Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus receives, from a site on Internet, first messages related to a first broadcast station and posted on the site. The apparatus scores each of the received first messages based on a number of characters in each of the received first messages so as to give a higher score to first messages each with a smaller number of characters, and calculates a first evaluation value for content data being broadcast by the first broadcast station based on the scores for the received first messages. The apparatus transmits the calculated first evaluation value to a user terminal.

Abstract: One embodiment provides an information processing apparatus, including: a search module configured to perform a search on a plurality of pages with a designated search condition, the pages being managed by an application program capable of managing information by arranging at least one object in any desired layout on each page; and a display controller configured to display at least one object extracted through the search on a screen of a display module as a search result, with a layout of each object on the page kept unchanged.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display control module, a Y-direction control module, and an X-direction control module. The Y-direction control module moves a focus to a button corresponding to at least an adjacent cell in the same column according to a manipulation that moves a focus in the Y direction. The X-direction control module moves a focus to a button corresponding to at least an adjacent cell in the same row or from a button corresponding to at least a cell at one end of a first row to a button corresponding to at least a cell at the other end of a second row adjacent to the first row according to a manipulation that moves a focus in the X direction.

Abstract: A gesture recognition apparatus including a detector, a controller and a gesture recognizer, and is able to detect a portion to be detected using an image captured at a first resolution without reducing the number of images to be entered per unit of time to an object detector by detecting an auxiliary portion instead when the portion to be detected is not detected at a second resolution, estimating the position of the auxiliary portion based on the position of the auxiliary portion, and extracting the periphery thereof from the image captured at the first resolution.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus receives, from a site on Internet, first messages related to a first broadcast station and posted on the site. The apparatus scores each of the received first messages based on a number of characters in each of the received first messages so as to give a higher score to first messages each with a smaller number of characters, and calculates a first evaluation value for content data being broadcast by the first broadcast station based on the scores for the received first messages. The apparatus transmits the calculated first evaluation value to a user terminal.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided with a display section, and can be instructed to be operated by a pointer displayed on the display section, and includes a detection section for detecting, from an input image of a hand, a position of the hand in the image, an operation section for obtaining a probability that the hand exists in the image by using the latest detection result detected by the detection section, and a value of a probability distribution function having a peak at a position which has been evaluated last time as a position at which a probability that the hand exists is high, and a pointer display section for moving the pointer, on the basis of an evaluation value obtained from the probability, to a position at which the probability that the hand exists is the highest and displaying the pointer at the position.

Abstract: One embodiment provides an information processing apparatus, including: a search module configured to perform a search on a plurality of pages with a designated search condition, the pages being managed by an application program capable of managing information by arranging at least one object in any desired layout on each page; and a display controller configured to display at least one object extracted through the search on a screen of a display module as a search result, with a layout of each object on the page kept unchanged.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a position detecting section configured to detect a position of a hand from an input image of the hand, a memory section configured to store data of the position of the hand detected by the position detecting section, a rotation judging section configured to judge, assuming that records of the data of the position of the hand stored in the memory section show a rotary movement, that a latest position of the hand falls in an angle range predicted for the rotary movement, and an executing section configured to, when the rotation judging section judges that the latest position of the hand falls in the angle range, obtain a rotational angle at the latest position of the hand and also execute a process that corresponds to a predetermined rotary movement of the hand.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an acquisition module, an output module, an input module, and a search result display. The acquisition module is configured to acquire information indicative of an object designated on a first screen displayed by a program. The output module is configured to output to a search process module a search request relating to the information. The input module is configured to input a search result by the search process module in connection with the search request. The search result display is configured to display the search result on a second screen.

Abstract: A processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions to cause a processor to define a virtual feature. The virtual feature can be associated with at least one engaging condition. The code further represents instructions to cause the processor to receive an end-effector coordinate associated with an actor and calculate an actor intention based at least in part on a comparison between the at least one engaging condition and the end-effector coordinate.

Abstract: There are provided a novel photosensitive resin composition, a cured film of which has ample flexibility, and which yields an insulating protective coating having superior soldering heat resistance, thermal degradation resistance and electroless gold plating resistance. The photosensitive resin composition as claimed in the present invention comprises: a photopolymerizable component containing a urethane acrylate compound (A) and a compound (B) having an ethylenic unsaturated group other than said urethane acrylate compound (A), a thermosetting resin (C), a photopolymerization initiator (D) and a thermal polymerization catalyst (E); wherein, said urethane acrylate compound (A) is the reaction product of an isocyanate compound (a-1) of the following general formula (1): CH2?CH—COO—R—NCO??(1) (wherein, R represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms) with a polyhydroxy compound (a-2).

Abstract: A gesture recognition apparatus including a detector, a controller and a gesture recognizer, and is able to detect a portion to be detected using an image captured at a first resolution without reducing the number of images to be entered per unit of time to an object detector by detecting an auxiliary portion instead when the portion to be detected is not detected at a second resolution, estimating the position of the auxiliary portion based on the position of the auxiliary portion, and extracting the periphery thereof from the image captured at the first resolution.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided with a display section, and can be instructed to be operated by a pointer displayed on the display section, and includes a detection section for detecting, from an input image of a hand, a position of the hand in the image, an operation section for obtaining a probability that the hand exists in the image by using the latest detection result detected by the detection section, and a value of a probability distribution function having a peak at a position which has been evaluated last time as a position at which a probability that the hand exists is high, and a pointer display section for moving the pointer, on the basis of an evaluation value obtained from the probability, to a position at which the probability that the hand exists is the highest and displaying the pointer at the position.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a position detecting section configured to detect a position of a hand from an input image of the hand, a memory section configured to store data of the position of the hand detected by the position detecting section, a rotation judging section configured to judge, assuming that records of the data of the position of the hand stored in the memory section show a rotary movement, that a latest position of the hand falls in an angle range predicted for the rotary movement, and an executing section configured to, when the rotation judging section judges that the latest position of the hand falls in the angle range, obtain a rotational angle at the latest position of the hand and also execute a process that corresponds to a predetermined rotary movement of the hand.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information processing apparatus. A hand-shape database stores first data representing a first hand shape and second data representing a second hand shape. A hand-shape recognition unit determines whether a received image includes one of the first and second hand shapes. The hand-shape recognition unit outputs first predetermined information when the image includes the first hand shape, and outputs second predetermined information when the image includes the second hand shape. When the first predetermined information is received, a gesture interpretation unit displays on a display a user interface including display items each associated with an executable function, and selects one of the display items in accordance with the position information. When the second predetermined information is received in a state where one of the display items is selected, the gesture interpretation unit executes the function associated with the selected display item.

Abstract: There are provided a novel photosensitive resin composition, a cured film of which has ample flexibility, and which yields an insulating protective coating having superior soldering heat resistance, thermal degradation resistance and electroless gold plating resistance. The photosensitive resin composition as claimed in the present invention comprises: a photopolymerizeable component containing a urethane acrylate compound (A) and a compound (B) having an ethylenic unsaturated group other than said urethane acrylate compound (A), a thermosetting resin (C), a photopolymerization initiator (D) and a thermal polymerization catalyst (E); wherein, said urethane acrylate compound (A) is the reaction product of an isocyanate compound (a-1) of the following general formula (1): CH2?CH—COO—R—NCO??(1) (wherein, R represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms) with a polyhydroxy compound (a-2).

Abstract: A solid cocatalyst for olefin polymerization in which an ion-containing compound comprising a cation expressed by [R4M]+, wherein the group R are each individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom and a substituted or non-substituted hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms with the exception of an aryl group; two or more groups R may form a ring by bonding with one another; at least one of the groups R is a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms with the exception of an aryl group; and M represents nitrogen or sulfur, and a non-coordinating anion expressed by [A] said ion-containing compound is chemically bonded to a fine particulate carrier is used.

Abstract: The invention provides a flexible wiring board for repeated folding sections which exhibits excellent folding endurance, and a flex-rigid wiring board comprising the flexible wiring board as a section thereof. The flexible wiring board for repeated folding sections of the invention comprises a wiring patterned base film layer (11), a flexible insulating material layer (12) covering the layer (11), and a cover film layer (13) covering the layer (12).

Abstract: There is provided a resist composition used for the production of printed boards, which comprises (A) a resin component, (B) a photopolymerization initiator, (C) water and (D) an organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent (D) contains: (D-1) at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting of an ?-hydroxycarboxylate ester, a ?-alkoxycarboxylate ester, a 1,3-diol compound and a 1,3-diol compound derivative, and (D-2) an organic solvent having a hydroxyl group other than (D-1).

Abstract: A catalyst is used which comprises a cocatalyst component wherein a non-coordinating ion-containing compound is chemically bonded to a fine particulate carrier, together with a metallocene compound and a specific hydrocarbon. There are provided an olefin polymerization catalyst which produces olefin polymers containing few solvent-soluble components without a wider molecular weight distribution, and which exhibits no significant reduction in activity even after storage, as well as olefin polymerization catalyst components and a method for their storage, and a process for production of propylene polymers using them.