Abstract: Provided is a lifestyle collecting apparatus that collects information for determining a lifestyle of a user, and includes: an object information detecting unit configured to detect object information representing an object around the user; a relevance degree calculating unit configured to calculate a relevance degree of the user to the object, using the object information; an appearance information extracting unit configured to extract appearance information from the object information, and add the relevance degree to the extracted appearance information, the appearance information representing an appearance of the object; and a lifestyle database which stores the appearance information to which the relevance degree has been added, as the information for determining the lifestyle of the user.

Abstract: Provided is a viewing terminal apparatus that can present an appropriate result of statistics on viewing of a content for diversified viewing modes. The viewing terminal apparatus includes: a category determining unit that determines, as a viewer category, a relationship between viewers who are viewing a content displayed on a display; a transmitting unit that transmits, to the viewing statistics-gathering apparatus, first viewing status information indicating the content that is being viewed by the viewers and the viewer category determined by the category determining unit, the content being associated with the viewer category; and a viewing statistics presenting unit that obtains viewing statistics information from the viewing statistics-gathering apparatus, and presents a result of statistics that is (i) indicated by the obtained viewing statistics information and (ii) a result of statistics on viewing of a content only by viewers who belong to a predetermined viewer category.

Abstract: A presentation control device casually presents information to the user based on how the user is watching a content item. In presenting the information to the user, the presentation control device: presents a sensory stimulus element having a first stimulation degree; changes a stimulation degree of the sensory stimulus element from the first stimulation degree, based on the magnitude of the reaction determined by the user reaction analyzing unit, and presents the sensory stimulus element; and, in the case where the magnitude of the reaction to the sensory stimulus element is smaller than a predetermined threshold, causes a sensory stimulus control unit to decrease the stimulation degree of the sensory stimulus element or stop presenting the sensory stimulus element. The reaction is observed within a predetermined time period which begins when the sensory stimulus element having the first stimulation degree is presented.

Abstract: A user interface device (1) includes a display unit (2) which displays a first work space assigned to a user and a second work space different from the first workspace; a detection unit (3) which detects a position of the user; a calculation unit (4) which calculates an appropriate distance between the user and the second work space according to a type of an application program controlled by the user through the first work space; and a notification unit (5) which notifies the user that a distance between the position of the user detected by the detection unit (3) and the second work space is shorter than the appropriate distance calculated by the calculation unit (4).

Abstract: A user interface device (1) includes: a detection unit (3) which detects a position of a user; a display unit (2) which displays a work space; and a control unit (4) which controls display of an independent object which belongs to no user. The control unit (4) moves the independent object in a mode which varies between when the independent object is in a face-to-face space of the display unit (2) which is face to face with the position of the user and when the independent object is outside the face-to-face space. The control unit (4) also stops the moving independent object in a workspace assigned to the user when the user obtains the independent object.

Abstract: Provided is a lifestyle collecting apparatus that collects information for determining a lifestyle of a user, and includes: an object information detecting unit configured to detect object information representing an object around the user; a relevance degree calculating unit configured to calculate a relevance degree of the user to the object, using the object information; an appearance information extracting unit configured to extract appearance information from the object information, and add the relevance degree to the extracted appearance information, the appearance information representing an appearance of the object; and a lifestyle database which stores the appearance information to which the relevance degree has been added, as the information for determining the lifestyle of the user.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information displaying apparatus which efficiently arouses an interest of the audience member to content to be displayed.

Abstract: An interest degree estimating device, which estimates a degree of interest of a user in a video displayed on a screen, includes: an eye gaze detecting unit for detecting an eye gaze direction of the user; a saliency information obtaining unit for obtaining saliency information on a saliency area having salient attractiveness in the video; and a user response analyzing unit for calculating a correlation between the saliency area specified from the obtained saliency information and the detected eye gaze direction, and estimate the degree of interest of the user in the video, the degree of interest being higher as the calculated correlation is higher.

Abstract: A behavior control apparatus collects information of a mobile object in relation to an action space of the mobile object, and acquires a position and an orientation of a human. The behavior control apparatus sets an exclusive area for the human based on the position and the orientation, and judges whether any information is to be notified to the human by the mobile object. If judging negatively, the behavior control apparatus determines a target position, a target orientation and a travel route of the mobile object such that the mobile object moves out of the exclusive area.

Abstract: Provided is a user interface device (10) that estimates a user's degree of interest, for performing an input process on the basis of the user's degree of interest in a plurality of objects displayed on a screen (26). The device includes a gaze direction detection unit (11) that detects a gaze direction of the user; a gaze duration calculation unit (12) that calculates gaze duration during which the gaze direction has remained on each of the plurality of objects; an eye-attracting force calculation unit (13) that calculates eye-attracting force of each of the plurality of objects; and a degree of interest estimation unit (14) that estimates the user's degree of interest in each of the plurality of objects, such that the longer the gaze duration is the higher the degree of interest becomes, and that the smaller the eye-attracting force is the higher the degree of interest becomes.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information displaying apparatus which is capable of presenting notification information to the user without giving the user an odd impression.

Abstract: Provided is a lifestyle collecting apparatus that collects information for determining a lifestyle of a user, and includes: an object information detecting unit configured to detect object information representing an object around the user; a relevance degree calculating unit configured to calculate a relevance degree of the user to the object, using the object information; an appearance information extracting unit configured to extract appearance information from the object information, and add the relevance degree to the extracted appearance information, the appearance information representing an appearance of the object; and a lifestyle database which stores the appearance information to which the relevance degree has been added, as the information for determining the lifestyle of the user.

Abstract: Provided is a viewing terminal apparatus that can present an appropriate result of statistics on viewing of a content for diversified viewing modes. The viewing terminal apparatus includes: a category determining unit that determines, as a viewer category, a relationship between viewers who are viewing a content displayed on a display; a transmitting unit that transmits, to the viewing statistics-gathering apparatus, first viewing status information indicating the content that is being viewed by the viewers and the viewer category determined by the category determining unit, the content being associated with the viewer category; and a viewing statistics presenting unit that obtains viewing statistics information from the viewing statistics-gathering apparatus, and presents a result of statistics that is (i) indicated by the obtained viewing statistics information and (ii) a result of statistics on viewing of a content only by viewers who belong to a predetermined viewer category.

Abstract: The object at which a user is gazing Is accurately determined from among objects displayed on a screen.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information displaying apparatus which efficiently arouses an interest of the audience member to content to be displayed.

Abstract: A user interface device (1) includes a display unit (2) which displays a first work space assigned to a user and a second work space different from the first workspace; a detection unit (3) which detects a position of the user; a calculation unit (4) which calculates an appropriate distance between the user and the second work space according to a type of an application program controlled by the user through the first work space; and a notification unit (5) which notifies the user that a distance between the position of the user detected by the detection unit (3) and the second work space is shorter than the appropriate distance calculated by the calculation unit (4).

Abstract: A user interface device (1) includes: a detection unit (3) which detects a position of a user; a display unit (2) which displays a work space; and a control unit (4) which controls display of an independent object which belongs to no user. The control unit (4) moves the independent object in a mode which varies between when the independent object is in a face-to-face space of the display unit (2) which is face to face with the position of the user and when the independent object is outside the face-to-face space. The control unit (4) also stops the moving independent object in a workspace assigned to the user when the user obtains the independent object.

Abstract: A behavior control apparatus collects information of a mobile object in relation to an action space of the mobile object, and acquire a position and an orientation of a human. The behavior control apparatus sets an exclusive area for the human based on the position and the orientation, and judges whether any information is to be notified to the human by the mobile object. If judging negatively, the behavior control apparatus determines a target position, a target orientation and a travel route of the mobile object such that the mobile object moves out of the exclusive area.