Abstract: An activity information obtainer (11) obtains activity information indicating an activity of a user detected by an activity detector (21), and stores it in an activity information memory (12). A parameter selector (13) selects a parameter value within a predetermined range for each of multiple activity parameters indicating barometers of activities of the user from the activity information stored in the activity information memory (12), and selects a specific activity parameter based on the distribution of the selected parameter values and a predetermined selection condition. A position calculator (14) calculates a position of a target user relative to other users with respect to the specific activity parameter selected by the parameter selector (13). A presentation information generator (15) generates presentation information indicating the position of the target user, and transmits it to an outputter (22). The outputter (22) outputs the presentation information.

Abstract: A behavior information acquirer (11) acquires behavior information representing the behavior of a user detected by a behavior detector (21), and stores the behavior information in a behavior information memory (12). How the influence of the behavior of the user indicated by the behavior information acquired by the behavior information acquirer (11) will spread over a network of mutual information is calculated from mutual information, user information, and a behavior list respectively stored in a mutual information memory (13), a user information memory (14), and a behavior information memory (12). A presentation information generator (16) generates presentation information depicting the way in which the influence of the behavior of the user indicated by the behavior information acquired by the behavior information acquirer (11) propagates to other users, and transmits the presentation information to a terminal device (2B).

Abstract: An information-processing device (201), comprises: an opinion information acquisition part (1) configured to acquire primary opinion information indicating each user's content of opinion with respect to one or more evaluation subjects; an opinion information selection part (2) configured to select one or more pieces of primary opinion information, as input-prompting information for the purpose of prompting a subject user to input content of opinion with respect to a presented evaluation subject which is a evaluation subject presented to subject user from among a plurality of pieces of primary opinion information acquired by opinion information acquisition part (1); and an opinion information presentation part (3) configured to present, to subject user, one or more pieces of primary opinion information selected by opinion information selection part (2).

Abstract: An information-processing device (201), comprises: a user information acquisition part (3) configured to acquire user information indicating at least one of an attribute of a subject user, said subject user's content of opinion with respect to one or more evaluation subjects, and said subject user's operation history; a group determination part (4) configured to determine a group to which said subject user belongs from among a plurality of groups based on user information acquired by said user information acquisition part (3); and an input-prompting part (5) configured to present, to said subject user based on said group to which said subject user belongs, prompting information for inducing said subject user to input a new evaluation subject or content of opinion with respect to a presented evaluation subject which is an evaluation subject presented to said subject user.

Abstract: In order to allow the broader selection of modules that configure a vehicle, this information processing system, which is for checking a vehicle configured by combining a plurality of vehicle modules, is characterized by being provided with: a first judgment means that judges whether or not each vehicle module has been certified; a second judgment means that judges whether or not the combination of the plurality of vehicle modules can be certified; and a determination means that determines the conditions necessary for the combination of the plurality of vehicle modules to receive certification.

Abstract: It is an object to provide an information providing support device which is capable of encouraging a person having an intention or an obligation to provide information to provide safe and good quality information.

Abstract: An information obtaining unit (11) obtains transmission-intended information input by an information sender, a candidate propagation NW obtaining unit (12) searches and obtains a candidate propagation network corresponding to the kind of the transmission-intended information among propagation networks each including information on a sender user, a recipient user, a kind of information transmitted from the sender user to the recipient user, and a number, a probability, a time or a combination thereof of transmission of the information of the kind from the sender user to the recipient user. A recommended propagation NW specifying unit (13) obtains, among the candidate propagation networks, the candidate propagation network having the highest expected value of the total number of the users to whom information will be propagated within a predetermined time as a recommended propagation network. A display generator unit (14) presents the recommended propagation network to the information sender.

Abstract: A communication information registering unit (11) acquires communication information that contains a sender, a receiver, and a sending time of information communicated between users that are communicating, and stores the communication information in a storage unit (12). A response time calculation unit (13) finds response time of the users from the communication information. A threshold value setting unit (14) finds a threshold value for determining the statuses of the users from distribution of frequencies of the response time. A current status determination unit (15) determines the status of a counterpart user from the response time by using the threshold value. A notification unit (16) notifies a user of the current status of its counterpart user.

Abstract: An information provision system capable of providing attribute information to a contextually appropriate portion as well as a linguistic unit including a specific character string expression is provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is an information providing system comprising a receiving unit that receives an information request from a requester, a data storage unit that stores data, a detection processing unit that analyzes the content of the information request and extracts provision candidate data corresponding to the information request from the data storage unit, a responder output device to which the content of the information request and the provision candidate data are output, a responder input device that receives instruction information on whether or not the provision candidate data is to be provided, a response control unit that determines whether or not there is providable data based on the received instruction information and the provision candidate data, and an answer generating unit that generates answer data using the decision result by the response control unit.

Abstract: A language processing device includes first analysis unit 21 that subjects a natural language sentence containing a polysemic word and other words to a predetermined analysis and outputs a plurality of analysis results for the natural language sentence according to a plurality of meanings of the polysemic word, second analysis unit 23 that performs a particular analysis on the analysis results outputted from first analysis unit 21, and employs one of the analysis results, and generation unit 244 that generates a deletion rule for deleting one or more unnecessary analysis results of the first analysis unit 21 which has been deleted from the analysis results outputted from first analysis unit 21 but employed by second analysis unit 23, according to the analysis results outputted from the first analysis unit 21 and the employment result of second analysis unit 23.

Abstract: An action presentation system (101) comprises an information DB (2) associating and storing request information presenting a request, state information presenting the state of a means for fulfilling at least part of the request, and action information presenting model actions for fulfilling at least part of the request. The action presentation system (101) additionally comprises a candidate creation part (12) creating multiple candidate actions a user (A) can execute in the state presented by the state information associated with the request information presenting the request of the user (A) based on model actions presented by the action information associated with the request information, and a cost calculation part (13) calculating the total cost of each of the candidate actions including mental cost presenting the magnitude of mental strain the first user will experience from execution of the created candidate action.

Abstract: An activity data presenting apparatus includes an activity information obtaining unit that obtains activity data representing a human activity, a personality data obtaining unit that obtains personality data representing the personality of a person to whom information is presented, a presenting data selecting unit that selects, on the basis of the person to whom the information is presented and of the personality data of that person, data to be presented among the activity data, a display method selecting unit that selects a display method of displaying the data to be presented corresponding to each piece of the personality data, an activity data processing unit that processes the activity data in accordance with the display method selected by the display method selecting unit, an activity data display unit that displays the activity data processed by the activity data processing unit, and a display unit.

Abstract: It is an object to provide an information providing support device which is capable of encouraging a person having an intention or an obligation to provide information to provide safe and good quality information.

Abstract: When part or all of first character data is converted into another expression to generate second character data, there are prepared an acceptance rule indicative of correspondence between a language phenomenon, a principal word of the language phenomenon, and a scope of the language phenomenon, and a conversion method as correspondence between a language phenomenon and another expression into which an expression of the language phenomenon is converted. The acceptance rule stored in the storage device is applied for a word W included in the first character data, and an acceptance part of one of the word W, a phrase, a clause, and a sentence including the word W is extracted. A converted expression of the acceptance part is generated in accordance with the conversion method stored in the storage device that corresponds to a language phenomenon of the extracted acceptance part. The second character data are generated based on the converted expression and the first character data.

Abstract: An audio content generation system is a system for generating audio contents including a voice synthesis unit 102 which generates synthesized voice from text; and is provided with an audio content generation unit 103 which is connected to a multimedia database 101 in which contents mainly composed of audio article data V1 to V3 or text article data T1 and T2 are registered respectively, generates synthesized voice SYT1 and SYT2 for the text article data T1 and T2 registered in the multimedia database 101 by using the voice synthesis unit 102, and generates audio contents in which the synthesized voice SYT1 and SYT2 and the audio article data V1 to V3 are organized in accordance with a predetermined order.

Abstract: An information provision system capable of providing attribute information to a contextually appropriate portion as well as a linguistic unit including a specific character string expression is provided.

Abstract: A natural-language processing system (10) includes a registration-candidate storage section (32) that stores therein registration-candidate dictionary data, a judgment means (22) that compares input data against the registration-candidate dictionary data to thereby judge whether or not the input data includes a word corresponding to the registration-candidate dictionary data, an inquiry means (23) that inquires to a user whether or not corresponding dictionary data is to be registered in a dictionary storage section (31) to accept a user's instruction if it is judged that a corresponding word exists, a dictionary registration means (24) that registers the corresponding dictionary data in the dictionary storage section based on the input instruction, and a natural language processing means (25) that executes a natural-language processing onto the input data by using the dictionary data registered in the dictionary storage section.

Abstract: Disclosed is an information providing system comprising a receiving unit that receives an information request from a requester, a data storage unit that stores data, a detection processing unit that analyzes the content of the information request and extracts provision candidate data corresponding to the information request from the data storage unit, a responder output device to which the content of the information request and the provision candidate data are output, a responder input device that receives instruction information on whether or not the provision candidate data is to be provided, a response control unit that determines whether or not there is providable data based on the received instruction information and the provision candidate data, and an answer generating unit that generates answer data using the decision result by the response control unit.

Abstract: The need for a user to select by themselves a word or word string about which the user wants to obtain information from among words or word strings presented by a system can be eliminated. An information selecting system includes word string extracting unit for extracting words or word strings from input data, a statistical data obtaining unit for obtaining statistical data concerning the words or word strings extracted by the word string extracting unit from a group of electronic documents related to the user, and selecting unit for selecting a word or word string inferred to be less understood by the user on the basis of statistical data obtained by the statistical data obtaining unit.