Abstract: A suspension device has longitudinal force compliance steer properties to steer a rear wheel to toe-in or toe-out according to increase in longitudinal force applied to wheel treads of a rear wheel. The suspension device includes: a hub bearing housing; suspension links having both edges pivotally attached to a vehicle body and a hub bearing respectively, to support the hub bearing housing; a suspension spring generating reaction force corresponding to relative displacement amount in the longitudinal direction of the hub bearing housing as to the vehicle body; a damper generating damping force corresponding to relative speed in the longitudinal direction of the hub bearing housing as to the vehicle body; and a toe change generating unit generating toe change in a direction where toe change due to longitudinal force compliance properties is temporarily cancelled out or suppressed at an early stage of turning of the vehicle.

Abstract: An information recording/reproducing apparatus includes a registration unit that registers scheduling information to periodically record information; a recording unit that records the information on a recording medium based on the scheduling information; a reproduction unit that reproduces the information recorded on the recording medium; a deletion unit that deletes the information according to a deletion instruction from the recording medium; and an erasure unit that erases, when the number of times of reproducing the information according to the deletion instruction is zero, the scheduling information associated with the information from the registration unit.

Abstract: A hard disk of a recording device is registered with in-advance setting data specifying a sports genre, a detection team/player and a detection period. A sports information service server accessible via a network N from the recording device includes a winning/losing outcome database recorded with information specifying a genre to which a game belongs and an outcome of wining or losing in each game with respect to the respective games held domestically and overseas. A CPU of the recording device, when reaching the detection time defined in the in-advance setting data, specifies the defined genre and the detection team/player, then receives the winning/losing data from the sports information service server, and determines whether the detection team/player defined in the in-advance setting data lost in the game or not. Then, when determining that the detection team/player lost in the game, a scheme is to prevent the already recorded data of the broadcast program of the game from remaining on the hard disk.

Abstract: An information recording apparatus includes a registration unit that registers scheduling information to schedule single recording of information provided periodically; a recording unit that records the information on a recording medium based on the registered scheduling information; a counting unit that counts the number of times of registering the scheduling information of the information; a determination unit that determines whether the number of times of registering the scheduling information of the information exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and a registering unit that generates, when the number of times of registering the scheduling information of the information exceeds the predetermined threshold value, repeated scheduling information to enable the recording unit to periodically and repeatedly record the information, and registers the repeated scheduling information in the registration unit.

Abstract: When a prescribed application such as a TV application, etc., is activated by using a general-purpose OS, an application activation device can inform a user of the fact that it is now in preparation for activation of the application, so as to avoid inducing the user to become uneasy during his or her waiting. The device includes an activation event input section (1) for inputting an activation event for the TV application in either of plural power supply states of a computer when the TV application is activated from either of a power off state, a hibernation state and a standby state of the computer, an activation event detection section (2) for detecting an input activation event, and an activation preparation state indicating section (3A) for indicating, during the time from when an activation event has been detected until when the TV application is activated, that the TV application is in preparation for being activated.

Abstract: An electronic device on which a multi-window system operates. The electronic device includes a detecting unit to detect a switchover of an active window, and a volume control unit to change, when the switchover of the active window is a switchover to another window from a sound output window defined as a user interface for a process of outputting a sound, a volume setting value relating to the output sound by the process of the sound output window.

Abstract: An information recording/reproducing apparatus includes a registration unit that registers scheduling information to periodically record information; a recording unit that records the information on a recording medium based on the scheduling information; a reproduction unit that reproduces the information recorded on the recording medium; a deletion unit that deletes the information according to a deletion instruction from the recording medium; and an erasure unit that erases, when the number of times of reproducing the information according to the deletion instruction is zero, the scheduling information associated with the information from the registration unit.

Abstract: A hard disk of a recording device is registered with in-advance setting data specifying a sports genre, a detection team/player and a detection period. A sports information service server accessible via a network N from the recording device includes a winning/losing outcome database recorded with information specifying a genre to which a game belongs and an outcome of wining or losing in each game with respect to the respective games held domestically and overseas. A CPU of the recording device, when reaching the detection time defined in the in-advance setting data, specifies the defined genre and the detection team/player, then receives the winning/losing data from the sports information service server, and determines whether the detection team/player defined in the in-advance setting data lost in the game or not. Then, when determining that the detection team/player lost in the game, a scheme is to prevent the already recorded data of the broadcast program of the game from remaining on the hard disk.

Abstract: A TVPC 10 accumulates history information that has information indicating a channel viewed by a user and viewing time of the channel in a way that associates the information and the viewing time, and generates, based on the history information, preset information indicating any one of channels. The preset information is registered in a remote controller 20 for remotely operating a television receiver 30. When an instruction to tune on a power supply of the television receiver 30 is received from an operator, the remote controller 20 transmits an operation signal for designating the channel specified by the preset information 21 to the television receiver 30 together with an operation signal for designating switching of a power supply state.

Abstract: An image output device includes an event monitoring unit that monitors a event of an output destination device, a power source unit that is not influenced by the events of the output destination device, and an image output unit that outputs images.

Abstract: When a prescribed application such as a TV application, etc., is activated by using a general-purpose OS, an application activation device can inform a user of the fact that it is now in preparation for activation of the application, so as to avoid inducing the user to become uneasy during his or her waiting. The device includes an activation event input section (1) for inputting an activation event for the TV application in either of plural power supply states of a computer when the TV application is activated from either of a power off state, a hibernation state and a standby state of the computer, an activation event detection section (2) for detecting an input activation event, and an activation preparation state indicating section (3A) for indicating, during the time from when an activation event has been detected until when the TV application is activated, that the TV application is in preparation for being activated.