Abstract: A storage system includes a storage device, and a processor configured to store first data in the storage device, receive second data, specify a first data size in accordance with a second data size of the second data, divide the first data into a plurality of first blocks each having the specified first data size, divide the second data into a plurality of second blocks each having the specified first data size, and store, in the storage device, data included in a block of the plurality of second blocks, while data included in another block of the plurality of second blocks is not stored in the storage device, wherein the data of the block is not identical to data of any of the plurality of first blocks, and the data of the another block is identical to data of any of the plurality of first blocks.

Abstract: A storage system includes a storage device, and a processor configured to store first data in the storage device, receive second data, specify a first data size in accordance with a second data size of the second data, divide the first data into a plurality of first blocks each having the specified first data size, divide the second data into a plurality of second blocks each having the specified first data size, and store, in the storage device, data included in a block of the plurality of second blocks, while data included in another block of the plurality of second blocks is not stored in the storage device, wherein the data of the block is not identical to data of any of the plurality of first blocks, and the data of the another block is identical to data of any of the plurality of first blocks.

Abstract: A storage control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive a read request from a backup device including a memory unit. The processor is configured to transmit, upon receiving a write request from a host device after the read request is received, first data to the backup device as a response to the read request. The write request requests to write the first data. The processor is configured to transmit a writing completion response to the host device upon receiving a writing completion notification from the backup device. The writing completion response notifies of completion of writing the first data. The writing completion notification notifies of completion of writing the first data in the memory unit.

Abstract: An information processing method executed by a processor included in an information processing apparatus coupled to a sensor, the method includes acquiring information on a living body from the sensor; estimating, by using estimation models, indices other than one unknown index among three indices including an index being related to a feature of a change with time of a biological response signal value derived from a meal after completion of the meal, an index regarding energy consumed by the living body in a time period, and an index regarding a change in an amount of energy stored in the living body in the time period, based on the acquired information; estimating the one unknown index based on a relation satisfied by the three indices and a result of the estimating indices; and generating at least one of model parameters of the estimation models based on the estimated three indices.

Abstract: A pulse-wave detection device acquires an image. Furthermore, the pulse-wave detection device executes face detection on the image. Furthermore, the pulse-wave detection device sets the identical region of interest in the frame, of which the image is acquired, and the previous frame to the frame in accordance with a result of the face detection. Moreover, the pulse-wave detection device detects a pulse wave signal based on a difference in brightness obtained between the frame and the previous frame.

Abstract: A storage control device includes a memory and a processor coupled with the memory. The processor is configured to: perform a deduplication process for avoiding duplication of first unit data among unit data of a deduplication volume in a storage device on basis of map information for the deduplication volume upon receiving a write request for writing write data to a write destination in the first unit data. Each unit data of the deduplication volume is allocated with a logical area. The map information includes an entry corresponding to each unit data of the deduplication volume. The entry indicates a physical area allocated to the logical area of each unit data. The processor is configured to: create, upon receiving a request for creating a snapshot of the deduplication volume, the snapshot by copying the map information into a snapshot area.

Abstract: A pulse wave detection device acquires an image. The pulse wave detection device extracts a living body region included in the image. The pulse wave detection device generates a signal from time series data of a pixel value included in a partial image of the image corresponding to the living body region. The pulse wave detection device calculates a variation index for evaluating a degree of disturbance of a pulse wave included in the signal. The pulse wave detection device controls whether to output the signal by using the variation index.

Abstract: A storage control apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to store partial progress information in a memory. The partial progress information is a part of progress information units of a predetermined size. The progress information units are obtained by dividing whole progress information stored in a storage device different from the memory. The whole progress information indicates progress of copy processing of copying data stored in a copy source region to a copy destination region. The processor is configured to perform the copy processing on basis of the partial progress information stored in the memory.

Abstract: A storage control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive a read request from a backup device including a memory unit. The processor is configured to transmit, upon receiving a write request from a host device after the read request is received, first data to the backup device as a response to the read request. The write request requests to write the first data. The processor is configured to transmit a writing completion response to the host device upon receiving a writing completion notification from the backup device. The writing completion response notifies of completion of writing the first data. The writing completion notification notifies of completion of writing the first data in the memory unit.

Abstract: A storage device copies copy source data stored in a copy source volume to a copy destination volume and manages copied data in units of generations. The storage device includes a first storing unit, a second storing unit, and a processor. The first storing unit stores information representing presence/no-presence of a copy in association with a logical address of the copy destination volume in units of generations. The second storing unit stores a physical address of the copy destination volume in units of generations. The processor determines, when receiving an access request for a copy destination volume, presence/non-presence of a copy of a logical address for which the access request is made by using information in the first storing unit, and to access a physical address of the copy destination volume acquired from the second storing unit for a generation designated by a result of the determination.

Abstract: A handheld terminal includes an electrocardiographic-signal dividing module that divides a biosignal into waveforms of a fixed interval, an R-R interval calculating module that calculates a plurality of R-R intervals indicative of an interval between adjacent R-waves and calculates an average value of the calculated R-R intervals for each of the waveforms of the fixed interval divided, and a candidate-waveform selecting module that selects a plurality of waveforms of a fixed interval corresponding to average values indicating near a maximum value of frequency of average values using the average value of the R-R intervals calculated for each of the waveforms of the fixed interval calculated, and thus highly accurate representative waveform data can be generated.

Abstract: A storage device copies copy source data stored in a copy source volume to a copy destination volume and manages copied data in units of generations. The storage device includes a first storing unit, a second storing unit, and a processor. The first storing unit stores information representing presence/no-presence of a copy in association with a logical address of the copy destination volume in units of generations. The second storing unit stores a physical address of the copy destination volume in units of generations. The processor determines, when receiving an access request for a copy destination volume, presence/non-presence of a copy of a logical address for which the access request is made by using information in the first storing unit, and to access a physical address of the copy destination volume acquired from the second storing unit for a generation designated by a result of the determination.

Abstract: A storage apparatus includes a processor to control the apparatus according to a process including creating, in each of the management areas in response to the restore execution instruction from the host, update information that indicating whether the data in each of the management areas is updated from restore generation to be restored to the latest generation, on the basis of the backup information in each generation, extracting the data before update stored in the backup volume of the oldest generation as the data of the restore generation on the basis of the update information for the oldest generation in each of the management areas, and updating the current data stored in the same management areas as the management areas in which the data before update was stored, by the data before update extracted by the extracting process.

Abstract: A storage system to copy data from a copying origin to a copying destination. The storage system includes a storing area creating unit. The storing area creating unit causes a storing unit in a storage to create a status information storing area to have status information stored therein, based on grouping, the grouping being executed on data that is divided into plural pieces, the grouping being executed when the divided data is stored in the storage. The status information of each group is stored in the status information storing area that is created by the storing unit.

Abstract: A storage control device that copies copy source data stored in a copy source volume to a copy destination volume, the storage control device include a copy source data-comparison section configured to compare data transmitted from a host computer to data written into an area specified in the copy source volume storing the transmitted data and a copy function-execution section configured to avoid writing the transmitted data into the copy source volume based on a determination that the data transmitted from the host computer and the data written into the area of the copy destination volume storing the transmitted data that are compared to each other through the copy source data-comparison section agree with each other.

Abstract: A storage apparatus includes a processor to control the apparatus according to a process including creating, in each of the management areas in response to the restore execution instruction from the host, update information that indicating whether the data in each of the management areas is updated from restore generation to be restored to the latest generation, on the basis of the backup information in each generation, extracting the data before update stored in the backup volume of the oldest generation as the data of the restore generation on the basis of the update information for the oldest generation in each of the management areas, and updating the current data stored in the same management areas as the management areas in which the data before update was stored, by the data before update extracted by the extracting process.

Abstract: A player has an insect net to which a RF tag is attached and brings the RF tag close to a RF reader/writer mounted on a main game machine. A game controlling device records information about virtual insects that were spuriously gotten by the player through a RF reader/writer. To finish the game, the player brings the RF tag of the insect net close to a RF reader/writer of a result generating device. The result generating device reads player's information and the information about the virtual insects gotten by the player and output the result to a display or a printer.

Abstract: A system for automating a process of organizing programming in which more popular Internet content is associated with an advertisement with a higher advertisement rate in a dynamic way. Such programming will enable viewers to listen to and watch contents and advertisements in a non-selective manner as in the case of telecasting. The system includes means for registering each content to be delivered to the user; means for registering each advertisement to be delivered to the user; means for organizing the programming in which the registered contents and advertisements are associated with one another according to the number of accesses to the content and the amount of payment for the advertisement; means for sending out programming information about the organized programming; and a player for reproducing the programming according to the programming information, so that the contents and the advertisements both forming the programming are offered to the user.

Abstract: A robot profile control system permits a force control robot to perform a profiling operation on a surface of a work object having curved surfaces of unknown contours. The robot profile control system resets a profile coordinate system for the profile operation on the basis of force acting between the end of the robot and the work object. The force is detected by a force detecting section of the robot profile control system.

Abstract: A robot profile control system permits a force control robot to perform a profiling operation on a surface of a work object having curved surfaces of unknown contours. The robot profile control system resets a profile coordinate system for the profile operation on the basis of force acting between the end of the robot and the work object. The force is detected by a force detecting section of the robot profile control system.