Abstract: A character input prediction apparatus includes: an operation input unit that obtains information of a character input operation by a user using a character key layout display which includes character keys; a dictionary storage unit that stores a dictionary including candidate character strings; an indication movement detection unit that detects an indication position and an indication direction respectively showing a position and a movement direction of the character input operation in the character key layout display, from the information of the character input operation; a filter generation unit that determines a character range located in the indication direction with the indication position as a base point, in the character key layout display; and a dictionary search unit that searches the dictionary for a predictive character string including any character included in the character range.

Abstract: A close attachment region is provided on the outer side relative to an outer edge portion of a gas diffusion layer and on the inner side relative to the inner edge portion of a gasket as seen from the thickness direction of a polymer electrolyte membrane, such that separators and a frame member are closely attached to each other. Thus, it becomes possible to suppress an increase in the manufacturing cost and a reduction in the power generation performance, which is attributed to the impurity eluted from the gasket and flowing toward the gas diffusion layer.

Abstract: A content management apparatus includes: an uploaded content detection unit which detects a content item uploaded to a network service by a user; a management information generation unit which generates management information of: the content item uploaded to the network service by the user; and a content item stored on a device connected to a network; an uploaded content information storage unit which stores the management information of the uploaded content item; a home content information storage unit which stores the management information of the content item stored on the device; a home content detection unit which detects a new content item newly stored on the device; and an identification unit which verifies, when the new content item is detected, whether the new content item and the content item whose management information is stored on the uploaded content information storage unit are identical.

Abstract: Provided is a gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell, wherein a reactive gas passage groove for distributing a reactive gas is formed in one principal surface of the gas diffusion layer, and a reinforcing member is provided along the reactive gas passage grooves. Thus, the deformation of the gas diffusion layer due to a fastening pressure can be suppressed to improve the power generation performance.

Abstract: The handheld controller controls a graphic cursor on a display. A motion sensor responds to user movement of a first type producing motion data. A touchpad responds to user movement of a second type more precise than the first type producing second sensor data. A processor calculates a hybrid cursor movement signal having a large scale movement component corresponding to movement of the first type and a fine scale movement component corresponding to movement of the second type, the hybrid cursor movement signal being for moving the graphic cursor. A processor calculates the large scale movement component based on a first sensitivity parameter representing sensitivity of the motion sensor determined by associating the touchpad data with the motion data, and the fine scale movement component based on a second sensitivity parameter representing sensitivity of the touchpad determined by associating the motion data with the touchpad data.

Abstract: To switch a coordinate mode by automatically recognizing a coordinate mode more usable for a user performing a natural operation, a coordinate determination apparatus (200) according to the present invention includes: an obtain and store unit (204) which obtains coordinate information from a coordinate input device (201) and stores the coordinate information onto a recording medium; a time correlation specifying unit (320) which specifies a correlation between times of input indicated by first and second coordinate information; a coordinate correlation specifying unit (324) which specifies input coordinates indicated by the second and third coordinate information; a coordinate mode selection unit (326) which selects the coordinate mode based on a coordinate correlation value and a time correlation value; and a coordinate transform unit (328) which transforms the input coordinates indicated by the second coordinate information into coordinates selected according to the coordinate mode.

Abstract: A content presenting method of the present disclosure includes: a history collecting step of collecting a viewing history of a user; a determining step of analyzing the viewing history to determine an active time segment in which an output section is in a state of being viewed; a data collecting step of collecting meta data assigned to a viewed content; an analyzing step of analyzing the meta data to extract a word representing the content; a profile generating step of generating, for each active time segment, a user profile based on the extracted word; a calculation step of calculating an estimated viewing time; and a playlist generating step of selecting contents based on the user profile generated correspondingly to the active time segment to be compatible with the estimated viewing time, to generate a playlist which defines an order in which the selected contents are played.

Abstract: Included are: a plural-push information management unit; a screen attention degree determination unit; a selection operation history collection unit; a selection probability calculation unit calculating a user's selection probability for each category; and a display style determination unit causing pieces of push information in a category having a higher probability to be displayed in a more easily selectable display style. The categories include a relevance category including pieces of push information regarding content displayed on the screen. The selection probability calculation unit calculates a selection probability of the relevance category having a first attention degree as a screen attention degree to be higher than that having the second attention degree lower than the first attention degree; and calculates a selection probability having a first number as the number of selection times to be higher than that having a second number smaller than the first number.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a membrane electrode assembly, comprising: obtaining a mixture by mixing and kneading electrically conductive particles, a polymer resin, a surfactant, and a dispersion solvent (S1); obtaining a sheet-like mixture by rolling out and shaping the mixture (S2); obtaining a carbon sheet by heat-treating the sheet-like mixture at a first heat treatment temperature such that the surfactant and the dispersion solvent are removed from the sheet-like mixture (S3); obtaining a dispersion liquid by mixing electrically conductive particles, a polymer resin, a surfactant, and a dispersion solvent (S4); forming, on the carbon sheet, a dispersion liquid layer thinner than the carbon sheet by forming and drying a coating of the dispersion liquid on the carbon sheet (S5); obtaining a gas diffusion layer in which a carbon layer is formed on the carbon sheet, by heat-treating the carbon sheet on which the dispersion liquid layer is formed at a second heat treatment temperature lower than the first heat t

Abstract: A gas diffusion layer for fuel cell of the present invention is structured with a porous member mainly comprised of conductive particles such as acetylene black, graphite and a polymer resin such as PTFE. This makes it possible to achieve both an improvement in power generation performance of the fuel cell and a reduction in costs.

Abstract: An information input apparatus includes: a touch pad; a touch information detecting unit which detects touch information that is information resulting from an operator contacting the touch sensor with a finger; a touch operation start position detecting unit which detects, using the touch information, a touch operation start position that is a start position of a touch operation performed by the operator; a touch operation recognition condition storage unit which stores a plurality of touch operation recognition conditions each for recognizing one of types of touch operation, in association with each of touch operation start positions; and a touch recognizing unit, which recognizes the touch operation, using the touch operation recognition conditions stored in association with the touch operation start position detected by the touch operation start position detecting unit, to determine a type of the touch operation.

Abstract: In order to provide an information input device that solves the misclick caused by a clickable touch sensor without using information corresponding to pressure of the user's finger, the information input device includes: a touch information detecting unit that detects a touch information item obtained when a finger of the user is in contact with the touch sensor; a touch information sequence storage unit configured to store the touch information item for a predetermined period; and a pressing start position estimating unit configured to estimate a pressing start position at which the user started to press the touch sensor with the finger, based on touch information items stored in the touch information sequence storage unit, when the switch was pressed down, the touch information items including the touch information item.

Abstract: A click position control apparatus that controls a click position on a touch sensor clicked by a user when the user operates an input device including a clickable touch sensor including the touch sensor and a click detecting unit, the click position control apparatus including: a touch position information generating unit which generates touch position information indicating a position on the touch sensor touched by the user; a click judging unit which detects a click on the click detecting unit; a click position information generating unit which generates click position information indicating a click position when the click is detected; and a correcting unit which corrects the click position information based on a positional relationship between a reference position on the input device and the click position.

Abstract: An information processing method is performed by an information processing apparatus, for executing predetermined processing in relation to an object displayed on a screen. The information processing method includes: obtaining position information indicating positions detected for two or more parts of an operating body; calculating a control amount on a basis of the positions of the two or more parts, the positions being indicated in the position information; and controlling including displaying, on the screen, a control symbol including a first symbol which represents the control amount calculated in the calculating and a second symbol which represents a threshold to be a criterion for determining whether or not the control amount satisfies a predetermined condition, and executing the predetermined processing in a case where the control amount is determined to satisfy the predetermined condition.

Abstract: An information input apparatus includes: a touch pad; a touch information detecting unit which detects touch information that is information resulting from an operator contacting the touch sensor with a finger; a touch operation start position detecting unit which detects, using the touch information, a touch operation start position that is a start position of a touch operation performed by the operator; a touch operation recognition condition storage unit which stores a plurality of touch operation recognition conditions each for recognizing one of types of touch operation, in association with each of touch operation start positions; and a touch recognizing unit, which recognizes the touch operation, using the touch operation recognition conditions stored in association with the touch operation start position detected by the touch operation start position detecting unit, to determine a type of the touch operation.

Abstract: The display control device is a display control device which receives a signal from the operating device having a touchpad and generates screen data to be displayed on a screen, the display control device including: a touch information detecting unit (201) which detects touch information including position information about a position on the touchpad that is touched with a finger of a user during operation of the touchpad; a direction determining unit (203) which determines a direction intended by the user, using a characteristic which is indicated by the touch information detected by the touch information detecting unit (201) and which results from the operation on the touchpad with the finger; and a screen data generating unit (205) which generates the screen data depending on the direction determined by the direction determining unit (203).

Abstract: The display control device is a display control device which receives a signal from the operating device having a touchpad and generates screen data to be displayed on a screen, the display control device including: a touch information detecting unit (201) which detects touch information including position information about a position on the touchpad that is touched with a finger of a user during operation of the touchpad; a direction determining unit (203) which determines a direction intended by the user, using a characteristic which is indicated by the touch information detected by the touch information detecting unit (201) and which results from the operation on the touchpad with the finger; and a screen data generating unit (205) which generates the screen data depending on the direction determined by the direction determining unit (203).

Abstract: An operating apparatus (200) which includes: an operation information obtaining unit (204) which obtains, from an input apparatus (203), operation information indicating operations inputted by a user to first and second input units (201 and 202); an operation amount calculation unit (205) which calculates amounts of the operations by the user to the first and second input units (201 and 202), using the operation information obtained by the operation information obtaining unit (204); and an operation region change unit (215) which changes sizes of first and second operation regions (301 and 302) so that areas of the first and second operation regions (301 and 302) corresponding to the first and second input units (201 and 202) increase as the amounts of the operations to the first and second input units (201 and 202) calculated by the operation amount calculation unit are greater.

Abstract: An information input device including: an indicator detection unit (42); a pointer position setting unit (44) which sets a position of a pointer to be displayed on a display screen (52); a storage unit (46) which obtains and stores time-sequenced positional information which indicates the set position; a first passage detection unit (48) which detects that the pointer has passed through a first specific region which is a predetermined region on the display screen, using the time-sequenced positional information; and a direction obtainment unit (50) which obtains a direction in which the pointer has passed through the first specific region if it is detected that the pointer has passed through the first specific region; and a first image modifying unit (62) which modifies a displayed image, depending on the obtained direction.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a gas diffusion layer having gas flow passages formed at its one main surface, which is capable of achieving a further improvement in power generation performance. The fuel cell-use gas diffusion layer (14A, 14C) of the present invention has a double-layer structure made up of a first diffusion layer (15A, 15C) having gas flow passages (21A, 21C) at its one main surface, and a second diffusion layer (16A, 16C) disposed on the other main surface of the first diffusion layer. The first diffusion layer and the second diffusion layer are each structured with a porous member mainly comprised of conductive particles and a polymer resin, and the first diffusion layer is structured to be lower in porosity than the second diffusion layer.