Abstract: This image-capturing support device (300) includes: a display control unit (302) which generates a guidance image for guiding an operator so that a current image-capturing position and a current image-capturing direction of a camera (200) are the same as those in the past by using a previously captured image captured by the camera (200) and past position information about the camera (200) when the image has been captured, and a currently captured image and current position information about the camera (200); and a display unit (303) which displays an image including the generated guidance image.

Abstract: A handwriting input device includes: a first detection unit that has an input surface to which inputting of information is allowed by direct contact of a contact body or contact of the contact body via a sheet and detects as contact information at least one of contact pressure and contact area of the contact body on the input surface; a second detection unit that detects vibrations generated by the contact as vibration information; and a contact body determination unit that determines the kind of the contact body based on the contact information and the vibration information.

Abstract: In a recording unit, a set state table in which various parameters which are required are stored when a sound processing unit performs signal processing for audio data that corresponds to each channel, and a setting screen data are recorded. This setting screen data is linked to the set state table, so that the set state table is altered in accordance with alteration performed on this setting screen. As a result, the parameters that are used when the sound processing unit performs signal processing for audio data are altered.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes the following: an electrical insulating film; a ferromagnetic metal thin film, a hard carbon film, and a lubricant layer formed on the surface of the electrical insulating film in the indicated order; and a back-coating layer formed on the back of the electrical insulating film. The number of dropouts is not more than 200, and the still life is not less than 10 minutes.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes: a size detector for detecting a first size of a first image recorded on an original; an input device for inputting a second size of a second image to be recorded on a recording medium by an image recording apparatus; a determining device for determining a reading condition to read the first image according to the first and second sizes; and a reading device for reading the first image according to the reading condition to obtain information of the first image.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus is provided with: a music tone judging device for judging a music tone or genre of a music composition composed of an input audio signal: a selecting device for selecting one of a plurality of characteristics prepared in advance for each parameter used for a compression encoding method on the basis of a judgment result of the music tone judging device; and an encoding device for generating a spectrum signal out of the input audio signal and compression-encoding the generated spectrum signal on the basis of the selected characteristic.