Abstract: The present invention estimates intention of an utterance more accurately than the related arts. A learning device learns an estimation model on the basis of learning data including an acoustic signal for learning and a label indicating whether or not the acoustic signal has been uttered to a predetermined target. The learning device includes: a feature synchronization unit configured to obtain a post-synchronization feature by synchronizing an acoustic feature obtained from the acoustic signal for learning with a text feature corresponding to the acoustic signal; an utterance intention estimation unit configured to estimate whether or not the acoustic signal has been uttered to the predetermined target by using the post-synchronization feature; and a parameter update unit configured to update a parameter of the estimation model on the basis of the label included in the learning data and an estimation result by the utterance intention estimation unit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a non-volatile semiconductor memory, a block management unit, and a transcription unit. The semiconductor memory includes a plurality of blocks to which data can be written in both the first mode and the second mode. The block management unit manages a block that stores therein no valid data as a free block. When the number of free blocks managed by the block management unit is smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, the transcription unit selects one or more used blocks that stores therein valid data as transcription source blocks and transcribes valid data stored in the transcription source blocks to free blocks in the second mode.

Abstract: A display device (1) includes: a sensor section (11) detecting a hover state; a position detecting section (33) for specifying a position in the hover state; a selection guide creating section (34) for detecting objects within a predetermined range from the position thus specified; a selection guide display processing section (35) for displaying pieces of object information corresponding to the objects thus detected; and an object processing section (36) for carrying out, when any of the pieces of object information is selected, the same process(es) as a process(es) that is/are to be carried out if an object(s) corresponding to the any of the pieces of object information is/are selected.

Abstract: A display device (1) includes: a sensor section (11) detecting a hover state; a position detecting section (33) for specifying a position in the hover state; a selection guide creating section (34) for detecting objects within a predetermined range from the position thus specified; a selection guide display processing section (35) for displaying pieces of object information corresponding to the objects thus detected; and an object processing section (36) for carrying out, when any of the pieces of object information is selected, the same process(es) as a process(es) that is/are to be carried out if an object(s) corresponding to the any of the pieces of object information is/are selected.

Abstract: An electronic notebook device (100) disclosed includes: a state shifting section (11) for accepting deletion mode shift gesture information indicative of a gesture performed in a direction along, among the sides of a page displayed, a side on which the page is bound; and a page deleting section (14) for deleting page information for the currently display page in the case where after the state shifting section (11) has accepted the deletion mode shift gesture information, a deletion accepting section (13) has accepted gesture information indicative of a gesture performed in a direction away from the page binding side.

Abstract: An information processing device of the present invention includes: a selected region image display processing section (17) for (i) generating a selecting object which includes a partial image designated by a user operation and (ii) displaying the selecting object thus generated; and a shift and copy managing section (18) for, according to an operation of determining a position of the selecting object, copying or shifting, to the position determined by the operation, the partial image on the basis of which the selecting object is generated. When a page on which the selecting object is displayed is changed to another page, the selected region image display processing section (17) displays the selecting object on the another page.

Abstract: An orientation of crystal axis <001> of the metallic material as a solid solution having a structure of body-centered cubic (BCC) is arranged along a work surface of the metallic material by hot rolling process in a temperature range of structuring the metallic material to be BCC single phase solid solution. For example, Fe-Si alloy as the metallic material is heated in the temperature range for BCC single phase solid solution, and processed so as to arrange the orientation of crystal axis <001> along the work surface by pressing the BCC single phase solid solution in a strain rate to maintain work condition for controlling motion of dislocation by atmosphere of solute atom generated in BCC single solid solution and migrating grain boundary by strain energy stored in a crystal grain as driving force.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided which is capable of displaying an advertisement at an appropriate timing on a second display panel different from a first display panel. The electronic device includes: a storage device for storing therein application software and first information associated with the software for specifying a server; a display control unit for displaying an operation screen of the software on a liquid crystal panel based on launch of the software; a detecting unit for detecting that an input for operating the software has been received; a generating unit for generating, based on the detection, a signal to be transmitted to the advertisement server specified by the first information; a transmitting unit for transmitting the generated signal to the advertisement server; and a receiving unit for receiving, based on the transmission, advertisement image data indicating an advertisement from the advertisement server.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for bonding together two disc substrates, at least one disc substrate having a UV transmissive-visible light reflective information recording layer provided on a UV transmission base. In this method, the disc substrates are bonded together, so that the information recording layer of one disc substrate faces the other disc substrate, by employing UV irradiation to cure a UV curable composition used as a bonding agent. In the case of the present invention, to cure the bonding agent, UV is irradiated in a single or repeating flash so as not to impair the information recording layer. As a result, the bonding agent can be cured in a shorter period of time with less energy consumed as compared to the conventional method of using conditions irradiation of UV light to cure a UV curable composition used as a bonding agent. Accordingly, the present method enables a product disc to be obtained in a shorter time, with less energy used, so that productivity (i.e.

Abstract: According to a conventional pager generally avalable, mere characters and symbols can be transmitted and received. In addition thereto, since code sets that can be transmitted and received are limited, data other than messages can not be transmitted and received. However, information management section of the present invention, when transmitting and receiving of data, such as schedule data, including codes other than the code sets, the data should be converted into data in a form of message before carrying out the tranmitting and receiving. Therefore, it is possible to transmit and receive a variety of data prepared in a form other than in a form of message. When transmitting of data, only the part that has been changed is transmitted while the information management section of the addressee changes only the part corresponding to the data that has been changed, i.e., the unchanged parts of the file are not changed. Therefore, it is possible to update data with remarkably little communication amount.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for bonding together two disc substrates, at least one disc substrate having a UV transmissive-visible light reflective information recording layer provided on a UV transmissive base. In this method, the disc substrates are bonded together, so that the information recording layer of one disc substrate faces the other disc substrate, by employing UV irradiation to cure a UV curable composition used as a bonding agent. In the case of the present invention, to cure the bonding agent, UV is irradiated in a single or repeating flash so as not to impair the information recording layer. As a result, the bonding agent can be cured in a shorter period of time with less energy consumed as compared to the conventional method of using continuous irradiation of UV light to cure a UV curable composition used as a bonding agent. Accordingly, the present method enables a product disc to be obtained in a shorter time, with less energy used, so that productivity (i.e.

Abstract: A compact electronic apparatus includes a storage section for storing a piece of input data for each item; a display section for displaying the piece of input data for each item; and a data changing section for causing a mark to be included in the displayed piece of input data so as to indicate that the item is a particular one. Moreover, the piece of input data may arbitrarily include time data regarding a time of each item; and the display section may display a piece of input data including time data which corresponds to a prescribed period having a particular time or a period previous to the prescribed period along with a piece of input data including no time data.

Abstract: An organic solvent-based ink composition for ink jet printer comprises a dye or dyes dissolved in a mixed solvent of a good solvent and a poor solvent, wherein(1) a solvent having a dye solubility of at least 4% by weight is used as the good solvent,(2) a solvent having a dye solubility of less than 0.5% by weight is used as the poor solvent, and(3) when the dye solubility for the aforesaid mixed solvent is a % by weight and the concentration of the dye or dyes in the ink composition to the mixed solvent is b % by weight, the value of a/b is within the range of from 1.0 to 3.0.

Abstract: An organic solvent-based ink for ink-jet printer comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an aromatic sulfonamide and a hydroxybenzoic acid ester and an oil-soluble dye dissolved in an organic solvent.

Abstract: A hot-melt type ink for thermal ink-jet printers comprises an oil-soluble dye dissolved in at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a phosphoric acid ester, an aromatic sulfonamide, a hydroxybenzoic acid ester and a phthalic acid ester, the compound being in solid state at room temperature.

Abstract: Ink for use in an ink-jet printer, said ink comprising a solution in water of a water-soluble dye, a wetting agent and a compound of the following formula ##STR1## wherein R represents --C.sub.m H.sub.2m+1 or --O--C.sub.m H.sub.2m+1, m represents O or an integer of 1 to 6, and n represents an integer of 1 to 10.