Abstract: The decoding method detects a change pattern Pm indicating a temporal change in color of the visible light, based on event data e output from a receiver (step S15), detects a frequency fn at which a change in a state of the visible light occurs, based on the change pattern (step S16), and decodes transmission data D corresponding to a temporal change in the color of the visible light emitted from a transmitter by combining a first numerical value D1 obtained from the change pattern Pm and a second numerical value D2 obtained from the frequency fn (steps S18 and S19).

Abstract: A button apparatus comprises a push member on which a push operation can be performed, an elastic member of a substantially hollowed shape provided on a push direction side of the push member and configured to be elastically deformed on a side thereof which faces the push member in response to the push operation performed on the push member, a detector configured to detect the push operation performed on the push member, and a moving member supported on the elastic member and configured to move in the push direction in response to the push operation performed on the push member, and a side of the elastic member which faces the detector is elastically deformed as a result of the moving member moving in response to the push operation.

Abstract: An information communication apparatus includes a communicator and a processor. In response to the communicator receiving, from a source, reception information that is information on reception of predetermined information by the source, the processor determines whether transmission information that is information on transmission of the predetermined information by the information communication apparatus matches the reception information.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device includes a plurality of operation parts arranged from a first-end side to a second-end side of a housing and each including a keytop member having an operation surface. The keytop member corresponding to a first operation part, which is one of the operation parts arranged on the first-end side, has a lower-end-to-operation-surface height greater than that of the keytop member corresponding to a second operation part, which is one of the operation parts arranged on the second-end side.

Abstract: A first cooling apparatus includes a first heat sink having multiple first fins having a U-shaped opening and an O-shaped opening which are provide therein, a first heat receiving member configured to be brought into abutment with a heat source, and a first heat pipe which extends from one end which is connected with the heat receiving member towards the other end, and the first heat pipe has a first extending portion which extends from the one end, a bent portion which is bent from the first extending portion and at least a part of which is disposed inside the U-shaped opening, and a second extending portion which extends from the bent portion and at least a part of which is disposed inside the O-shaped opening.

Abstract: A switch apparatus includes a case, a button provided on the case and can be operated by pushing from a first direction, and a shaft provided in a space within the case and configured to move together with the button along an axial direction in response to an operation on the button, wherein, within the space, at least one magnet is fixed to either the case or the shaft, and at least one magnetic body is fixed to a remaining one, and wherein the at least one magnet and the at least one magnetic body are attracted to each other by a magnetic force along the axial direction in a first state in which the button protrudes from the case in the first direction more than in a second state.

Abstract: A robot that imitates a living thing and is driven by a battery that is rechargeable. The robot includes an operator for causing the robot to perform an operation imitating a living thing, and a processor. In a case where the battery changes from a powered state in which a power supply operation for charging is in progress to a non-powered state that is a state in which the power supply operation is stopped, the processor identifies a remaining battery level of the battery at a time corresponding to a time of detecting the change, and controls the operator to cause the robot to perform the operation or to restrict the operation based on the identified remaining battery level.

Abstract: Provided is a stand for a device that is capable of storing, in a stable state, a plurality of arms that are rotatably coupled. The stand for a device includes a supporter including a first fulcrum, a first arm that is coupled to the supporter so as to be rotatable around the first fulcrum and that includes a second fulcrum on one end, and a second arm that includes a first end and a device-side second end, the first end being coupled to the first arm so as to be rotatable around the second fulcrum. In a case where the first arm and the second arm are positioned at stored positions, the second fulcrum is positioned below the first fulcrum and, also, the second arm is tilted with respect to the vertical direction toward the first arm side.

Abstract: A stand for a device includes a supporter that includes a first fulcrum; a first arm that is coupled to the supporter so as to be rotatable within a first rotational range around the first fulcrum, and that includes a second fulcrum at one end thereof; a second arm that includes a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled to the first arm so as to be rotatable within a second rotational range around the second fulcrum, and the first arm and the second arm being movable with respect to each other via the second fulcrum; a locking device that secures the first arm and the second arm to each other in a state in which the first arm and the second arm are at positions within their respective rotational ranges at which the first arm and the second arm are substantially parallel to each other.

Abstract: An electronic device that is used by being worn on a body of a user includes a vibrator, a sensor and a processor. The vibrator vibrates the electronic device. The sensor detects a physical quantity corresponding to an intensity of the vibration of the electronic device. The processor determines a wear state of the electronic device on the body of the user based on the detected physical quantity.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes a bezel that has a first region. In the first region, a metal material is discontinuously deposited on a base including a resin material.

Abstract: Disclosed is a light source device including: a light emitter; an electrode including a support that supports the light emitter and a terminal that extends from the support in an opposite direction of a light emitting direction of the light emitter; a second restrictor that restricts a movement of the electrode in a second direction perpendicular to the light emitting direction; and a third restrictor that restricts a movement of the electrode in a third direction perpendicular to both of the light emitting direction and the second direction.

Abstract: An information processing device that manages target data able to be shared and edited by a plurality of users, includes a controller that selects an editing mode according to which of a plurality of editing stages the target data is in, when the target data is edited step by step by the plurality of users, and that decides editing conditions of the target data according to the selected editing mode.

Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes at least one function operator associated with at least one process, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor executes the followings, deciding that musical performance is being performed or not in response to an operation to the at least one function operator, in response to deciding that the musical performance is being performed, executing the at least one process associated with the at least one function operator, and in response to deciding that the musical performance is not being performed, not executing the process associated with the at least one function operator, despite being operated to the at least one function operator.

Abstract: A display control device includes one or more processors. The processors: cause a display to display a plurality of candidate times of a consumer who desires a first service as a calendar format; and cause the display to display a time of providing a second service by a second supplier different from a first supplier that supplies the first service so as to correspond to the plurality of candidate times displayed in the calendar format.

Abstract: A timepiece including: a dial on which a first sign and a second sign are arranged, the first sign indicating a first display content and the second sign indicating a second display content which is different from the first display content; and a hand that moves above the dial. The hand has a through hole to allow visibility of the dial arranged below the hand, and the first sign and the second sign are arranged at a position through which the through hole passes when the hand is moved.

Abstract: A dial including: a plurality of first scales each of which is a first scale for indicating a first type of display content; and a plurality of second scales each of which is a second scale for indicating a second type of display content different from the first type. At least some of the plurality of first scales and the plurality of second scales are arranged alternately.

Abstract: A stand includes: a horizontal member; at least one leg that supports a front side of an instrument; and at least one connector that connects the at least one leg to the horizontal member. The at least one connector has two receiving surfaces that cross each other and that are connected to each other. The at least one leg is fixed in a state where the at least one leg is in contact with the two receiving surfaces.

Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes operation elements, sound producer, and processor. The processor starts progressing a musical piece, based on musical-piece data. In response to a current operation of an operation element among the operation elements being performed by a user while the musical piece is in progress, the processor determines whether the current operation is performed after a lapse of a predetermined time from an operation immediately before the current operation. In response to determining that the current operation is performed before the lapse of the predetermined time, the processor causes the sound producer to sound a chord-constituting note at a timing of the current operation in the musical piece. In response to determining that the current operation is performed after the lapse of the predetermined time, the processor causes the sound producer to sound a melody note at the timing of the current operation in the musical piece.

Abstract: A stand including a lateral-bridging member, a leg section which supports at least one side of front and back sides of a keyboard instrument, and a connection member which connects the lateral-bridging member with the leg section, in which the leg section includes a hook-shaped engaging section provided at one end portion, and the connection member includes an engaging target section corresponding to the hook-shaped engaging section.

Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes a case including an upper case and a lower case, and an internal member provided in the case and including a speaker. The lower case includes a frame-shaped support member, the support member being a separate member from the internal member and being configured to support the internal member, and a fixing member provided inside an outer periphery of the support member and being configured such that the internal member is fixable thereto in a state in which the internal member is received on the support member.

Abstract: A stand includes: legs that support a front side of a keyboard instrument; a pedal frame disposed at a back side of the keyboard instrument; and a pedal device fixed to the pedal frame. The pedal frame supports the back side of the keyboard instrument.

Abstract: A display control device includes one or more processors. The one or more processors: acquire desired time slot information indicating a time slot desired by each of a plurality of viewers among a plurality of time slots that are candidates for a time slot for content distribution; acquire an evaluation value of each of the plurality of time slots based on the desired time slot information, and generate display information corresponding to the evaluation value of each of the plurality of time slots; and output the display information corresponding to the evaluation value of each of the plurality of time slots.

Abstract: An illumination control device includes an image data acquirer, a control data acquirer, and a light source controller. The image data acquirer acquires target imaging-related data related to the target imaging in a case in which target imaging is performed in which an image of an inserter inserted into a hole part continuous with a target is captured by an imaging device together with the target. The control data acquirer acquires control data based on the acquired target imaging-related data. The light source controller controls an illumination state of a light source provided around an optical axis of the imaging device, based on the acquired control data.

Abstract: A sound output device includes a processor, the processor being configured to generate a first output signal for sound to be output from a first output device by mixing a left-channel signal and a right-channel signal based on a first ratio, generate a second output signal for sound to be output from a second output device by mixing the left-channel signal and the right-channel signal based on a second ratio, generate a third output signal for sound to be output from a third output device by mixing the left-channel signal and the right-channel signal based on a third ratio, and generate a fourth output signal for sound to be output from a fourth output device by mixing the left-channel signal and the right-channel signal based on a fourth ratio.

Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium stores a graph drawing program for causing a computer to execute acquiring a plot point of a first graph by a handwriting input, regressively calculating a plurality of graph data by a plurality of regression models, based the acquired plot point, performing first determination to determine, in regard to each of the graph data, whether at least a partial data element is included in a predetermined range of coordinates, performing second determination to determine graph data having a good regression accuracy among the plurality of graph data, selecting one of the graph data, based on a result of the first determination and a result of the second determination and drawing a second graph in place of the first graph, based on the selected graph data.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: set a grace period for image deletion in response to transferring one or more images from a first storage area to a second storage area different from the first storage area, according to a user's instruction; and give an instruction to delete, from the first storage area, an image corresponding to the transferred image, in response to a lapse of the grace period starting from the transfer.

Abstract: An information terminal includes: a processor: in response to information of a first category being acquired, stores the first category as display target information; in response to information of a category to which second notification information being acquired at a timing after the information of the first category is acquired, and if the category is the first category, stores the first category as the display target information; and in response to information of the category being acquired, and if the category is a second category different from the first category, stores the second category as the display target information.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device, a calibration method, and a program, which can suppress the power consumed by calibration of a geomagnetic sensor while maintaining high convenience. The electronic device operable in a plurality of types of usage modes including an activity mode associated with a predetermined activity, includes: a geomagnetic sensor that detects geomagnetic data; one or more processors; and one or more memories storing a program to be executed by the one or more processors. The program causes the one or more processors to perform the following: starting calibration of the geomagnetic sensor when it is determined that the electronic device is operating in the usage mode of the activity mode associated with the predetermined activity.

Abstract: An information processing device includes at least one processor. The processor acquires statistic information corresponding to a position or area obtained by an activity involving movement, acquires a feature quantity of the position or area obtained based on the statistic information, and associates description information corresponding to the feature quantity with a representative point that is a point representing the position or area.

Abstract: A push button device including a supporting member provided with a through hole, an operation member having a shaft slidably inserted into the through hole, and a head provided on an outer end of the shaft, and an elastic member which is contracted to be arranged between the head and the supporting member, and further contracted in response to a movement of the operation member.

Abstract: Time is appropriately corrected without needlessly consuming power. In step S101 and step S102, a CPU of an electronic timepiece determines whether to correct a time measured by a timekeeping circuit. Then, when a determination is made to correct the time measured by the timekeeping circuit, in step S111 and step S112, the time measured by the timekeeping circuit is corrected on the basis of time information held by a wireless device.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes an obtaining circuit, a first processor and a second processor. The obtaining circuit obtains information on current time from outside. The first processor measures time. The second processor is connected to the obtaining circuit. The first processor obtains a synchronization signal corresponding to the current time, obtains the current time, which the second processor obtains from the obtaining circuit, and based on the current time and the synchronization signal, corrects the measuring time, which the first processor is measuring.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor which performs: detecting an operation on a second operation element after a set time has elapsed from a detection of an operation on a first operation element, detecting a number of an operation element that is in ongoing operation at a timing when the operation on the second operation element is detected, and controlling whether or not to advance a syllable to be sounded from a first syllable to a second syllable, which is a next syllable, based only on the number of the operation element that is in ongoing operation.

Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing method executed by an information processing device including a memory in which a program is stored and at least one processor that executes the program, the method including specifying, by the processor, a characteristic of a voice that induces a change in a state value based on correspondence information in which the change in the state value before and after each transmission timing of multiple voices transmitted to a target person in action is associated with a characteristic of each of the multiple voices, the state value representing an action state of the target person.

Abstract: A controller of a robot executes processing of determining whether an apparatus is likely to be subjected to an impact and, when determination is made that the apparatus is likely to be subjected to an impact in a case where a movable part is in a first state in which the movable part is able to cause the apparatus to execute a physical operation, transferring the movable part from the first state to a second state for suppressing an impact exerted on the movable part.

Abstract: A case including a first case which has a retaining portion provided on an outer circumference thereof, an exterior member which has an engaging portion with which the retaining portion engaged, and covers the outer circumference of the first case, a second case which is arranged on upper parts of the first case and the exterior member, and a fastening member which attaches the second case to the first case by fastening the second case to the exterior member.

Abstract: A button device includes a substrate with a hole; a button cap arranged above the substrate in a position corresponding to the holes in the substrate; and a projecting portion protruding toward the button cap through the hole in the substrate.

Abstract: Systems and methods for an electronic timepiece are described. The electronic timepiece can include a first processor that controls a clocking operation and a second processor that has an arithmetic processing capacity higher than an arithmetic processing capacity of the first processor. The electronic timepiece can further include an information acquisition circuit that is controlled by the second processor.

Abstract: An electronic device includes one or more processors to, in a case where a communication connection by BLE is to be established: execute first operation of repeating transmission of an advertising packet and scanning for an advertising packet at a set cycle; acquire first information by a first method that enables a value different for each device to be acquired; and change the cycle of the first operation, based on the first information during execution of the first operation.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes, a substrate; an antenna provided on the substrate; a metal plate-shaped member; and a case that includes a metal sidewall facing an end face of the plate-shaped member and that stores the substrate and the plate-shaped member. The plate-shaped member is electrically connected to the side wall of the case. A gap is provided between a portion of the plate-shaped member and the side wall.

Abstract: There is provided electronic equipment including a first case, a second case provided with an internal part disposed between the first case and the second case, and a side panel provided individually in side spaces defined between the first case and the second case, wherein the side panel has a guide provided to be oriented towards the internal part and opened to penetrate in an alignment direction in which the first case, the internal part, and the second case are aligned, wherein the first case has a first boss extending in the alignment direction and configured to be inserted to pass through the guide, and wherein the first boss is fixed to the second case.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device includes a plurality of operation parts arranged from a first-end side to a second-end side of a housing and each including a keytop member having an operation surface. The keytop member corresponding to a first operation part, which is one of the operation parts arranged on the first-end side, has a lower-end-to-operation-surface height greater than that of the keytop member corresponding to a second operation part, which is one of the operation parts arranged on the second-end side.

Abstract: A display control method is performed by one or more processors and includes, based on history information on a history of a state of an object, identifying a change timing at which the state of the object changed from a certain state to a predetermined state, and causing a display to display a coordinate axis that represents passage of time and an indicator that is disposed at a position corresponding to the change timing on the coordinate axis and indicates that the state of the object changed to the predetermined state.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a processor that, in response to receiving a service use request from a user, executes notification processing that notifies a guardian of the user that the user starts to use a service when it is determined that an age of the user is within a predetermined age range.

Abstract: A display control method performed by one or more processors, the method including: displaying, on a display, a state image and information pertaining to a target in a predetermined arrangement based on state information pertaining to a state of the target, wherein the state image includes an animated video of the target and the information pertaining to the target is the information that differs from the state image and that is updated according to history of the target.

Abstract: A remote information processing system includes a communication unit to communicate with a user terminal, and a processor. The processor executes processing including acquiring, based on information relating to a type of a timepiece of a user, the component information including information relating to a pointer cooperating with a timepiece board surface image or a display component in which a display content changes, a component image corresponding to the component information, and placement information indicating a position of the component image on the timepiece board surface image, generating an operation screen including a timepiece board surface image to be operated at the user terminal according to the component information, the component image, and the placement information, and transmitting, to the user terminal via the communication unit, the operation screen corresponding to information relating to the type of the timepiece of the user.

Abstract: An information processing device comprises a processor which, in a case in which an action of a user is detected within a predetermined period and second control information is included in recognition data of a speech signal acquired within the predetermined period, starts new control using the second control information as a parameter without recognizing a wake word. The predetermined period is a period during which a control is executed or a predetermined period after completion of the control. The control is related to processing based on the wake word and control information, the wake word and the control information being included in the recognition data derived from the acquired speech signal. The action is estimated based on the control.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an image shooting apparatus includes an imaging unit, a transmission unit, and a processor that is configured to acquire an image captured by the imaging unit to generate a shot image and control the transmission unit to transmit, to an information acquiring apparatus, (i) the shot image, and (ii) instruction information for instructing the information acquiring apparatus to acquire supplementary information, with a shooting instruction. The supplementary information is information which is acquired by a sensor of the information acquiring apparatus and which is to be added to the transmitted shot image.