Abstract: The invention provides a compact and highly reliable electronic apparatus that can be driven by a small-capacity battery, and that can achieve high-speed continuous driving of a load by quickly judging the recovery state of the battery after driving the load. More particularly, the invention provides an electronic apparatus includes a power supply, a load, a load driver for driving the load by the power supply, a power supply state detecter for outputting power supply recovery information by measuring physical quantity of the power supply at predetermined intervals of time after the driving of the load is stopped, and a controller for instructing the load driver to drive the load, based on the power supply recovery information supplied from the power supply state detecter.

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed that generates an interface identifier to determine an IP address to use. The electronic device comprises an interface identifier generating unit to generate the interface identifier, a temporary IP address determining unit to determine a temporary IP address containing the interface identifier and a prefix, a duplication determining unit to determine whether the temporary IP address is the same as an IP address of another electronic device, and an IP address determining unit to specify the temporary IP address as the IP address to use, when the duplication determining unit determines that the temporary IP address is not the same as the IP address of another electronic device, wherein the interface identifier generating unit generates another interface identifier when the duplication determining unit determines that the temporary IP address is the same as the IP address of another electronic device.

Abstract: A point of interest (POI) search device includes: a static POI data storage means for storing therein a static POI data registered in advance; an added POI data storage means for storing therein an added POI data added or changed; a deleted POI data storage means for storing therein a deleted POI data for identifying a POI data which is not subjected to a search anymore, among the static POI data; a search keyword setting means; a computation switch means for computing the number of POI data matching the search keyword from among the static POI data and switching a computation processing of computing the number of POI data according to the computed number of POI data; and a POI search means for computing the number of POI data, using at least the static POI data and the added POI data according to the switched computation processing.

Abstract: A navigation apparatus includes a storage unit, an acquiring unit, a comparing/identifying unit, an updating unit, and a control unit. The navigation apparatus stores data required for the navigation operation in a plurality of areas and also acquires the data from an external recording medium. The data stored in the plurality of areas is updated based on a comparison with the acquired data to identify which is the most recent data. At least while the updating of data is in progress, the data that is not in the process of being updated is used to perform navigation operation.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a print setting of document data from a document management apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine whether the document data can be printed using the print setting acquired by the first acquisition unit, an output unit configured to output information about a result determined by the determination unit to the document management apparatus, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the document management apparatus, printing availability determination information about a determined result as to whether document data can be printed with the printing apparatus, a display unit configured to display the printing availability determination information acquired by the second acquisition unit and printing apparatus information on a display apparatus, a third acquisition unit configured to acquire document data designated by a user from the document management apparatus by requesting the document management appara

Abstract: An update information providing server for providing data of an updated portion in map data composed of plural kinds of the data includes: a map data storage unit configured to store incremental update data of a difference between the data at a predefined time and newest data, and a data size of the incremental update data; an update request receiving unit configured to receive from a user terminal a map data update request including a capacity of a recording medium, and priority information for specifying a data kind of the data to be preferentially updated; an update order information making unit configured to make update order information; an update information transmission unit configured to extract the incremental update data from the storage unit, to make update information including the extracted incremental update data and the update order information, and to transmit the made update information to the user terminal.

Abstract: An image-taking apparatus, which can automatically adjust parameters relating to image-taking regardless of variations in manufacturing errors and adjustment errors, is disclosed. The image-taking apparatus takes images by using an image pickup element. The image-taking apparatus successively shifts a parameter relating to image-taking so as to include a reference value, and takes a plurality of images with the parameters different from each other. Furthermore, the image-taking apparatus stores information on the parameter corresponding to an image selected by a user among the plurality of images in a memory, and determines the parameter to be used for image-taking on the basis of information stored in the memory.

Abstract: An image-taking apparatus, which can automatically adjust parameters relating to image-taking regardless of variations in manufacturing errors and adjustment errors, is disclosed. The image-taking apparatus takes images by using an image pickup element. The image-taking apparatus successively shifts a parameter relating to image-taking so as to include a reference value, and takes a plurality of images with the parameters different from each other. Furthermore, the image-taking apparatus stores information on the parameter corresponding to an image selected by a user among the plurality of images in a memory, and determined the parameter to be used for image-taking on the basis of information stored in the memory.

Abstract: An analog electronic watch of the present invention includes: a display unit (2) for displaying time with a position of a hand; a stepper motor (3) for driving the hand; a motor drive unit (4) for controlling driving of the stepper motor at a predetermined hand drive cycle at normal time; hand position detection means (5) for detecting a position of the hand; a hand position detection means control unit (6) for intermittently controlling driving of the hand position detection means (5) at a first detection cycle which is longer than the hand drive cycle; and a detection cycle changing unit (7) for instructing the hand position detection means (5) to change the detection cycle.

Abstract: A disclosed network communication device corresponds to IP communications and is capable of performing IPsec communication. The network communication device includes a setting unit configured to obtain and set an operation mode specified by an administrator user; a detecting unit configured to detect a communication error caused by an incorrect portion in an IPsec setting; and a changing unit configured to change the IPsec setting, based on the operation mode set by the setting unit, to correct the incorrect portion or to cancel the IPsec communication, in the event that the communication error is detected.

Abstract: According to the present invention, it is possible to execute a process by an image processing apparatus while a user does not need to pay attention to a license necessary for executing application software for every image processing apparatus. In accordance with a description content of a statement of job and a function (application software) which the image processing apparatus is provided with, such a scheme is provided that a license necessary for executing the process is obtained from a license management server. An image processing apparatus executes a determined process, thus making it possible to effectively utilize the license.

Abstract: The present invention allows a user to efficiently perform a setting operation in an automatic layout system. To accomplish this object, an information processing apparatus has the following configuration. An information processing apparatus having an automatic layout function includes a function for, in editing containers, measuring a distance between a first container placed on the document and a second container placed on the document (step S1102), determining whether or not the distance is equal to or shorter than a predetermined distance (step S1103), and if the distance is determined to be equal to or shorter than the predetermined distance, automatically setting the link between the first and second containers (step S1104).

Abstract: A user can efficiently perform a setting operation in an automatic layout system. An information processing apparatus having an automatic layout function includes a function for, in editing containers, measuring a distance between a first container placed on the document and a second container placed on the document, determining whether or not the distance is equal to or shorter than a predetermined distance, and if the distance is determined to be equal to or shorter than the predetermined distance, automatically setting the link between the first and second containers.

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed that generates an interface identifier to determine an IP address to use. The electronic device comprises an interface identifier generating unit to generate the interface identifier, a temporary IP address determining unit to determine a temporary IP address containing the interface identifier and a prefix, a duplication determining unit to determine whether the temporary IP address is the same as an IP address of another electronic device, and an IP address determining unit to specify the temporary IP address as the IP address to use, when the duplication determining unit determines that the temporary IP address is not the same as the IP address of another electronic device, wherein the interface identifier generating unit generates another interface identifier when the duplication determining unit determines that the temporary IP address is the same as the IP address of another electronic device.

Abstract: An information processing method and apparatus are provided which are capable of processing form data in which fields are defined and each of the fields contains record data. The method includes specifying fields in which at least one break is set from the field being contained in form data, in a case where print and break changing instruction is input. The method further includes obtaining a change instruction from an operator for changing break settings for at least one of the fields specified and inserting a break instruction at a place where a data break occurs in the field for which the break setting is set.

Abstract: The present invention allows a user to efficiently perform a setting operation in an automatic layout system. To accomplish this object, an information processing apparatus has the following configuration. An information processing apparatus having an automatic layout function includes a function for, in editing containers, measuring a distance between a first container placed on the document and a second container placed on the document (step S1102), determining whether or not the distance is equal to or shorter than a predetermined distance (step S1103), and if the distance is determined to be equal to or shorter than the predetermined distance, automatically setting the link between the first and second containers (step S1104).

Abstract: An image-taking apparatus, which can automatically adjust parameters relating to image-taking regardless of variations in manufacturing errors and adjustment errors, is disclosed. The image-taking apparatus takes images by using an image pickup element. The image-taking apparatus successively shifts a parameter relating to image-taking so as to include a reference value, and takes a plurality of images with the parameters different from each other. Furthermore, the image-taking apparatus stores information on the parameter corresponding to an image selected by a user among the plurality of images in a memory, and determined the parameter to be used for image-taking on the basis of information stored in the memory.

Abstract: A data search apparatus (200) for searching a general data list for desired spot data indicating a desired spot, the general data list comprising: original data (211) including a plurality of original spot data each indicating a spot on a map; and difference data (212) including at least one update spot data indicating an updated spot that is updated on the basis of the original data, said data search apparatus comprising: a first acquirement device (201) for acquiring at least one of the plurality of original spot data; a second acquirement device (202) for acquiring the update spot data from the difference data; and a data output device (203) for combining the update spot data acquired by said second acquirement device with the original spot data acquired by said first acquirement device and outputting the combined data including the desired spot data.

Abstract: Of the pieces of facility information of the map information stored in map information storage section 6, those that need to be altered are stored in editing information storage section 10. Each piece of positional information on a facility in the updating information relating to the facility and specifically describing alterations is linked to a piece of pre-edition information and stored in the editing information storage section 10 as post-edition information to generate a pair of pieces of editing information. As a destination is selected and input at operation section 7, the editing information is retrieved and a piece of pre-edition information or post-edition information containing positional information same as that of the destination is detected. The pre-edition information is replaced by the updating information of the detected post-edition information of the editing information to define the destination and the route of movement.

Abstract: A function control apparatus is disclosed, which includes multiple function service units configured to operate in response to receipt of a signal from another apparatus via an IEEE 1394 bus, and a control service unit configured to identify one or more of the function service units to be activated, to activate the identified function service unit, and to stop the activated identified function service unit. According to the above arrangements, the function control apparatus does not activate a function service unit that is not to be activated.