Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage controller includes a mode switching unit, a data input/output controller and a data arrangement controller. The mode switching unit switches a first mode to a second mode in accordance with a mode switching request from a host device based on a tier arrangement rule. The data input/output controller accesses a first sequence of blocks constituting a first file indicated by a tier arrangement rule, when the host device requests access to a logical address range storing the first sequence of blocks. The data arrangement controller transfers, to a storage area of a tier designated by the tier arrangement rule, data in an extent including a sequence of blocks located in a logical address range accessed in the second mode.

Abstract: According to one embodiment a storage controller includes a mode switching unit, a data input/output controller and a data arrangement controller. The mode switching unit switches a first mode to a second mode in accordance with a mode switching request from a host device based on a tier arrangement rule. The data input/output controller accesses a first sequence of blocks constituting a first file indicated by a tier arrangement rule, when the host device requests access to a logical address range storing the first sequence of blocks. The data arrangement, controller transfers, to a storage area of a tier designated by the tier arrangement rule, data in an extent including a sequence of blocks located in a logical address range accessed in the second mode.

Abstract: A communication device includes a determining unit that determines whether a received communication packet is to be compressed, a storage unit that stores therein the communication packet determined to be compressed, an analyzing unit that analyzes a plurality of stored communication packets, and determines whether the communication packets include any similar packets having similar process requests, based on a result of analysis, a compressing unit that compresses the communication packets corresponding to the similar packets when the communication packets are determined to include some similar packets, and a communicating unit that transmits the compressed communication packet.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a position detection device includes a position estimation unit and a position correction unit. The position estimation unit is configured to estimate a position of a moving object based on an absolute position of the moving object and a position change of the moving object obtained from autonomous navigation. The position correction unit is configured to correct, based on presence probability information which is information on each of a plurality of regions and indicates a higher probability as a presence frequency of the moving object is higher, the estimated position of the moving object so that the moving object is present at a position with a high probability.

Abstract: An action acquiring unit acquires action information corresponding to operation information from a first storage unit for a first user, and stores acquired action information in a third storage unit. A receiving unit receives, via a network, action information of a second user from an external device. A situation acquiring unit acquires, from a second storage, a communication situation corresponding to received action information. A writing unit writes the action information of the first user indicated by the communication situation to the third storage unit, additionally.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a position detection device includes a position estimation unit and a position correction unit. The position estimation unit is configured to estimate a position of a moving object based on an absolute position of the moving object and a position change of the moving object obtained from autonomous navigation. The position correction unit is configured to correct, based on presence probability information which is information on each of a plurality of regions and indicates a higher probability as a presence frequency of the moving object is higher, the estimated position of the moving object so that the moving object is present at a position with a high probability.

Abstract: In general, embodiments provide an inter-facility movement estimation apparatus including: a movement map which stores location information about facilities and movement times therebetween; a positioning unit which obtains user's location information when starting a movement; a movement candidate list which stores given movement path candidates; a movement situation estimating unit which estimates a user's movement situation; a movement path estimating unit which selects, whenever the movement situation is changed, estimated movement path candidates from the given movement path candidates based on the nearest facility and the user's movement situation; and an adjusting unit which changes the likelihoods of the estimated movement path candidates, wherein one of the estimated movement path candidates having a highest likelihood thereamong is specified as an actual movement path of the user.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a moving state estimation apparatus includes a sensor, a storage, a first estimation unit, a second estimation unit, a calculation unit and a correction unit. The sensor detects acceleration data. The first estimation unit estimates certainty degrees of the moving states. The second estimation unit calculates orientations of the terminal based on the acceleration data, and to estimate terminal states. The calculation unit calculates reliability degrees of the moving states. The correction unit corrects the certainty degrees in accordance with the reliability degrees, to obtain corrected moving states with the certainty degrees corrected.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a motion determination apparatus includes: a basic motion determination module determining a basic motion of a user, based on a sensor signal for detecting a motion of the user; a basic motion recording module recording the basic motion in a temporal sequence; a motion scene determination table configured to store the basic motion and a condition under which the basic motion occurs, for each motion scene; a motion scene determination module determining that the basic motion recorded in the temporal sequence corresponds to a certain motion scene, based on the motion scene determination table; a detailed label determination table storing a detailed label indicating a detailed motion in the motion scene, for each motion scene; and a detailed label determination module determining that the basic motion included in the motion scene corresponds to a certain detailed label, based on the detailed label determination table.

Abstract: A moving context and a moving time of a user are specified by acceleration information while the user is moving. The moving context represents the user's moving status. The acceleration information is measured by an acceleration sensor carried with the user. The moving context and the moving time are stored in time series. The moving context and the moving time between a moving start time and an arrival time are set as a moving pattern. A tag is set to the moving context in the moving pattern. The tag identifies a function to be executed for the moving context. A moving estimation pattern is generated as the moving pattern having the moving context and the moving time specified by acceleration information measured when the user is newly moving. The function identified by the tag is executed, when the moving context set with the tag in the moving estimation pattern coincides with a moving context specified by acceleration information measured while the user is newly moving.

Abstract: A information presentation apparatus, including a storage unit which stores a first audio data recorded from a certain setting as well as the information related to the setting and an input unit to input a second audio data. An audio data verification unit verifies whether the second audio data contains a part of the first audio data. An extraction unit extracts the information related to the setting associated to the portion of the first audio setting if the second audio data is successfully verified against a portion of the first audio data. The information extracted by the extraction unit is then outputted to the user by an output unit.

Abstract: A speech receiving unit receives a user ID, a speech obtained at a terminal, and an utterance duration, from the terminal. A proximity determining unit calculates a correlation value expressing a correlation between speeches received from plural terminals, compares the correlation value with a first threshold value, and determines that the plural terminals that receive the speeches whose correlation value is calculated are close to each other, when the correlation value is larger than the first threshold value. A dialog detecting unit determines whether a relationship between the utterance durations received from the plural terminals that are determined to be close to each other within an arbitrarily target period during which a dialog is to be detected fits a rule. When the relationship is determined to fit the rule, the dialog detecting unit detects dialog information containing the target period and the user ID.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a detecting unit that detects an operation to first and second touch panels respectively provided above first and second display; a determining unit that determines, when the detecting unit detects a selection operation for selecting a region of a screen on the first display using the first touch panel, kind of an object in a selected region; a generating unit that generates an application list including application candidates to be started to open the object according to the kind; a display controller that displays, when the detecting unit detects a transmission operation for transmitting the selected region to the second display using the first touch panel, the application list on the second display; and an application controller that starts, when the detecting unit detects a selection operation for selecting any one of the applications, a selected application.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a motion determination apparatus includes: a basic motion determination module determining a basic motion of a user, based on a sensor signal for detecting a motion of the user; a basic motion recording module recording the basic motion in a temporal sequence; a motion scene determination table configured to store the basic motion and a condition under which the basic motion occurs, for each motion scene; a motion scene determination module determining that the basic motion recorded in the temporal sequence corresponds to a certain motion scene, based on the motion scene determination table; a detailed label determination table storing a detailed label indicating a detailed motion in the motion scene, for each motion scene; and a detailed label determination module determining that the basic motion included in the motion scene corresponds to a certain detailed label, based on the detailed label determination table.

Abstract: In general, embodiments provide an inter-facility movement estimation apparatus including: a movement map which stores location information about facilities and movement times therebetween; a positioning unit which obtains user's location information when starting a movement; a movement candidate list which stores given movement path candidates; a movement situation estimating unit which estimates a user's movement situation; a movement path estimating unit which selects, whenever the movement situation is changed, estimated movement path candidates from the given movement path candidates based on the nearest facility and the user's movement situation; and an adjusting unit which changes the likelihoods of the estimated movement path candidates, wherein one of the estimated movement path candidates having a highest likelihood thereamong is specified as an actual movement path of the user.

Abstract: External data acquired via an input device during display of presentation information on a display device is recorded, and feature amounts are calculated from the external data. An importance level is calculated by integrating the feature amounts for each section during the display period of the presentation information. First headline information of a part of the presentation information corresponding to a section having an importance level which exceeds a predetermined threshold is generated, and is presented to be aligned along the time axis. Previous display contents of the presentation information are searched for in response to a selection operation of the first headline information, and are displayed on the display device. Second headline information of a part of the presentation information corresponding to the section when the selection operation was made is generated, and is presented on the display device.

Abstract: A portable terminal includes a body movement sensor configured to detect a movement of a user; a normal moving pattern storage unit configured to store, in advance, a normal moving pattern; a moving state determination unit configured to determine the moving state from the movement; a normal moving certainty calculation unit configured to calculate a normal moving certainty indicating a degree of coincidence between the normal moving pattern and the moving state determined at time of detecting the movement; a position measurement interval controller configured to calculate a position measurement interval depending on the normal moving certainty; and a positioning unit configured to measure a current position of the portable terminal at the position measurement interval.

Abstract: An information retrieval apparatus includes a display which displays document information, an input unit which adds additional information to the document information displayed the display, a first storage which stores mark symbol information specifying a particular symbol used for marking, a detector which detects an input from the input unit and decides whether or not the input additional information is identical to or similar to the mark symbol information stored in the first storage, a second storage which stores the mark symbol information and the additional information which is decided that it is similar to the mark symbol information by the detector, associating with the mark symbol information, and a retrieval unit which retrieves the mark symbol information and the additional information associated with the mark symbol information from the second storage, and a retrieval result by the retrieval unit is displayed on the display.

Abstract: A moving context and a moving time of a user are specified by acceleration information while the user is moving. The moving context represents the user's moving status. The acceleration information is measured by an acceleration sensor carried with the user. The moving context and the moving time are stored in time series. The moving context and the moving time between a moving start time and an arrival time are set as a moving pattern. A tag is set to the moving context in the moving pattern. The tag identifies a function to be executed for the moving context. A moving estimation pattern is generated as the moving pattern having the moving context and the moving time specified by acceleration information measured when the user is newly moving. The function identified by the tag is executed, when the moving context set with the tag in the moving estimation pattern coincides with a moving context specified by acceleration information measured while the user is newly moving.

Abstract: A information presentation apparatus, including a storage unit which stores a first audio data recorded from a certain setting as well as the information related to the setting and an input unit to input a second audio data. An audio data verification unit verifies whether the second audio data contains a part of the first audio data. An extraction unit extracts the information related to the setting associated to the portion of the first audio setting if the second audio data is successfully verified against a portion of the first audio data. The information extracted by the extraction unit is then outputted to the user by an output unit.