Abstract: An electronic device includes: a communication unit that is capable of performing short range communication or communication through a human body of a user; a first input unit that, when the user touches a first object provided with a first communication member, inputs information on the first object via the first communication member and the communication unit; and a second input unit that, when the user touches a second object provided with a second communication member in a state where the user is holding the first object, inputs information on the second object via the second communication member and the communication unit.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: an information offering unit that offers information on joint purchase of a commodity to a plurality of candidates; and an adjuster that performs adjustment about the commodity. Alternatively, an electronic device includes: an information obtainer that obtains information on a purchase commodity or a purchase scheduled commodity of a first group; and an information offering unit that offers information on a commodity relevant to the purchase commodity or the purchase scheduled commodity of the first group to a second group, based on the information obtained by the information obtainer, the second group being different from the first group.

Abstract: To improve the usability of an electronic device, the electronic device includes: a first camera provided to a main unit, a second camera provided to the main unit at a different location form the first camera, a first orientation detection sensor configured to detect an orientation of the main unit, and a control unit configured to carry out image capturing by the first and second cameras depending on a detection result of the first orientation detection sensor.

Abstract: In order to acquire suitable information related to an apparatus, an electronic apparatus has a first acquisition unit that acquires usage status of a first apparatus that belongs to a given category, and a second acquisition unit that acquires information about a second apparatus that belongs to the given category and is different from the first apparatus on the basis of the usage status of the first apparatus acquired by the first acquisition unit.

Abstract: To acquire information related to contents of word-of-mouth information, an electronic device includes: an input unit that accepts an input of a text from a user; an information acquiring unit that acquires information of the user in relation to the input of the text when allowed to acquire the information by the user; and a transmitting unit that transmits the text and the information of the user.

Abstract: Provided is a convenient display device including: a display unit capable of projecting a projection image on a domain in accordance with a position of a user; and a judgment unit that judges whether the projection image can be projected on the domain.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a communication unit that performs communication with an external device; and a control unit that issues a command to the external device via the communication unit, on the basis of at least one of capacity of the external device, and capacity of the electronic device.

Abstract: An electronic device that is convenient to use is provided. The electronic device provided includes an operating unit that receives an operation of a user; an image capturing unit that is able to capture an image of an appearance of the user; an information providing unit that provides information to the user based on the image captured by the image capturing unit, wherein the image capturing unit captures an image of the user when the user is operating the operating unit.

Abstract: To improve the usability of an electronic device, the electronic device includes: a first communication unit located near a user; a receive unit configured to receive data through communication via a body of the user or near field communication between a second communication unit located in a member used by the user and the first communication unit; and a recording unit configured to record data pertaining to the member when communication is established between the first communication unit and the second communication unit.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a position detecting unit that detects a position; a time detecting unit that detects a time; a communicating unit that communicates with a first device provided separately from the position detecting unit and the time detecting unit; and an instructing unit that instructs, via the communicating unit, a first detecting unit provided to the first device to perform detection according to a detection result of the position detecting unit and the time detecting unit. An electronic device may include a position detecting unit that detects a position; a time detecting that detects a time; a physical amount detecting unit that detects a physical amount of an ambient environment according to a detection result position detecting unit and the time detecting unit; and a human detecting that performs detection about human according to a detection result of the physical amount detecting unit.

Abstract: When complicated functions are provided to an electronic apparatus, the number of menu items to be set and guide items to be reference by a user increases. A user can become lost when searching through the menu items to be set and guide items to be referenced from among items in a hierarchical configuration grouped in categories and displayed in the display section. The electronic apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a processing section that performs processing; a display section that performs display; and a control section that, when a change in biometric information of a user is obtained, causes the display section to display a display screen that includes at least one of a setting screen and a guide screen relating to the processing of the processing section.

Abstract: Provided is a user-friendly projection device including: an input unit that inputs an image of a subject person captured by an image capture unit; and a projection unit that projects a first image in accordance with a position of the subject person whose image is captured by the image capture unit.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus that perform an appropriate process according to a gesture of a subject person, the electronic apparatus including: a first input unit that inputs a detection result of a biosensor detecting a change in biological information of a person; a second input unit that inputs a recognition result of a recognition device recognizing an action of the person; and a processor that performs a process according to the action of the person based on input results of the first and second input units.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a storage unit that stores therein a plurality of images in which a first subject is imaged, and a plurality of images in which a second subject which is different from the first subject is imaged, and stores therein supplementary information about the first subject and the second subject including information about dates and times of imaging, and sites of imaging; and an extracting unit that extracts images whose dates and times of imaging are different from each other, and images imaged at a common site of imaging based on the supplementary information when extracting an image in which the first subject is imaged and an image in which the second subject is imaged. In the electronic device, when the first subject and the second subject are humans, the storage unit stores therein, as the supplementary information, birth dates of the first and second people.

Abstract: A conventional portable terminal has trouble associating gathered activity information with other information to create useful information to be supplied to the user. Therefore, according to one aspect of the present invention, provided is an information terminal comprising an activity identifying section that gathers activity information of a user; a first detecting section that detects change in the gathered activity information; and an information providing section that, based on frequency of an activity corresponding to the detected change, provides information relating to the activity.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device capable of controlling an appropriate voice device, the electronic device including: an acquisition device that acquires an image capturing result from at least one image capturing device capable of capturing an image containing a subject person; a control device configured to control a voice device located outside an image capturing region of the image capturing device in accordance with the image capturing result of the image capturing device.

Abstract: To appropriately guide a subject person while protecting a privacy of the subject person despite use of an captured image of the subject person, a guidance system includes: an image capturing unit capable of capturing an image containing a subject person from a first direction; a detection unit that detects a size of an image of the subject person from the image captured by the image capturing unit; and a guidance unit that provides guidance for the subject person based on a detection result of the detection unit.

Abstract: There has been a desire for proactively adding more detailed embodiments relating to the acquisition and use of biometric information. Therefore, according to a first aspect of the present invention, for example, provided is an electronic device including an input section that inputs biometric information, which is information relating to a living body of a user; and an output section that outputs a limit signal limiting contact with the user to a bidirectional communication device, based on the biometric information.

Abstract: The number of control parameters to be set has increased in electronic devices, particularly those with complex systems, and with automatic control parameter setting, even a small change in conditions can result in control result that differs greatly from what the user desires, which results in poor operability and worse output. Therefore, provided is an electronic device comprising a processing section that performs processing and a control section that changes the processing by the processing section upon receiving a change in biometric information of a user caused by the processing of the processing section.

Abstract: When complicated functions are provided to an electronic apparatus, the number of menu items to be set and guide items to be reference by a user increases. A user can become lost when searching through the menu items to be set and guide items to be referenced from among items in a hierarchical configuration grouped in categories and displayed in the display section. The electronic apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a processing section that performs processing; a display section that performs display; and a control section that, when a change in biometric information of a user is obtained, causes the display section to display a display screen that includes at least one of a setting screen and a guide screen relating to the processing of the processing section.