Abstract: Provided is a separating agent comprising a carrier and a ligand fixed on a surface of a carrier by chemical bonding, in which the carrier is a core-shell particle formed of a non-porous core and a porous shell, the shell having a pore diameter of 9 nm or more and formed of a hydrolysate of polyalkoxysiloxane, and the ligand is an optically active polymer, optically inactive polyester, protein, nucleic acid, or optically active organic compound with a molecular weight of 50 to 1000.

Abstract: Provided is a novel separating agent obtained by using core/shell particles as a support and fixing any of various ligands to the support by physical adsorption. The separating agent contains a support and a ligand fixed to the surface of the support by physical adsorption, and is characterized in that the support is core/shell particles each formed of a core constituted of a nonporous inorganic substance and a porous shell, the shell having a pore diameter of 30 nm or larger, the shell being constituted of a hydrolyzate of a polyalkoxysiloxane, and the ligand is an optically active polymer, an optically inactive polyester, a protein, or a nucleic acid.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing system wherein if external equipment (PC) 1 transfers music and image data to a portable device (PD) 2 capable of executing a synchronizing process, synchronization is carried out by extracting music data, image data, and template data used in a project file, determining whether or not the data has been transferred or updated, and transferring required data or the like depending on the determination.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus comprises a storage medium configured to store a first data file, an ID generating part configured to generate an ID to identify the first data file, an ID information storage part configured to store the generated ID in association with the first data file, an ID giving part configured to give the generated ID to the stored first data file, and a transmission part configured to transmit, to an associated data generation apparatus, the first data file to which the ID has been given. The apparatus further comprises a receiving part configured to receive a second data file generated in the associated data generation apparatus, an ID detection part configured to detect the ID given to the received second data file, and an associating part configured to collate the detected ID with the stored ID, and associate the first data file with the second data file.

Abstract: According to the present invention, when image data displayed on a monitor is linked with audio data using a digital recorder as a remote controller, an operator is permitted to sequence a plurality of image data to sequentially select the image data. After sound recording is started through the digital recorder, the operator turns on a shutter button of the digital recorder, thus closing an audio file and opening a new audio file. Further, the next image data is displayed. After that, the operator turns on a stop button of the digital recorder to return a screen to an edit screen. Then, all of audio files currently formed are connected to each other in the order of selection, the plurality of mage data are linked as indexes with the connected audio files in the sequence such that each image data is inserted between the audio files, thus forming an audio album.

Abstract: A voice file consists of a plurality of data blocks. Each data block is composed of a plurality of sectors. Playback time information on voice data recorded in the sector is stored in the sector header. A control device creates a management file having the playback time for each block recorded therein from the information on this sector header, and stores it in a RAM or storage medium. When an arbitrary playback time is specified by an input device, which of the data blocks having the specified playback time positioned therein is retrieved by referring to this management file. Then, the playback times of voice data in sectors are calculated sequentially from the first sector of the data block. A sector in which a sum between the calculated playback time and a playback time up to a data block immediately preceding the retrieved data block is coincident with the specified playback time is retrieved, and access to the sector is provided.

Abstract: A computer reads a voice speech recognition program from a first recording medium, and reads voice data from a second recording medium, and causes a CPU in the computer to recognize speech represented by the read voice data according to the speech recognition program, convert the result of speech recognition into text data, and display the converted text data on a display unit. A check mark button used by a speaker designates a portion of voice data, which is input through a microphone, corresponding to an unnecessary word or the like. The portion of the voice data in which a check mark is inscribed is not regarded as an object of speech recognition. Only the other portion of voice data in which the check mark is not inscribed is regarded as an object of speech recognition, and speech recognition is thus carried out. Furthermore, the sound level of a voice portion of voice data is rated. The gain of the voice data is adjusted according to the rated level.

Abstract: The present invention relates to what causes a computer to read a voice recognition program from a first recording medium, and read voice data from a second recording medium, and causes a CPU in the computer to recognize voice represented by the read voice data according to the voice recognition program, convert the result of voice recognition into text data, and display the converted text data on a display unit.

Abstract: A voice data processing device for at least one of recording and reproducing a voice comprises a digital signal processor; a rewritable program memory, integrated with the digital signal processor, for storing a program; and a receiver, such as an earphone jack, for receiving a program rewrite signal to rewrite the program without exposing the program memory.

Abstract: A speech information recording/reproduction apparatus includes a CPU for recording digital speech data, into which a speech signal is converted, in a rewritable solid memory, a partial erasing switch for erasing the speech data recorded in the solid memory, and a reproduction switch for setting an erasing range of the speech data from the solid memory. The CPU delays execution of erasure for several seconds after the erasing range is set, and predetermined information about the execution of erasure is displayed by an LCD and an LED for these several seconds. The CPU does not erase the speech data from the solid memory when a reset switch is operated to cancel the execution of erasure during the display of the information, but erases it after the information is displayed when the reset switch is not operated during the display.