Abstract: A content playback device includes: a video playback unit which plays content having plural scenes; an object appearance information acquisition unit which acquires, for each of the plural scenes, object appearance information of each of one or more objects which appear in the content by analyzing metadata which includes appearance scene data for identifying the one or more objects appearing in at least one of the scenes, the object appearance information indicating whether the object appears at least in or after the scene; and a display unit which presents the object appearance information acquired for a scene being played, when the video playback unit is playing the content.

Abstract: A content storage device is in a content storage processing system, which includes a plurality of content storage devices connect to one another via a network. The content storage device transmits metadata corresponding to a specified original content and collects metadata that is relevant to the metadata corresponding to the original content from other content storage devices. The content storage device adds information included in the collected metadata to the metadata corresponding to the original content to enrich information included in the metadata corresponding to the original content.

Abstract: In a case where a chapter that introduces a predetermined non-heating step is being played back and execution of the non-heating step has not been completed, a moving image playback control section included in a terminal apparatus controls playback so that the chapter that is being played back is repeated or paused, and when execution of the non-heating step is completed, a subsequent chapter is played back.

Abstract: In a case where a chapter that introduces a predetermined non-heating step is being played back and execution of the non-heating step has not been completed, a moving image playback control section included in a terminal apparatus controls playback so that the chapter that is being played back is repeated or paused, and when execution of the non-heating step is completed, a subsequent chapter is played back.

Abstract: A content output device for outputting contents to be displayed to users, including: a storage unit storing a plurality of contents, each being associated with its attribute; a first output control unit for outputting a predetermined content among the contents to a screen; a related content identifying unit for identifying, among the contents stored in the storage unit, a set of related contents whose attributes are related to an attribute of the predetermined content; a user preference identifying unit for identifying, among the contents stored in the storage unit, contents that match the preference of the user; and a second output control unit for outputting, to the screen, one or more contents that belong to both the set of related contents and the contents identified by the user preference identifying unit, thereby outputting images that are most likely to be desired by thy user.

Abstract: An access control device for use in a system for providing users with a content access service, the access control device obtaining a content including one or more pieces of personal information, storing a plurality of pieces of personal information in correspondence with a plurality of pieces of first user information each of which indicates one of (i) a user who is permitted by a person related to a corresponding piece of personal information to access a content including the corresponding piece of personal information, and (ii) a user who is not permitted by the person related to the corresponding piece of personal information to access the content, and determining whether or not to give permission to access the content obtained by the obtaining unit, in accordance with a piece of first user information stored in the storage unit in correspondence with the piece of personal information included in the content.

Abstract: A teacher information terminal includes a communication unit which transmits paging-forward instructions for instructing turning-forward of a page of the content, concurrently to student information terminals each time a page of the content is turned forward, and each of the student information terminals includes: a communication unit which receives a paging-forward instruction from the teacher information terminal; an inquiry unit which makes an inquiry to a user about whether or not the user accepts the paging-forward instruction when the communication unit receives the paging-forward instruction; and a paging-forward processing unit which turns forward the page of the content when a result of the inquiry is that the user accepts the paging-forward instruction, and avoids turning forward the page of the content when the result of the inquiry is that the user does not accept the paging-forward instruction.

Abstract: A content playback device includes: a video playback unit which plays content having plural scenes; an object appearance information acquisition unit which acquires, for each of the plural scenes, object appearance information of each of one or more objects which appear in the content by analyzing metadata which includes appearance scene data for identifying the one or more objects appearing in at least one of the scenes, the object appearance information indicating whether the object appears at least in or after the scene; and a display unit which presents the object appearance information acquired for a scene being played, when the video playback unit is playing the content.

Abstract: An information classification device of the present invention includes a classifying unit (3) classifying two or more content items into groups, each including a capturing time information item and a capturing location information item. The number of the groups is indicated in the number-of-groups information. Based on the capturing location information items, the classifying unit (3) merges each of the content items into the groups to generate first groups. In the case where there is a second group found among the generated first groups and including content items of which temporal continuity is not ensured, based on the capturing time information items, the classifying unit (3) divides the second group into sub-groups each including a content item of which temporal continuity is ensured, and adjusts the distance between each of two or more of the content items included in the sub-groups so that the sub-groups become distant from each other.

Abstract: A content output device for outputting contents to be displayed to users, including: a storage unit storing a plurality of contents, each being associated with its attribute; a first output control unit for outputting a predetermined content among the contents to a screen; a related content identifying unit for identifying, among the contents stored in the storage unit, a set of related contents whose attributes are related to an attribute of the predetermined content; a user preference identifying unit for identifying, among the contents stored in the storage unit, contents that match the preference of the user; and a second output control unit for outputting, to the screen, one or more contents that belong to both the set of related contents and the contents identified by the user preference identifying unit, thereby outputting images that are most likely to be desired by thy user.

Abstract: An access control device for use in a system for providing users with a content access service, the access control device obtaining a content including one or more pieces of personal information, storing a plurality of pieces of personal information in correspondence with a plurality of pieces of first user information each of which indicates one of (i) a user who is permitted by a person related to a corresponding piece of personal information to access a content including the corresponding piece of personal information, and (ii) a user who is not permitted by the person related to the corresponding piece of personal information to access the content, and determining whether or not to give permission to access the content obtained by the obtaining unit, in accordance with a piece of first user information stored in the storage unit in correspondence with the piece of personal information included in the content.

Abstract: In a content storage processing system in which a plurality of content storage device connect one another via a network, upon receiving specification of a content stored in a content storage device (an original content) from a user, the content storage device transmits metadata corresponding to the specified original content and collects metadata that is relevant to the metadata corresponding to the original content from the other content storage devices. The content storage device adds information included in the collected metadata to the metadata corresponding to the original content, to enrich information included in the metadata corresponding to the original content.

Abstract: A playback device has a function of playing back, at the time of playing back a playlist from an optical disc, a playitem that is different from a playitem representing an advertisement and embedded in the playlist. In the playback device, a supplying unit holds a desired playitem therein and supplies a requested one of the desired playitem and a playitem that is contained in a playlist stored on an optical disc. A playback unit plays back the playitem supplied from the supplying unit. A judging unit reads playlist information from the optical disc and judges whether or not the playlist information includes a playitem representing an advertisement. If such a playitem is included, a playback path replacing unit rewrites the playlist information to replace the playitem representing the advertisement with playitem representing the desired playitem.

Abstract: A promoter for a polycondensation reaction used together with a catalyst in a polycondensation reaction, the promoter for a polycondensation reaction comprising a pyrogallol compound having a benzene ring of which three hydrogen atoms adjacent to each other are substituted by hydroxyl groups; and a polycondensation resin obtained by polycondensing raw material monomers using the promoter as defined above and the catalyst. A polycondensation resin can be produced using the promoter of the present invention together with a catalyst in a polycondensation reaction, and the polycondensation resin can be used in various applications including, for example, films, sheets, fibers, toner materials for electrophotography, and the like.

Abstract: A promoter for a polycondensation reaction used together with a catalyst in a polycondensation reaction, the promoter for a polycondensation reaction comprising a pyrogallol compound having a benzene ring of which three hydrogen atoms adjacent to each other are substituted by hydroxyl groups; and a polycondensation resin obtained by polycondensing raw material monomers using the promoter as defined above and the catalyst. A polycondensation resin can be produced using the promoter of the present invention together with a catalyst in a polycondensation reaction, and the polycondensation resin can be used in various applications including, for example, films, sheets, fibers, toner materials for electrophotography, and the like.

Abstract: A trace information holding unit (1100) acquires and memorizes information indicating operations of an application program module (1011) (trace information) to be executed on a multitasking OS (1012). A search condition input unit (1210) accepts two or more pieces of information from an operator as search conditions. A search condition memory unit (1220) memorizes the accepted search conditions. A searching unit (1230) performs a search among the trace information stored in a trace information memory unit (1120) based on search conditions. A search result displaying unit (1240) displays a search result.

Abstract: A broadcast receiving device comprises: a memory medium 403 that stores a received e-mail and broadcast mail, an add-on program 402b for adding an e-mail header to a broadcast mail body text, and a display program 402c that displays a broadcast mail and an e-mail stored in the memory medium 403 on a monitor 407. When a CPU 411 receives the broadcast mail according to the programs, it extracts the broadcast mail body text, adds the e-mail header to the broadcast mail, stores it in the memory medium 403. Then the CPU 411 reads out the information of the broadcast mail and the e-mail stored in the memory medium 403, and displays them in one screen.

Abstract: A spindle motor comprises a stationary shaft, a rotor hub rotatably mounted by ball bearings to the stationary shaft, and annular sealing members disposed between the outer surface of the stationary shaft and the inner side of the rotor hub axially outwardly of the ball bearings. The sealing member is directly fitted onto the outer race of the corresponding ball bearing. The outer race of each ball bearing is high precision finished so that the sealing member is definitely coaxial with the stationary shaft regardless of the finishing accuracy on the inner side of the rotor hub. Accordingly, the radial distance between the inner side of the sealing member and the outer surface of the stationary shaft can be minimized with high precision offering an excellent labyrinth effect.

Abstract: A spindle motor comprises a stationary shaft, a rotor hub rotatably mounted by ball bearings to the stationary shaft, and annular sealing members disposed between the outer surface of the stationary shaft and the inner side of the rotor hub axially outwardly of the ball bearings. The sealing member is directly fitted onto the outer race of the corresponding ball bearing. The outer race of each ball bearing is high precision finished so that the sealing member is definitely coaxial with the stationary shaft regardless of the finishing accuracy on the inner side of the rotor hub. Accordingly, the radial distance between the inner side of the sealing member and the outer surface of the stationary shaft can be minimized with high precision offering an excellent labyrinth effect.