Abstract: An information processing device provided with: an application division setting part for assigning execution responsibility for each of a plurality of execution files included in an application to one of a plurality of information processing devices, and for generating execution responsibility assignment information indicating each of the execution files and an information processing device to which the execution responsibility for the execution file is assigned; a communication part for transmitting the execution responsibility assignment information to a network; and an application division execution part for referring to the execution responsibility assignment information to execute an execution file whose execution responsibility is assigned to its own device out of the plurality of execution files.

Abstract: An information processing device provided with: an application division setting part for assigning execution responsibility for each of a plurality of execution files included in an application to one of a plurality of information processing devices, and for generating execution responsibility assignment information indicating each of the execution files and an information processing device to which the execution responsibility for the execution file is assigned; a communication part for transmitting the execution responsibility assignment information to a network; and an application division execution part for referring to the execution responsibility assignment information to execute an execution file whose execution responsibility is assigned to its own device out of the plurality of execution files.

Abstract: In an operation control device as a first device communicably connected to at least one second device and in an operation control method, a main controller performs a process of acquiring second device-operation information via a communication unit, a process of acquiring past second device-operation information from a storage unit, a process of selecting past second device-operation information based on similarity between current second device-operation information and the past second device-operation information acquired from the storage unit by an information acquisition unit, and a process of determining operation currently performed by the first device based on past first device-operation information stored in the storage unit while being associated with the selected past second device-operation information.

Abstract: In an operation control device as a first device communicably connected to at least one second device and in an operation control method, a main controller performs a process of acquiring second device-operation information via a communication unit, a process of acquiring past second device-operation information from a storage unit, a process of selecting past second device-operation information based on similarity between current second device-operation information and the past second device-operation information acquired from the storage unit by an information acquisition unit, and a process of determining operation currently performed by the first device based on past first device-operation information stored in the storage unit while being associated with the selected past second device-operation information.

Abstract: The present invention reduces the amount of time from when a device such as a digital broadcast receiver is powered on until video corresponding to a digital broadcast signal received by the device can be displayed. In order to do so: the processing load on the main control unit (101) while software data used in a startup process in the broadcast reception device are being transferred and decompressed is measured; on the basis of information about the measured processing load on the main control unit (101) over time, a compression process using a compression type and compression ratio that minimize the total time taken to transfer and decompress the software data is determined; and the software data are compressed using the determined compression process and stored in an auxiliary storage unit (107).

Abstract: An apparatus using a software start-up method, selects execution-targeted software data to be used for starting execution of the start-up processing, out of software data stored in a first storage device; starts the execution of the start-up processing by using the execution-targeted software data; searches for another software data other than the execution-targeted software data, from software data stored in the first storage device; determines whether the another software data is changed from its initial-state; and, if the another software data is changed, selects initial-state software data as the initial state of the another software data from said at least one software data stored in a second storage device, reads the initial-state software data from the second storage device, and replaces the another software data stored in the first storage device with the read initial-state software data by overwriting.

Abstract: A digital broadcast receiver schedules the startup of its software on the basis of the number of data transfer channels and core processing units available to transfer the necessary programs into main storage and execute them, the execution priority order of the programs, the time required to transfer each necessary program into main storage, and the time required to initialize each program. If a snapshot startup option exists for a program, the initialization time is compared with the time required for transferring the snapshot of the program's working data and for further post-processing. Consideration of the data transfer times and initialization times as well as execution priority enables the shortest schedule to be determined.

Abstract: An apparatus to start channel switchover processing with reliability and to shorten an image non-displaying period.

Abstract: An apparatus using a software start-up method, selects execution-targeted software data to be used for starting execution of the start-up processing, out of software data stored in a first storage device; starts the execution of the start-up processing by using the execution-targeted software data; searches for another software data other than the execution-targeted software data, from software data stored in the first storage device; determines whether the another software data is changed from its initial-state; and, if the another software data is changed, selects initial-state software data as the initial state of the another software data from said at least one software data stored in a second storage device, reads the initial-state software data from the second storage device, and replaces the another software data stored in the first storage device with the read initial-state software data by overwriting.

Abstract: A decode timing generation unit is configured so that when there is a change in the video data input at the input terminal, by moving the reference time into the future, it generates a decode timing signal immediately after the first acquisition of the DTS of a decodable frame following the change. The decode timing generation unit is configured so that the decode timing signal is generated when only a portion of the decodable frame is acquired, before the entirety of the decodable frame is acquired. In addition, the display timing generation unit is configured so that when there is a change in the video data input at the input terminal, by moving the reference time into the future, it generates a display timing immediately after the first acquisition of the PTS of a decodable frame after the change.

Abstract: An apparatus to start channel switchover processing with reliability and to shorten an image non-displaying period.

Abstract: A digital broadcast receiver schedules the startup of its software on the basis of the number of data transfer channels and core processing units available to transfer the necessary programs into main storage and execute them, the execution priority order of the programs, the time required to transfer each necessary program into main storage, and the time required to initialize each program. If a snapshot startup option exists for a program, the initialization time is compared with the time required for transferring the snapshot of the program's working data and for further post-processing. Consideration of the data transfer times and initialization times as well as execution priority enables the shortest schedule to be determined.

Abstract: An ophthalmic aqueous suspension preparation to serve as a cure for corneal herpes infection contains 9-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]guanine as an active ingredient and exhibits an improved stability. Specifically, the ophthalmic aqueous suspension preparation contains 0.2 to 5% by weight of 9-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]guanine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, 0.05 to 1% by weight of a partially saponified product of polyvinyl acetate, and 0.01 to 1% by weight of a nonionic surfactant and has a pH of 6 to 8. Preferably, the fine crystals have a short axis of 50 &mgr;m or less and a long axis of 70 &mgr;m or less in length and have a ratio of the long axis to the short axis of 10:1 or less.

Abstract: A water-in-oil type oil adjuvant vaccine comprises 20 to 90% by weight of an oil phase A) which is in a liquid state at ordinary temperature; 0.5 to 30% by weight of an emulsifying agent comprising a non-ionic surfactant B) which is a partial ester derived from a polyhydric alcohol carrying at least three hydroxyl groups and a fatty acid and which is in a liquid state at 40.degree. C. and a polyoxyethylene (20 to 60 moles) hydroxy fatty acid triglyceride C); and 5 to 75% by weight of an aqueous phase D) containing a biologically acceptable and effective amount of antigens, and optionally E) 0.01 to 10% by weight of an amino acid or a salt thereof and 0.01 to 10% by weight of a non-reducing sugar or a sugar alcohol having at least 5 hydroxyl groups in the molecule. In addition, a water-in-oil-in-water type oil adjuvant vaccine comprises the foregoing water-in-oil type oil adjuvant vaccine as an internal phase and an outer aqueous phase F) comprising 0.