Abstract: One embodiment provides a video apparatus including: a recorder configured to record a video content including caption information; a setting register configured to set search parameters including a keyword; and a chapter generator configured to extract chapters each including an interval in which the keyword appears in a caption or captions from the video content. The chapter generator extracts the chapters by setting a start point of a period in which a caption containing the keyword is to be displayed first as a chapter start point, and setting a point that comes first after the end of display of a tail caption containing the keyword among a point when a silent interval starts, a point when a prescribed time elapses, and an end point of a packet concerned of the video content consisting of plural packets as a chapter end point.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a rotatable body; a rotatable endless belt having inner and outer peripheral surfaces; a first presser portion within the inner peripheral surface and pressing the outer peripheral surface onto the rotatable body to form a first nip, through which a recording medium passes, between the endless belt and the rotatable body; and a second presser portion within the inner peripheral surface and pressing the outer peripheral surface onto the rotatable body to form a second nip through which the recording medium passes. The first nip decreases in length in a recording-medium transport direction from a central area toward opposite ends in an axial direction. The second nip increases in length in the transport direction from a central area toward opposite ends in the axial direction, and has an upstream edge, in the transport direction, whose central area protrudes upstream relative to the opposite ends.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a heating rotatable body; a rotatable endless belt having inner and outer peripheral surfaces; and a presser component having first and second presser portions and a recess. The first presser portion is provided within the inner peripheral surface and presses the outer peripheral surface onto the rotatable body to form a fixation nip, through which a recording medium passes, between the endless belt and the rotatable body. The second presser portion guides the recording medium by pressing the endless belt toward the rotatable body at an upstream side of the fixation nip in a recording-medium transport direction to bring the recording medium into contact with the rotatable body at the upstream side of the fixation nip. The recess is spaced apart from the endless belt and is located upstream of the first presser portion and downstream of the second presser portion in the transport direction.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a rotatable body; a rotatable endless belt having inner and outer peripheral surfaces; a first presser portion within the inner peripheral surface and pressing the outer peripheral surface onto the rotatable body to form a first nip, through which a recording medium passes, between the endless belt and the rotatable body; and a second presser portion within the inner peripheral surface and pressing the outer peripheral surface onto the rotatable body to form a second nip through which the recording medium passes. The first nip decreases in length in a recording-medium transport direction from a central area toward opposite ends in an axial direction. The second nip increases in length in the transport direction from a central area toward opposite ends in the axial direction, and has an upstream edge, in the transport direction, whose central area protrudes upstream relative to the opposite ends.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a heating rotatable body; a rotatable endless belt having inner and outer peripheral surfaces; and a presser component having first and second presser portions and a recess. The first presser portion is provided within the inner peripheral surface and presses the outer peripheral surface onto the rotatable body to form a fixation nip, through which a recording medium passes, between the endless belt and the rotatable body. The second presser portion guides the recording medium by pressing the endless belt toward the rotatable body at an upstream side of the fixation nip in a recording-medium transport direction to bring the recording medium into contact with the rotatable body at the upstream side of the fixation nip. The recess is spaced apart from the endless belt and is located upstream of the first presser portion and downstream of the second presser portion in the transport direction.

Abstract: A discharge mechanism includes a rotary shaft, a roller member, and a deforming unit. The roller member has a peripheral surface that is coaxial with the rotary shaft, rotates together with the rotary shaft, and discharges a medium that is in contact with the peripheral surface. The deforming unit deforms the medium in such a way that a part of the medium, the part being not in contact with the peripheral surface, passes through a position that is closer to the rotary shaft than the peripheral surface is. A part of the peripheral surface, the part being in contact with the medium, is continuously displaced in an axial direction and in a rotation direction of the rotary shaft when the roller member is rotated.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a metadata processing apparatus which communicates with a server that holds metadata, the metadata processing apparatus includes a metadata update module configured to update metadata pertaining to content, a transmission module configured to transmit, to the server, content identification data for identifying the content to which the metadata updated by the metadata update module pertains, a reception module configured to receive data transmitted from the server, a determination module configured to determine, on the basis of the data received from the server by the reception module, whether it is necessary to upload the metadata updated by the metadata update module, and a notification module configured to invoke notification that presses upload of the metadata updated by the metadata update module to the server when the determination module has determined that upload is necessary.

Abstract: A discharge mechanism includes: a rotation shaft; a pair of roll members disposed on the rotation shaft at different positions in an axial direction; and a protrusion that protrudes from a section of the rotation shaft sandwiched between the pair of roll members, wherein a distance from a center of the rotation shaft to a tip of the protrusion is smaller than a radius of each of the pair of roll members, and the protrusion includes a projecting part that projects in a direction of rotation of the rotation shaft.

Abstract: A discharge mechanism includes a rotary shaft, a roller member, and a deforming unit. The roller member has a peripheral surface that is coaxial with the rotary shaft, rotates together with the rotary shaft, and discharges a medium that is in contact with the peripheral surface. The deforming unit deforms the medium in such a way that a part of the medium, the part being not in contact with the peripheral surface, passes through a position that is closer to the rotary shaft than the peripheral surface is. A part of the peripheral surface, the part being in contact with the medium, is continuously displaced in an axial direction and in a rotation direction of the rotary shaft when the roller member is rotated.

Abstract: A discharge mechanism includes: a rotation shaft; a pair of roll members disposed on the rotation shaft at different positions in an axial direction; and a protrusion that protrudes from a section of the rotation shaft sandwiched between the pair of roll members, wherein a distance from a center of the rotation shaft to a tip of the protrusion is smaller than a radius of each of the pair of roll members, and the protrusion includes a projecting part that projects in a direction of rotation of the rotation shaft.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a metadata processing apparatus which communicates with a server that holds metadata, the metadata processing apparatus includes a metadata update module configured to update metadata pertaining to content, a transmission module configured to transmit, to the server, content identification data for identifying the content to which the metadata updated by the metadata update module pertains, a reception module configured to receive data transmitted from the server, a determination module configured to determine, on the basis of the data received from the server by the reception module, whether it is necessary to upload the metadata updated by the metadata update module, and a notification module configured to invoke notification that presses upload of the metadata updated by the metadata update module to the server when the determination module has determined that upload is necessary.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a program search apparatus includes a communication module, a search module, and an output controller. The communication module is configured to communicate with an external apparatus via a network. The search module is configured to search for a corresponding program corresponding to a designated program designated from a program table via the network. The output controller is configured to execute control to output a search result.