Abstract: An example system includes a server and multiple information processing apparatuses. The server includes a competition request acceptance unit accepting a competition request from the information processing apparatus, and an opponent decision unit deciding an opponent of a user concerning the request accepted by the competition request acceptance unit. The information processing system includes a history storage unit storing competition history information for a user in a tournament, an exchange processing unit performing processing of exchanging at least a part of the competition history information between competing users, based on the decision made by the opponent decision unit, and a competition processing unit performing processing concerning a competition between the users. The opponent decision unit decides an opponent based on at least a part of competition history information stored in the history storage unit.

Abstract: A fuel injection control device which is provided with an input terminal to which a first pulse signal for driving a liquid fuel injection valve is input and an output terminal from which the first pulse signal is output, and converts the first pulse signal which is input from the input terminal to a second pulse signal for driving a gaseous fuel injection valve, includes: a P-channel field-effect transistor interposed in a wiring which connects the input terminal and the output terminal; a switching control section which performs switching control between an ON state and an OFF state of the field-effect transistor; and a gate drive circuit which maintains the field-effect transistor in the ON state in a case where power supply to the switching control section is not performed.

Abstract: A resonator element includes a vibrating portion that vibrates in a thickness shear vibration and includes a first main surface and a second main surface which are in a front and back relationship to each other, a first excitation electrode that is provided on the first main surface, and a second excitation electrode that is provided on the second main surface, and an energy trapping coefficient M satisfies a relationship of 33.6?M?65.1.

Abstract: An electronic device that requires setup of plural setting items upon initial startup operations includes a storage unit that stores designated setting information and setting status information indicating whether the setting items have been set up, which designated setting information and setting status information are stored and updated each time the setup of one of the setting items is completed; and a startup processing unit that refers to the storage unit upon performing startup operations to determine whether at least one of the setting items has been set up and starts setup operations for the setting items that have not yet been set up.

Abstract: An example system includes a server and multiple information processing apparatuses. The server includes a competition request acceptance unit accepting a competition request from the information processing apparatus, and an opponent decision unit deciding an opponent of a user concerning the request accepted by the competition request acceptance unit. The information processing system includes a history storage unit storing competition history information for a user in a tournament, an exchange processing unit performing processing of exchanging at least a part of the competition history information between competing users, based on the decision made by the opponent decision unit, and a competition processing unit performing processing concerning a competition between the users. The opponent decision unit decides an opponent based on at least a part of competition history information stored in the history storage unit.

Abstract: An information processing system includes: an input information acquiring unit that acquires input information including user information that includes user identification information for identifying a user, and medical data that indicates a state of health of the user; a registering unit that registers the user identified by the user identification information included in the input information as a target for providing a free first service; a first storage unit that stores therein the user information and the medical data in association with each other; a service providing unit that provides a second service utilizing the user information and the medical data to a business operator selling commodities concerning health or providing services concerning health; and a consideration acquiring unit that acquires a consideration for the second service from the business operator.

Abstract: A fuel injection control device which is provided with an input terminal to which a first pulse signal for driving a liquid fuel injection valve is input and an output terminal from which the first pulse signal is output, and converts the first pulse signal which is input from the input terminal to a second pulse signal for driving a gaseous fuel injection valve, includes: a P-channel field-effect transistor interposed in a wiring which connects the input terminal and the output terminal; a switching control section which performs switching control between an ON state and an OFF state of the field-effect transistor; and a gate drive circuit which maintains the field-effect transistor in the ON state in a case where power supply to the switching control section is not performed.

Abstract: An electronic device that requires setup of plural setting items upon initial startup operations includes a storage unit that stores designated setting information and setting status information indicating whether the setting items have been set up, which designated setting information and setting status information are stored and updated each time the setup of one of the setting items is completed; and a startup processing unit that refers to the storage unit upon performing startup operations to determine whether at least one of the setting items has been set up and starts setup operations for the setting items that have not yet been set up.

Abstract: A resonator element includes a vibrating portion that vibrates in a thickness shear vibration and includes a first main surface and a second main surface which are in a front and back relationship to each other, a first excitation electrode that is provided on the first main surface, and a second excitation electrode that is provided on the second main surface, and an energy trapping coefficient M satisfies a relationship of 33.6?M?65.1.

Abstract: An example game device automatically receives character data from another game device positioned nearby through wireless communication, and generates an other-player character based on the character data. Further, a game is executed with the other-player character which is automatically controlled and a player character. Acquisition information is generated which enables the other game device to acquire points according to a result of the game. After the acquisition information is generated, the wireless communication is automatically conducted with the other game device to transmit the acquisition information to the other portable game device.

Abstract: A game system moves a player character in a virtual game space in accordance with an operation by a player. Further, the player character's moving amount per predetermined unit time is detected at each predetermined time interval. A predetermined parameter (gage amount) value is calculated at each predetermined time interval based on the moving amount detected at each predetermined time interval. Also, the game system adds the predetermined parameter value calculated at each predetermined time interval for accumulation. In response to a predetermined operation performed by the player, the game system causes the player character to perform a predetermined motion (e.g., special shot) on a condition such that a value obtained as a result of the addition reaches a predetermined value.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to an aspect of the invention includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit, a control unit, and a construction unit. A program of at least one module including a buffer module among modules of an image processing unit is stored in the first storage unit. An image processing program and a shared library can be additionally stored in the second storage unit. The image processing program is used to perform image processing and a program of a module generation unit is registered in the shared library. The control unit instructs at least one module in the image processing unit to perform image processing during construction of the image processing unit. The construction unit constructs the image processing unit.

Abstract: The icon 348 of a graphic user interface indicates the magnitude of an inputted impact by an impact pointer 348d which moves as the time elapses and receives input of the impact. Magnitude of the impact received by a GUI 34 is retained in the impact data as a product of the moving amount of the impact pointer 348d and a scale factor, of which the value can be switched together with the indication form of a gauge 348c depending on the movement of a slider 348a. Consequently, more realistic regulation of impact, e.g., half shot, can be attained when a ball is hit in a sport simulation game such as a golf game.

Abstract: A game device includes: a plurality of displays for displaying an object of an operation target for each of operators; a GUI control unit arranged in any one of the screens of the displays for controlling a GUI for each target object correlated to each of the operators; an object control unit for changing the 3D space according to the operation of the GUI; and a marking process unit for displaying the coordinate position of a predetermined object other than the target object together the target object in the screen as markings to moving on a virtual plane in the 3D space according to control of the object control unit.

Abstract: A game apparatus causes a character object to perform a first hitting motion on the necessary condition that a to-be-hit object is present in a first area 104a which is set based on a position of the character object in a virtual game space, and causes the character object to perform a second hitting motion on the necessary condition that the to-be-hit object is present in a second area 104b, 104c, or 104d. Furthermore, the game apparatus adjusts a position of at least one of at least a part of the character object and the to-be-hit object, such that when the character object is caused to perform the second hitting motion, the character object and the to-be-hit object are in a predetermined positional relationship.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes an object recognizing unit for receiving a plurality of video channels and recognizing at least one object moving in the video channels, a display unit for displaying the plurality of video channels so that at east one of the objects recognized by the object recognizing unit is selectable, and if receiving a selection of an object, to which a user pays attention, displaying the video channel including the attention object as an attention object, considering the selected object as the attention object, a frame in and/or out detecting unit for detecting frame-out of the attention object out of the tracking video, and a video searching unit for searching other video channels using the attention object as a searching key if the frame-out of the attention object is detected and allowing the display unit to display the detected video channel.

Abstract: A game device includes: a plurality of displays 11 for displaying an object of an operation target for each of operators; a GUI control unit 24 arranged in any one of the screens of the displays 11 for controlling a GUI 34 for performing display and the operation concerning each target object correlated to each of the operators; an object control unit 26a for changing the coordinate position of the object in the 3D space according to the operation of the GUI 34; and a marking process unit 21 for displaying the coordinate position of a predetermined object other than the target object together the target object in the screen as markings 302 to 306 moving on a virtual plane in the 3D space according to control of the object control unit 26a. Thus, in the game device such as a golf game in which a plurality of operators input operations to advance the game, a plurality of operators can simultaneously perform operations and the operators can feel that a plurality of operators are participating in the game.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for correcting an image of a subject, includes: a first illuminated image acquisition unit for acquiring the first reference member image that is an image a reference member having a plurality of normal directions taken under the first illumination condition; the second illuminated image acquisition unit for acquiring the second reference member image and a subject image that are an image of the reference member and an image of the subject, respectively, taken under the second illumination condition; a shape acquisition unit for acquiring three-dimensional shapes of the reference member and the subject; a normal direction determination unit for determining a normal direction of each region of the first reference member image, the second reference member image and the subject image based on the three-dimensional shapes of the reference member and the subject; a difference calculation unit for calculating a color difference in each region between the first and second reference memb

Abstract: [Problems to be Solved] In a game where a user's operation is input to an object such as a player or a ball in a golf game or the like by using a controller with a built-in acceleration sensor to proceed the game, it is possible to input such a value at timing as the user intends without losing a realistic operation. [Means for Solving the Problems] A game device, where an operation signal to operate a character displayed on a screen is input to proceed a game, is provided with a controller 1c that has an acceleration sensor to detect acceleration in a predetermined direction, a GUI control unit 24 that controls a graphic user interface 344 for the display and operation of the game, and an object control unit 252 that makes the coordinate position of a ball change in accordance with input data calculated on the basis of the operation signal input from the controller 1c.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus capable of eliminating noise from a digital image with edges maintained intact. The apparatus includes: an input means for accepting a digital image; a noise amount determination unit for determining the amount of noise in the digital image, and setting noise elimination power; a noise suppression unit for eliminating the noise from the digital image based on the noise elimination power; and an output means for outputting the noise suppressed digital image. The noise amount determination unit includes: a chrominance component separation unit for separating chrominance components from the digital image; a frequency transformation unit for transforming each of the separated chrominance components into the frequency domain; and a noise elimination power setting unit for calculating the amount of noise in each chrominance component transformed into the frequency domain, and setting the noise elimination power according the calculated amounts of noise.