Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a storage which stores an application capable of supporting a print setting corresponding to a device in cooperation with a printer driver and a controller which obtains device information of the device associated with the application when the application is activated, in which the controller stores the print setting corresponding to the device in the storage on the basis of the obtained device information and reflects the print setting stored in the storage at print execution on the basis of the application.

Abstract: A film forming method for forming an object film on a substrate including: providing the substrate including an oxide layer of a first material formed on a layer of the first material formed on a surface of a first area, and a layer of a second material formed on a surface of a second area, the second material being different from the first material; reducing the oxide layer; oxidizing a surface of the layer of the first material after reducing the oxide layer; and forming a self-assembled monolayer on the surface of the layer of the first material by supplying a raw material gas of the self-assembled monolayer after oxidizing the surface of the layer of the first material.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition section, a determination section and a control section. The acquisition section acquires character information obtained by converting utterance of a speaker into characters by speech recognition. The determination section determines presence or absence of a conveyance intention that the speaker tries to convey speaker's own utterance content to a receiver using the character information based on a state of the speaker. The control section executes a process of displaying the character information on display devices used by respective of the speaker and the receiver, and a process of presenting a determination result regarding the conveyance intention to at least one of the speaker and the receiver.

Abstract: The present invention includes: preparing a sample containing a peptide to be analyzed; adding a labeling compound which specifically reacts with a thiol group to the sample, and labeling a reduced cysteine residue contained in the peptide in the sample with the labeling compound; separating a sample containing the peptide labeled with the labeling compound by a chromatograph; executing product ion scan measurement with a peptide ion, as a precursor ion, generated by ionizing the peptide labeled with the labeling compound under a condition that a thiol group is not desorbed from a cysteine residue; and determining whether or not the peptide to be analyzed contains a reduced cysteine residue by determining whether or not a peak appearing at a specific mass-to-charge ratio corresponding to a structure of the labeling compound is present in a mass spectrum created based on data obtained by the measurement execution.

Abstract: A setting information management method of a setting information management system that manages setting information about a function of an image forming device that is conducted in an information processing device, wherein the method includes: saving in which setting contents of a plurality of setting items are saved; saving of setting information in which collective setting information is saved; deciding of sharing setting in which the plurality of setting items include information of collective setting sharing, and whether it is enabled that the collective setting information is commonly used or not is decided; delivering of setting information in which saved collective setting information is delivered to the plurality of information processing devices; and acquiring of setting information and saved as sharing setting information; wherein, when it is enabled in the information of collective setting sharing that the collective setting information is commonly used, the collective setting information is common

Abstract: A film forming method includes: (A) preparing a substrate with a surface having a first region where a first film is exposed, and a second region where a second film formed by a material different from the first film is exposed; (B) forming a stepped portion in the surface such that the first region becomes higher than the second region; (C) supplying a liquid to the surface where the stepped portion is formed; and (D) supplying, to the surface, a processing gas that chemically changes the liquid, and moving the liquid from the second region to the first region by a reaction between the processing gas and the liquid to selectively form a film in the first region with respect to the second region.

Abstract: An image analysis unit that detects a user's point of gaze with respect to display information of a display unit on the basis of an image captured by a camera, a user attention information analysis unit that extracts attention information on which a user's point of gaze had been for a prescribed length of time or longer and generates a list including information corresponding to the attention information, and a display information generation unit that generates a display list including list configuration data. The user attention information analysis unit continuously inputs user's point-of-gaze information, and executes sorting processing for setting, in the top of the list, latest attention information or attention information on which the user's point of gaze is for a long length of time. The display information generation unit generates a display list including top data of list configuration data, for example.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus and an information processing method are provided that enable suitable determination of sensing results used in estimating a user state. The information processing apparatus is provided with a determination unit that determines, on the basis of a predetermined reference, one or more second sensing results used in estimating the user state from among a plurality of first sensing results received from a plurality of devices. The information processing apparatus is further provided with an output control unit that controls an output of information on the basis of the one or more second sensing results.

Abstract: The present invention is an information processing device in which a printer driver for causing an image forming device to perform processing according to items is installed, and which is provided with an editable tab on a settings screen of the printer driver such that the items can be selected by a user. The information processing device includes a controller that, in a state where information about the editable tab has been registered in the image forming device by an administrator, and an acquisition request for information about the registered editable tab has been made from the printer driver to the image forming device, causes information about the registered editable tab to be transmitted to the information processing device, and causes the transmitted information to be reflected in the editable tab of the printer driver.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that includes a deciding unit that decides character representation related to speech-to-text conversion of a verbal action performed by a user is provided. The deciding unit decides the character representation for each detected verbal action section based on a detected non-verbal action of the user. Furthermore, an information processing method that causes a processor to execute a process for deciding character representation related to speech-to-text conversion of a verbal action performed by the user is provided. The process further includes a process for deciding the character representation for each detected verbal action section based on a detected non-verbal action performed by the user.

Abstract: The present invention is an information processing device in which a printer driver for causing an image forming device to perform processing according to items is installed, and which is provided with an editable tab on a settings screen of the printer driver such that the items can be selected by a user. The information processing device includes a controller that, in a state where information about the editable tab has been registered in the image forming device by an administrator, and an acquisition request for information about the registered editable tab has been made from the printer driver to the image forming device, causes information about the registered editable tab to be transmitted to the information processing device, and causes the transmitted information to be reflected in the editable tab of the printer driver.

Abstract: A setting information management method of a setting information management system that manages setting information about a function of an image forming device that is conducted in an information processing device, wherein the method includes: saving in which setting contents of a plurality of setting items are saved; saving of setting information in which collective setting information is saved; deciding of sharing setting in which the plurality of setting items include information of collective setting sharing, and whether it is enabled that the collective setting information is commonly used or not is decided; delivering of setting information in which saved collective setting information is delivered to the plurality of information processing devices; and acquiring of setting information and saved as sharing setting information; wherein, when it is enabled in the information of collective setting sharing that the collective setting information is commonly used, the collective setting information is common

Abstract: In a print system, a user terminal generates a print job including identification information of an apparatus user of an image-forming apparatus designated by a terminal user and transmits the print job to an information processing apparatus (print server). The apparatus user of the image-forming apparatus requests a list of print jobs including identification information of the apparatus user to the information processing apparatus. When receiving target print job data from the information processing apparatus together with the print job list, the image-forming apparatus executes the print job in accordance with an operation of the apparatus user specified by the terminal user.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus and an information processing method which can adaptively switch a user interface to be used by a user to environmental information. The information processing apparatus includes an interface control unit that switches a user interface to be used by a first user at least between a first user interface using voice and a second user interface different from the first user interface on the basis of environmental information.

Abstract: Provided are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of more easily implementing interaction between a virtual object and a palm of a user in a natural expression. The information processing apparatus includes a controller that displays a virtual object on a display unit, in which the controller detects a planar area of a hand from a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a real space, the controller performs control to set a contact determination area for determining contact with the virtual object for the planar area of the hand having been detected, and the contact determination area includes at least one plane portion.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, a tactile sense providing system, and a program that are intended for a real object and make it possible to provide a tactile sense. The information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a real object detector, a body part detector, and a drive signal generator. The real object detector detects a real object. The body part detector detects a position and a pose of a part of a body. The drive signal generator generates a drive signal on the basis of a positional relationship between the real object and the part, the drive signal being supplied to a tactile sense providing mechanism that is worn on the part.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit (331) and a control unit (350). The display unit (331) displays a virtual operation object to be superimposed on a reality space visually recognized by a user. The control unit (350) determines a superimposition target object on which the operation object is to be superimposed from among a plurality of objects existing around the user in the reality space, detects a movement of a hand of the user in a state where the operation object is displayed, and presents the operation object to the user while moving the operation object to approach the superimposition target object in conjunction with the detected movement of the hand of the user.

Abstract: Smooth text communication is realized between users. An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a control unit configured to: determine speech generated by a first user on the basis of sensing information of at least one sensor apparatus sensing at least one of the first user and a second user communicating with the first user on the basis of the speech generation of the first user; and control information output to the first user on the basis of a result of the determination of the speech generation of the first user.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an acquisition unit (100) that acquires motion information indicating a motion of a user, and a display control unit (100) that performs display control on a display unit capable of superimposing and displaying a virtual space on a real space. The display control unit specifies a real surface that is a surface in the real space based on the motion information, and displays a region image indicating a region for arranging a virtual object or a real object on a virtual surface that is a surface in the virtual space corresponding to the real surface according to an azimuth extracted based on the real surface.

Abstract: [Problem] The problem of the present disclosure relates to proposing an information processing device, an information processing terminal, an information processing method, and a program, which are capable of controlling the output of a voice so as to be adaptive to an action purpose of a user. [Solution] An information processing device including: an inference unit that infers an action purpose of a user on the basis of a result of sensing by one or more sensors; and an output control unit that controls, on the basis of a result of inference by the inference unit, output of a voice to the user performed by an audio output unit.