Abstract: A file list generation device creates, at high speed, a list of added, changed, or deleted file data by acquiring the directory URLs of search target files from a first storage, counting the number of directories in each layer through analysis of the directory URLs, and, based on the result of the counting, determines a dividing policy to divide a scan target directory scanning operation, which is to be performed with a distributed server cluster. Directories of the search target files are divided in accordance with the determined dividing policy, and a snapshot of a current directory tree is acquired.

Abstract: A file server performs duplicate elimination on files, and creates a virtual file system that does not include a duplicate file and is used for creating a search index. A search server acquires search target files from the virtual file system in the file server, and creates the search index.

Abstract: A technique is provided in which, in a foreign language document in which a space character is provided for separation of words forming a document, it is possible to reliably detect each word separation and reliably reinsert a space character in the separation. It is decided whether adjacent characters are included in the same word (i.e., presence or absence of space) using: decision by an English writing rule, decision by information as to whether there is a space character in source document data; decision by the identification of character string objects including adjacent characters; and decision by a gap between the character string objects including the adjacent characters. It should be noted that it is preferable to make a decision by these processing in order of this description.

Abstract: A function of browsing web content using a DLNA-compliant player device is provided. A DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) content conversion device converts a structure of navigation tags represented by HTML (Hyper TextMarkup Language) data into a folder structure on a DLNA server having the same hierarchical structure as the hierarchical structure of the navigation tags.

Abstract: An embodiment of this invention is an image processing device, including: a sectioning unit for sectioning an image into a plurality of sections to be processed; and a classification unit for classifying the plurality of sections to be processed into at least a clarification-processing-adapted area for embedding a latent image into the image, and an obfuscation-processing-adapted area for embedding a digital watermark into the image based on a characteristic of the image.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a system that automatically shows multiple fertilization design patterns suitable for the soil and crop, in linkage with map data and in accordance with fertilization design conditions each including a different fertilizer pattern and priority condition so as to allow the user to compare the multiple fertilization patterns on the same screen. The system includes units configured to receive designation of an agricultural field on the map, then to receive a fertilization design condition including a fertilizer pattern and a priority condition, to design fertilization patterns for the agricultural field, and to display the designed fertilization patterns on the same screen.

Abstract: An incident angle when illumination light from a position detecting device enters a reflecting surface may be large in some cases. In such cases, the retro-reflection rate of a reflecting surface having a prism structure decreases, leading to a cause of erroneous detection. In order to solve this problem, provided is a reflecting plate including a reflecting surface that retro-reflects illumination light emitted from an optical position detecting device towards the position detecting device that includes a light source, the reflecting plate further including: a surface structure in which a concavo-convex pattern having the same triangle shape in cross-section in a width direction of the reflecting plate continuously appears in a longitudinal direction thereof; and a retro-reflecting layer in which reflecting beads are evenly placed on at least one oblique surface of the concavo-convex pattern.

Abstract: A digital watermark embedding system generates a watermarked image by providing one or more specific regions in an image, each specific region including two or more base regions symmetric with respect to the centroid, and by embedding a watermark in the image while avoiding the specific region. Further, a digital watermark detecting system detects a watermark in a region other than the specific region, by detecting the shape of the specific region in which no watermark is embedded, calculating the centroid position of the specific region as a centroid, and correcting geometric transformation of the image based on the location in the image that corresponds to one or more calculated centroids.

Abstract: A data collection server includes a load monitoring unit configured to monitor a load on the computer system, and a management unit configured to, based on a result of the monitoring, determine a content of a transfer process of data executed at one of servers and transmit the determined content of the transfer process of data to the one of the servers. The management unit determines a type of the transfer process applied to the one of the servers, generates a process subject data list indicating a list of data to which the transfer process is applied out of the data transferred to the data collection server based on the determined type of the transfer process, and determines the content of the transfer process applied to the one of the servers based on the determined type of the transfer process and the generated process subject data list.

Abstract: Leakage of information stored in a mobile communication device via a network is prevented. To this end, a mobile communication device that together with an authentication server forms part of a network system is equipped with: a functional unit configured to detect a change in information on the physical location of the device itself and/or information on the location of the device itself on a network; a functional unit configured to, upon detection of the change, transmit to the authentication server the information on the location of the device itself and/or the information on the location of the device itself on the network; and a functional unit configured to receive from the authentication server a communication control policy corresponding to the information on the location of the device itself and/or the information on the location of the device itself on the network, and apply the communication control policy to the device itself.

Abstract: There is provided a technique for automatically acquiring metadata with respect to various organizations which significantly reduces the man-hours required to prepare models for metadata extraction. With a pair comprising a document and metadata appearing therein as input, using a layout feature, and proximate text string and partial text string features with respect to metadata and a text string that is not metadata, the use of the layout feature, the proximate text string and the partial text string with respect to the automatic acquisition of metadata is automatically configured (see FIG. 1).

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to ensure security of the file sharing function provided by cloud storages without significantly decreasing the convenience of cloud storages. The encryption key management program according to the present invention encrypts, using authentication information of a user, a group shared key shared in a user group and stores it as an encrypted group shared key. The encryption key management program, upon receiving a request from a user, sends the encrypted group shared key corresponding to the requesting user.

Abstract: A secure search processing system includes an information processing apparatus that calculates an exclusive OR of second information obtained by applying a keyword for search to a one-way function and a second random number obtained with a random number generator, calculates an exclusive OR of a search value that is the calculation result and registration values in a database, and calculates an exclusive OR of a value obtained by applying to the homomorphic function a calculation result of an exclusive OR of a value of a search value and registration values and a value obtained by applying a second random number to a homomorphic function, searches for an output value of the one-way function with which registration values in the database are associated using as a key a value obtained by applying a calculation result to the one-way function, and outputs a search result to an output interface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a firmware update process capable of realizing both recovery from an interruption of update and saving of a capacity of nonvolatile memory used for backup and storing difference data. Thus, intermediate data is included for always holding a status of firmware in rewriting in addition to the new and old firmware. In a case of updating all blocks configuring the firmware in an arbitrary order, the process successively compares blocks of the intermediate data and new firmware with each other; calculates an address of data for recovery from an interruption of update and a backup capacity required therefor; extracts difference data to be distributed, calculates a capacity thereof and creates an update procedure; and derives a processing order whose total of the backup capacity and the difference data capacity is the minimum (see FIG. 2).

Abstract: A device is provided that predicts in advance a farm that will be liquidated due to farm retirement or finds a renter of the farm. CPU 50 acquires determination timing. This determination timing may be acquired from one stored in advance or may be acquired externally. CPU 50 calculates age of each farmer at the acquired determination timing based on age information that is included in basic information. CPU 50 determines whether or not the age of the each farmer at the determination timing is a specified age or higher. CPU 50 predicts whether or not the each block will be a liquidated farm based on a determination result of the age determination means, information on presence or absence of a successor, and information on presence or absence of intention to expand about the farmer of the each block. CPU 50 outputs the block that is predicted as the liquidated farm and the block that is not predicted as the liquidated farm by the liquidated farm prediction in a distinguishable manner from each other.

Abstract: The present invention provides a highly-safe information processing system that is capable of effectively using nucleotide sequence information differences between individual organisms to offer semantic information useful for each individual organism while properly preventing leakage and illegal use of nucleotide sequence information. Further, the present invention includes steps a and b. Step a is performed to acquire either encrypted nucleotide sequence-related information or cryptographic key that corresponds to positional information indicating a position within a nucleotide sequence.

Abstract: A server system generates one thread with respect to a request for a process, and at the time, a thread local storage that is a dedicated area in which data used for the thread is stored is secured on a main storage device. Log tracking information that can uniquely identify output of a log from the start of output of the log to the end of output of the same is held in the thread local storage during a process of a session ID, a user ID, and a sequence number. When the log is output, the log tracking information is added to the log data to be output to an auxiliary storage device.