Abstract: A graphic display control device comprising: a data acquisition unit that acquires an utterance content of a speaker as text data; a search information extraction unit that extracts search information to be used for searching, from the text data acquired by the data acquisition unit; a graphic selection unit that selects, from a database, a graphic corresponding to the search information extracted by the search information extraction unit; and an output function unit that performs processing for presenting the graphic selected by the graphic selection unit, on a graphic recording result.

Abstract: A layout method to be executed by a computer includes generating multiple pieces of second text data using a change in a topic in first text data generated by speech recognition for a speech of a dialogue as a separator, acquiring multiple trajectories drawn in accordance with the dialogue, dividing the trajectories into multiple groups on the basis of drawn positions of the respective trajectories, associating, for each of the groups, the second text data related to drawn content indicated by a group with the group and integrating groups associated with common second text data into one group, and outputting, in response to a layout change instruction by a user, each group subjected to the associating, in a layout in accordance with the layout change instruction.

Abstract: A computer executes a character information acquisition procedure of acquiring, for each utterance in a dialogue, character information indicating content of the utterance and information indicating timing at which the utterance is made, a picture area information acquisition procedure of acquiring information indicating an area of a picture drawn during the dialogue and information indicating timing at which the picture is drawn, and an association procedure of specifying the character information to be associated with the area, based on the timing at which the picture is drawn and the timing at which the utterance is made, thereby reducing a burden of assigning character information to drawing content.

Abstract: An embroidery system includes a coloring device to color a thread. The embroidery system includes an embroidery device to perform embroidery of an embroidery design and underlay stitching. The embroidery device uses the thread colored by the coloring device for at least one of the embroidery of the embroidery design or the underlay stitching. The embroidery system includes circuitry to: create data of the embroidery design and the underlay stitching according to embroidery image data; create color data for coloring the thread to be used for coloring the at least one of the embroidery of the embroidery design or the underlay stitching; acquire roughness data representing roughness impression of the embroidery image data; and change an embroidery density of the embroidery design according to the roughness data.

Abstract: A speech transmission compensation apparatus that assists discrimination of speech heard by a user, includes: one or more computers each including a memory and a processor configured to: accept input of a speech signal, detect a specific type of sound in the speech signal, analyze an acoustic characteristic of the specific type of sound in the speech signal and output the acoustic characteristic; accept input of the acoustic characteristic being output by the memory and the processor, generate a vibration signal of a duration corresponding to the acoustic characteristic and output the vibration signal; and accept input of the vibration signal being output by the memory and the processor and provide the user with vibration for the duration on the basis of the vibration signal.

Abstract: A speech transmission compensation apparatus that assists discrimination of speech heard by a user, includes: one or more computers each including a memory and a processor configured to: accept input of a speech signal, detect a specific type of sound in the speech signal, analyze an acoustic characteristic of the specific type of sound in the speech signal and output the acoustic characteristic; accept input of the acoustic characteristic being output by the memory and the processor, generate a vibration signal of a duration corresponding to the acoustic characteristic and output the vibration signal; and accept input of the vibration signal being output by the memory and the processor and provide the user with vibration for the duration on the basis of the vibration signal.

Abstract: A relation visualizing apparatus to an embodiment includes a memory; and a processor configured to: receive, as an input, dialog content data representing a content on which two or more persons have had a dialog with respect to predetermined two or more topic items and generate a graph, composed of nodes and edges, by using the topic items as the nodes and utterer IDs identifying persons having given utterance to two topic items different from each other as the edges, the edges connecting nodes corresponding to the two topic items; and display the generated graph.

Abstract: To identify and track a plurality of objects. An object tracking device 1 includes a frame acquisition unit 31 for acquiring one set of frame data 11 included in moving image data that captures a space where a plurality of objects are present; a distance acquisition unit 32 for acquiring measurement data 12 from measurement of three-dimensional coordinates of points configuring the objects in the space where the objects are present; an object position detection unit 33 for detecting a two-dimensional position of each of the objects from the frame data 11 on the basis of comparison with template data of each of the objects; an object distance detection unit 34 for detecting a plurality of three-dimensional positions of the objects from the measurement data 12; and an associating unit 35 for associating each two-dimensional position from the object position detection unit 33 with the nearest three-dimensional position among the three-dimensional positions from the object distance detection unit 34.

Abstract: An utterance imaging device reduces a cognitive load on utterance details by including an extraction unit configured to extract some character strings from character strings recognized as sounds from an utterance, an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image based on the some character strings, and an output unit configured to output the image to a position corresponding to a speaker related to the utterance.

Abstract: There is provided an object tracking apparatus that realizes robust object detection and tracking even for movement fluctuation and observation noise, an object tracking method and a computer program. An object cracking apparatus 1 is an apparatus tracking an object in video, the object tracking apparatus 1 including: a deep learning discriminator 2 which is a discriminator by deep learning; and a particle filter function unit 3 tracking an object by applying a multi-channel feature value of video including feature values by the deep learning discriminator 2 to likelihood evaluation by a particle filter, according to a distance between position information about the multi-channel feature value and position information about each particle.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a recording medium by discharging liquid droplets onto the medium; and a media heater to heat the medium by contacting a rear surface of the medium opposite a surface of the medium on which the image is formed, in which the media heater includes a contact member with a contact surface having a predetermined curvature that the medium contacts, the contact member is a roller member, and the medium closely contacts the contact surface of the contact member across an entire width of the medium in a direction perpendicular to the media conveyance direction.

Abstract: To identify and track a plurality of objects. An object tracking device 1 includes a frame acquisition unit 31 for acquiring one set of frame data 11 included in moving image data that captures a space where a plurality of objects are present; a distance acquisition unit 32 for acquiring measurement data 12 from measurement of three-dimensional coordinates of points configuring the objects in the space where the objects are present; an object position detection unit 33 for detecting a two-dimensional position of each of the objects from the frame data 11 on the basis of comparison with template data of each of the objects; an object distance detection unit 34 for detecting a plurality of three-dimensional positions of the objects from the measurement data 12; and an associating unit 35 for associating each two-dimensional position from the object position detection unit 33 with the nearest three-dimensional position among the three-dimensional positions from the object distance detection unit 34.

Abstract: There is provided an object tracking apparatus that realizes robust object detection and tracking even for movement fluctuation and observation noise, an object tracking method and a computer program. An object cracking apparatus 1 is an apparatus tracking an object in video, the object tracking apparatus 1 including: a deep learning discriminator 2 which is a discriminator by deep learning; and a particle filter function unit 3 tracking an object by applying a multi-channel feature value of video including feature values by the deep learning discriminator 2 to likelihood evaluation by a particle filter, according to a distance between position information about the multi-channel feature value and position information about each particle.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a recording medium by discharging liquid droplets onto the medium; and a media heater to heat the medium by contacting a rear surface of the medium opposite a surface of the medium on which the image is formed, in which the media heater includes a contact member with a contact surface having a predetermined curvature that the medium contacts, the contact member is a roller member, and the medium closely contacts the contact surface of the contact member across an entire width of the medium in a direction perpendicular to the media conveyance direction.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a recording medium by discharging liquid droplets onto the medium; and a media heater to heat the medium by contacting a rear surface of the medium opposite a surface of the medium on which the image is formed, in which the media heater includes a contact member with a contact surface having a predetermined curvature that the medium contacts, the contact member is a roller member, and the medium closely contacts the contact surface of the contact member across an entire width of the medium in a direction perpendicular to the media conveyance direction.

Abstract: A color adjustment determination method is provided that includes forming a color adjustment image on a recording medium by moving a plurality of heads including a plurality of nozzles relative to the recording medium in a relative moving direction and ejecting liquid from the plurality of heads that are arranged in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the relative moving direction, acquiring colorimetric values of a plurality of portions of the color adjustment image formed by the plurality of heads that are arranged at different positions in the orthogonal direction, calculating a color difference between at least two portions of the plurality of portions of the color adjustment image based on the colorimetric values of the plurality of portions, and determining whether at least one of the plurality of heads that have ejected the liquid requires adjustment based on the calculated color difference.

Abstract: A color adjustment determination method is provided that includes forming a color adjustment image on a recording medium by moving a plurality of heads including a plurality of nozzles relative to the recording medium in a relative moving direction and ejecting liquid from the plurality of heads that are arranged in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the relative moving direction, acquiring colorimetric values of a plurality of portions of the color adjustment image formed by the plurality of heads that are arranged at different positions in the orthogonal direction, calculating a color difference between at least two portions of the plurality of portions of the color adjustment image based on the colorimetric values of the plurality of portions, and determining whether at least one of the plurality of heads that have ejected the liquid requires adjustment based on the calculated color difference.

Abstract: A color adjustment determination method is provided that includes forming a color adjustment image on a recording medium by moving a plurality of heads including a plurality of nozzles relative to the recording medium in a relative moving direction and ejecting liquid from the plurality of heads that are arranged in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the relative moving direction, acquiring colorimetric values of a plurality of portions of the color adjustment image formed by the plurality of heads that are arranged at different positions in the orthogonal direction, calculating a color difference between at least two portions of the plurality of portions of the color adjustment image based on the colorimetric values of the plurality of portions, and determining whether at least one of the plurality of heads that have ejected the liquid requires adjustment based on the calculated color difference.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a recording medium by discharging liquid droplets onto the medium; and a media heater to heat the medium by contacting a rear surface of the medium opposite a surface of the medium on which the image is formed, in which the media heater includes a contact member with a contact surface having a predetermined curvature that the medium contacts, the contact member is a roller member, and the medium closely contacts the contact surface of the contact member across an entire width of the medium in a direction perpendicular to the media conveyance direction.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a recording medium by discharging liquid droplets onto the medium; and a media heater to heat the medium by contacting a rear surface of the medium opposite a surface of the medium on which the image is formed, in which the media heater includes a contact member with a contact surface having a predetermined curvature that the medium contacts, the contact member is a roller member, and the medium closely contacts the contact surface of the contact member across an entire width of the medium in a direction perpendicular to the media conveyance direction.