Abstract: An input device of the present invention includes: a detector that detects a position at which an input means touches or approaches a touch surface; a vibration generator that vibrates the touch surface; and a controller that controls intensity of vibration of the vibration generator in accordance with the detected position by the detector, at which the input means touches or approaches the touch surface.

Abstract: A portable cellular phone is provided which is capable of recording a TV (Television) broadcast by remote control even when the portable cellular phone is not kept at hand, a method for setting the portable cellular phone to record the TV program, and a system of operating the portable cellular phone. A user having forgotten to bring the portable cellular phone and keeping no portable cellular phone at hand originates a call to the portable cellular phone by using a telephone over a network and via a wireless communication base station. The portable cellular phone can perform automatic unattended record processing to automatically answer the call. While being automatically answered, a state of the portable cellular phone is changed to a record setting mode when a specified dial key of the telephone is pushed. In the record setting mode, by pushing a dial key of the telephone, the portable cellular phone is set to record the TV broadcast.

Abstract: A portable cellular phone is provided which is capable of recording a TV (Television) broadcast by remote control even when the portable cellular phone is not kept at hand, a method for setting the portable cellular phone to record the TV program, and a system of operating the portable cellular phone. A user having forgotten to bring the portable cellular phone and keeping no portable cellular phone at hand originates a call to the portable cellular phone by using a telephone over a network and via a wireless communication base station. The portable cellular phone can perform automatic unattended record processing to automatically answer the call. While being automatically answered, a state of the portable cellular phone is changed to a record setting mode when a specified dial key of the telephone is pushed. In the record setting mode, by pushing a dial key of the telephone, the portable cellular phone is set to record the TV broadcast.

Abstract: A camera control portion receives a camera image of a subject acquired by a camera connected to a camera terminal via the camera terminal, delivers the camera image to a display output portion, captures an image from the camera image presented by the display output portion, and stores the image in its interior as a still image representing the subject. A characteristic point extracting portion prepares characteristic point data from the still image. A characteristic point comparing portion compares the characteristic point data obtained from the still image of the subject with corresponding characteristic point data obtained from image data of persons stored in a memory portion, determines a person whose characteristic point data are most highly correspondent with those of the subject, and reads dial data connected with the person from the memory portion.