Abstract: Provided are a voice analysis apparatus, a voice analysis method, and a program that enable a steady tendency of a beat cycle to be specified with high accuracy. A sound volume correlation value calculation section (48) calculates, for each of a plurality of time intervals, a value indicating a degree of correlation in a sound volume of voices at two or more timings separated by the time interval, as a sound volume correlation value associated with the time interval. A beat cycle specification section (50) specifies the beat cycle of the voices on the basis of the sound volume correlation value associated with each of the plurality of time intervals.

Abstract: Provided are a voice analysis apparatus, a voice analysis method, and a program that enable a steady tendency of a beat cycle to be specified with high accuracy. A sound volume correlation value calculation section (48) calculates, for each of a plurality of time intervals, a value indicating a degree of correlation in a sound volume of voices at two or more timings separated by the time interval, as a sound volume correlation value associated with the time interval. A beat cycle specification section (50) specifies the beat cycle of the voices on the basis of the sound volume correlation value associated with each of the plurality of time intervals.

Abstract: In a data transfer system, when transferring data which has been transferred to a storage in a PC, to a mobile terminal connected to the PC, the PC acquires the file format of the data and the file format which can be processed by the mobile terminal and determines whether the conversion of the file format is necessary. When the conversion of the file format is necessary, the PC issues a request for a conversion to a format converter. The format converter acquires data from the PC and transfers the data back to the PC while performing conversion. The PC transfers the converted data to the mobile terminal.

Abstract: Each of portable terminals 10a and 10b, a server 12, a software providing PC 14, and computing capacity providing PCs 16a and 16b in an information processing system 100, is connected to a network 8 in FIG. 1. The computing capacity providing PCs 16a and 16b are registered in the server 12 as available PCs, when they are not executing normal processing operated by owners thereof. The portable terminal 10a acquires the address of a computing capacity providing PC 16a, which can be requested to execute proxy computing, by inquiring of the server 12, and requests the PC 16a to execute proxy computing. The software providing PC-14 transmits software to the computing capacity providing PC 16a as necessary, thereby the PC 16a executes the requested proxy computing and transmits a result of the proxy computing to the portable terminal 10a. Managing devices 18a, 18c, and 18d, etc., perform mutual authentication, encryption, and decoding or the like, in executing the proxy computing.

Abstract: A first demodulation unit of a digital broadcast reproduction system extracts signals for a plurality of channels from broadcast waves input to a radio receiver, subjects the signals to analog-to-digital conversion, and temporarily stores the data in a multichannel buffer. A second demodulation unit reads, from the multichannel buffer, digital data for a selected channel corresponding to a channel selection signal input from a controller operated by a user to a channel selection acknowledging unit. The unit subjects the data thus read to the remainder of the demodulation process so as to generate a data stream. A decoding unit 48 decodes the data stream and the image data thus obtained is displayed on a display unit of a television set.

Abstract: When sample data is played back, audio guide data G1 and G2 and subsequent frame data are played back based on usage license information L1 contained in the sample data. When high-quality data is generated, the audio guide data G1 and G2 and the usage license information L1 are overwritten based on usage license information L2 contained in additional data. When the high-quality data is played back, audio guide data G1? and G2? and subsequent frame data are played back based on usage license information L3. A user is then able to identify the playback status of the sample data or high-quality data by listening to an audio guide.

Abstract: It is intended to remove a risk of illegal high quality restoration while enabling trial viewing of contents such as music, to make it possible to reproduce contents with high quality by acquiring a relatively small amount of data, and to make it possible to implement hardware at a lower cost. To generate trial listening data containing dummy data, a pseudo random number R is generated first. A remainder r of R divided by 128 is calculated. The remainder r is coded and incorporated into high sound quality restoration data. A bandwidth limitation region of trial listening data is replaced by dummy data starting from its rth bit. As a result, the head position of the dummy data in the trial listening data varies frame by frame, whereby the safety of the trial listening data can be increased.

Abstract: In a data transfer system, when transferring data which has been transferred to a storage in a PC, to a mobile terminal connected to the PC, the PC acquires the file format of the data and the file format which can be processed by the mobile terminal and determines whether the conversion of the file format is necessary. When the conversion of the file format is necessary, the PC issues a request for a conversion to a format converter. The format converter acquires data from the PC and transfers the data back to the PC while performing conversion. The PC transfers the converted data to the mobile terminal.

Abstract: When sample data is played back, audio guide data G1 and G2 and subsequent frame data are played back based on usage license information L1 contained in the sample data. When high-quality data is generated, the audio guide data G1 and G2 and the usage license information L1 are overwritten based on usage license information L2 contained in additional data. When the high-quality data is played back, audio guide data G1? and G2? and subsequent frame data are played back based on usage license information L3. A user is then able to identify the playback status of the sample data or high-quality data by listening to an audio guide.

Abstract: A signal processing device and method for performing a code string transform by transforming a time series signal with a frequency band from 0 to 20 kHz from a coding system into another, wherein the arithmetic operations of MDCT and IMDCT with a limited frequency band from 0 to 15 kHz are carried out at high speed by performing computations using an FFT operation with a short tap length in the IMDCT processing operation. This allows a reduced work area and a higher speed for arithmetic operations by reducing the number of multiplications and additions when performing MDCT operations, IMDCT operation and/or transforming code strings between different coding system.

Abstract: It is intended to remove a risk of illegal high quality restoration while enabling trial viewing of contents such as music, to make it possible to reproduce contents with high quality by acquiring a relatively small amount of data, and to make it possible to implement hardware at a lower cost. To generate trial listening data containing dummy data, a pseudo random number R is generated first. A remainder r of R divided by 128 is calculated. The remainder r is coded and incorporated into high sound quality restoration data. A bandwidth limitation region of trial listening data is replaced by dummy data starting from its rth bit. As a result, the head position of the dummy data in the trial listening data varies frame by frame, whereby the safety of the trial listening data can be increased.

Abstract: An original code string is decomposed into preview data (trial data) and high-quality data in a code-string decomposer. The high-quality data is separated into first data having an exactly or almost regular pattern and second data other than the first data by a high-quality data separator 1882. The second data is encrypted. The first data is not encrypted, or is encrypted by an encryption process other than that used for the second data. With this arrangement, important data is prevented from being deciphered.

Abstract: It is intended to remove a risk of illegal high quality restoration while enabling trial viewing of contents such as music, to make it possible to reproduce contents with high quality by acquiring a relatively small amount of data, and to make it possible to implement hardware at a lower cost. To generate trial listening data containing dummy data, a pseudo random number R is generated first. A remainder r of R divided by 128 is calculated. The remainder r is coded and incorporated into high sound quality restoration data. A bandwidth limitation region of trial listening data is replaced by dummy data starting from its rth bit. As a result, the head position of the dummy data in the trial listening data varies frame by frame, whereby the safety of the trial listening data can be increased.

Abstract: A signal (801) of a first code string made through replacing a part of a code string of a predetermined format with dummy data is sent to code string rewriting means (1802) via code string resolution means (1801). A signal (806) of a second code string for complementing the dummy data part in the signal (801) is sent to the code string rewriting means (1802) via control means (1805) and the dummy data in the first code string is rewritten to the second code string. At the time of trial viewing/listening, a signal (802) from the code string resolution means (1801) is selected by a switch (1808), and when the second code string (806) is acquired through content purchase, a signal (803) from the code string rewriting means (1802) is selected by the switch (1808). Thus, trial viewing/listening of a content such as music is made possible while the possibility of decryption is eliminated. By acquiring a relatively small quantity of data, reproduction of a high-quality content is made possible.

Abstract: To make it possible to provide high-quality music signal regardless of the advertising voice superimposing position, an encrypted pure music signal input through a transmission medium and an unencrypted advertising voice signal are separated by a signal string separation section. A signal transform and combining section decodes the encrypted pure music signal and combines the decoded music signal with the advertising voice signal into a resultant signal of the music and advertising voice signals, then outputs the resultant signal to a code string combining section, which then combines the encrypted pure music signal and the resultant signal of the music and advertising voice signals and supplies the result to a recording section for recording the result on a magneto-optic disc.

Abstract: A signal processing device and method for performing a code string transform by transforming a time series signal with a frequency band from 0 to 20 kHz from a coding system into another, wherein the arithmetic operations of MDCT and IMDCT with a limited frequency band from 0 to 15 kHz are carried out at high speed by performing computations using an FFT operation with a short tap length in the IMDCT processing operation. This allows a reduced work area and a higher speed for arithmetic operations by reducing the number of multiplications and additions when performing MDCT operations, IMDCT operation and/or transforming code strings between different coding system.

Abstract: A data playing device according to the present invention generates code frames of original data by performing restoration processing based on sample listening frames included in sample listening data and the additional frames corresponding to the sampling listening frames respectively, and plays or records the obtained code frames with high-quality sound. The present invention can be applied to a coding device, a playing device, a recording device or the like, whereby a user who has received distribution data listens to sample listening data included in the distribution data. If the user is satisfied with the contents, the user updates the license information by paying the price thereof using a predetermined method, and thus can flexibly deal with various contents data distribution services.

Abstract: A data generation apparatus providing a high security level of trial data is disclosed. Normalization coefficient information not contained in a trial band is replaced with dummy data, and spectral coefficient information is extracted from a code frame. The location where the extracted spectral coefficient was written is filled with a spectral coefficient in a higher frequency range. Trial data to be distributed to users is thus generated. The true values of the normalization coefficient information and the spectral coefficient information are described in additional data. To restore original data from the trial data, the trial data and the additional data that is separately acquired are used. The present invention is applicable to an encoder, a replay apparatus, and a recording apparatus.

Abstract: A center (content supply center) (1865) for storing and managing contents, and user terminals (1861 to 1864) used by respective users are connected via networks (861 to 867). The center (1865) sends signals of contents for trial viewing/listening to the user terminals for free or at a low price. The user terminals (1861 to 1864) can receive the signals of the contents for trial viewing/listening and select and purchase only the content that the user likes from the received contents so as to reproduce the content with high quality. This enables trial viewing/listening. It is not necessary to download a large quantity of data with high quality from the content supply center or the like and there will be more opportunities of content purchase.

Abstract: An original code string is decomposed into preview data (trial data) and high-quality data in a code-string decomposer. The high-quality data is separated into first data having an exactly or almost regular pattern and second data other than the first data by a high-quality data separator 1882. The second data is encrypted. The first data is not encrypted, or is encrypted by an encryption process other than that used for the second data. With this arrangement, important data is prevented from being deciphered.