Abstract: A sound pickup device according to this embodiment includes a microphone part placed at a sound pickup position in close proximity to an ear hole without blocking an ear canal, and positioned so as to face outside of the ear canal, and a wire having flexibility and extending to the sound pickup position. Further, in this embodiment, at least part of the wire is formed along an auricle.

Abstract: A sound pickup device according to this embodiment includes a microphone part placed at a sound pickup position in close proximity to an ear hole without blocking an ear canal, and positioned so as to face outside of the ear canal, and a wire having flexibility and extending to the sound pickup position. Further, in this embodiment, at least part of the wire is formed along an auricle.

Abstract: A container includes: a sensor configured to output a signal regarding a situation around the container; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to execute a recognition process that includes recognizing the situation around the container in accordance with the signal from the sensor, execute a determination process that includes determining, in accordance with a result of the recognition, a group attribute to which one or more persons around the container belong, execute a registration process that includes registering the group attribute to the memory associatively with the container.

Abstract: A container includes: a touch screen configured to display a first area and a second area, the first area including an image regarding a commodity advertisement, the second area including an operation unit configured to receive a manipulation by a user; and a transmission circuitry configured to transmit a purchase request when the operation unit displayed on the touch screen receives the manipulation, the purchase request including a first identification for the container and a second identification for a commodity displayed on the first area of the touch screen.

Abstract: A display control method includes: accepting registration of a target image that is to be displayed on a display unit in a container and that is associated with location information, by a processor; sending, when acquiring the location information on a container or the display unit in the container and identification information on the container or the display unit in the container, the image registered in accordance with the location information to a destination that is associated with the identification information, by the processor; and displaying the image on the display unit in the container, by the processor.