Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a display device and circuitry. The circuitry receives a predetermined instruction. In response to receiving the predetermined instruction, the circuitry changes attribute information of a stroke image associated with the predetermined instruction to specific attribute information, the specific attribute information identifying information in an area defined by the stroke image as information to be extracted. The circuitry controls the display device to display the stroke image associated with the predetermined instruction as a stroke image having the specific attribute information.

Abstract: A conference assistance system and method for assisting a user in utilizing conference-related information, each of which: receives input of voice or writing of at least one meeting participant; determines whether text data representing the received voice or writing is to be used by the conference assistance system to generate assistance information, to generate a determination result; when the determination result indicates that the text data is to be used, generates, based on the text data, assistance information for assisting the meeting participant; and controls a display to display the generated assistance information.

Abstract: A conference assistance system and method for assisting a user in utilizing conference-related information, each of which: receives input of voice or writing of at least one meeting participant; determines whether text data representing the received voice or writing is to be used by the conference assistance system to generate assistance information, to generate a determination result; when the determination result indicates that the text data is to be used, generates, based on the text data, assistance information for assisting the meeting participant; and controls a display to display the generated assistance information.

Abstract: A system and method of conference assistance, each of which: receives voices or writings input by a plurality of participants participating in a conference relating to a project; calculates, based on the received voices or writings, an evaluation value used for evaluating the project; transmits the calculated evaluation value to the project evaluation server; and controls a display to display a project evaluation information representing an evaluation result of the project, the project evaluation information being received from the project evaluation server in response to transmission of the evaluation value.

Abstract: An electronic information board apparatus includes an extraction part configured to extract an operation area from an image input to the electronic information board; a display part configured to reconfigure the extracted operation area and display the reconfigured operation area at a predetermined position of a display screen; a correlation part configured to correlate the coordinates of the operation area and the coordinates of the reconfigured operation area; and a conversion part configured to convert an operation on the coordinates of the reconfigured operation area into an operation on the coordinates of the operation area.

Abstract: An electronic information board apparatus includes an extraction part configured to extract an operation area from an image input to the electronic information board; a display part configured to reconfigure the extracted operation area and display the reconfigured operation area at a predetermined position of a display screen; a correlation part configured to correlate the coordinates of the operation area and the coordinates of the reconfigured operation area; and a conversion part configured to convert an operation on the coordinates of the reconfigured operation area into an operation on the coordinates of the operation area.

Abstract: A system for assisting a collaborative activity includes a plurality of work interfaces, a role management unit, a workflow management unit, a collaborative activity registration unit, and an activity context management unit situated between the plurality of work interfaces and the collaborative activity registration unit to receive entered information from one of the work interfaces, to associate shared information contained in the entered information with user information provided by the role management unit and an activity content provided by the workflow management unit to create collaborative activity information, and to cause the collaborative activity registration unit to register the collaborative activity information.

Abstract: A geometric data processing apparatus which can determine whether a specific component of a three-dimensional model has changed, display two-dimensional images of the specific component and neighboring components thereof, and indicate whether the change in the specific component influences the images of the neighboring components.

Abstract: A system for assisting a collaborative activity includes a plurality of work interfaces, a role management unit, a workflow management unit, a collaborative activity registration unit, and an activity context management unit situated between the plurality of work interfaces and the collaborative activity registration unit to receive entered information from one of the work interfaces, to associate shared information contained in the entered information with user information provided by the role management unit and an activity content provided by the workflow management unit to create collaborative activity information, and to cause the collaborative activity registration unit to register the collaborative activity information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus displays related information of information displayed in a region when the region is selected from regions displaying predetermined information and is displayed in an enlarged size, and does not display the related information when the selected region is displayed in a reduced size. The apparatus includes a selection unit for selecting the region to be either enlarged or reduced, a display unit for dynamically enlarging or reducing the region selected by the region selection unit, and a control unit for controlling an amount of the related information to be displayed based on an area of the region either enlarged or reduced by the display unit.

Abstract: A parts managing system extracts data on each part configuring a designated three-dimensional model, with reference to three-dimensional model data and part configuration information, and stores and manages the data in an extracted-data storing unit. The parts managing system searches the extracted-data storing unit using specified retrieval information and displays each part unit that is retrieved and an assembly diagram in which only the retrieved part is highlighted.

Abstract: A part identification image processor includes a model manager to manage a 3D model, a model region calculator, a part region calculator, an image data processor, and an image data manager. The model region calculator projects the 3D model in a direction specified by visual point information and computes model region information with an aspect ratio specified by image size information. The part region calculator projects a part constituting the 3D model in the direction and computes part region information. The image data processor cuts an entire model image and a part highlight image from the 3D model projection image according to the model region information and the part region information and computes part position information. The image data manager manages the entire model image, the part highlight image, and part position information as image data for a parts catalog.

Abstract: A method of preparing a parts catalog that converts a first parts catalog data, including an exploded view of a product and a parts table of parts in the exploded view, into a second parts catalog data, including part numbers and part names of the parts in the exploded view. The parts catalog preparation method includes a reading step and three extracting steps. The reading step reads the first parts catalog data. The first extracting step extracts the exploded view and the parts table from the first parts catalog data. The second extracting step extracts part information for each part in the parts table. The third extracting step extracts region information for each part. The region information includes information on a minimum region enclosing one of the parts in the exploded view and information on a position of a number connected with one of the parts by a lead line.

Abstract: A method of generating parts catalog data for a visually three-dimensional parts catalog of a product includes inputting data of a part of the product either as three-dimensional data or as a data combination of two-dimensional data and position information of the part in a three-dimensional model of the product.

Abstract: A geometric data processing apparatus which can determine whether a specific component of a three-dimensional model has changed, display two-dimensional images of the specific component and neighboring components thereof, and indicate whether the change in the specific component influences the images of the neighboring components.

Abstract: A parts catalog system includes an image generator, an attribute data generator, a database, and a catalog generator. The image generator generates an illustration image of a part and installation diagram data in which the part is installed in a unit from three-dimensional model data. The attribute data generator generates attribute data including region information by determining a region of the illustration image in the installation diagram based on the three-dimensional model data. The catalog generator generates a keyword to search the part and stores the keyword in the database in association with the illustration image, the installation diagram data, and the attribute data.

Abstract: A parts selecting apparatus includes a unit configured to extract parts included in a two-dimensional closed area from a plurality of parts constituting a three dimensional object in response to a user action specifying the two-dimensional closed area on a display screen that displays a two-dimensional image of the three-dimensional object, and to cause information identifying the extracted parts to be displayed, a unit configured to cause a two-dimensional image of the three-dimensional object with a selected part being highlighted to be displayed on the display screen in response to a user action selecting the selected part from the extracted parts, and a unit configured to switch the two-dimensional image of the three-dimensional object with the selected part being highlighted to another two-dimensional image for which at least one of a view angle or a magnification is changed.

Abstract: A video and audio data processing method and apparatus by which a plurality of sets of video data and audio data are processed so as to have a data format such as the SDI format with which they can be transmitted substantially simultaneously or in a common transmission period to a common transmission destination is disclosed.

Abstract: A data transmission apparatus comprising: data supplying unit for storing a plurality of types of data and simultaneously transmitting the plurality of types of data to a plurality of selected channels respectively; switching unit for outputting the plurality of types of data outputted from the data supplying unit to the selected different channels respectively; data storage unit for storing the data outputted from the selected channels after rearranging the data in a predetermined order; and data outputting unit for simultaneously outputting the data stored in the data storage unit from the plurality of channels after shifting the data by a certain amount.

Abstract: A video and audio data processing method and apparatus by which a plurality of sets of video data and audio data are processed so as to have a data format such as the SDI format with which they can be transmitted substantially simultaneously or in a common transmission period to a common transmission destination is disclosed.