Abstract: A power acquisition device fixed to an illuminating device having a fluorescent tube and a reflective plate so as to acquire power from a magnetic field generated by an alternating current flowing through the fluorescent tube by electromagnetic induction. The power acquisition device is fixed so as to surround the fluorescent tube and at least one of the thickness in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the fluorescent tube and the length in the direction parallel to the length direction of the fluorescent tube is non-uniformly.

Abstract: The present invention is a keyword display system that includes a speaker specifier for specify a speaker; a weight determinator for determining a weight of the specified speaker; a keyword extractor for extracting keywords from a speech of the aforementioned speaker; a keyword relation degree calculator for calculating a relation degree between the aforementioned extracted keywords, carrying out a weighting for this calculated relation degree by using the weight of the speaker having spoken the aforementioned keywords, and calculating a keyword relation degree between the keywords; and a keyword display controller for displaying a relevancy between the aforementioned extracted keywords responding to the aforementioned keyword relation degree.

Abstract: An information processing system 1 includes an information collection unit 11 that collects information from an outside, a first communication unit 12 that performs a business-operation data communication to perform a business operation using the collected information, a second communication unit 13 that performs a non-preset communication through voice or text message; and a linkage unit 20 that links the first communication unit 12 and the second communication unit 13.

Abstract: An information processing system 1 includes an acquiring unit 20 that acquires business-operation information in response to a request from a mobile terminal 10, a storage unit 30 that stores plural preset text messages, a selection unit 40 that selects a preset text message corresponding to the business-operation information acquired by the acquiring unit 20 from among the plural preset text messages, a determining unit 50 that determines a message destination corresponding to the business-operation information acquired by the acquiring unit 20, and a transmitting unit 60 that transmits the preset text message selected by the selection unit 40 to the message destination determined by the determining unit 50.

Abstract: In a method of designing the positioning system for positioning a reference point from a required positioning accuracy and a required positioning area by using a radio appliance, a maximum value and a minimum value of a plurality of fluctuation factors, which cause the positioning system to fluctuate, are set, a communication characteristic of the fixed radio appliance is calculated from the minimum value of the fluctuation factor and the required positioning accuracy, and a characteristic of the fixed radio appliance and an installation position of the fixed radio appliance are calculated from the calculated characteristic of the installed appliance, the maximum value of the fluctuation factor, and the required positioning area.

Abstract: The present invention is a keyword display system that includes a speaker specifier for specify a speaker; a weight determinator for determining a weight of the specified speaker; a keyword extractor for extracting keywords from a speech of the aforementioned speaker; a keyword relation degree calculator for calculating a relation degree between the aforementioned extracted keywords, carrying out a weighting for this calculated relation degree by using the weight of the speaker having spoken the aforementioned keywords, and calculating a keyword relation degree between the keywords; and a keyword display controller for displaying a relevancy between the aforementioned extracted keywords responding to the aforementioned keyword relation degree.

Abstract: A positioning terminal (10) including a positioning function transmits location identifying information (IL) received from a positioning infrastructure (30), and transmits destination designating information for designating a destination of location-related information generated by an information generating unit (120) to an information providing server (100). With this arrangement, a user can receive the location-related information through a display terminal (20) not including a positioning function, without advance registration of a mapping table associating the positioning terminal (10) with the display terminal (20) in the information providing server (100). In this manner, the usability of an information providing system that provides location-related information related to locations is improved.

Abstract: A power acquisition device fixed to an illuminating device having a fluorescent tube and a reflective plate so as to acquire power from a magnetic field generated by an alternating current flowing through the fluorescent tube by electromagnetic induction. The power acquisition device is fixed so as to surround the fluorescent tube and at least one of the thickness in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the fluorescent tube and the length in the direction parallel to the length direction of the fluorescent tube is non-uniformly.

Abstract: The speech estimation system of the present invention includes a transmitter (2) for transmitting a test signal, a receiver (3) for receiving the test signal, and a speech estimation unit (4) for estimating speech from a received signal. Transmitter (2) transmits the test signal toward speech organs, receiver (3) receives the test signal that has been reflected by the speech organs, and speech estimation unit (4) estimates speech or speech waveforms based on the waveform of the reflection wave of the test signal that was received by the receiver (3).

Abstract: An object image displaying system according to an exemplary aspect of the invention includes: a plurality of cameras which image a plurality of imaging areas respectively to create image data representing the image areas; and a server which is connected to the plural cameras, wherein the server includes: an identifying unit which identifies a position at which an object exists as a identified position; a selecting unit which selects selected image data which corresponds to the identified position out of the image data created by the plural cameras; and a display control unit which controls a display unit to display the selected image data.

Abstract: [Problems to be Solved] The positioning system satisfying a required positioning accuracy cannot be realized with the conventional area design for aiming at positioning a reference point, being a position of a fixed radio appliance that is on a footing of being able to position a mobile radio appliance by transmitting or receiving a radio signal.

Abstract: A positioning server (20) is equipped with a database in which required-number-of-measurements judgment information that serves as judgment information with which to decide the number of measurements is associated with wireless terminal station-to-be-positioned information with which to identify objects to be positioned. The positioning server (20), which decides the number of measurements, receives the wireless terminal station-to-be-positioned information of a terminal to be positioned, then retrieves from the database the required-number-of-measurements judgment information associated with the wireless terminal station-to-be-positioned information, and then decides the number of measurements based on the required-number-of-measurements judgment information. In this way, a stable positioning can be achieved by deciding the number of measurements in accordance with the characteristics of a wireless station to be positioned and a wireless station that performs the measurements.