensor-specific temperature, mobility, and acceleration. A method and a system also perform various functions of the apparatus.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, a control method, and a program can more accurately distinguish a vibration added to a chassis from the detected vibration. The information processing apparatus includes a first chassis in which at least one first vibration detecting unit is provided; a second chassis in which at least one second vibration detecting unit is provided, a face of the second chassis overlapping with a face of the first chassis; and a controller. The controller determines a contact state of the first chassis based on relative characteristics of a first vibration that is a vibration detected by the first vibration detecting unit with respect to a second vibration that is a vibration detected by the second vibration detecting unit.

Abstract: An information processing device suppresses the entering of a state unintended by a user in a standby mode. The information processing device, which has a standby mode and a normal operation mode, has a mode control portion changing the mode to the standby mode of bringing the state into a first low power consumption state and configured to be switched to a first operating state in which background processing is executed in response to a stop of a display of a display portion, and a power setting processing portion configured to set a first upper limit power consumption in the first operating state and a second upper limit power consumption in a second operating state in the normal operation mode, and set the first upper limit power consumption so as to be lower than the second upper limit power consumption when the mode control portion changes the mode to the standby mode.

Abstract: A voice assistant system includes a server apparatus performing voice assistant and a plurality of devices, in which the server apparatus and the devices are communicatively connected to each other. The plurality of devices each records the same user's speech through a microphone, and then transmits recorded data of the same user's speech to the server apparatus. The server apparatus receives the recorded data transmitted from each of the plurality of devices, and then voice-recognizes two or more of the received recorded data in accordance with a predetermined standard to thereby interpret the contents of the user's speech to perform the voice assistant.

Abstract: Noise generation caused by sudden rising of a rotational speed of a heat radiation fan when a user has no intension is prevented. A temperature management system located on an information processing apparatus is configured by a system including a processor and scheduled tasks, a performance control system which controls processing ability of the processor and a temperature control system which includes a heat radiation fan and controls a heat radiation amount thereof. The processor executes the scheduled tasks when a state where a usage rate is low, such as an idle state, lasts. The temperature control system controls the rotational speed of the heat radiation fan in accordance with temperatures of electronic devices including the processor. The performance control system lowers processing ability of the processor before the rotational speed of the heat radiation fan rises in accordance with a temperature of the processor which executes the scheduled tasks.