Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an entrance and exit detection module, an organization information obtaining module, a user number calculation module, a seat determination module and a presentation module. The entrance and exit detection module detects a user's entrance and exit to and from a room. The organization information obtaining module obtains user information representative of a user belonging to an organization using the room by using organization user information storing organization information representative of the organization and the user information representative of the user belonging to the organization. The user number calculation module calculates the number of users of the organization using the room. The seat determination module associates with each other the organization information representative of the organization and seat information representative of seats in the room, and determines a seat for the user whose entrance is detected.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a reception module, a determination module, a required information conveyance amount extraction module, an actual information conveyance amount extraction module, and a presentation module. The reception module receives business contents of a subject business. The determination module determines whether the subject business is irregular business by comparing the business contents with predetermined regular business contents. The required information conveyance amount extraction module extracts a required information conveyance amount required to perform the irregular business from attribute information conveyance amount correspondence information when it is determined by the determination module that the business contents is the irregular business. The actual information conveyance amount extraction module extracts an actual information conveyance amount of a person who performs the subject business based on activity information of the person.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an entrance and exit detection module, an organization information obtaining module, a user number calculation module, a seat determination module and a presentation module. The entrance and exit detection module detects a user's entrance and exit to and from a room. The organization information obtaining module obtains user information representative of a user belonging to an organization using the room by using organization user information storing organization information representative of the organization and the user information representative of the user belonging to the organization. The user number calculation module calculates the number of users of the organization using the room. The seat determination module associates with each other the organization information representative of the organization and seat information representative of seats in the room, and determines a seat for the user whose entrance is detected.

Abstract: An apparatus for analyzing and displaying usage condition of information. The apparatus analyzes and displays the usage condition outside of an information distributing system by which the information is transmitted; and includes: a usage condition collecting unit that acquires a usage condition information as to the usage condition of the information outside of the information distributing system to be evaluated; and a usage condition displaying unit that displays the usage conditions based on the usage condition information.

Abstract: An action efficiency support apparatus includes a detection unit, a storage unit, a calculation unit and a judgment unit. The detection unit detects an activity to acquire activity information. The storage unit stores the activity information. The calculation unit calculates a probability pattern as to presence or absence of the activity in a predetermined period or a probability pattern a frequency of the activity in the predetermined period, based on the activity information. The judgment unit judges an effect of personal action based on the calculated probability pattern.

Abstract: In a statistical variable display apparatus, first lengths along a first axis and second lengths along a second axis are determined. The first lengths are respectively allotted to first-type subgroups, and the second lengths are respectively allotted to the second-type subgroups. The apparatus displays the first-type subgroups arranged along the first axis to have the respective first lengths, the second-type subgroups arranged along the second axis to have the respective second lengths, and representations of acquired statistical variables correspondingly to a respective one of the first-type subgroups arranged along the first axis and a respective one of the second-type subgroups arranged along the second axis.

Abstract: A personal connection network analysis apparatus includes: event history holding means for holding histories of events related to organization members; relation calculation means for extracting, from the event history holding means, histories of events common to both a first member of the organization members and second members of the organization members and calculating a relation between the second members based on the extracted histories of events; and network information holding means for holding the calculated relation as link information between nodes of a personal connection network unique to the first members, the nodes being respectively indicative of the second members in the personal connection network unique to the first member.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a detecting unit that detects the electric field intensity of information received from a portable transmission device that transmits information through radio waves; and a determining unit that determines whether the transmission device is being carried, based on a change in the electric field intensity detected by the detecting unit.

Abstract: An information processing system has a link information input unit, a link information totaling unit and a network similarity calculating unit. The link information input unit inputs link information indicating links among nodes in networks. The link information totaling unit totals the link information in the respective networks to be compared and determines presence/absence of the links among the nodes or link quantities. The network similarity calculating unit calculates the similarity among the networks based on the sum of the comparison results of the links among all nodes.

Abstract: A conversation supporting apparatus for supporting conversation among a plurality of participants in an occasion in which the participants participate, comprises personal information storing unit for storing personal information including at least one characteristic value representing a characteristic of a participant; person identifying unit for detecting presence of a participant, and identifying the detected participant; personal information retrieving unit for retrieving personal information on the participant identified by the person identifying unit from the personal information storing unit; characteristic value extracting unit for extracting a predetermined characteristic value from the personal information retrieved by the personal information retrieving unit; and characteristic value outputting unit for outputting the characteristic value extracted by the characteristic value extracting unit.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a detecting unit that detects the electric field intensity of information received from a portable transmission device that transmits information through radio waves; and a determining unit that determines whether the transmission device is being carried, based on a change in the electric field intensity detected by the detecting unit.

Abstract: An action efficiency support apparatus includes a detection unit, a storage unit, a calculation unit and a judgment unit. The detection unit detects an activity to acquire activity information. The storage unit stores the activity information. The calculation unit calculates a probability pattern as to presence or absence of the activity in a predetermined period or a probability pattern a frequency of the activity in the predetermined period, based on the activity information. The judgment unit judges an effect of personal action based on the calculated probability pattern.

Abstract: An activity history record apparatus includes a portable receiver that receives information, which contains position information and which is transmitted from a transmitter disposed at a predetermined position. The receiver includes a reception section, a voice detection section and a storage section. The reception section receives the information. The voice detection section detects voice. The storage section stores the position information extracted from the received information and voice-related information derived from the voice detected by the voice detection section, as a history.

Abstract: An utterance state detection apparatus includes a transmission device carried by a user and one or more reception devices. The transmission device includes an identification-information storage unit, a speech detector and a transmission unit. The identification-information storage unit stores identification information of at least one of the transmission device and the user. The speech detector detects speech. The transmission unit transmits transmission information including information of the detected speech and the identification information. The reception devices are installed in regions. Each reception device includes an utterance-state detector.

Abstract: A distribution goodness-of-fit test device for testing whether measured data matches an estimated probability distribution has a counting section determination unit, a counting unit and a goodness-of-fit test unit. The counting section determination unit determines according to the number of the measured data, widths of counting sections for counting the measured data. The counting unit counts the numbers of data in the respective determined counting sections. Also, the goodness-of-fit test unit performs a goodness-of-fit test based on the numbers of data in the respective counting sections.

Abstract: A personal connection network analysis apparatus includes: event history holding means for holding histories of events related to organization members; relation calculation means for extracting, from the event history holding means, histories of events common to both a first member of the organization members and second members of the organization members and calculating a relation between the second members based on the extracted histories of events; and network information holding means for holding the calculated relation as link information between nodes of a personal connection network unique to the first members, the nodes being respectively indicative of the second members in the personal connection network unique to the first member.

Abstract: A communication analysis apparatus includes: first decision means for deciding a chance of a communication between users; second decision means for deciding an occurrences of the communication between the users; and analysis means for analyzing the occurrences of the communications decided by the second decision means, in association with the communicational chances decided by the first decision means.

Abstract: A variable length decoding device comprising: a memory for laying out data which is identical to data memorized on a lower-bit side at an optional address on an upper-bit side at an address subsequent to the optional address and memorizing the layed-out data; a buffer register having a bit width at least equal to a bit width of the memory for storing data loaded from the memory; and an address register for storing a value of an address at which the memory is accessed (address value) on an upper-bit side and storing number of data which was referred to in the buffer register on a lower-bit side, characterized in that a data shift operation using the number of the data which was referred to and number of data which is currently referred to is executed to the buffer register so that data to be presently referred to is extracted from the buffer register for the variable length decoding, the number of the data which was referred to on the lower-bit side of the address register is renewed by adding thereto the n

Abstract: In a statistical variable display apparatus, first lengths along a first axis and second lengths along a second axis are determined. The first lengths are respectively allotted to first-type subgroups, and the second lengths are respectively allotted to the second-type subgroups. The apparatus displays the first-type subgroups arranged along the first axis to have the respective first lengths, the second-type subgroups arranged along the second axis to have the respective second lengths, and representations of acquired statistical variables correspondingly to a respective one of the first-type subgroups arranged along the first axis and a respective one of the second-type subgroups arranged along the second axis.

Abstract: An apparatus for analyzing and displaying usage condition of information. The apparatus analyzes and displays the usage condition outside of an information distributing system by which the information is transmitted; and includes: a usage condition collecting unit that acquires a usage condition information as to the usage condition of the information outside of the information distributing system to be evaluated; and a usage condition displaying unit that displays the usage conditions based on the usage condition information.