Abstract: A multimedia data reproducing apparatus includes: a multimedia data acquiring unit configured to acquire multimedia data, the multimedia data including sound data; a receiving unit configured to receive an external operating signal; a sound data processing unit configured to generate insertion audio data by using the sound data based on the external operating signal; and a multimedia data output unit configured to mix the multimedia data based on information included in the multimedia data and to insert the insertion audio data into the multimedia data for an output.

Abstract: A multimedia data reproducing apparatus includes: a multimedia data acquiring unit configured to acquire multimedia data, the multimedia data including sound data; a receiving unit configured to receive an external operating signal; a sound data processing unit configured to generate insertion audio data by using the sound data based on the external operating signal; and a multimedia data output unit configured to mix the multimedia data based on information included in the multimedia data and to insert the insertion audio data into the multimedia data for an output.

Abstract: A content reproducing apparatus includes: a disc drive device that reproduces content recorded on a recording medium; a network controller that controls data transmission between an external server specified by the content reproduced by the disc drive device; a content protection encoder/decoder unit that: (1) encodes a request to be sent to the external server via a proxy server that decodes the request; and (2) decodes a response from the external server being transmitted in response to the request decoded by the proxy server, the response being encoded by the proxy server; and a controller that controls the network controller and the content protection decode/encoder unit.

Abstract: A mobile information apparatus has a communication unit configured to collect usage states of a plurality of devices on a network, an estimation unit configured to estimate a position of a user on the basis of the usage states of the plurality of devices collected by the communication unit, and a moving unit configured to move a housing of the mobile information apparatus in accordance with the position of the user estimated by the estimation unit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video reproducing apparatus generates bookmark data and stores it in a hard disk drive or the like. The bookmark data has first restoration information for restoring the reproduction status when video contents were reproduced using moving image/sound data contained in video content data for reproducing the video contents, and second restoration information for restoring the reproduction status when content-related data reproduced in relation to the video contents was reproduced.

Abstract: The invention provides a reproducing apparatus with which a user can confirm a selection situation about video output terminals before or in connection between an external video-displaying portion and the reproducing apparatus, and can suitably perform the connection between them. Before a reproducing apparatus (1) is connected to a TV apparatus (30) or (31), to which of video terminals a terminal through which a video signal is to be outputted corresponds is visually displayed on a displaying portion (100) provided in a front panel (10) of the front of a main body, whereby even in case of the reproducing apparatus including a plurality of video output terminals, a user can readily and reliably connect a video cable.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, the contents of a DVD video disc can be reproduced by use of reproduction control information realized by a Markup language. It is possible to hold a resource whose life period has elapsed in a cache memory and use the resource again. Therefore, a data access manager, a file cache which temporarily stores a plurality of resources and a navigation manager (including a filecache manager) which processes management information used to manage a plurality of files held in the file cache and controls the data access manager are provided. The filecache manager registers a loaded resource into a first list if the resource lies within the life period and registers the resource into a second list and manages the same if the life period of the resource has expired.

Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting information associated with a removable storage medium are disclosed. A multimedia presentation, such as a movie, is stored on the removable storage medium. A provider key is used to identify a particular content provider, such as a film studio, with the removable storage medium. Other media content associated with the same content provider is activated at least partially in response to a determination that the removable storage medium of the content provider has been inserted into an information storage medium, such as a computer or a DVD player.

Abstract: A data area of an information storage medium according to an embodiment of the invention has a video data recording area including an area for recording expanded video objects in addition to a management area, and an advanced content recording area including information different from the recording content of this area. The advanced content recording area has a playback sequence information recording area that stores playback sequence information which can arbitrarily define a playback sequence upon playing back a video picture of the expanded video objects using a markup language.

Abstract: A mobile information apparatus has a communication unit configured to collect usage states of a plurality of devices on a network, an estimation unit configured to estimate a position of a user on the basis of the usage states of the plurality of devices collected by the communication unit, and a moving unit configured to move a housing of the mobile information apparatus in accordance with the position of the user estimated by the estimation unit.

Abstract: A robot is autonomously moved locally by a move mechanism. In the robot, a check work memory stores a plurality of check works and check place to execute each check work in case of a user's departure to a remote location. A check work plan unit selects check works to be executed from the check work memory and generates an execution order of selected check works. A control unit controls the move mechanism to move the robot to a check place to execute a selected check work according to the execution order. A work result record unit records an execution result of each of the selected check works. A presentation unit presents the execution result to the user.

Abstract: A robot apparatus executes a monitoring operation. The robot apparatus includes an operation mode switching unit that switches an operation of the robot apparatus between a first operation mode and a second operation mode, and a control unit that controls the operation of the robot apparatus, causes the robot apparatus to execute a first monitoring operation in the first operation mode, which is corresponded to a dynamic environment where a user is at home, and causes the robot apparatus to execute a second monitoring operation in the second operation mode, which is corresponded to a static environment where the user is not at home.

Abstract: A robot apparatus includes a memory unit that stores schedule information indicative of a user identifier for designating one of a plurality of users, an action that is to be done by the user designated by the user identifier, and a start condition for the action, a determination unit that determines whether a condition designated by the start condition is established, and a support process execution unit that executes, when the condition designated by the start condition is established, a support process, based on the schedule information, for supporting the user's action corresponding to the established start condition with respect to the user designated by the user identifier corresponding to the established start condition.

Abstract: A surveillance system including a stationary unit and a surveillance robot, the stationary unit includes a first camera unit, and the surveillance robot includes a second camera unit; determination unit for determining an imaging range of the first camera unit; and unit for moving the surveillance robot such that the second camera unit images a range in a to-be-monitored range, which excludes the imaging range of the first camera unit.