Abstract: There is provided a communication control apparatus including a parameter acquisition unit that acquires parameters to calculate coverage of secondary systems from a secondary usage node operating the secondary systems on a frequency channel allocated to a primary system, a calculation unit that calculates the coverage of the secondary systems using the parameters acquired by the parameter acquisition unit, and an interference control unit that notifies a detection node that detects neighboring secondary systems of the secondary systems, of coverage information representing the coverage of the secondary systems calculated by the calculation unit.

Abstract: There is provided a display controller for reading frame data from a frame buffer, and generating a screen output image to be displayed on a display, wherein the display controller is provided with a path for extracting the screen output image as a screen image for transfer to be transferred to another apparatus, and writing the screen image for transfer to a dedicated memory provided separately from the frame buffer.

Abstract: A memory control device includes a control unit that performs data write/read control on a nonvolatile memory having at least a first area and a second area. In a case where writing sets of data into the first area, the control unit temporarily writes the sets of data into the second area. In a case where copying the respective sets of data written into the second area into the first area, the control unit sets a flag indicating whether the copying of the sets of data into the first area has been completed.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide an image processing method, an image processing apparatus, and an electronic device. The image processing method includes: generating an image of an object by shooting the object with an image generation element; acquiring information of a shooter when the object is shot; and merging the information of the shooter into the image of the object to generate an image having the information of the shooter and information of the object. Through the embodiments of the present application, not only the information of the shooter and the object can be acquired, but also repetitive operations such as the user authentication can be reduced, thereby achieving better user experience.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a data processing apparatus and a data processing method that are able to provide an LDPC code with a good error rate. An LDPC encoder performs coding by an LDPC code having a code length of 16200 bits and a code rate of 12/15. The LDPC code includes an information bit and a parity bit, and a parity check matrix H is configured with an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bit of the LDPC code and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bit. An information matrix portion of the parity check matrix H is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table representing a position of an element of 1 in the information matrix portion at an interval of 360 columns. The present technology may be applied to a case of performing an LDPC coding and an LDPC decoding.

Abstract: Provided is an image generating device for generating an image of an object including a plurality of elements connected to one another. The image generating device includes: a calculating section for iteratively calculating a motion of each element of the plurality of elements based on a physical constraint condition of the each element with respect to another connected element; a parent-child information acquiring section for acquiring parent-child information corresponding to a connection between the each element and the another element based on information indicating an element having a predetermined relationship with another object; a correcting section for correcting a position of a child element with respect to a parent element based on the parent-child information and the motion of the each element; and an image generating section for generating information on the image of the object based on the corrected position of the each element.

Abstract: A memory comprising a memory array unit including a plurality of data units, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive data; convert the data into converted data using a conversion rule for converting a data piece into another data piece, wherein the conversion rule is selected based on the data received and independent of current data written in a data unit; and write the converted data and a conversion rule identifier corresponding to the conversion rule into the data unit.

Abstract: A plurality of bit streams are seamlessly spliced. Separate decoders decode each bit stream. A controller selects the decoded pictures according to a re-encoding range in the vicinity of a splicing point of the bit streams. Pictures presenting a reordering of the streams are excluded in the selection of the decoded pictures. An encoder re-encodes the pictures within the re-encoding range. When it is determined that crossover motion compensation exists between pictures of different streams, the controller changes the motion prediction direction of the problematic picture. The controller changes a motion prediction picture type of a picture which is improperly motion predicted with reference to another stream. A quantization characteristic or motion vectors for the new picture type are generated by the controller. The controller effects the encoding in accordance with a target amount of bits to prevent a breakdown of a buffer and a discontinuation of an amount of data occupancy thereof.

Abstract: An information processing section that outputs video images with settings based on variables respectively provided to individual display sections of a plurality of display sections is included, and a video image is output to any display section from this information processing section. A setting of the video image output to the any display section is changed, and a response of a viewer at that time is obtained by a response obtaining device. Then, in accordance with the response information of the viewer obtained by this response obtaining device, a display section in which a setting of the video image is to be changed and the setting of the video image are determined by a stimulus response estimation section, and information of the display section in which the setting of the video image is to be changed and a variable based on the setting of the video image are output to the information processing section.

Abstract: A controller includes: a low-level error correction section configured to execute low-level error correction in which an error in a code word is corrected with use of a predetermined decoding algorithm; and a high-level soft-decision error correction section configured to execute high-level soft-decision error correction in which the error in the code word is corrected with use of a high-level algorithm when the error correction by the low-level error correction section has failed, the high-level algorithm being a soft-decision decoding algorithm having higher error correction capability than error correction capability of the predetermined decoding algorithm.

Abstract: A system includes a controlled device presenting on a device display an image including a native user interface (UI) and a remote commander (RC) communicating with the controlled device to receive the image and present it on an RC display, so that a user may manipulate the RC looking at the RC display to control the controlled device using the native UI even if the user cannot see the display of the controlled device.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a pitch of walking from oscillation detection data, and a congestion determination unit configured to determine a congestion degree based on a difference between the pitch acquired by the acquisition unit and a pitch during normal walking which is calculated based on the oscillation detection data of a past.

Abstract: A fluorescence image acquisition method including: irradiating an eyeground with a short-pulse beam of light for exciting a fluorescent dye; setting the time point of emission of the light as a reference, measuring the intensities of luminescence of the fluorescent dye at two different times which are predetermined periods of time after the reference, determining the ratio between the intensities of luminescence at the two different times, and detecting the intensity of luminescence of the fluorescent dye having marked a target by using the ratio; and generating a fluorescence image of the fluorescent dye having marked the target, based on the results of detection by the detecting step.

Abstract: An optical media disk is treated with a light-sensitive material that impedes the ability of an optical media player from reading data stored on the disk. This light-sensitive material is a material that changes phase upon exposure to one or more wavelengths of light. During the initial phase, the light-sensitive material will render the disk unreadable. After activation, however, the disk becomes permanently readable by conventional optical media players. In this fashion, theft of yet-to-be-activated optical media is deterred.

Abstract: A noise reducing apparatus includes: a voice signal inputting unit inputting an input voice signal; a noise occurrence period detecting unit detecting a noise occurrence period; a noise removing unit removing a noise for the noise occurrence period; a generation source signal acquiring unit acquiring a generation source signal with a time duration corresponding to a time duration corresponding to the noise occurrence period; a pitch calculating unit calculating a pitch of an input voice signal interval; an interval signal setting unit setting interval signals divided in each unit period interval; an interpolation signal generating unit generating an interpolation signal with the time duration corresponding to the noise occurrence period and alternately arranging the interval signal in a forward time direction and the interval signal in a backward time direction; and a combining unit combining the interpolation signal and the input voice signal, from which the noise is removed.

Abstract: An action evaluation apparatus evaluates a user's action corresponding to an action desired by a system, and determines the ongoing of a story using the evaluation result. The action evaluation apparatus includes a recognizer for recognizing the user's action through a plurality of modals, and an action evaluator for evaluating the user's action based on the recognition result of the respective modals obtained by the recognizer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for capture of a spherical image is disclosed. The present invention includes at least one camera having a lens with at least a 180° field-of-view for capturing a hemispherical image. In a first embodiment, a second hemispherical image is created corresponding to a mirror image of the hemispherical image captured by the camera. In a second embodiment, two back-to-back cameras capture first and second hemispherical images, respectively. In both embodiments, a converter combines the two images along their outside edges to form a single, spherical image. Finally, the converter stores the complete spherical image for later retrieval and perspective corrected viewing.

Abstract: An acoustic image localization processing device that can localize an acoustic image of reproduced sound in an arbitrary position according to the circumstances of reproduction. To accomplish this, an acoustic image localization processing device includes a decoder that reproduces reproduction acoustic signals and angle selection signals SA from a DVD disc; angle selection specification signals that specify modification of the acoustic image position with respect to an angle selection signal; a synthesis circuit that performs processing to modify the acoustic image localization position of reproduced acoustic signals by using the angle selection signal, modified by the angle selection specification signal; and speakers that output reproduced sound, with the acoustic image localized in the modified acoustic image localization position.

Abstract: In starting a session, a block ID is assigned to the respective blocks in which session is divided into tasks in every function, and a task lookup table which is a quick reference table for the block ID and a task ID is formed. In performing a message communication, a transmitter task assigns a destination in the block ID and obtains the task ID with reference to the task lookup table. And then, the task ID of the destination is assigned and a transmission and reception of the message is performed by applying a message communication function in OS.

Abstract: An encoder/decoder system usable to decrease the probability of a failed transmission over a lossy wireless network. In one embodiment, data packets unsuccessfully sent over the wireless network may be retransmitted a particular number of times, depending on how important the data in the lost packet is. In another embodiment, when a number of transmission failures is determined to exceed a predetermined threshold, it may be signaled that multiple reference frames should be used for encoding predictions.