Abstract: A timepiece includes one or more processors; and a display unit controlled by the one or more processors. The one or more processors perform: obtaining a clock hand image; obtaining positional information indicating a location of the timepiece; and controlling the display unit to display a map image that includes the location of the timepiece and to display the clock hand image superimposed onto the map image in such a rotated manner as to indicate a time, a center of rotation of the clock hand image being set at the location of the timepiece in the map image.

Abstract: A keyboard instrument includes a plurality of key blocks, each including key main bodies, connecting sections, and a supporting section. Each key main body has a top surface that can be pressed by a user to play the keyboard instrument. Each connecting section extends from a key main body and deforms in response to pressing at the top surface of the key main body. The supporting section supports the key main bodies as one key block through the connecting sections. The key blocks are stacked at the supporting section in an instrument case so that a plurality of connecting sections of one key block and a plurality of connecting sections of another key block overlap each other. In at least one key block, each connecting section extends from a top surface side of the corresponding key main body.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes indicators, an operation receiving unit, a timing unit and a processor. The operation receiving unit receives an operation performed by a user. The timing unit counts a date and time at present. The processor carries out operation control of the indicators and obtains a local time setting based on a time difference between a predetermined standard time and a local time at a target position. The processor makes at least apart of the indicators display the local time in accordance with the operation received by the operation receiving unit and obtains the local time setting based on a difference between the displayed local time and the date and time counted by the timing unit.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes: a main unit having a reporting unit that reports information to a user; a crown that can be pulled out from and pushed back into a main unit by the user; a sensor that detects a state of the electronic timepiece; and a processor, wherein the processor detects a state of the crown and the state detected by the sensor and switches between a plurality of modes in accordance with the state of the crown, and wherein upon detecting that the crown has been pulled out or pushed back in, the processor causes the electronic timepiece to operate in a state reporting mode in which the reporting unit reports the state detected by the sensor to the user.

Abstract: A battery holding device includes a battery holding member and a plate. The plate houses the battery holding member. The battery holding member includes a fastener and a battery holder. The fastener is fixed to the plate. The battery holder holds a battery, and is arranged at a position where the battery holder does not contact the plate.

Abstract: A print controller includes a processor and a memory. When an instruction to execute a specific calculation function is received, the processor obtains a calculation result related to the specific calculation function. When an instruction to print is received, if the instruction to execute the specific calculation function has been received a plurality of times without printing the calculation result related to the specific calculation function, which was obtained when the instruction to execute the calculation function was received one or more times before the instruction received at a last time of the plurality of times, the processor causes a printing device to print the calculation result related to the specific calculation function, which was obtained when the instruction to execute the specific calculation function was received at the last time of the plurality of times.

Abstract: In an exercise support device of the present invention, acceleration signals in three axis directions including vertical, longitudinal, and lateral directions corresponding to the motion of a user performing exercise of cyclically moving feet are obtained, and a first maximum value in one cycle of a foot movement in the vertical acceleration signal is obtained. Subsequently, a search is made for first and second change points related to foot landing and takeoff motions in a composite acceleration signal obtained by combining acceleration signals in at least two axis directions, in forward and backward directions of the time point of a second maximum value of the composite acceleration signal, within the cycle. Then, a time period between the first and second change points is obtained as a change point interval, and a foot landing period while exercising is calculated based on the first maximum value and the change point interval.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a device includes a transmitter and receiver that transmits and receives communication packets to and from other device, a memory that stores one or more reference information which present a function for data request and a function for data communication which a service comprises, one or more predetermined data relating to the functions, and one or more distinguishing information for distinguishing the predetermined data, and a processor. The processor generates a packet which includes the reference information associated with the function for data communication, the predetermined data, and the distinguishing information.

Abstract: A printing system includes a printing apparatus and a device. The printing apparatus includes a printing head, a fixture jig and a fixture platform. The printing head prints a design on a nail of a finger or toe. The fixture jig is detachable from the printing apparatus, includes a reference mark, and fixes the finger or toe. In the fixture platform, the fixture jig is set such that the reference mark and the nail of the finger or toe is in an X-Y plane. The device includes a communicator, an imaging unit and a processor. The communicator communicates with the printing apparatus. The imaging unit images the fixture jig with the finger or toe fixed thereon to obtain an image of the reference mark and the nail.

Abstract: An expansion apparatus includes: a first expander for irradiating with electromagnetic waves emitted from a lamp a thermal conversion layer for conversion of the electromagnetic waves to heat, to cause at least a portion of a thermal expansion layer to expand, the thermal conversion layer being laminated to a molding sheet including a base and the thermal expansion layer laminated to a first main surface of the base; and a second expander for causing expansion of a region (C) of the thermal expansion layer that is smaller in size than a region (B) of the thermal expansion layer expanded by the first expander.

Abstract: A Web page creation supporting apparatus includes a processor to perform the following processing operation. The processing operation includes, a first display control process which displays a plurality of templates for appeal types in a Web page; and a second display control process which displays a preview of a Web page in which posted information to be posted in the Web page is applied to the template for the appeal type selected from the plurality of templates.

Abstract: A positioning apparatus includes one or more processors; and one or more memories storing instructions that cause the processors to perform the following. Performing first receiving to receive one piece of orbit information showing a position of one positioning satellite and which attempts to receive another piece of orbit information showing a position of another positioning satellite. Performing first obtaining to obtain the another piece of orbit information (i) when receiving the another piece of orbit information is attempted but the another piece of orbit information is not received and the another piece of orbit information is received by the another positioning apparatus or (ii) when, the another piece of orbit information received by the another positioning apparatus is newer than that received in the first receiving. Performing positioning processing based on the one piece of received orbit information and the another piece of obtained orbit information.

Abstract: A switch device including a base member provided with a stem insertion hole, an operation member which is slidably inserted into the stem insertion hole of the base member and has an engaging groove provided in an outer circumference surface, a stopper member having an engaging section which is arranged in the engaging groove of the operation member and moved along with sliding of the operation member, and a separation regulation section which prevents the engaging section from being separated from the engaging groove, in which a leading end portion of the engaging section is positionally regulated toward axial center of the operation member by the separation regulation section when the operation member is pulled toward the outside of the base member.

Abstract: A keyboard musical instrument, a method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that improve operability are provided. An electronic musical instrument comprises a keyboard including plural white keys each of which is allocated with plural characters and plural black keys, and a controller. The controller executes, in a musical sound producing mode that is set, accepting a sound producing instruction of a musical sound in response to an operation of the keyboard, and, in a symbol input mode that is set, according to both a white key designated from the plural white keys and a black key designated from the plural black keys, accepting an input of a character among the plural characters allocated to the white key designated from the plural white keys.

Abstract: A portable terminal elongated in a longitudinal direction and having a key operation section provided in a substantially lower area in the longitudinal direction of the front surface, in which a finger-hooking section that is a projection portion projecting in the thickness direction of the portable terminal is provided on a rear surface on the rear side of the key operation section, and has a first projection area that extends in the longitudinal direction and a second projection area that is located adjacent to the first projection area while extending toward a lower side in the longitudinal direction and is gradually widened in the lateral direction as extending toward the lower side in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first processor, a second processor and a display. The second processor has higher processing capability than the first processor. The display performs a display operation based on a control of the first processor. The second processor is intermittently activated to generate data relating to a display image to be rendered on the display in response to a predetermined command sent from the first processor. The first processor reads the data relating to the display image generated by the second processor and renders the display image of the data on the display.

Abstract: An applicator device includes a printing head that applies a material to a target, a camera that captures an image of the target, and a processor. In the case where the applicator device moves relative to the target or the target moves relative to the applicator device and an application area of the target in the image reaches a particular position in the image, the processor performs a notification process to notify that the application area has reached the particular position.

Abstract: A voice input unit has predetermined directivity for acquiring a voice. A sound source arrival direction estimation unit operating as a first direction detection unit detects a first direction, which is an arrival direction of a signal voice of a predetermined target, from the acquired voice. Moreover, a sound source arrival direction estimation unit operating as a second direction detection unit detects a second direction, which is an arrival direction of a noise voice, from the acquired voice. A sound source separation unit, a sound volume calculation unit, and a detection unit having an S/N ratio calculation unit detect a sound source separation direction or a sound source separation position, based on the first direction and the second direction.

Abstract: A movement analysis device includes a sensor information acquisition unit and a swing identification processing unit. The sensor information acquisition unit acquires sensor information that is movement information from a sensor unit which is attached to a target person and which senses the movement of the target person. The swing identification processing unit individually identifies the time of the start of the movement and the time of the completion thereof with reference to a predetermined threshold value in a predetermined timing of the sensor information that is the movement information acquired from the sensor information acquisition unit. The swing identification processing unit identifies a movement within the range of the operation based on the time of the start of the movement and the time of the completion that are identified.

Abstract: An authentication device includes a first login module and a second login module. Upon a login request to a first account among predetermined accounts which is accompanied by an entry of authentication information from a user, the first login module compares the entered authentication information with the authentication information associated with each of the predetermined accounts and approves the login request if the entered authentication information matches the authentication information on the first account. The second login module approves login of a second account if login to the second account is requested in a login session started by approval of the login request to the first account by the first login module. The second account has a pre-established proxy to approve the login request to the first account.