Abstract: To perform stable communication in communication by an optical signal. An electronic device includes a display part having a light source which transmits an optical signal, a direction detection part detecting a direction of a display screen of the display part and a controller transmitting data by the optical signal from the display part to an electronic timepiece when the direction of the display screen detected by the detection part becomes a predetermined direction.

Abstract: An input support system includes: input log storage means for storing, as an input log, information input to a target input box in the past; type-specific correct answer input storage means for storing information indicative of correct input for each type of information; and type estimation means for estimating to which type-specific field, as a field for each type stored in the type-specific correct answer input storage means, the type of information to be input to the input box corresponds, based on the input log stored in the input log storage means and information indicative of type-specific correct input stored in the type-specific correct answer input storage means.

Abstract: An input support system includes: input relation log storage means for storing, as an input relation log, pieces of information input to multiple input boxes in the past in association with one another; input candidate group storage means for storing an input candidate for each type of information in association with an input candidate of each other type; and input type relation estimation means for estimating to which combination of type-specific fields, as fields for respective types stored in the input candidate group storage means, a relation of types of input information between respective input boxes included in the multiple input boxes corresponds, based on the input relation log stored in the input relation log storage means, and type-specific input candidates and a combination thereof stored in the input candidate group storage means.

Abstract: A candidate character string storage unit 81 stores candidate character strings recommended for an input character string. A recommended character string decision unit 82 decides recommended character strings for the input character string. A character string set decision unit 83 decides a set of candidate character strings out of the candidate character strings stored in the candidate character string storage unit 81 based on the character string set identification information, which is information by which the set of candidate character strings is identifiable. The character string set decision unit 83 decides the set of candidate character strings based on the character string set identification information determined according to an input place of the character string. The recommended character string decision unit 82 decides the recommended character strings for the input character string by using the decided set of candidate character strings.

Abstract: A system, method and program are provided. For example, a method includes acquiring sentence sets, respectively matching a positive or negative example solution request pattern which represents a positive or negative example of a sentence including a problem evoking expression, the negative example being an opposite request to the positive example, from a corpus respectively as a positive and negative example solution request sentence sets, extracting, respectively, the problem evoking expression from a sentence in the positive example solution request sentence set, and a sentence in the negative example solution request sentence set.

Abstract: A rotation detection circuit detects an induced current flowing through a drive coil of a stepping motor in a detection section divided into a plurality of sections, and detects a rotation state of the stepping motor on the basis of a pattern indicating whether or not the induced current exceeds a predetermined reference value in each of the sections. A control unit selects a drive pulse corresponding to the rotation state detected by the rotation detection unit, and supplies a drive current to a drive coil to rotatably drive the stepping motor. The rotation detection unit carries out detection by selecting a detection direction of the induced current in the sections after the first section on the basis of whether or not the induced current exceeding each of a plurality of reference values is detected plural times in the first section.

Abstract: A stepping motor control circuit includes: a rotation detection unit that detects a induced signal exceeding a predetermined reference threshold voltage which is generated by a stepping motor in a detection section divided into at least three sections, and detects a rotation state on the basis of a pattern indicating whether the induced signal exceeding a reference threshold voltage is detected in each of the sections; and a control unit that selects a main drive pulse depending on the rotation state detected by the rotation detection unit from a plurality of main drive pulses which are different from each other in energy, and drives the stepping motor. When the induced signal exceeding a reference threshold voltage is not detected in an initial section, the rotation detection unit detects the induced signal by shifting an end position of at least one section other than the initial section to a rear side by a predetermined amount.

Abstract: A mental health care support device which carries out an accurate counseling is provided. The mental health care support device includes contradiction determination means for determining whether there is a contradiction between an automatic thought and a feeling, on the basis of an automatic thought expression expressing the automatic thought of the counselee or an automatic thought category in which the automatic thought of the counselee is classified into prescribed category, and the feeling expression expressing the feeling of the counselee when the automatic thought occurs or a feeling category in which the feeling of the counselee is classified into prescribed category.

Abstract: A receiver device (1) of the present invention switches between a bone conduction receiver (16) and an air conduction receiver (17) depending on an area or a shape of a contact region of a touch panel (10) provided in the receiver device (1) which region is in contact with a user.

Abstract: When waiting for printing, a cam that rotates together with the rotation of a gear locks a knurl at position on the upstream side in the sheet conveyance direction, which prevents sheets from dropping down. Moreover, during printing, when the cam is rotated 180° from the locked position, the knurl is in a state capable of sliding toward the downstream side. As a result, with the force that returns the knurl to the upstream side being too small, it is possible to prevent feeding overlapping sheet due to the front end of a sheet further on the down side than a sheet being fed from dropping toward the downstream side further than the knurl.

Abstract: A control circuit selects a drive pulse group corresponding to the detected voltage of a power cell from among plural drive pulse groups each including plural types of main drive pulses, and selects a drive pulse according to the detected condition of rotation of a stepping motor from among main drive pulses included in the selected drive pulse group or a correction drive pulse having larger energy than the main drive pulses. When the control circuit selects a main drive pulse initially by selecting the drive pulse group, the control circuit selects the main drive pulse having the largest energy in the selected drive pulse group. A drive pulse group selection circuit drives the stepping motor by the main drive pulse in the drive pulse group selected by the control circuit or the correction drive pulse via a main drive pulse output circuit and a correction drive pulse output circuit.

Abstract: An item information database of a document rating calculation device stores a relation among items of a document and a rating for each item. A document retrieval unit retrieves a document fulfilling a retrieval condition, and, for condition items of the retrieval condition, specifies such item. A fulfilling-item set specifying unit selects a set of related items for each of items fulfilling the condition items of the retrieval condition, in the document retrieved by the document retrieval unit, based on the mutual relation among the items stored in the item information database, and performs a logical operation of the retrieval condition between selected sets of related items to specify a set of fulfilling items. A score calculator calculates a document rating of the retrieved document from the ratings of items in the set of fulfilling items specified by the fulfilling-item set specifying unit and stored in the item information database.

Abstract: An engine system is constituted of a battery, a fuel cell, a turbocharger, an engine, a controller configured to (i) stop the engine automatically upon fulfillment of a predetermined stop condition and starts the engine automatically upon fulfillment of a predetermined restoration condition. In the engine system, the controller is configured to stop the fuel cell from charging the battery or limit a charge amount of the battery to a value equal to or smaller than a discharge amount when the fuel cell is driven during operation of the engine and an SOC is equal to or larger than a first limit value W1. The controller is configured not to limit the charge amount when the internal combustion engine control unit stops the engine and the fuel cell is driven during stop of the engine.

Abstract: In a printing apparatus improvement of drying ability and reduction of consumed power are concurrently achieved by improving the efficiency of drying ink. More concretely, hot air is blown onto a print medium printed by ink, and a portion of the blown hot air is recovered and blown again. Before the hot air is blown, the print medium is heated by a preheating unit, making it higher than the dew point temperature of the blown hot air.

Abstract: There are provided an answer evaluation means 501 that finds an answer content indicating how much an expression which would be an answer for a query is contained in a series of user's comments for the query contained in a set of queries which are response message candidate for a user's comment as characters string information indicating user's comment contents and which are character string information in a question form, and a query ranking means 502 that ranks each query in ascending order of answer content based on the answer content of each query in a user's comment found by the answer evaluation means 501.

Abstract: A power consumption control device includes a power consumption control unit that receives the output potential of a photovoltaic cell generating an electromotive force, receives the output potential of a secondary battery charged by the electromotive force of the photovoltaic cell, causes a timepiece device to transition to a power saving state where a clock operation of measuring time is stopped when the output potential difference of the secondary battery is not greater than a predetermined threshold value, and the secondary battery is in a non-charging state indicating a state where the output potential difference of the photovoltaic cell is not greater than the output potential difference of the secondary battery.

Abstract: A motor drive device includes a charging detection and reverse current prevention portion and a pulse selection control portion. The charging detection and reverse current prevention portion detects a charging state of a secondary battery that is charged by an electromotive force of a solar battery, the charging state indicating whether the secondary battery is being charged. The pulse selection control portion causes a first drive pulse for driving a motor to be generated and, in a case where the charging state that is detected by the charging detection and reverse current prevention portion is different after the first drive pulse has been output from what it was before the first drive pulse was output, causes a second drive pulse for driving the motor to be generated.

Abstract: In an inkjet printing apparatus capable of automatic duplex printing, time required to fix ink is shortened and throughput is improved without producing uneven fixing. The inkjet printing apparatus includes a printing unit that prints onto a sheet, a fixing unit that heats a sheet printed by the printing unit, a conveying unit that conveys a sheet with respect to the printing unit and the fixing unit, and a controller that controls the conveying unit such that a printing region of a sheet printed on the first side by the printing unit passes through the fixing unit, and afterwards, the conveyance direction of the sheet is reversed in order to print on the second side and the printing region once again passes through the fixing unit. The controller variably controls the conveyance speed of the sheet when the printing region once again passes through the fixing unit.

Abstract: A rotation detection unit configured to detect the condition of rotation of a stepping motor on the basis of an induced signal generated in a drive coil of the stepping motor in a detection period in which the condition of rotation of the stepping motor is detected and a control unit configured to rotationally drive the stepping motor by supplying a drive signal to the drive coil of the stepping motor within the driving period in which the stepping motor is rotationally driven are provided. The driving period and part of the detection period are configured to overlap with each other in a first time interval, and the control unit stops supply of the drive signal to the drive coil of the stepping motor in the first time interval.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a primary power supply portion generating power by converting a first energy into electric energy as a second energy; a secondary power supply portion storing the electric energy obtained by the power generation; a charge detection portion detecting a state where the secondary power supply portion is not charged with the electric energy; a clocking portion clocking time and stopping display of clocked time when an operation input is detected; and a low power consumption state control portion which measures a time of a state where the operation input is detected and the charging is not performed, and stops the operation of the clocking portion when the measured time exceeds a preset time.