Abstract: A system is disclosed which includes a walking assistance robot for assisting a smooth start of a user's action after standing up from a chair. A system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a walking assistance robot and an automatic elevation chair that moves a seating surface where a user sits. The automatic elevation chair detects a consciousness level of the user and transmits consciousness level information on the detected consciousness level of the user to the walking assistance robot via the network. The walking assistance robot, including a body and a rotor that moves the walking assistance robot, receives the consciousness level information via the network and controls resistance force to rotation of the rotor based on the received consciousness level information.

Abstract: In an information collection method of the present disclosure, a processor of an information collection system acquires event sensor data and identification information from an on-vehicle terminal or a passenger terminal, the event sensor data being output, in response to an event trigger, from an on-vehicle sensor mounted on the on-vehicle terminal or a passenger sensor mounted on the passenger terminal, the identification information identifying an output source of the event sensor data, identifies the passenger terminal associated with the identification information when the identification information indicates the on-vehicle terminal, identifies the on-vehicle terminal associated with the identification information when the identification information indicates the passenger terminal, requests sensor data from the identified passenger terminal or on-vehicle terminal, acquires the sensor data from a request destination, and stores the event sensor data and the sensor data in association with each other in a

Abstract: An information processing method used in an information processing device, the information processing method includes acquiring, using a processor of the information processing device, biological information of a user, accepting, using the processor, input by the user of message information indicating a message to be transmitted to another information processing device that is different from the information processing device used by the user, determining, using the processor, based on the biological information whether the user is in a bad mood, and when it is determined that the user is in a bad mood, stopping, using the processor, transmission of the accepted message information, and storing, using the processor, the message information, in a memory, that has not been transmitted.

Abstract: A pulse wave measuring apparatus includes a light emitter that illuminates with light having an amount an area containing a part of skin of a user staying in a vehicle, an imager that captures an image of the area, a controller that obtains a driving route from a departure point of the vehicle to a destination point of the vehicle, obtains an estimated time at which the vehicle passes through a location along the driving route, predicts an incident amount of sun light that enters the vehicle at the location at the estimated time, and calculates the amount under a condition that a sum of the predicted incident amount and the amount is a constant value, and a pulse wave calculator that calculates a pulse wave of the user using the image, and outputs pulse wave information of the user.

Abstract: A first information communication device is provided with: a biological information acquisition unit that acquires biological information of a first user holding the first information processing device; a mood determination unit that detects a state in which the mood of the first user is estimated as being good on the basis of the biological information; a reason estimation unit that, in a case where a state in which the mood of the first user is estimated as being good is detected, estimates a reason for the mood of the first user being good on the basis of behavior history information indicating a behavior history of the first user; and a transmission control unit that causes a communication unit to transmit reason information indicating the estimated reason, to a second information processing device held by a second user who wishes to be notified of a timing for contacting the first user.

Abstract: In an information collection method of the present disclosure, a processor of an information collection system acquires event sensor data and identification information from an on-vehicle terminal or a passenger terminal, the event sensor data being output, in response to an event trigger, from an on-vehicle sensor mounted on the on-vehicle terminal or a passenger sensor mounted on the passenger terminal, the identification information identifying an output source of the event sensor data, identifies the passenger terminal associated with the identification information when the identification information indicates the on-vehicle terminal, identifies the on-vehicle terminal associated with the identification information when the identification information indicates the passenger terminal, requests sensor data from the identified passenger terminal or on-vehicle terminal, acquires the sensor data from a request destination, and stores the event sensor data and the sensor data in association with each other in a

Abstract: A first information communication device is provided with: a biological information acquisition unit that acquires biological information of a first user holding the first information processing device; a mood determination unit that detects a state in which the mood of the first user is estimated as being good on the basis of the biological information; a reason estimation unit that, in a case where a state in which the mood of the first user is estimated as being good is detected, estimates a reason for the mood of the first user being good on the basis of behavior history information indicating a behavior history of the first user; and a transmission control unit that causes a communication unit to transmit reason information indicating the estimated reason, to a second information processing device held by a second user who wishes to be notified of a timing for contacting the first user.

Abstract: An information processing method used in an information processing device, the information processing method includes acquiring, using a processor of the information processing device, biological information of a user, accepting, using the processor, input by the user of message information indicating a message to be transmitted to another information processing device that is different from the information processing device used by the user, determining, using the processor, based on the biological information whether the user is in a bad mood, and when it is determined that the user is in a bad mood, stopping, using the processor, transmission of the accepted message information, and storing, using the processor, the message information, in a memory, that has not been transmitted.

Abstract: A pulse wave measuring apparatus includes a light emitter that illuminates with light having an amount an area containing a part of skin of a user staying in a vehicle, an imager that captures an image of the area, a controller that obtains a driving route from a departure point of the vehicle to a destination point of the vehicle, obtains an estimated time at which the vehicle passes through a location along the driving route, predicts an incident amount of sun light that enters the vehicle at the location at the estimated time, and calculates the amount under a condition that a sum of the predicted incident amount and the amount is a constant value, and a pulse wave calculator that calculates a pulse wave of the user using the image, and outputs pulse wave information of the user.

Abstract: A life assistance system includes an automatic liftable chair and an autonomous mobile robot connected to the automatic liftable chair via a network. The life assistance system assists a user in the action of standing up from the automatic liftable chair. The life assistance system is configured such that upon reception of a stand-up assist instruction by the autonomous mobile robot, the automatic liftable chair executes a first assisting action and that upon detection of a load applied to a handle of the autonomous mobile robot, the automatic liftable chair executes a second assisting action.

Abstract: A comment-provided video generating apparatus includes: a display priority calculating unit which calculates a display priority for each of the comments and subject regions to which the comments are provided, based on comment information indicating comments to be superimposed and displayed on a video and display positions of the comments, and user information, by calculating a higher display priority for one of the comments and the subject regions specified by user information; a comment superimposing method determining unit which determines, as a method for superimposing the comments onto a video, an order of displaying the comments and the subject regions such that a comment or a subject region having a higher display priority is displayed at a position frontward than the others, according to the display priority; and an image composing unit which superimposes the comments on the video, according to the comment superimposing method.

Abstract: A system is disclosed which includes a walking assistance robot for assisting a smooth start of a user's action after standing up from a chair. A system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a walking assistance robot and an automatic elevation chair that moves a seating surface where a user sits. The automatic elevation chair detects a consciousness level of the user and transmits consciousness level information on the detected consciousness level of the user to the walking assistance robot via the network. The walking assistance robot, including a body and a rotor that moves the walking assistance robot, receives the consciousness level information via the network and controls resistance force to rotation of the rotor based on the received consciousness level information.

Abstract: A comment-provided video generating apparatus includes: a display priority calculating unit which calculates a display priority for each of the comments and subject regions to which the comments are provided, based on comment information indicating comments to be superimposed and displayed on a video and display positions of the comments, and user information, by calculating a higher display priority for one of the comments and the subject regions specified by user information; a comment superimposing method determining unit which determines, as a method for superimposing the comments onto a video, an order of displaying the comments and the subject regions such that a comment or a subject region having a higher display priority is displayed at a position frontward than the others, according to the display priority; and an image composing unit which superimposes the comments on the video, according to the comment superimposing method.

Abstract: A comment-provided video generating apparatus includes: a display priority calculating unit which calculates a display priority for each of the comments and subject regions to which the comments are provided, based on comment information indicating comments to be superimposed and displayed on a video and display positions of the comments, and user information, by calculating a higher display priority for one of the comments and the subject regions specified by user information; a comment superimposing method determining unit which determines, as a method for superimposing the comments onto a video, an order of displaying the comments and the subject regions such that a comment or a subject region having a higher display priority is displayed at a position frontward than the others, according to the display priority; and an image composing unit which superimposes the comments on the video, according to the comment superimposing method.

Abstract: A life assistance system includes an automatic liftable chair and an autonomous mobile robot connected to the automatic liftable chair via a network. The life assistance system assists a user in the action of standing up from the automatic liftable chair. The life assistance system is configured such that upon reception of a stand-up assist instruction by the autonomous mobile robot, the automatic liftable chair executes a first assisting action and that upon detection of a load applied to a handle of the autonomous mobile robot, the automatic liftable chair executes a second assisting action.

Abstract: A comment-provided video generating apparatus includes: a display priority calculating unit which calculates a display priority for each of the comments and subject regions to which the comments are provided, based on comment information indicating comments to be superimposed and displayed on a video and display positions of the comments, and user information, by calculating a higher display priority for one of the comments and the subject regions specified by user information; a comment superimposing method determining unit which determines, as a method for superimposing the comments onto a video, an order of displaying the comments and the subject regions such that a comment or a subject region having a higher display priority is displayed at a position frontward than the others, according to the display priority; and an image composing unit which superimposes the comments on the video, according to the comment superimposing method.

Abstract: When traveling to a destination reported in a television broadcast or the like, the user has had to make a memo while watching the television and, when actually traveling by car, the user has had to enter necessary information into an in-vehicle terminal by looking at the memo. A broadcast provider broadcasts a travel program together with travel destination information related to it, and a television terminal presents the received broadcast and travel destination information to the user. If the user desires to travel to the destination thus presented, the television terminal downloads the received travel destination information into a memory card.

Abstract: When traveling to a destination reported in a television broadcast or the like, the user has had to make a memo while watching the television and, when actually traveling by car, the user has had to enter necessary information into an in-vehicle terminal by looking at the memo. A broadcast provider broadcasts a travel program together with travel destination information related to it, and a television terminal presents the received broadcast and travel destination information to the user. If the user desires to travel to the destination thus presented, the television terminal downloads the received travel destination information into a memory card.

Abstract: When traveling to a destination reported in a television broadcast or the like, the user has had to make a memo while watching the television and, when actually traveling by car, the user has had to enter necessary information into an in-vehicle terminal by looking at the memo. A broadcast provider broadcasts a travel program together with travel destination information related to it, and a television terminal presents the received broadcast and travel destination information to the user. If the user desires to travel to the destination thus presented, the television terminal downloads the received travel destination information into a memory card.

Abstract: A speech interpreting device. Speech is input in a first language. The input speech is recognized. One or more word strings of the first language are extracted and displayed. The word strings correspond to a result of the speech recognition. A word string is selected from the displayed word strings. The selected word string is expected to become an object of conversation to a second language. When a whole or a part of the selected word string is specified, candidates of a term which corresponds to contents of the specified whole or part of the selected word string are extracted and displayed. One of the displayed candidates is selected. The selected word string is converted to a second language.