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: 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: An internal combustion engine includes an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system having an EGR valve and a reed valve in an EGR passage, and a control device that expresses a relationship between an opening degree of the EGR valve and a mass flow rate of an EGR gas by using a first volume flow rate of the EGR gas that can be expressed by using an isentropic flow equation of a nozzle of the EGR valve and a second volume flow rate of the EGR gas pumped out by the reed valve. Even if the reed valve (check valve) is provided in the EGR passage, the mass flow rate of the EGR gas can be calculated accurately.

Abstract: The present invention provides a DPF failure detection method and a DPF failure detection device, which can be realized with a simple configuration and detect a failure at low cost. The theoretical deposited amount of PM on a DPF 4 is calculated from the operating state of an internal combustion engine 2. The actual deposited amount of the PM on the DPF 4 is measured based on the electrical capacitance of an electrical capacitance type PM sensor 6. When the divergence of the actual deposited amount from the theoretical deposited amount exceeds an allowable limit, it is determined that the DPF 4 has a failure.

Abstract: A diesel particulate filter (“DPF”) including vertically and horizontally stacked cells in which all of vertical and horizontal sides are surrounded by walls formed of a porous material, and sealing end faces of the cells alternately vertically and horizontally are provided with first and second electrodes. In a particulate matter (“PM”) sensor in which a PM deposit quantity of the DPF is detected by a capacitance of a capacitor formed by the first and second electrodes, among open cells, the first electrodes are inserted into the open cells arranged in a line in a diagonal direction, and the second electrodes are inserted into the open cells arranged in a line in the diagonal direction and including the open cells secondarily adjacent to each of the open cells into which the first electrodes are inserted.

Abstract: An animation control apparatus includes an interpolation component information creating unit that interpolates first and second component information included in first and second keyframe information, to create interpolation component information expressing an interpolation screen component; a rendering time period computing unit that calculates a rendering time period required in a rendering process of the interpolation screen component; and a rendering determination unit that determines, based on the rendering time period, whether or not the rendering process of the interpolation screen component is completed by a second rendering start time included in the second keyframe information. A display controller waits without performing the rendering process of the interpolation screen component, when determination is made that the rendering process is not completed by the second rendering start time, and then starts a rendering process of a screen component expressed by the second component information.

Abstract: A redrawing area displaying unit sets a redrawing area SD based on an area redrawn by a drawing processing unit in each frame, and displays an image representing the set redrawing area SD by overlapping the image on a GUI. Each time a frame of the GUI is updated by the drawing processing unit, a target redrawing area displaying unit measures a drawing processing time TS of the updated frame, and when the measured drawing processing time TS exceeds a predetermined reference processing time TR, calculates a target redrawing area MD that is drawable within the reference processing time TR, and overlaps an image representing the calculated target redrawing area MD on an excess frame and displays this image.

Abstract: An information terminal includes: a device information management unit that obtains device information identifying a first device and a second device which are connected to a network; a device coordination service information management unit that obtains coordination information which identifies a coordination behavior achieved with a first function of the first device and a second function of the second device; and a GUI generating and drawing unit which draws first and second GUI components and a third GUI component in association with each other, the first and the second GUI components indicating the first and the second devices identified by the device information, and the third GUI component indicating the coordination behavior identified by the coordination information.

Abstract: The present invention provides a DPF failure detection method and a DPF failure detection device, which can be realized with a simple configuration and detect a failure at low cost. The theoretical deposited amount of PM on a DPF 4 is calculated from the operating state of an internal combustion engine 2. The actual deposited amount of the PM on the DPF 4 is measured based on the electrical capacitance of an electrical capacitance type PM sensor 6. When the divergence of the actual deposited amount from the theoretical deposited amount exceeds an allowable limit, it is determined that the DPF 4 has a failure.

Abstract: A display device of the present invention displays a first image stored in first memory and a second image stored in second memory, by overlaying the first image on the second image. Once a display size/position of the first image is acquired, a first image generation unit is controlled to start generating the first image complying with the acquired display size/position. Until generation of the first image is completed, (i) a second image generation unit is controlled to generate an opaque second image that is opaque and large enough in size to cover the first image being generated, and (ii) the opaque second image is displayed. Upon completion of generation of the first image, (i) the second image generation unit is controlled to generate a partially transparent second image including a transparent part to be positioned over the first image, and (ii) the partially transparent second image is displayed.

Abstract: A redrawing area displaying unit 37 sets a redrawing area SD based on an area redrawn by a drawing processing unit 32 in each frame, and displays an image representing the set redrawing area SD by overlapping the image on a GUI. Each time a frame of the GUI is updated by the drawing processing unit 32, a target redrawing area displaying unit 39 measures a drawing processing time TS of the updated frame, and when the measured drawing processing time TS exceeds a predetermined reference processing time TR, calculates a target redrawing area MD that is drawable within the reference processing time TR, and overlaps an image representing the calculated target redrawing area MD on an excess frame and displays this image.

Abstract: An animation control apparatus has: an interpolation component information creating unit (14) that interpolates first and second component information included respectively in first and second keyframe information acquired by an animation controller (13), to create interpolation component information expressing an interpolation screen component; a rendering time period computing unit (16) that calculates a rendering time period required in a rendering process for displaying the interpolation screen component on a display unit (2); a rendering determination unit (15) that determines, based on the rendering time period, whether or not the rendering process for displaying the interpolation screen component on the display unit (2) is completed by a second rendering start time included in the second keyframe information; and a display controller (18) that waits without performing the rendering process for displaying the interpolation screen component on the display unit (2), when determination is made that the ren

Abstract: A display device of the present invention displays a first image stored in first memory and a second image stored in second memory, by overlaying the first image on the second image. Once a display size/position of the first image is acquired, a first image generation unit is controlled to start generating the first image complying with the acquired display size/position. Until generation of the first image is completed, (i) a second image generation unit is controlled to generate an opaque second image that is opaque and large enough in size to cover the first image being generated, and (ii) the opaque second image is displayed. Upon completion of generation of the first image, (i) the second image generation unit is controlled to generate a partially transparent second image including a transparent part to be positioned over the first image, and (ii) the partially transparent second image is displayed.

Abstract: Provided is an operation guidance display apparatus which enables improvement of an operability for a user. When an input device (101) is changed, a display information change rule extraction section (106) extracts a function display information change rule for displaying guidance display information having been extracted. A display information change section (107) invalidates, in the guidance display information having been extracted, a display rule for operation auxiliary information corresponding to input information which is not used as input information. The display information change section (107) generates an operable GUI representing the operation auxiliary information for symbol information having been invalidated, by using the input information defined in the input information conversion table, thereby performing an appropriate operation guidance display.

Abstract: A multi-window display apparatus capable of displaying a plurality of windows on a screen thereof is provided with means for, when a new window is displayed so as to be superimposed on a window which has already been displayed, displaying the new window without covering significant information as ranch as possible. Upon a display request of a new window, a display object priority comparison section (103) determines, based on information stored in a display object information management section (104), an area having a low display priority on a display device (106). A new window display position determination section (102) displays the new window so as to be superimposed on the area having the low display priority.

Abstract: A display object layout changing device for changing a layout of a new display object so that the new display object, made transparent, within a new display window does not overlap an existing display object within an existing display window, is provided. A new display object determination section (103) determines whether or not a transparency is set for the new display object. When the transparency is set, a display object layout determination section (104) determines whether or not the layout of the new display object is to be changed. When the layout of the new display object is to be changed, the display object layout changing section (105) changes the layout so that the new display object does not overlap the existing display object. A display control section (106) displays the new display window including the new display object, of which the layout has been changed, on the display screen.

Abstract: A display object blending apparatus capable of preventing a desired display object from being covered and hidden, by semi-transparently displaying a display object to cover another display object which meets a condition is provided. An instruction section (101), an overlap determination section (102), a condition determination section (103), and a blending section (104) are included. When a new display object is displayed, the overlap determination section (102) determines whether or not the new display object covers an existing display object, the condition determination section (103) determines the transparency of an area including at least an area which covers the existing display object, and the blending section (104) generates display data with the determined transparency. Thus, in accordance with whether or not the existing display object to be covered meets a predetermined condition, it is possible to determine whether or not the new display object is to be made semi-transparent.

Abstract: A keyword extraction section (108) extracts, from an electronic document (101), a plurality of character strings in accordance with information of a keyword management section (107). An action determination section (110) determines, with reference to an action definition management section (109), effect actions correlated with keywords which are corresponding to the extracted plurality of the character strings. An executing action instruction section (114) determines, from the extracted plurality of the character strings, character strings to the execute effect actions, and gives an instruction to an output control section (111). The output control section (111) controls, in accordance with the instruction given by the executing action instruction section (114), the effect actions to be executed by an output section (103).

Abstract: A data input system has a key pad with a plurality of keys and a display. The selected key is displayed in the display, but the character size of the selected key on the display is small and difficult to recognize. The face of the selected key appears on the display as a pop-up display in an enlarged scale. Thus, it is easy to recognize the selected key.