Abstract: Provided is a shopping cart capable of dealing with registration processing or payment processing when purchasing a lot of commodities. A shopping cart includes a cart body; an electronic device attached to the cart body and configured to perform at least one of registration processing and payment processing of commodities; an upper placing portion provided in an upper stage of the cart body and having the commodities placed thereon; a lower placing portion provided in a lower stage of the cart body and having the commodities placed thereon; and a detection device configured to detect presence of the commodities placed on the upper placing portion and the lower placing portion.

Abstract: An image capturing device includes an imaging device and circuitry. The imaging device captures an image. The circuitry defines a point of interest in the image, converts the defined point of interest in accordance with attitude information of the image capturing device, and cuts out a viewable area from the image. The viewable area includes the converted point of interest.

Abstract: Upon receiving a copy of upstream communication from a first switch, a second switch specifies an NF apparatus serving as a transmission source of the upstream communication, based on apparatus information indicating a MAC address of each apparatus and a transmission source MAC address contained in the copy of the upstream communication. The second switch refers to the apparatus information, and MAC address information indicating, for each port of the switch, a MAC address of an apparatus connected via the port, thereby specifying a port of the second switch connected to the NF apparatus, and a MAC address of the transmission source via the port. The second switch stores session information in which information on the specified port and MAC address is associated with header information set for the copy of the upstream communication. Upon receiving downstream communication, the second switch transfers the downstream communication to the NF apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a shopping cart capable of simplifying equipment of a storage area of the shopping cart. A shopping cart allowed to be nested in a front-rear direction, including: a cart body; a battery configured to supply power to an electronic device attached to the cart body and displayed commodity information read by a reading device; a power receiving portion provided on a front side of the cart body and configured to be electrically connectable to an external power supply; and a power transmitting portion provided on a rear surface side of the power receiving portion and configured to supply power to a power receiving portion of another shopping cart nested in the shopping cart. Each of the power receiving portion and the power transmitting portion is provided with a magnet configured for holding a relative position.

Abstract: Upon receiving a copy of upstream communication from a first switch, a second switch specifies an NF apparatus serving as a transmission source of the upstream communication, based on apparatus information indicating a MAC address of each apparatus and a transmission source MAC address contained in the copy of the upstream communication. The second switch refers to the apparatus information, and MAC address information indicating, for each port of the switch, a MAC address of an apparatus connected via the port, thereby specifying a port of the second switch connected to the NF apparatus, and a MAC address of the transmission source via the port. The second switch stores session information in which information on the specified port and MAC address is associated with header information set for the copy of the upstream communication. Upon receiving downstream communication, the second switch and transfers the downstream communication to the NF apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a position transducer which can be manufactured at low cost, improve the signal-to-noise ratio of an output obtained from a detector, and obtain a stable output even if the temperature changes. A position transducer 100 includes a butterfly-shaped reflector 7 attached to a rotating shaft 2 of a rotation restriction motor 1, an LED die 4 disposed to face a central portion of the reflection surface of the reflector 7, a diffused-light absorbing member disposed on the surfaces of a diffused light absorber 3 and a case 5, installed on the fixed side of the motor 1 so as to surround the reflector 7 with a distance from the reflector 7 at the rear of the reflector 7 as viewed from the LED die 4 and absorbing illumination light from the LED die 4 which has not illuminated the reflection surface, and detectors 11 mounted on the same printed circuit board 6 as the LED die 4 to detect an image reflected by the reflector 7.

Abstract: Provided is a position transducer which can be manufactured at low cost, improve the signal-to-noise ratio of an output obtained from a detector, and obtain a stable output even if the temperature changes. A position transducer 100 includes a butterfly-shaped reflector 7 attached to a rotating shaft 2 of a rotation restriction motor 1, an LED die 4 disposed to face a central portion of the reflection surface of the reflector 7, a diffused-light absorbing member disposed on the surfaces of a diffused light absorber 3 and a case 5, installed on the fixed side of the motor 1 so as to surround the reflector 7 with a distance from the reflector 7 at the rear of the reflector 7 as viewed from the LED die 4 and absorbing illumination light from the LED die 4 which has not illuminated the reflection surface, and detectors 11 mounted on the same printed circuit board 6 as the LED die 4 to detect an image reflected by the reflector 7.

Abstract: An optical network has: sections for establishing optical paths; a plurality of optical edge routers for connecting external IP networks to the optical network (1001); and a plurality of optical cross connects, for connecting the optical edge routers by the optical paths, having switching sections with respect to an optical pulse unit. In the optical network, each of the optical edge routers has both of: (1) an optical network control instance (INSp) for maintaining topology information in the optical network and switching/signaling the optical paths; and (2) an IP network instance (INSi) for maintaining a routing table in each of the external IP networks and activating routing protocols between the external IP networks and the IP network instance. By doing this, it is possible to realize a multi-layer cooperative function and provide highly safe optical networks, etc.

Abstract: A plurality of pieces of information about a link (hereinafter referred to as “link information”), which are stored in a common DB, are categorized in accordance with the VPN related to each piece of link information. VPNID, which is information for identifying each VPN, is added to each piece of link information which has been categorized. The link information for the same VPNID is extracted from the link information to which the VPNID for the common DB is added so as to be contained in the corresponding VPNDB. By doing this, it is possible to realize a path design for the customer easily by providing the network information in the VPN provider and the network information of the customer network while realizing a high scalability.

Abstract: There is provided a preference data generation device for generating preference data of a viewer pertinent to content to be displayed in a content display screen area that is one of a plurality of screen areas displayed on a display unit in an information processing system apparatus provided with the display unit, the device including a state information acquisition unit that acquires state information pertinent to the plurality of screen areas displayed on the display unit; a preference evaluation value calculation unit that calculates a preference evaluation value pertinent to the content, based on the state information acquired by the state information acquisition unit; and a preference data generation unit that generates preference data pertinent to the content, based on the preference evaluation value calculated by the preference evaluation value calculation unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus and method configured to display content in a content display screen area, which is at least one of a plurality of screen areas, displayed. The information processing apparatus includes an event detector configured to detect generation of a predetermined event concerning a content, a notifying unit configured to notify a user of the information processing apparatus of the detection of the predetermined event upon detecting the predetermined event, a work concentration state detector configured to determine whether the user is in a work concentration state, and an inhibiting unit configured to inhibit the notifying unit from notifying the user of the detection of the predetermined event upon determining the work concentration state of the user.

Abstract: VPNID which is an information for identifying each of VPN is added to each link information which is formed by categorizing a link information in a common DB for each VPN to which the link information relates. The link information for the same VPNID is extracted from the link information to which the VPNID for the common DB is added so as to be contained in the corresponding VPNDB. By doing this, it is possible to realize a path design for the customer easily by providing the network information in the VPN provider and the network information of the customer network while realizing a high scalability.

Abstract: An optical network has: sections for establishing optical paths; a plurality of optical edge routers for connecting external IP networks to the optical network (1001); and a plurality of optical cross connects, for connecting the optical edge routers by the optical paths, having switching sections with respect to an optical pulse unit. In the optical network, each of the optical edge routers has both of: (1) an optical network control instance (INSp) for maintaining topology information in the optical network and switching/signaling the optical paths; and (2) an IP network instance (INSi) for maintaining a routing table in each of the external IP networks and activating routing protocols between the external IP networks and the IP network instance. By doing this, it is possible to realize a multi-layer cooperative function and provide highly safe optical networks, etc.