Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes an area information generating circuitry, a detection circuitry, and an area selection circuitry. The area information generating circuitry is configured to generate area information indicating each area of each image of a plurality of images, the plurality of images being projected onto a projection surface. The detection circuitry is configured to detect one or more areas that are designated by a user operation out of a plurality of areas, the plurality of areas based on the area information that is generated. The area selecting circuitry is configured to select a portion of the plurality of areas based on the one or more areas that are detected.

Abstract: Monitoring system is provided which includes an image capturing apparatus including a basic analysis section that performs analysis processing based on image data input from an image capturing section that captures an image of a subject and generates first metadata, and a first metadata output section that outputs the first metadata and second metadata different from the first metadata to a monitoring apparatus connected to a network via the network, and an analysis apparatus including an extended analysis section that performs analysis processing different from that of the basic analysis section based on the image data received from the image capturing apparatus and generates the second metadata, and a second metadata output section that outputs the second metadata to the image capturing apparatus.

Abstract: A metadata generating apparatus generating metadata associated with content data continuously generated in real time includes an additional information acquiring unit that acquires additional information corresponding to at least one piece of the content data and a link information adding unit that adds link information uniquely identifying the at least one piece of the content data corresponding to the additional information to the corresponding additional information to generate the metadata.

Abstract: MTID of a terminal apparatus is preliminarily registered into a database of an ISP. In step S2, when a power source of the terminal apparatus is turned on first, (MTID=B) is transmitted from the terminal apparatus to a router. A transmission signal is received by the router and (HGWID=A, MTID=B) is transmitted from the router to the ISP. If (HGWID=A, MTID=B) has been registered in the database, the ISP transmits a permission message in step S5. In step S6, an IP address for a new terminal apparatus is allocated and the new terminal apparatus can participate in a homenetwork. If (HGWID=A, MTID=B) is not registered, a refusal message is sent to the router.

Abstract: MTID of a terminal apparatus is preliminarily registered into a database of an ISP. In step S2, when a power source of the terminal apparatus is turned on first, (MTID=B) is transmitted from the terminal apparatus to a router. A transmission signal is received by the router and (HGWID=A, MTID=B) is transmitted from the router to the ISP. If (HGWID=A, MTID=B) has been registered in the database, the ISP transmits a permission message in step S5. In step S6, an IP address for a new terminal apparatus is allocated and the new terminal apparatus can participate in a homenetwork. If (HGWID=A, MTID=B) is not registered, a refusal message is sent to the router.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a contact destination information registration method employed in a network system including nodes and employing a distributed hash table. When registering contact destination information corresponding to a predetermined node address in the table, the node first performs a first operation of looking up a value associated with a key corresponding to the node address in the table, and, if no such value is found, registering provisional contact destination information in the table so as to be associated with the key and acquiring a registration time of the provisional information, but, if any such value is found, acquiring a registration time of that value, and then performs a second operation of registering the true contact destination information in the table, if the registration time of the value associated with the key in the table coincides with the registration time acquired by the first operation.

Abstract: Monitoring system is provided which includes an image capturing apparatus including a basic analysis section that performs analysis processing based on image data input from an image capturing section that captures an image of a subject and generates first metadata, and a first metadata output section that outputs the first metadata and second metadata different from the first metadata to a monitoring apparatus connected to a network via the network, and an analysis apparatus including an extended analysis section that performs analysis processing different from that of the basic analysis section based on the image data received from the image capturing apparatus and generates the second metadata, and a second metadata output section that outputs the second metadata to the image capturing apparatus.

Abstract: MTID of a terminal apparatus is preliminarily registered into a database of an ISP. In step S2, when a power source of the terminal apparatus is turned on first, (MTID=B) is transmitted from the terminal apparatus to a router. A transmission signal is received by the router and (HGWID=A, MTID=B) is transmitted from the router to the ISP. If (HGWID=A, MTID=B) has been registered in the database, the ISP transmits a permission message in step S5. In step S6, an IP address for a new terminal apparatus is allocated and the new terminal apparatus can participate in a homenetwork. If (HGWID=A, MTID=B) is not registered, a refusal message is sent to the router.

Abstract: MTID of a terminal apparatus is preliminarily registered into a database of an ISP. In step S2, when a power source of the terminal apparatus is turned on first, (MTID=B) is transmitted from the terminal apparatus to a router. A transmission signal is received by the router and (HGWID=A, MTID=B) is transmitted from the router to the ISP. If (HGWID=A, MTID=B) has been registered in the database, the ISP transmits a permission message in step S5. In step S6, an IP address for a new terminal apparatus is allocated and the new terminal apparatus can participate in a homenetwork. If (HGWID=A, MTID=B) is not registered, a refusal message is sent to the router.

Abstract: MTID of a terminal apparatus is preliminarily registered into a database of an ISP. In step S2, when a power source of the terminal apparatus is turned on first, (MTID=B) is transmitted from the terminal apparatus to a router. A transmission signal is received by the router and (HGWID=A, MTID=B) is transmitted from the router to the ISP. If (HGWID=A, MTID=B) has been registered in the database, the ISP transmits a permission message in step S5. In step S6, an IP address for a new terminal apparatus is allocated and the new terminal apparatus can participate in a homenetwork. If (HGWID=A, MTID=B) is not registered, a refusal message is sent to the router.

Abstract: A call apparatus, a call method and a call system, are disclosed, in which the problem otherwise caused by fixed setting of the sound volume level of the BGM or the effect sound with respect to the call voice may be overcome. A decoded output of a decoder 17 (PCM data) is multiplied in a gain adjustment unit 18 with a gain coefficient k2, as the SE sound volume level as set by a user. A multiplication output of the gain adjustment unit 18 is sent to an adder 13. The decoded output of a decoder 20 is multiplied in a gain adjustment unit 21 with a gain coefficient k3, as the BGM sound volume level, as set by the user. A multiplication output of the gain adjustment unit 21 is sent to an adder 13. The adder 13 sums the multiplication outputs of the gain adjustment units 12, 18 and 21 and sends a sum output to an encoder 22.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a contact destination information registration method employed in a network system including nodes and employing a distributed hash table. When registering contact destination information corresponding to a predetermined node address in the table, the node first performs a first operation of looking up a value associated with a key corresponding to the node address in the table, and, if no such value is found, registering provisional contact destination information in the table so as to be associated with the key and acquiring a registration time of the provisional information, but, if any such value is found, acquiring a registration time of that value, and then performs a second operation of registering the true contact destination information in the table, if the registration time of the value associated with the key in the table coincides with the registration time acquired by the first operation.

Abstract: A metadata generating apparatus generating metadata associated with content data continuously generated in real time includes an additional information acquiring unit that acquires additional information corresponding to at least one piece of the content data and a link information adding unit that adds link information uniquely identifying the at least one piece of the content data corresponding to the additional information to the corresponding additional information to generate the metadata.

Abstract: A call apparatus, a call method and a call system, are disclosed, in which the problem otherwise caused by fixed setting of the sound volume level of the BGM or the effect sound with respect to the call voice may be overcome. A decoded output of a decoder 17 (PCM data) is multiplied in a gain adjustment unit 18 with a gain coefficient k2, as the SE sound volume level as set by a user. A multiplication output of the gain adjustment unit 18 is sent to an adder 13. The decoded output of a decoder 20 is multiplied in a gain adjustment unit 21 with a gain coefficient k3, as the BGM sound volume level, as set by the user. A multiplication output of the gain adjustment unit 21 is sent to an adder 13. The adder 13 sums the multiplication outputs of the gain adjustment units 12, 18 and 21 and sends a sum output to an encoder 22.

Abstract: The copyright or the use right is sometimes prescribed in a sound source data file used as BGM, so that, in a sound source data file, acquired by a user, copying and re-distribution need to be suppressed without detracting from its serviceability. To this end, a VoIP client writes a downloaded sound source data file in a prescribed folder in a HDD forming an external storage device. When the writing is finished regularly, a hash value in the folder is calculated. The so calculated hash value is set in the user-oriented system information in the external storage device. When the VoIP client is booted for VoIP call, a hash value in a prescribed folder in the external storage device is calculated, and the so calculated hash value is compared to the hash value stored as the system information. If the result of comparison indicates that the hash value calculated is equal to the hash value stored, the sound source data file, stored in the prescribed area in the external storage device, is displayed on the GUI.

Abstract: MTID of a terminal apparatus is preliminarily registered into a database of an ISP. In step S2, when a power source of the terminal apparatus is turned on first, (MTID=B) is transmitted from the terminal apparatus to a router. A transmission signal is received by the router and (HGWID=A, MTID=B) is transmitted from the router to the ISP. If (HGWID=A, MTID=B) has been registered in the database, the ISP transmits a permission message in step S5. In step S6, an IP address for a new terminal apparatus is allocated and the new terminal apparatus can participate in a homenetwork. If (HGWID=A, MTID=B) is not registered, a refusal message is sent to the router.

Abstract: Biodegradable fibers of polylactic acid having a number-average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 150,000, have an interior portion having a higher alkali solubility than the exterior portion of the fiber. The fibers also have from 5 to 50 cracks/10 cm. The physical properties of these fibers are suitable for practical use, and the biodegradation of these fibers is controllable.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hollow fiber, which includes: at least one thermoplastic polymer with an equilibrium water content of 2% or less; wherein the number of hollow portions (&agr;1) and a hollow ratio (&agr;2) in said fiber satisfy the following equations: &agr;1≧7 2≦&agr;2≦65 0.14≦(&agr;1×&agr;2)/100≦250.

Abstract: Biodegradable fibers of polylactic acid having a number-average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 150,000, have an interior portion having a higher alkali solubility than the exterior portion of the fiber. The fibers also have from 5 to 50 cracks/10 cm. The physical properties of these fibers are suitable for practical use, and the biodegradation of these fibers is controllable.

Abstract: Provided are melt-spun fibers comprising, as at least one component, a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol, and a method for producing fibrous structures comprising the fibers. The thermoplastic polyvinyl alcohol fibers comprise, as at least one component, a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol containing from 0.1 to 25 mol % of C1-4 &agr;-olefin units and/or vinyl ether units, having a molar fraction, based on vinyl alcohol units, of a hydroxyl group of vinyl alcohol unit located at the center of 3 successive vinyl alcohol unit chain in terms of triad expression of being from 70 to 99.9 mol %, having a carboxylic acid and lactone ring content of from 0.02 to 0.15 mol %, and having a melting point falling between 160° C. and 230° C., and contain from 0.0003 to 1 part by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl alcohol therein and in terms of sodium ion, of an alkali metal ion.