Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for hologram recording, a hologram recording medium and a hologram that are capable of realizing excellent diffraction characteristics and an optical device and an optical member using same. The present invention is capable of providing a composition for hologram recording containing at least a radical polymerizable monomer and a matrix resin, in which a cross-sectional observation image at the time of observing a hologram recording film by atomic force microscopy (AFM) has a diffraction grating structure indicating that there is a material density difference that can be observed by the AFM.

Abstract: The present technology relates to information processing apparatus and method, and a program that make a stress level controllable depending on circumstances. A stress level measuring unit measures a stress level of a user on the basis of a result of detection by various types of sensors included in an input unit. A stress factor specifying unit specifies a factor causing an increase or decrease in the stress level on the basis of an action of the user in a period in which the stress level is increased or decreased. The present technology is applicable to a stress control system, for example.

Abstract: [Solving Means] An information processing device includes an acquisition unit, an order information generator, a communication unit, and a proposal information generator. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire user-presented information presented by a user. The order information generator is configured to omit non-sharable information from among the acquired user-presented information or to convert the non-sharable information into alternative information, and to generate order information on a basis of the user-presented information, the non-sharable information being information that is not allowed to be provided to an external device. The communication unit is configured to transmit the order information to the external device, and to receive external proposal information that is generated on a basis of the order information and transmitted by the external device. The proposal information generator is configured to generate proposal information on a basis of the external proposal information.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program, capable of estimating the reliability of an evaluator to improve the accuracy of an evaluation value. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to perform processing of acquiring evaluation information for an evaluation target person by an evaluator and sensing data of the evaluation target person, and processing of estimating reliability of evaluation by the evaluator on the basis of the evaluation information for the evaluation target person by the evaluator and the sensing data of the evaluation target person.

Abstract: The present technology relates to information processing apparatus and method, and a program that make a stress level controllable depending on circumstances. A stress level measuring unit measures a stress level of a user on the basis of a result of detection by various types of sensors included in an input unit. A stress factor specifying unit specifies a factor causing an increase or decrease in the stress level on the basis of an action of the user in a period in which the stress level is increased or decreased. The present technology is applicable to a stress control system, for example.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program, capable of accurately performing the future prediction of a user-specific physical condition and giving advice accordingly. The information processing apparatus includes a prediction unit configured to predict a future physical condition of a user on the basis of a sensor information history including information relating to the user acquired from a sensor around the user, and a generation unit configured to generate advice for bringing the physical condition closer to an ideal physical body specified by the user on the basis of the predicted physical condition, and lifestyle information and preference information of the user obtained from the sensor information history.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a computer program capable of processing information in a certain region and transmitting the abstracted data to a higher-level device to construct a hierarchical distributed database on distributed computers. [Solution] The information processing device includes a control unit configured to perform control to: abstract information collected from a region in a certain range in accordance with setting information; and transmit the abstracted information from a communication unit to a higher-level device.

Abstract: A power control device forms energy storage equipment together with a storage battery. The power control device includes: a communication portion that communicates with a power management device, which manages charge and discharge of the storage battery; a power conditioner that supplies electricity to a predetermined destination for supply; a control portion that controls operation of the power conditioner based on instructions from the power management device that are received by the communication portion; and an authentication processing portion that performs authentication processing with the power management device.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a generation unit configured to generate tactile information indicating a tactile sense to be perceived by a user based on a relative moving direction of a reference position relative to a first virtual object in a virtual space, the reference position being moved in the virtual space in response to movement of an operation body in a real space; and an output unit configured to output tactile presentation information for making the user perceive the tactile sense with a tactile presentation device configured to perform tactile presentation based on the tactile presentation information.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an acquisition unit that acquires power supply request information that includes information on a supply period during which an electric power system is requesting supply of electric power, and reservation information for a vehicle, a calculation unit that, on the basis of the reservation information, calculates supply power to be supplied to the electric power system from the vehicle during the supply period, and a notification unit that notifies the electric power system of the calculated supply power.

Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device capable of easily executing linkage processing between devices using a service on a network. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: a control unit configured to transmit, when a relationship with a first device satisfies a predetermined condition defined by a predetermined service on a network, a user identifier used to identify a user and a device identifier used to identify the first device to the service and to request the service to perform processing related to linkage between the user identifier and the device identifier.

Abstract: An energy control device, an energy management device, an energy control method, and an energy management system are provided. The energy management system includes the energy management device and the energy control device. The energy management device includes an electric power management unit configured to generate an instruction specifying a supply destination for electric power generated by an electric power generator, and includes a communication unit configured to transmit the instruction to the energy control device. The energy control device includes a power conditioner configured to distribute the electric power to the supply destination based on the instruction, and includes a control unit configured to control an operation of the power conditioner.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrical-charging/discharging control apparatus composing an electric-power accumulation facility in conjunction with an electric-power accumulation battery and including: a communication section configured to receive a command to carry out either of electrical charging and discharging operations on the electric-power accumulation battery from an electric-power management apparatus for managing the electrical charging and discharging operations carried out on the electric-power accumulation battery; a control section configured to control the electrical charging and discharging operations carried out on the electric-power accumulation battery on the basis of the command; and a power conditioner for supplying electric power from an electric-power network to the electric-power accumulation battery and transferring electric power accumulated in the electric-power accumulation battery to the electric-power network in accordance with control carried out by the control section.

Abstract: A power control device forms energy storage equipment together with a storage battery. The power control device includes: a communication portion that communicates with a power management device, which manages charge and discharge of the storage battery; a power conditioner that supplies electricity to a predetermined destination for supply; a control portion that controls operation of the power conditioner based on instructions from the power management device that are received by the communication portion; and an authentication processing portion that performs authentication processing with the power management device.

Abstract: There is provided an analysis server including a first verifying unit that analyzes data acquired from a local power management system composed of an electronic appliance provided with a sensor and a power management apparatus managing power supply to the electronic appliance connected to a power network, by using history information of the local power management system or data acquired from another local power management system with a power usage state similar to that of the local power management system, a second verifying unit that analyzes the data acquired from the local power management system, by using an estimated value calculated by simulation using characteristics information and/or specification information of the electronic appliance, and a control unit that controls the first verifying unit and the second verifying unit.

Abstract: A power control device forms energy storage equipment together with a storage battery. The power control device includes: a communication portion that communicates with a power management device, which manages charge and discharge of the storage battery; a power conditioner that supplies electricity to a predetermined destination for supply; a control portion that controls operation of the power conditioner based on instructions from the power management device that are received by the communication portion; and an authentication processing portion that performs authentication processing with the power management device.

Abstract: A terminal device, which includes an encrypting section encrypting input data in a fully homomorphic encryption scheme to generate encrypted data. The terminal device includes an encrypted data transmission section transmitting the encrypted data generated by the encrypting section to a server. The terminal device includes an encrypted data reception section receiving the encrypted data on which the server implements a predetermined process and a decrypting section decrypting the encrypted data on which the predetermined process is implemented.

Abstract: There is provided a power management system including a power receiving unit for receiving power from outside according to consumption of power, an electrical storage unit for storing the power received by the power receiving unit, and a discharge control unit for controlling a second power amount discharged from the electrical storage unit so that a first power amount provided by the power receiving unit attains a predetermined time-series pattern.

Abstract: Provided is a quantum encryption communication apparatus of a transmission side which performs a communication process based on quantum encryption, including: a light source unit which generates a light pulse; a polarization modulating unit which performs polarization modulation of the light pulse by using a variable wavelength plate; and a controller which drives the variable wavelength plate to convert a polarization state of the light pulse to one of a plurality of predetermined polarization bases at random.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrical-charging/discharging control apparatus composing an electric-power accumulation facility in conjunction with an electric-power accumulation battery and including: a communication section configured to receive a command to carry out either of electrical charging and discharging operations on the electric-power accumulation battery from an electric-power management apparatus for managing the electrical charging and discharging operations carried out on the electric-power accumulation battery; a control section configured to control the electrical charging and discharging operations carried out on the electric-power accumulation battery on the basis of the command; and a power conditioner for supplying electric power from an electric-power network to the electric-power accumulation battery and transferring electric power accumulated in the electric-power accumulation battery to the electric-power network in accordance with control carried out by the control section.