Abstract: A computer system includes a processor for executing a program, a computer holding the program executed by the processor, a first database holding relevance between physical amounts measured under conditions different in at least one of time and place, and a second database holding relevance between pieces of information including texts and corresponding to the measured physical amounts. The processor is configured to: calculate, based on the relevance between the physical amounts held in the first database and the relevance between the pieces of information in the second database, relevance between each of the measured physical amounts and each of the pieces of information, and hold the calculated relevance between each of the physical amounts and each of the pieces of information in a third database; and refer to, when the physical amounts are input, the third database to present information highly relevant to the input physical amounts.

Abstract: A computer system includes a processor for executing a program, a computer holding the program executed by the processor, a first database holding relevance between physical amounts measured under conditions different in at least one of time and place, and a second database holding relevance between pieces of information including texts and corresponding to the measured physical amounts. The processor is configured to: calculate, based on the relevance between the physical amounts held in the first database and the relevance between the pieces of information in the second database, relevance between each of the measured physical amounts and each of the pieces of information, and hold the calculated relevance between each of the physical amounts and each of the pieces of information in a third database; and refer to, when the physical amounts are input, the third database to present information highly relevant to the input physical amounts.

Abstract: A multifunction video navigation display is achieved without adding an extra load onto hardware or software of a viewing apparatus. In such a video content viewing apparatus, a memory unit acquires video contents and metadata to execute video navigation functions from an external server and stores them, a metadata analysis unit verifies completeness of the acquired metadata and corrects/complements an incomplete portion of the metadata, and a navigation unit executes the selected video navigation function according to an analysis result provided from the metadata analysis unit.

Abstract: An environmental control system according to the present invention is a system for controlling environmental devices by which a work status and a behavior status are monitored and the environmental devices are finely controlled in accordance with the statuses to improve comfort. The environmental control system includes a communication unit, a unit for detecting environments, a unit for detecting a work status, a unit for obtaining power consumption, a unit for determining the control of a device, and a unit for transmitting a control signal, and enables fine control in accordance with a work type.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a skill level of a staff member is discriminated from an actual job log of the staff member, productivity including the skill level, a salary, and combination efficiency with another staff member is calculated, and a staff arrangement plan maximizing a productive efficiency is outputted.

Abstract: An environmental control system according to the present invention is a system for controlling environmental devices by which a work status and a behavior status are monitored and the environmental devices are finely controlled in accordance with the statuses to improve comfort. The environmental control system includes a communication unit, a unit for detecting environments, a unit for detecting a work status, a unit for obtaining power consumption, a unit for determining the control of a device, and a unit for transmitting a control signal, and enables fine control in accordance with a work type.

Abstract: In a video recorder, closed caption sentence data is outputted by analyzing digital broadcasting data including closed caption information. Index data is generated on the basis of a feature extraction rule and the effectiveness of an appearing keyword by analyzing closed caption sentence data. Closed caption feature data including a type of a closed caption sentence and a display time is generated by analyzing a closed caption ES (Elementary Stream). The broadcasting data is stored as record data, the closed caption feature data is analyzed, chapter data for reproducing a program is generated by a chapter designated by the user, and the chapter data is outputted to a storage. In the case of recording and reproducing the digital broadcasting program, it is possible to perform both the reproduction by the optimal index using the closed caption and the reproduction by the keyword voluntarily inputted by the user.

Abstract: A chaptering apparatus and method for movie data to set chapter points at more appropriate points in the movie data are disclosed. The apparatus includes a unit for acquiring the subtitle data from the movie data and a unit for chaptering the movie data. The chaptering unit detects sections designated not to display text data in the subtitle data for predetermined time or longer, based on the subtitle data acquired by the subtitle data acquisition unit, and sets, as chapter starting points, ending points of sections designated not to display text data in the subtitle data for predetermined time or longer.

Abstract: A multifunction video navigation display is achieved without adding an extra load onto hardware or software of a viewing apparatus. In such a video content viewing apparatus, a memory unit acquires video contents and metadata to execute video navigation functions from an external server and stores them, a metadata analysis unit verifies completeness of the acquired metadata and corrects/complements an incomplete portion of the metadata, and a navigation unit executes the selected video navigation function according to an analysis result provided from the metadata analysis unit.

Abstract: A method of extracting a keyword in synchronism with a “scene” or “corner” in a TV program that changes in units of second in synchronism with the elapse of time of first content, and an information presentation apparatus to search and display a predetermined form of content, such as a web page, are provided. The information presentation apparatus comprises: an AV content output unit to output AV content (e.g., TV programs and movies); and a web page output unit to output, together with the AV content from the AV content output unit, a web page that corresponds to a keyword related to a scene included in the content being output from the AV content output unit without the user having to take trouble to choose a keyword, the web page output unit being adapted to, when the scene in the content changes, automatically update the web page to one corresponding to the changed scene.