Abstract: A toy according to an embodiment includes a human sensor, a processor configured to change the operation mode to a suppression mode in which an operation for amusing a target is suppressed when the human sensor detects an object.

Abstract: A toy according to an embodiment includes a human sensor, a processor configured to change the operation mode to a suppression mode in which an operation for amusing a target is suppressed when the human sensor detects an object.

Abstract: A goods selection apparatus for selecting goods on the basis of displayed goods information. The goods selection apparatus includes a display unit for displaying goods information, a detector for detecting individually a plurality of potential customers in front of the display unit, a control unit for controlling the display unit to display a plurality of display areas in the display unit, each of the display areas displaying information of respective one of the goods, the number of the plurality of display areas corresponding to the number of the plurality of potential customers detected by the detector, an input unit for receiving an input designating any one of the display areas by any of the potential customers; and a selector for selecting one of the goods corresponding to the one of display areas designated by the input unit.

Abstract: A communication apparatus for communicating with a storage unit and portable display apparatus, the communication apparatus includes, a receiver for receiving an identification information from the portable display apparatus when the portable display apparatus is placed upon the board, an acquisition unit for acquiring from the storage unit the information related to the identification information which is received from the portable display apparatus, and a transmitter for transmitting to the portable display apparatus the information which is acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: An information providing system includes a display unit installed in a table and having on the table, a display screen that displays an image of a product; a detecting unit that detects placement of an object at the position of the displayed image; and a display control unit that causes content related to the product to be displayed on the display screen when placement of the object at the position of the image is detected by the detecting unit.

Abstract: A monitoring system that monitors a person, the monitoring system including: a camera that captures an image of the individual; a transmission device that transmits an image; and, a processing device that is configured to: detect a change in facial expression of the individual from an image captured by the camera; identify the individual with the change in facial expression; and, transmit to a destination associated with the identified individual an image including the change in facial expression through the transmission device.

Abstract: An information providing method includes writing to a storage area of a communication apparatus embedded in a surrounding member of a transparent panel, distribution information related to preliminarily stored content; displaying on a screen provided on the transparent panel, display information related to the content for which the distribution information has been read at the writing; and transmitting to a communication terminal near the transparent panel by wireless communication, the distribution information stored in the storage area of the communication apparatus.

Abstract: A computer readable medium for storing information display programs causing a computer communicating with a communication apparatus provided at the entry or exit at an entrance/exit point where a user gets on or off a transportation system to perform a display method, the display method include: detecting that the user has left the exit of the current entrance/exit point through the communication between a communication apparatus; identifying the next entrance/exit point to the current entrance/exit point among the entrance/exit points within the route; acquiring map showing the route from the current entrance/exit point to the next entrance/exit point identified by the identifying the next entrance/exit point to the current entrance/exit point; and controlling a display screen of the computer so as to display the map showing the route from the current entrance/exit point to the next entrance/exit point acquired by the acquiring map.

Abstract: To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a medium recording an information processing program that can be operated easily. A solid body that can be held by a user, a measurement section that is provided in the solid body and measures a state of the solid body with respect to three-dimensional space to obtain state information, a recognition section that recognizes a section facing a predetermined direction among a plurality of sections of the solid body based on the state information measured by the measurement section to set the recognized section as a selected section, and an execution section that selects and executes a function corresponding to the selected section among functions associated with a plurality of the sections in advance based on the selected section recognized by the recognition section are included.