Abstract: In a communication method, a processor activates an application program; acquires identification information of an external wireless device from the external wireless device; reads, from a memory, function restriction information indicative of presence/absence of restriction of a function of the application program associated with the acquired identification information; and sets an executable function of the application program in accordance with the read function restriction information.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a display; a light sensor located on an opposite side of a display surface of the display, and detects intensity of ambient light; and a control unit, in a first state in which luminous intensity of the display is not less than a first threshold, in the case where the intensity of ambient light detected by the light sensor is less than predetermined intensity of light, outputs, to the display, a signal to reduce the luminous intensity of the display to a second state that is not more than a second threshold that is less than the first threshold, and in the second state, outputs a signal to detect the intensity of ambient light to the light sensor.

Abstract: To provide an electronic device, which is carried by a user and is provided with a voice input unit, provided with a detection unit detecting a proximity state of the electronic device and the user and a control unit controlling the detection sensitivity of a voice input unit according to a detection result by the detection unit. Preferably, the detection unit detects a wearing state of the electronic device by the user and, when a non-wearing state where is detected by the detection unit, the control unit increases the detection sensitivity of the voice input unit to be higher than the detection sensitivity of the voice input unit in the wearing state.

Abstract: A singing practice device includes a memory having stored thereon a musical piece data of a musical piece that includes an accompaniment and a vocal part to be sung by a user and at least one processor, wherein when a first segment of the vocal part to be sung by the user during a first time interval arrives while the accompaniment is being played back, the at least one processor determines whether an utterance is input by the user through an audio input device during the first time interval and causes the accompaniment to continue being played back until a point in time immediately before the next time interval only when the utterance was input by the user during the first time interval.

Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes a display, a memory, and at least one processor. The memory is configured to store a plurality of song data items. Each of the plurality of song data items includes a plurality of event data items and the plurality of song data items does not include size information of each of the plurality of event data items.

Abstract: There is provided a projector including a plurality of laser diodes and a rectangular display device on to which light emitted from the plurality of laser diodes is shone, wherein the display device is disposed so that a direction of a major axis of an elliptic section of light emitted from each of the plurality of laser diodes becomes substantially parallel to a direction of longer sides of the display device.

Abstract: The analog electronic timepiece includes rotatable plural hands, a current position acquisition unit, a processor and a counting unit. The current position acquisition unit acquires a current position and stores local time settings therein. The local time settings include time zones and daylight saving time implementation information in each area. The processor rotates the plural hands, reads and acquires a local time setting corresponding to the acquired current position from the current position acquisition unit, and selects and sets a time zone. The counting unit counts the local time, based on a later action which the processor performs either the acquired local time setting or the set time zone. The processor controls at least one of the plural hands to display a local time determination result as to whether the counted local time is based on the acquired local time setting in correspondence to the current position.

Abstract: A module including a hand driving mechanism section which drives a hand shaft to which hands are attached so as to move the hands, and a display section which is arranged in parallel with the hand driving mechanism section and displays information.

Abstract: A positioning control apparatus is provided, which includes: an acquisition unit that acquires predictive ephemeris data from outside of the positioning control apparatus; a setup unit that sets up, based on a predetermined condition different from an expiration date that has been set up in the predictive ephemeris data, a switching condition as to whether the predictive ephemeris data acquired by way of the acquisition unit should be used for positioning calculation to calculate location information that indicates a current location of the positioning control apparatus; and a control unit that switches, based on the switching condition that has been set up by way of the setup unit, whether the predictive ephemeris data should be used for the positioning calculation.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a device capable of wireless communication includes a communicator configured to transmit and receive communication packets to and from other device, a memory configured to store one or more kinds of setting information, and a processor configured to determine whether or not at least one of the one or more kinds of setting information has been changed after the last communication with the other device, generate discrimination information indicating whether or not each of the one or more kinds of setting information has been changed, and control communication with the other device based on the discrimination information.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a movement amount acquiring device which acquires a movement amount of the printing apparatus with respect to a printing medium, a printer which performs printing on the printing medium, and a processor. The processor adjusts a length of a print image to be printed on the printing medium to a value not exceeding a length of a print area set on the printing medium along a first direction, on the basis of the movement amount acquired by the movement amount acquiring device when the printing apparatus is moved relative to the print area along the first direction, and performs control such that the print image with its length adjusted is printed on the printing medium when the printing apparatus is moved relative to the print area along a second direction different from the first direction.

Abstract: A task managing device facilitates and assists in execution of tasks relating to an accounting process. The device refers to management information in which task items to be completed are defined. The task items are displayed on a display screen in association with checkboxes which are selectable by a user to input completion of the respective task items. If a checkbox is selected to input completion of the associated task item, the device determines, based on the management information, whether an accounting process task needs to be performed for the completed task item. If the accounting process task needs to be performed, the device switches the display screen to an accounting process screen, and enters past data associated with a predetermined data input item in a past accounting process task in data input regions corresponding to the accounting process task.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided an electronic musical instrument that allows a player to learn a certain range covering a key of correct pitch and to feel as if he or she were playing the music. The instrument includes a controller to perform a pitches determination process of, based upon first timing and first pitch included in music data, determining pitches within a fixed range from the first pitch, which is allowed to be designated in accordance with the first timing, a display process of displaying an identifier to identify the pitches determined, and an automatic playing process of advancing automatic playing of the music data by producing sound corresponding to the first pitch from a sound producing unit when one of the pitches identified by the identifier displayed by the display process is designated.

Abstract: A slip processing device includes: an imaging unit that images an object; a barcode scanner that reads a barcode; and a processor configured to perform the following: causing the barcode scanner to scan a barcode on a slip to obtain an identification information on the slip; determining whether the obtaining of the identification information has succeeded; when the obtaining of the identification information has succeeded, causing the imaging unit to image the slip to obtain a slip image; and causing the identification information that has been obtained and the slip image that has been obtained to be stored in association with each other in a storage unit.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a processor and a storage storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, control the processor to perform acquiring a command list, determining a position and/or a locus in a coordinate system set based on all of one or more commands of the acquired command list, determining first determination information indicating whether the determined position in the coordinate system matches with a specific position in the coordinate system and/or second determination information indicating whether the determined locus in the coordinate system intersects with a specific region in the coordinate system, determining whether the command list is correct, and outputting at least any of the determined first determination information, the determined second determination information, and correct/incorrect determination information indicating the determination result of whether the command list is correct.

Abstract: An electronic terminal capable of using a function of payment includes a wearing detector, a communicator, and a processor. The wearing detector detects whether the electronic terminal is worn by a user. The communicator communicates with a wireless communication apparatus via near field communication. The processor changes, based on information that is obtained by the wearing detector and the communicator, whether to enable or disable use of the function of payment.

Abstract: A printing device 1 includes a platen roller 7 which feeds a thermal tape 42, a thermal head 8 which performs printing on the thermal tape 42, a half cutter 10 which performs a half cut on the thermal tape 42, and a control circuit 12. After the half cut is performed, the control circuit 12 controls the platen roller 7 to feed in a backward direction opposite to a direction of ejecting the thermal tape 42 into an outlet until a printing start area of the thermal tape 42 reaches a head position of the thermal head 8. The thermal head 8 performs printing on the thermal tape 42 after the printing start area reaches the head position by the feeding of the thermal tape 42 in the backward direction.

Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a wireless communicator that wirelessly communicates with other wireless communication device, and a processor. The processor controls the wireless communicator to broadcast first transmission information on which data with a first maximum size is deliverable, and controls, upon the wireless communicator receiving a request in response to the first transmission information from the other wireless communication device that received the first transmission information, the wireless communicator to transmit second transmission information on which data with a second maximum size is deliverable to the other wireless communication device. The second maximum size is larger than the first maximum size.

Abstract: A light source device includes a light emitting element emitting light of a first wavelength band, a fluorescent wheel and a mirror. The fluorescent wheel includes a fluorescent area converting the light of the first wavelength band into fluorescent light and a reflection area reflecting the light of the first wavelength band. The minor reflects a component in a first polarization direction of the light of the first wavelength band and transmits a component in a second polarization direction orthogonal to the first polarization direction. The reflection area includes a reflecting surface and a polarization conversion layer including an optical axis and converts either the first or second polarization direction to another polarization direction. The optical axis of the polarization conversion layer is inclined by 45 degrees to a polarization direction of the light of the first wavelength band at an irradiation position thereof in the fluorescent wheel.

Abstract: An input apparatus performs character recognition on trajectory data that is input by handwriting, determines whether or not an order of recognized characters complies with a rule on mathematical representations, and if it is determined that the recognized characters, except for a first character at any position in a sequence of the characters, comply with the rule, replaces the first character with a second character that complies with the rule.