Abstract: An on-board equipment control device includes a storage device a storage device and a controller. The controller performs a first authentication based on a signal transmitted from a wireless device held by a user and performs a second authentication based on biometric data of the user. The controller executes the first authentication before the user boards the vehicle and executes the second recognition after the user boards the vehicle. The controller determines whether the user identified by the first and second authentications are the same user. The controller controls the first on-board equipment or the first functions of the on-board equipment based on the user identified by the first and second authentications.

Abstract: A transport stream processing apparatus according to the present invention is a transport stream processing apparatus including a plurality of processing steps for separating desired data from a transport stream, and comprises a hardware transport stream separating device, a software transport stream separating device, and a processing switching device for switching to and from the respective separating devices in executing an optional processing step. The transport stream processing apparatus realizes a transport stream separation of a high performance without demanding a high operation frequency and a high CPU power and adding a circuit.

Abstract: In the portable information terminal device 1a, when a second display portion 9 is flipped over to the front of the portable information terminal device 1a, a first display portion 3 and the second display portion 9 are visible from a user at the same time. The display layouts of the first display portion 3 and the second display portion 9 are switched automatically in accordance with the visibility status of the respective display screens. The display layouts are also switched automatically in response to a change in information to be displayed. Therefore, a plurality of information items can be displayed in an appropriate layout that is easy to grasp to the user.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a processing switching device switches to and from a hardware transport stream separating device and a software transport stream separating device in executing a partial processing included in a plurality of processings for separating desired data from a transport stream (TS). When the processing switching device instructs the execution of the partial processing in the software transport stream separating device, an output unit outputs data currently being processed and to be processed in the partial processing from the hardware transport stream separating device and stores the outputted data in a memorizing device. The software transport stream separating device reads the currently-processed data stored in the memorizing device and executes the partial processing thereto, and then stores the processed data in the memorizing device.

Abstract: A transport stream processing apparatus according to the present invention is a transport stream processing apparatus including a plurality of processing steps for separating desired data from a transport stream, and comprises a hardware transport stream separating device, a software transport stream separating device, and a processing switching device for switching to and from the respective separating devices in executing an optional processing step. The transport stream processing apparatus realizes a transport stream separation of a high performance without demanding a high operation frequency and a high CPU power and adding a circuit.

Abstract: In a transport stream processing apparatus which executes a plurality of processings to thereby separate desired data from a transport stream (TS) according to the present invention, a hardware transport stream separating device executes a part of the plurality of processings using a hardware constitution; a software transport stream separating device executes a residual processing of the plurality of processings not executed by the hardware transport stream separating device using a software constitution; and a processing switching device switches the software transport stream separating device to be effective/ineffective in executing the residual processing.

Abstract: In the portable information terminal device 1a, when a second display portion 9 is flipped over to the front of the portable information terminal device 1a, a first display portion 3 and the second display portion 9 are visible from a user at the same time. The display layouts of the first display portion 3 and the second display portion 9 are switched automatically in accordance with the visibility status of the respective display screens. The display layouts are also switched automatically in response to a change in information to be displayed. Therefore, a plurality of information items can be displayed in an appropriate layout that is easy to grasp to the user.

Abstract: A memory system control method is a control method in a system which comprises a central processing unit, a cache memory, and a main memory, and has a DMA transfer function to said main memory, wherein when the amount of data transferred to said main memory reaches an arbitrary value, the data in the cache memory corresponding to the address of data in said main memory which have been written by the DMA transfer are purged.