Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a light outputting unit which outputs a visible beam to be projected onto an eyeball and an infrared beam to be projected onto eyelids; a deflection unit which deflects, toward the user's eyes, the visible beam and infrared beam outputted by the light outputting unit; a light sensing unit which senses the reflected light of the visible beam reflected off the user's eyeball; an eyelid opening and closing judgment unit which judges the open or closed state of the user's eyelids based on the result of the reflected light sensing by the light sensing unit; and an infrared-irradiation range control unit which changes the irradiation range of the infrared beam so that the eyelids are selectively irradiated with the infrared beam, by controlling the light outputting unit according to the open or closed state of the eyelids judged by is the eyelid opening and closing judgment unit.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: a left-eye light source (101) that outputs a left-eye image constituting an original image in whole or in part; a left-eye deflection unit (104) that deflects, toward a left eye of the user, the left-eye image outputted by the left-eye light source (101); a right-eye light source (110) that outputs a right-eye image constituting the original image in whole or in part; a right-eye deflection unit (107) that deflects, toward a right eye of the user, the right-eye image outputted by the right-eye light source (110); and a control unit (105, 111) that controls the left-eye light source (101) and the right-eye light source (110) such that the left-eye image and the right-eye image are outputted which are different from each other in at least one of pixel position, image shape, image size, image resolution, and display frame rate so that the user can recognize the original image from the left-eye image and the right-eye image by an image fusion effect.

Abstract: A display apparatus that displays an image on a retina of a user, the display apparatus comprising: an image output unit (100) which includes a light source (101, 110), a wavefront shape change unit (102, 109), and a scan unit (103, 108) and is configured to output display light for displaying the image; and a deflection unit (104, 107) configured to deflect, toward an eye of the user, the display light outputted by the image output unit (100). The deflection unit (104, 107) has a deflection characteristic of suppressing image distortion caused by a change in relative position of the deflection unit (104, 107) with respect to a pupil of the user.

Abstract: A beam scanning-type display device used as a head-mounted display (HMD) or a head-up display (HUD) includes a light source (101) which emits a beam, a scanning unit (103) which performs scanning using the beam emitted from the light source (101), a deflecting unit (104) which deflects the beam used for the scanning by the scanning unit (103) in the direction toward an eye of a user, and a wavefront shape changing unit (102) which changes the wavefront shape of the beam from the light source (101) so that the beam spot size falls within the predetermined allowable range, and emits the beam to the wavefront shape changing unit (102).

Abstract: The present invention provides a guiding device that can induce a user to move according to a guiding route. The guiding device according to the present invention is a guiding device which guides a user, including an acquisition unit (101) which acquires a guiding route for the user, a recognition unit (102) which recognizes an object which exists in the user's vicinity, a management unit (104) which manages an object and an adjustment method for adjusting an influence that the object has on the movement of the user, by associating the object and the adjustment method in advance, a judgment unit (103) which judges whether or not the object recognized by the recognition unit (102) exists within the guiding route acquired by the acquisition unit (101), and an adjustment unit (110) which executes a specified adjustment process based on the judgment made by the judgment unit (102), and on the adjustment method managed in association with the object recognized by the recognition unit (102).

Abstract: A management device that provides user profile taking the user's situation into consideration. The management device creates, in response to a request from applications, a new user profile (hereinafter referred to as “comprehensive user profile”) based on a plurality of user profiles, and provides it to the applications. The management device always monitors a user's situation, directly or indirectly correlates the user's situation at the time that the user profile is registered with the user profile, and stores the same. Because the management device creates the comprehensive user profile based on the user profile corresponding to the current user situation, the comprehensive user profile reflects the user's situation which changes from time to time.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a light outputting unit which outputs a visible beam to be projected onto an eyeball and an infrared beam to be projected onto eyelids; a deflection unit which deflects, toward the user's eyes, the visible beam and infrared beam outputted by the light outputting unit; a light sensing unit which senses the reflected light of the visible beam reflected off the user's eyeball; an eyelid opening and closing judgment unit which judges the open or closed state of the user's eyelids based on the result of the reflected light sensing by the light sensing unit; and an infrared-irradiation range control unit which changes the irradiation range of the infrared beam so that the eyelids are selectively irradiated with the infrared beam, by controlling the light outputting unit according to the open or closed state of the eyelids judged by is the eyelid opening and closing judgment unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a user profile which takes a user's situation into consideration. A management device 100 creates, in response to a request from applications 110, a new user profile (hereinafter referred to as “comprehensive user profile”) based on a plurality of user profiles, and provides it to the applications 110. The management device 100 always monitors a user's situation, directly or indirectly correlates the user's situation at the time that the user profile is registered with the user profile, and stores the same. Because the management device creates the comprehensive user profile based on the user profile corresponding to the current user situation, the comprehensive user profile reflects the user's situation which changes from time to time.

Abstract: The present invention provides a guiding device that can induce a user to move according to a guiding route. The guiding device according to the present invention is a guiding device which guides a user, including an acquisition unit (101) which acquires a guiding route for the user, a recognition unit (102) which recognizes an object which exists in the user's vicinity, a management unit (104) which manages an object and an adjustment method for adjusting an influence that the object has on the movement of the user, by associating the object and the adjustment method in advance, a judgment unit (103) which judges whether or not the object recognized by the recognition unit (102) exists within the guiding route acquired by the acquisition unit (101), and an adjustment unit (110) which executes a specified adjustment process based on the judgment made by the judgment unit (102), and on the adjustment method managed in association with the object recognized by the recognition unit (102).

Abstract: The present invention provides an information presentation device which allows the user to recognize presented information while the safety of the user is further ensured.

Abstract: Appropriate operation control over appliances is provided depending on the status of the user and the appliances. An appliance status acquisition unit 101 acquires the operating status of appliances used by a user and a user status acquisition unit 102 acquires user information related to the user. An appliance status management unit 103 makes an assessment as to the need for operation control over the appliances based on the operating status and user status. An activity concern level assessment unit 104 makes an assessment as to the user's level of concern with the activities of the appliances based on the operating status and user status and an activity importance level assessment unit 105 makes an assessment as to the importance level of the activities of the appliances based on the operating status and user status.

Abstract: An image controller is provided which comprises a switching unit configured to change image data objects on the screen of a monitor in the following steps. The switching unit first assigns priorities to image data objects for display on the screen. The switching unit next compares the priorities between a first image data object during display on the screen and a second image data object to be next displayed thereon, and determine a length of switching time depending on the result of comparison. The switching unit then changes each display form (i.e., size, position, format, display time, transparency, or level of layers) of the first and second image data objects on the screen continuously or stepwise during the switching time.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an information notification controller and an information notification control method that can provide information suited to users.

Abstract: A manager or an issuer issues a participation certificate, for an ordinary user who will newly join a group formed on a network made up of specified users, on which the manager or issuer creates a digital signature by the use of a private key of the group. Members belonging to the group authenticate one another as belonging to the same group and as authorized members of the group, on the basis of their respective participation certificates.

Abstract: People communicating with each other in remote places can easily connect their communication devices. For example, a user A of an IP telephone unit a1 may have a desire to transmit a still image to a user B talking on an IP telephone unit b1. In such a case, from the IP telephone unit b1, the IP telephone unit a1 obtains the facsimile number of a communication device belonging to user B which can receive still images, for example, a facsimile. The IP telephone unit a1 can transmit the obtained facsimile number to the facsimile device a2 connected by LAN. The facsimile device a2 which has received the number calls the received facsimile number. In other words, the IP telephone unit a1 which includes the communication control device obtains the communication address required for a third communication during a call, and notifies the communication device a2 of the address with the second communication function.

Abstract: A guidance apparatus includes: a goal setting unit which sets a guidance goal of a user; a recognition unit which recognizes a situation of the user; a guidance tool obtainment unit which obtains a guidance tool for the user; a guidance plan making unit which makes a guidance plan by combining two or more guidance tools obtained; an execution unit which executes the guidance plan; and a presentation unit which presents a result of the execution to the user.

Abstract: To provide an information notification apparatus which includes: a rule management unit (103) which holds (a) an information notification rule generated based on the information (TPO information) concerning the preference of a specific user (mother), the rule defining that predetermined information (“Buy milk.”) should be notified to the user (mother) in the case where the user (mother) satisfies predetermined conditions (“Milk is on sale nearby.” and “I have 500 yen or more.”) and (b) an information notification rule which is generated based on the information concerning the preference of another user (father); and a rule execution unit (107) which notifies the user (mother) of the information (“Buy local sake.”) to be notified to another user (father) in the case where the conditions (“Local sake, which is rice wine, is on sale nearby.” and “It costs 2000 yen or less.”) which are defined by the information notification rule concerning another user (father) is satisfied by the user (mother).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a content transmission device which allows playback of content on a content receiving device, the viewing and/or listening of which was interrupted on the content receiving device.

Abstract: A manager or an issuer issues a participation certificate, for an ordinary user who will newly join a group formed on a network made up of specified users, on which said manager or issuer creates a digital signature by the use of a private key of the group. Members belonging to said group authenticate one another as belonging to the same group and as authorized members of the group, on the basis of their respective participation certificates.