Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a float assembly that can prevent the floats from flipping. The present invention provides a float assembly including a plurality of floats connected together comprising: a filled float having a hollow portion, wherein the hollow portion has a part filled with a filler, and the filled float is arranged at a position facing an assembly periphery surrounding the float assembly.

Abstract: An anti-vibration device is secured to a vibration source and a vibration transmission portion to inhibit transmission of vibration, and includes a first elastically deformed portion, a second elastically deformed portion and a third elastically deformed portion. The first elastically deformed portion is a plate having a thickness in a first thickness direction and vibrates in the first thickness direction to configure a path for the vibration to be transmitted from the vibration source to the vibration transmission portion. The second elastically deformed portion is a plate having a thickness in a second thickness direction intersecting the first thickness direction and vibrates in the second thickness direction to configure the path. The third elastically deformed portion is a plate having a thickness in a third thickness direction intersecting the first thickness direction and the second thickness direction and vibrates in the third thickness direction to configure the path.

Abstract: Range of the object of search is specified without specific designation by the user. In case changing of the image is instructed by an image operation portion, an image changing portion changes the image and displays such image on an image display portion, and the displayed image is held in a scope holding portion as the range of the object of search. The operation from a map operation portion also is similarly processed, whereby the range of the document constituting the object of search can be specified without specific designation by the user.

Abstract: In a voice browser apparatus, an HTML document is obtained from a designated URL, the obtained document is analyzed based on a rule designated from a plurality of rules for defining voice input/output contents to fetch voice output contents, voice input candidates and designation information for designating a next object of processing corresponding to each voice input candidate, and the fetched voice output contents are voice-outputted. Then, the voice input from a user for this output is voice-recognized, and controls obtainment of a new document and next analysis based on designation information corresponding to the input candidate matching the recognition result. Thereby, contents for the graphical user interface can easily be browsed using voice input/output.

Abstract: To provide a browser apparatus with the contents of data provided on a network in a form of voice data, voice data indicating a part or the whole of the contents of the data provided on the network is formed and stored on a gateway, on the basis of the data. Data is formed by adding to the data provided on the network an identifier <VOICEOUT . . . > indicating a location where the voice data is stored. This data is provided to the browser apparatus. The browser apparatus receives the voice data from the location indicated by the identifier.

Abstract: This invention has as its object to provide a speech recognition system to which a client and a device that provides a speech recognition process are connected, which provides a plurality of usable speech recognition means to the client, and which allows the client to explicitly switch and use the plurality of speech recognition means connected to the network. To achieve this object, a speech recognition system of this invention has speech input means for inputting speech at the client, designation means for designating one of the plurality of usable speech recognition means, and processing means for making the speech recognition means designated by the designation means recognize speech input from the speech input means.

Abstract: The present invention has as its object to automatically provide information about an object image-sensed by a camera and automatically image-sense and present an object described by browsed information while a user is browsing the information. To achieve this object, the present invention includes scope holding unit, picture operating unit, first instruction unit, picture display unit, map operating unit, second instruction unit, map display unit, document operating unit, third instruction unit, and document display unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus inputs a document having a plurality of input fields, and displays it using a display control item. The apparatus then determines whether or not one of the plurality of input fields is designated by the user. Specific grammar corresponding to the designated input field is selected from a grammar holding unit for holding a plurality of types of grammar, and the selected grammar is used in a speech recognition process.

Abstract: A table in an HTML document is analyzed to generate cell position data indicating a positional relationship between cells and cell vectors representing characteristics of the cells, and a table type is judged with reference to the cell position data and the cell vectors, and, if the table type is a table describing a table, it is judged whether the data is represented in a column or a row with reference to the cell position data and the cell vectors, and a cut direction of the table is determined, and segments are generated with reference to the table type and the cut direction. If the table type is a table for layout, the cells are clustered with reference to the cell vectors, and the segments are generated with reference to the cell position data and cell cluster information.

Abstract: In a sound data setting apparatus for setting an output format of each sound to output sounds corresponding to a plurality of sound data, metadata indicating contents of each sound data is acquired and an output format of a sound concerning the sound data corresponding to the metadata is set on the basis of each metadata.

Abstract: There is provided a text search apparatus capable of dividing a structured document such as an HTML document into segments, and presenting segments containing a given search key as the search result, thereby providing a part of the document matching the search condition as the result of search. The document is divided into segments by specified tags, and a level of association with an adjacent segment is calculated. A header is detected by a header tag, and the header information is added to the segment contained in the range of the header. Segments are divided and re-integrated according to the level of association therebetween, and indexes are prepared. A search is executed for two indexes, and the level of matching is calculated by weighting the search results for the indexes, and the search result judged according to such level of matching is stored or outputted for each segment.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus inputs a document having a plurality of input items, and displays it using an information display unit. An active input field is discriminated from the plurality of input fields in accordance with the display state of the document. A specific grammar corresponding to the discriminated active input field is selected from a grammar holding unit for holding a plurality of types of grammars, and the selected grammar is used in a speech recognition process.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus inputs a document having a plurality of input items, and displays it using an information display unit. An active input item is discriminated from the plurality of input items in accordance with the display state of the document. A specific grammar corresponding to the discriminated active input item is selected from a grammar holding unit for holding a plurality of types of grammars, and the selected grammar is used in a speech recognition process.

Abstract: Sequentially input new document information is sorted and retained in a proper folder to facilitate search and retrieval of a desired document to follow. To this end, a list of proper candidate folders is presented to a user to support user saving works. Discrimination between proper folders is made precise by using a search condition, to thereby make search of a desired document easy and reliable.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus inputs a document having a plurality of input items, and displays it using an information display unit. An active input item is discriminated from the plurality of input items in accordance with the display state of the document. A specific grammar corresponding to the discriminated active input item is selected from a grammar holding unit for holding a plurality of types of grammars, and the selected grammar is used in a speech recognition process.

Abstract: The invention is to achieve highly precise voice recognition in efficient manner utilizing plural voice recognition apparatuses connected to a network. A communication terminal device executes voice recognition on the voice of the user, utilizing highly precise plural voice recognition apparatuses connected to a network. Then the communication terminal device compares the scores of the results of recognition obtained respectively from the voice recognition apparatuses and selects one of the results.

Abstract: This invention has as its object to provide a speech recognition system to which a client and a device that provides a speech recognition process are connected, which provides a plurality of usable speech recognition means to the client, and which allows the client to explicitly switch and use the plurality of speech recognition means connected to the network.

Abstract: In a voice browser apparatus, an HTML document is obtained from a designated URL, the obtained document is analyzed based on a rule designated from a plurality of rules for defining voice input/output contents to fetch voice output contents, voice input candidates and designation information for designating a next object of processing corresponding to each voice input candidate, and the fetched voice output contents are voice-outputted. Then, the voice input from a user for this output is voice-recognized, and controls obtainment of a new document and next analysis based on designation information corresponding to the input candidate matching the recognition result. Thereby, contents for the graphical user interface can easily be browsed using voice input/output.

Abstract: To provide a browser apparatus with the contents of data provided on a network in a form of voice data, voice data indicating a part or the whole of the contents of the data provided on the network is formed and stored on a gateway, on the basis of the data. Data is formed by adding to the data provided on the network an identifier <VOICEOUT . . . >indicating a location where the voice data is stored. This data is provided to the browser apparatus. The browser apparatus receives the voice data from the location indicated by the identifier.

Abstract: A server acquires a web page corresponding to the URL that a client registers, and detects new text (to be referred to as new information hereinafter) inserted in that web page. The server converts the detected new information into one of a character string, phonetic character string, and synthetic speech, and delivers it to the client. The client receives the new information delivered from the server, converts it into synthetic speech, and outputs the synthetic speech.