Abstract: A copy supporting device includes a receiving unit, a content list display unit, a first input accepting unit, a sub menu display unit, a second input accepting unit, and a relevant content extracting unit. The sub menu display unit displays, on the basis of attribute information of the designated content which is designated from the content list by the external input, a sub menu which includes items designating relevance to the designated content. The second input accepting unit accepts a designation of an item in the sub menu by the external input. The relevant content extracting unit extracts contents related to the designated content from the content list on the basis of the designated item.

Abstract: A music selecting apparatus and method, which are capable to indicate a music piece matching with the sensitivities of the user. A degree of chord change is stored as data for each of a plurality of music pieces, a sensitivity word for music selection is set in accordance with an input operation, and a music piece having the chord change degree corresponding to the set sensitivity word is detected in accordance with the chord change degree of each of the plurality of music pieces.

Abstract: A song selection device stores song characteristic quantities of a plurality of songs. A user operates the song selection device to enter personal properties and a sensibility word. The song selection device selects a song having a song characteristic quantity corresponding to the personal properties and the sensibility word. The song selection device may select a plurality of songs.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided that warns a vehicle of a harsh braking-applied vehicle based on information sent from the harsh braking-applied vehicle. The apparatus includes a reception device, a position detection device, a forward side vehicle judgment device, and a warning device. The reception device receives the information indicating that harsh braking has been applied to the harsh braking-applied vehicle and information indicating a position of the harsh braking-applied vehicle. The position detection device detects a position of the vehicle to be warned, and the forward side vehicle judgment device determines if the harsh braking-applied vehicle is in front of the vehicle to be warned based on the positions of the harsh braking-applied vehicle and the vehicle to be warned. The warning device warns the vehicle to be warned when the harsh braking-applied vehicle is in front of the vehicle to be warned.

Abstract: An information processing device and travel information voice guidance method for moving objects, capable of reliably providing travel information through voice guidance while avoiding insofar as possible the interruption of the user's enjoyment of music during music playback, comprising a song playback portion which outputs song audio signals representing song sounds; a travel information generation portion which generates travel information; a song playback judgment portion which judges whether, when travel information is generated, the song playback portion is outputting song audio signals; and voice guidance output portion which, when it is judged that song audio signals are being output, gives priority to output of voice guidance audio signals representing the above travel information over the above song audio signals, according to at least either one of the urgency of the above generated travel information, and the type of musical phrase in the song for which the above song audio signals are currently b

Abstract: The song search apparatus for searching a song among songs including lyrics and performances, comprises: a song feature information database which stores song feature information indicating acoustic feature of the performances or feature of the lyrics included in the songs; an input unit which inputs a search word representing the song to be searched and formed of a word representing a subjectivity; a search song feature information database which stores search song feature information indicating the acoustic feature or the feature of the lyrics of the songs; a search process unit which compares input search song feature information corresponding to the inputted search word with each of the stored song feature information, extracts a song most similar to the input search song feature information, and makes a display display an image indicating the input search song feature information and an image indicating the song feature information of the extracted song.

Abstract: When the quick traverse play back command (or, quick returning play back command) of the audio information by the compression audio information is given to the play back apparatus, by the control of the control section, the special audio according to the temporarily stored data stored in the first storage means is repeatedly played back, instead of the play back of the audio by the ordinary play back operation.

Abstract: A mobile communication system including a plurality of base stations arranged in a communication area, each emitting a radio wave inherent thereto and a mobile station moving in the communication area and communicating with respective base stations via the transmitted radio waves. There is previously stored a location correlation data group including correlation data representing correlation situations of a plurality of arriving radio waves produced by the transmitted radio waves at respective ones of a plurality of sampling locations within the communication area, the location correlation data corresponding to respective locations. Upon reception of radio waves at a current location of the mobile station, current correlation data is calculated representing correlation situations among received arriving radio waves for the respective mobile station.

Abstract: A drive plan producing device includes a contents database for storing associated data including geographical point names for a plurality of contents, a base contents determining unit which determines base contents used in a drive plan producing process based on an input by a user, a candidate place determining unit which refers to the contents database to determine the geographical point name associated with the base contents as a candidate place of driving, and a presenting unit which presents the determined candidate place to the user. Based on the input by the user, certain contents are determined as base contents. The base contents are used as a base for the production of the drive plan. By referring to the contents database, the geographical point name associated with the base contents is obtained, and it is determined as the candidate place and presented to the user. The user can select a drive plan by selecting one of the candidate places.

Abstract: A song selection device stores song characteristic quantities of a plurality of songs. A user operates the song selection device to enter personal properties and a sensibility word. The song selection device selects a song having a song characteristic quantity corresponding to the personal properties and the sensibility word. The song selection device may select a plurality of songs.

Abstract: An information processing device and travel information voice guidance method for moving objects, capable of reliably providing travel information through voice guidance while avoiding insofar as possible the interruption of the user's enjoyment of music during music playback, comprising a song playback portion which outputs song audio signals representing song sounds; a travel information generation portion which generates travel information; a song playback judgment portion which judges whether, when travel information is generated, the song playback portion is outputting song audio signals; and voice guidance output portion which, when it is judged that song audio signals are being output, gives priority to output of voice guidance audio signals representing the above travel information over the above song audio signals, according to at least either one of the urgency of the above generated travel information, and the type of musical phrase in the song for which the above song audio signals are currently b

Abstract: The song search apparatus for searching a song among songs including lyrics and performances, comprises: a song feature information database which stores song feature information indicating acoustic feature of the performances or feature of the lyrics included in the songs; an input unit which inputs a search word representing the song to be searched and formed of a word representing a subjectivity; a search song feature information database which stores search song feature information indicating the acoustic feature or the feature of the lyrics of the songs; a search process unit which compares input search song feature information corresponding to the inputted search word with each of the stored song feature information, extracts a song most similar to the input search song feature information, and makes a display display an image indicating the input search song feature information and an image indicating the song feature information of the extracted song.

Abstract: The song search apparatus comprises a song feature information database which stores song feature information comprised of constituent word information indicating a plurality of constituent words of each song and sound feature information indicating sound feature of each song, a search process unit which generates first lyric feature information subjectively characterizing lyrics of each song based on the constituent word information, an input unit which inputs a search word, and a search word feature information database which, for every search word, distinguishably stores search word feature information composed by the first lyric feature information and the sound feature information. The song search apparatus compares the search word feature information with the sound feature information and the first lyric feature information, and extracts songs characterized by the first lyric feature information and the sound feature information, which have the best similarity to the search word feature information.

Abstract: A music selecting apparatus and method, which are capable to indicate a music piece matching with the sensitivities of the user. A degree of chord change is stored as data for each of a plurality of music pieces, a sensitivity word for music selection is set in accordance with an input operation, and a music piece having the chord change degree corresponding to the set sensitivity word is detected in accordance with the chord change degree of each of the plurality of music pieces.

Abstract: A harsh braking-applied vehicle warning apparatus is to give a warning of existence of a harsh braking-applied vehicle to a vehicle to be warned, on the basis of a harsh braking information sent from the harsh braking-applied vehicle. The apparatus comprises a reception device, a position detection device, a forward side vehicle judgment device and a warning device. The reception device receives the-harsh braking information, which includes information indicating that the harsh braking has been applied to the harsh braking-applied vehicle, and another information indicating a position of the harsh braking-applied vehicle. The position detection device detects a position of the vehicle to be warned. The forward side vehicle judgment device judges as whether or not the harsh braking-applied vehicle is a preceding vehicle, which drives in front of the vehicle to be warned, on the basis of the positions of the harsh braking-applied vehicle and the vehicle to be warned.

Abstract: A voice recognition/response system comprising an utterance recognition unit, a dialog control processing unit, an utterance feature analyzing unit and a response voice generating unit. The utterance recognition unit recognizes utterance content of a user through a voice input therefrom and outputs recognition results. The dialog control processing unit controls progress of dialog with the user based on the recognition results so as to determine response content to the user. The utterance feature analyzing unit analyzes utterance features of the user to generate utterance feature information. The response voice generating unit generates response voice to the user based on the response content and the utterance feature information.

Abstract: A receiving device is provided with a DLL circuit of a reduced scale. An inverse spreading processing to ensure the synchronism with a received signal and a processing to inversely spread original data in the received signal are performed by a time-sharing operation using one inverse spreading circuit and one integrator. During a period in which synchronous data for detecting a slot duration included in the received signal is received, the synchronous data is alternately inversely spread by an early code and a late code and sample-hold circuits alternately sample and hold the integrated output. Further, based on the difference (error signal) between sample-hold signals, the early code, the late code and a reference code outputted from a code sequence generator are synchronized with the received signal.

Abstract: A code error correcting circuit interleaves original data comprising a sequence of bit data having a length of p bits by arranging the bit data of the original data into a hypothetical matrix of I rows and J columns and then selecting the bit data positioned on the ith row along an order of the jth column. The circuit is provided with a memory unit having a plurality of memory areas each having a length of 2n bits; and a controller for storing the original data to be interleaved into the memory areas respectively. The bit data, which are indicated by a bit select data, stored in the memory unit are sequentially outputted along an order of the ith row and the jth column in the hypothetical matrix as the interleaved original data.

Abstract: A sensitivity fable is prepared, and this sensitivity table contains correlative values between respective retrieve keywords (for example, “cheerful music piece”, and “energetic music piece”) and respective feature words (for instance, “cheerful” and “vitality”), and also may be updated. A feature word list is prepared in which symbols “1” and “0” denote as to whether or not a feature related to each of these feature words is present. When a user inputs a desirable retrieve key, a plurality of music pieces which are fitted to this, retrieve key are selected on the basis of both the sensitivity table and the feature word list. A feature in sensitivities of the user is extracted in a quantitative manner by a statistical manner by judging as to whether or not these music pieces are skipped by the user on the basis of individual judgment by the user. The correlative values of the sensitivity table are updated based upon this feature.

Abstract: A music selecting apparatus and method, which are capable to indicate a music piece matching with the sensitivities of the user. A degree of chord change is stored as data for each of a plurality of music pieces, a sensitivity word for music selection is set in accordance with an input operation, and a music piece having the chord change degree corresponding to the set sensitivity word is detected in accordance with the chord change degree of each of the plurality of music pieces.