Abstract: A shopping support device is a wearable device including an imaging unit. The shopping support device includes a storage unit that stores a shopping list including any one or more pieces of information out of shop information relating to a shop for shopping and commodity information relating to a commodity to be purchased, a recognition unit that performs image recognition on a vicinity image which is picked up by the imaging unit, a determination unit that determines whether a target indicated by the information is present in the vicinity image, on the basis of an image recognition result and the information included in the shopping list stored by the storage unit, and a notification unit that notifies the user of the presence of the target determined to be present by the determination unit.

Abstract: Automatic transmission 1 includes second friction plates 17 connecting a second drum 27 to a second hub 37, a second engagement hydraulic chamber 67, a second centrifugal balance chamber 77, and a second piston 47 engaging and disengaging the second friction plates 17. The second centrifugal balance chamber 77 overlaps the second friction plates 17 in the axial direction in the automatic transmission 1. The automatic transmission 1 further includes a second oil passage 9 for discharging hydraulic oil in the second centrifugal balance chamber 77 to a position not overlapping the second friction plates 17 in the axial direction.

Abstract: The present invention reduces the amount of time from when a device such as a digital broadcast receiver is powered on until video corresponding to a digital broadcast signal received by the device can be displayed. In order to do so: the processing load on the main control unit (101) while software data used in a startup process in the broadcast reception device are being transferred and decompressed is measured; on the basis of information about the measured processing load on the main control unit (101) over time, a compression process using a compression type and compression ratio that minimize the total time taken to transfer and decompress the software data is determined; and the software data are compressed using the determined compression process and stored in an auxiliary storage unit (107).

Abstract: An apparatus using a software start-up method, selects execution-targeted software data to be used for starting execution of the start-up processing, out of software data stored in a first storage device; starts the execution of the start-up processing by using the execution-targeted software data; searches for another software data other than the execution-targeted software data, from software data stored in the first storage device; determines whether the another software data is changed from its initial-state; and, if the another software data is changed, selects initial-state software data as the initial state of the another software data from said at least one software data stored in a second storage device, reads the initial-state software data from the second storage device, and replaces the another software data stored in the first storage device with the read initial-state software data by overwriting.

Abstract: Automatic transmission 1 includes second friction plates 17 connecting a second drum 27 to a second hub 37, a second engagement hydraulic chamber 67, a second centrifugal balance chamber 77, and a second piston 47 engaging and disengaging the second friction plates 17. The second centrifugal balance chamber 77 overlaps the second friction plates 17 in the axial direction in the automatic transmission 1. The automatic transmission 1 further includes a second oil passage 9 for discharging hydraulic oil in the second centrifugal balance chamber 77 to a position not overlapping the second friction plates 17 in the axial direction.

Abstract: A digital broadcast receiver schedules the startup of its software on the basis of the number of data transfer channels and core processing units available to transfer the necessary programs into main storage and execute them, the execution priority order of the programs, the time required to transfer each necessary program into main storage, and the time required to initialize each program. If a snapshot startup option exists for a program, the initialization time is compared with the time required for transferring the snapshot of the program's working data and for further post-processing. Consideration of the data transfer times and initialization times as well as execution priority enables the shortest schedule to be determined.

Abstract: An information processing system configured from multiple digital broadcast program analysis devices (100), which are information processing devices connected to a network, includes: a request analyzing section (122) for analyzing a request presented to the information processing system, and identifying functions necessary for accomplishing the request; a function cumulation section (123) for identifying, from among digital broadcast program analysis devices (100), a digital broadcast program analysis device (100) that executes each identified function; and a sequence assembly section (124) for identifying an operating sequence for execution of the identified functions by the identified digital broadcast program analysis devices (100), and for causing the identified digital broadcast program analysis devices (100) to execute the identified functions in accordance with the identified operating sequence.

Abstract: An apparatus to start channel switchover processing with reliability and to shorten an image non-displaying period.

Abstract: An apparatus using a software start-up method, selects execution-targeted software data to be used for starting execution of the start-up processing, out of software data stored in a first storage device; starts the execution of the start-up processing by using the execution-targeted software data; searches for another software data other than the execution-targeted software data, from software data stored in the first storage device; determines whether the another software data is changed from its initial-state; and, if the another software data is changed, selects initial-state software data as the initial state of the another software data from said at least one software data stored in a second storage device, reads the initial-state software data from the second storage device, and replaces the another software data stored in the first storage device with the read initial-state software data by overwriting.

Abstract: An automatic transmission has first, second and third gear sets, first and second clutches, and first, second and third brakes. First, second and third sun gears, and a first carrier are interconnected with a second sun gear, a second carrier, a third carrier, an input shaft and an output gear, respectively. The first clutch selectively connects the first sun gear and the second sun gear to the input shaft, and the second clutch selectively connects the first ring gear and the second carrier to the input shaft. The first brake selectively connects the first ring gear and the second carrier to a casing. The second brake selectively connects the second ring gear and the third carrier to the casing, and the third brake selectively connects the third ring gear to the casing.

Abstract: An apparatus to start channel switchover processing with reliability and to shorten an image non-displaying period.

Abstract: A digital broadcast receiver schedules the startup of its software on the basis of the number of data transfer channels and core processing units available to transfer the necessary programs into main storage and execute them, the execution priority order of the programs, the time required to transfer each necessary program into main storage, and the time required to initialize each program. If a snapshot startup option exists for a program, the initialization time is compared with the time required for transferring the snapshot of the program's working data and for further post-processing. Consideration of the data transfer times and initialization times as well as execution priority enables the shortest schedule to be determined.

Abstract: An automatic transmission comprises first, second and third gear sets 10, 20, 30 each formed as a single-pinion type planetary gear set, first and second clutches 40, 50, and first, second and third brakes 60, 70, 80. A first sun gear 11, a first ring gear 14, a second ring gear 24, a third sun gear 31 and a first carrier 13 are continuously interconnected with a second sun gear 21, a second carrier 23, a third carrier 33, an input shaft 4 and an output gear 7, respectively. The first clutch 40 is operable to selectively connect and disconnect the first sun gear 11 and the second sun gear 21 to/from the input shaft 4, and the second clutch 50 is operable to selectively connect and disconnect the first ring gear 14 and the second carrier 13 to/from the input shaft 4. The first brake 60 is operable to selectively connect and disconnect the first ring gear 14 and the second carrier 23 to/from a casing 6.