Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first-information acquirer, a second-information acquirer, a judger, and a presentation controller. The first-information acquirer acquires first information indicating a type of an ingredient provided for preparation and an amount of the ingredient. The second-information acquirer acquires second information indicating an amount that is needed for an ingredient of the type in a recipe. The judger judges a magnitude relationship between the amount indicated by the first information and the amount indicated by the second information. The presentation controller causes a presenter to present third information indicating, in accordance with the judged magnitude relationship, the amount indicated by the second information versus the amount indicated by the first information.

Abstract: A heating power control device includes a storage in which first information is stored, the first information being on a cooking process being executed using a cooking appliance, a receiver that receives second information indicating an absence of a user of the cooking appliance or a presence of the user, and a controller that determines whether or not the user is absent for a predetermined period of time based on the second information, determines, based on the first information, whether or not the cooking process is a heating process when the user is determined to be absent for the predetermined period of time, determines, based on the first information, a control method of controlling heating power of the cooking appliance when the cooking process is determined to be a heating process, and controls the heating power of the cooking appliance by the control method.

Abstract: Order information indicating a purchase order is received from an ordering device. Whether a display terminal corresponding to the ordering device from which the order information has been sent exists or not is determined using information which indicates correspondences between ordering devices and display terminals. Message information indicating acceptance of the purchase order indicated in the order information is transmitted to the corresponding display terminal. It is determined whether status information indicating that the message information was displayed on the display of the corresponding display terminal has been received from the corresponding display terminal or not. A cancellation period during which a process for canceling the purchase order indicated in the order information is accepted is started upon reception of the status information.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus includes a communicator that communicates with a terminal, a link-state manager that manages link-state information indicating whether or not a link to the terminal is active, a heater that performs a heating operation on a cooking tool, a receiver that receives a user operation, and a controller that controls the communicator or the heater which is a control target, on the basis of the user operation. In the case where the link is active, when the user operation is performed on the receiver, the controller causes the communicator to transmit instruction information to the terminal. The instruction information indicates an instruction to switch an image being displayed on the information display apparatus from a first image to a second image.

Abstract: Order information indicating a purchase order is received from an ordering device. Whether a display terminal corresponding to the ordering device from which the order information has been sent exists or not is determined using a table which manages ordering devices and display terminals in association with each other. Message information indicating acceptance of the purchase order indicated in the order information received is transmitted to the corresponding display terminal. It is determined whether status information indicating that the message information was displayed on the display of the corresponding display terminal has been received from the corresponding display terminal or not. A cancellation period during which a process for canceling the purchase order indicated in the order information is accepted is started upon reception of the status information.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display unit that displays a first image; an obtaining unit that obtains a recognition result of recognizing a foodstuff serving as a cooking target on the basis of a photographed image obtained from a camera; a determination unit that determines whether a recognized foodstuff indicated by the recognition result is present in a superposable area where the first image can be superposed on the foodstuff; and a display control unit that causes the display unit to: (i) superpose the first image on the foodstuff when the determination unit determines that the foodstuff is present in the superposable area; and (ii) superpose the first image on a second image when the determination unit determines that the foodstuff is not present in the superposable area.

Abstract: A bottle storage includes: a housing portion that houses a bottle therein; a cooling-warming portion (cooling-warming devices) that is provided around the housing portion; a rotation portion (rotation motor) that rotates the bottle housed in the housing portion; an image capture portion that captures an image of the bottle housed in the housing portion; a controller that controls the bottle rotation performed by the rotation portion and the image capture performed by the image capture portion, based on the bottle image captured by the image capture portion; an information manager (storage manager) that identifies at least a brand of the bottle, based on the bottle image captured by the control of the controller; and an output portion (display portion) that outputs at least one of the brand identified by the information manager and relevant information regarding the identified brand.

Abstract: An information processing method causes a processor in a terminal to: display, on the display of the terminal, a first screen representing a pre-preparation process included in cooking processes, the first screen displaying information indicating an intermediate foodstuff made through the pre-preparation process; acquire first identification information indicating a food container storing the intermediate foodstuff from an electronic tag apparatus attached to the food container while the first screen is displayed on the display; store, in a memory, information indicating the intermediate foodstuff or pre-preparation process and the first identification information in correspondence with each other; display, on the display, a second screen representing a finish process included in the cooking processes, the intermediate foodstuff being prepared in the finish process; and when the second screen is displayed, transmit a command to the electronic tag apparatus according to the first identification information so

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first-information acquirer, a second-information acquirer, a judger, and a presentation controller. The first-information acquirer acquires first information indicating a type of an ingredient provided for preparation and an amount of the ingredient. The second-information acquirer acquires second information indicating an amount that is needed for an ingredient of the type in a recipe. The judger judges a magnitude relationship between the amount indicated by the first information and the amount indicated by the second information. The presentation controller causes a presenter to present third information indicating, in accordance with the judged magnitude relationship, the amount indicated by the second information versus the amount indicated by the first information.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification device, including a diesel particulate filter (“DPF”) for collecting particulate matter contained in an exhaust gas, a forced regeneration unit or performing forced regeneration, a capacitance detection unit for detecting a capacitance of the DPF, a total accumulated amount estimation unit for estimating a total amount of accumulated particulate matter and ash collected in the DPF on the basis of the detected capacitance, and an ash accumulated amount calculation unit for calculating an amount of accumulated ash by using, as the amount of accumulated ash, the total amount of accumulation which is estimated when the forced regeneration finishes.

Abstract: An information sharing method that provides a graphical user interface image for sharing information relating to an appliance within a home among a plurality of users includes a receiving step of receiving, as home appliance event information, information on a state change of an appliance within a plurality of homes, a priority determining step of determining a priority of a home that is to be displayed in the graphical user interface image in accordance with an occurrence frequency of the home appliance event information within each home, and a home determining step of determining a home to be displayed in the graphical user interface image in accordance with the priority.

Abstract: First information including related information relating to a cooking action to be carried out by a cook is acquired, a presentation device is made to present the related information, it is determined whether or not an action of the cook that is specified based on second information is the cooking action, an index indicating a degree of attention of the cook recommended for the cooking action is acquired, and the information amount of the related information presented is altered in accordance with the degree of attention indicated by the acquired index.

Abstract: An information processing method firstly acquires cuisine data for a cuisine that includes multiple food preparation processes, the cuisine data including necessary time that is required for each of the multiple food preparation processes. Then the method accepts request information for sectioning the multiple food preparation processes into a pre-preparation process and a finishing process, the request information indicating a request for at least one of an amount of time that a user will take on the pre-preparation process and an amount of time that the user will take on the finishing process. And the method decides a sectioning position to section the multiple food preparation processes into the pre-preparation process and the finishing process satisfying the request information, based on the necessary time included in the cuisine data. Finally the method outputs information indicating the decided sectioning position to an output device.

Abstract: A particulate matter measuring device includes: a diesel particulate filter (DPF) in which upstream side and downstream side openings of multiple cells partitioned by porous partition walls are alternately plugged; a pair of first electrodes received in a pair of first electrode cells arranged diagonally with a central cell therebetween; a pair of second electrodes received in a pair of second electrode cells arranged diagonally with the central cell therebetween; a first connecting member for connecting the first electrodes to each other; a second connecting member for connecting the second electrodes to each other; and a unit that calculates an amount of particulate matter trapped in the DPF on the basis of capacitance between the electrodes. The four cells which are adjacent to each other around the partition walls of the central cell and sandwiched between the first electrode cells and the second electrode cells are used as measurement cells.

Abstract: A heating power control device includes a storage in which first information is stored, the first information being on a cooking process being executed using a cooking appliance, a receiver that receives second information indicating an absence of a user of the cooking appliance or a presence of the user, and a controller that determines whether or not the user is absent for a predetermined period of time based on the second information, determines, based on the first information, whether or not the cooking process is a heating process when the user is determined to be absent for the predetermined period of time, determines, based on the first information, a control method of controlling heating power of the cooking appliance when the cooking process is determined to be a heating process, and controls the heating power of the cooking appliance by the control method.

Abstract: A cooking support method for a cooking support system, for supporting cooking by a user, connected through a network to a thermal image camera installed to take, from obliquely above the cookware, a thermal image of a region including a cookware during cooking and to a notification device capable of notifying the user of information includes: acquiring a thermal image of the region including the cookware at predetermined time intervals from the thermal image camera through the network; calculating a value indicating a change in level of a content in the cookware from the acquired thermal image; and determining whether the calculated value is not less than a predetermined threshold, determining that the content will possibly boil over the cookware when the calculated value is determined as not less than the predetermined threshold, and transmitting notification information to notify the user of the possibility of boil-over to the notification device.

Abstract: An information processing method causes a processor in a terminal to: display, on the display of the terminal, a first screen representing a pre-preparation process included in cooking processes, the first screen displaying information indicating an intermediate foodstuff made through the pre-preparation process; acquire first identification information indicating a food container storing the intermediate foodstuff from an electronic tag apparatus attached to the food container while the first screen is displayed on the display; store, in a memory, information indicating the intermediate foodstuff or pre-preparation process and the first identification information in correspondence with each other; display, on the display, a second screen representing a finish process included in the cooking processes, the intermediate foodstuff being prepared in the finish process; and when the second screen is displayed, transmit a command to the electronic tag apparatus according to the first identification information so

Abstract: An electronic device including: a living thing state estimator that determines whether or not at least an animal other than a human is present in a space based on information on the space in which the electronic device is disposed, and estimates a state of the animal that is determined to be present; and a control detail determiner that determines a control detail for the electronic device, according to a result of the determination or the estimated state of the animal.

Abstract: A terminal includes a storage in which control method information is stored, the control method information indicating a relationship between each of a plurality of heating methods of an ingredient and each of a plurality of corresponding control methods for reducing heating power of a cooking appliance; and a controller that, in a case where the absence of a user of the cooking appliance from a kitchen is detected for a predetermined period of time during execution of one of the plurality of heating methods, determines a first control method corresponding to the one of the plurality of heating methods based on the control method information stored in the storage and then causes the cooking appliance to execute the first control method. The first control method is a method for reducing the heating power used in the one of the plurality of heating methods.

Abstract: A method includes: obtaining temperature-related information which is related to temperatures at portions of a cooking container, using a processor; recognizing an edge of the cooking container disposed in a cooking device that cooks by heating, and identifying an overheated portion in the edge where a temperature exceeds a threshold value, based on the temperature-related information using the processor; and transmitting emission instruction information to a light emitter, and causing the light emitter to emit light to the identified overheated portion.