Abstract: A photographic device includes: selection means for selecting a given number of shooting modes matched with shooting conditions from a plurality of shooting modes previously prepared; display control means for juxtapositionally displaying images indicating the shooting modes selected by the selection means; and shooting control means for taking photos in a shooting mode indicated by an image which has been selected by a user from the images displayed by the display control means.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes the following elements: a generator operable to generate, on the basis of a captured image, an image to be captured with a second setting different from a first setting serving as a present shooting setting; a display controller operable to display, together with the captured image, the image generated by the generator; and a controller operable to control, when the image generated by the generator is selected from among the images displayed by the display controller, the setting so that an image can be captured with the second setting.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is disclosed which includes: an allocation device configured to allocate each of a plurality of picture display areas to each of a plurality of picture groups each made up of a plurality of pictures, the picture display areas being arrayed in a first direction on a screen for displaying pictures; and a display control device configured to display each of the pictures constituting each of the picture groups in screen locations which correspond to the picture display areas allocated to the picture groups and which are arrayed in a second direction different from the first direction and are determined by times associated with the pictures.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes detecting means for detecting the number of face image elements, which are one or more image elements of faces, included in an image, and associating means for associating the image with the detected number of face image elements.

Abstract: Performing power saving control which can be inherited and standardized easily, and which keeps power devices from having to become larger is made possible. A current In flowing through an electrical path is detected as a voltage Vs by a current detection section, and is outputted as a voltage Vout by an amplifying section. When a level corresponding to the voltage Vout exceeds a limit level, a power limit detection section outputs a power limit detection signal. When a controller receives the power limit detection signal via a detection signal holding section, the controller outputs a throttle control command signal. When a chip set receives the throttle control command signal, the chip set initiates throttle control that lowers the clock frequency of a CPU. The present invention may be applied to laptop personal computers.

Abstract: A situation recognition apparatus includes: an optical information acquisition unit configured to acquire optical information; a storage configured to store a plurality of pieces of optical information; a processing unit configured to match a plurality of the pieces of optical information stored in the storage and optical information newly acquired by the optical information acquisition unit; and an output unit configured to output a result of the matching. The storage further stores a probabilistic model that numerically represents transitions between the plurality of pieces of optical information.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information-processing apparatus including detection means, recognition means, and meta-information generation means. The detection means detects conditions surrounding the user and generates sensing data revealing the conditions surrounding the user. The recognition means recognizes the conditions surrounding the user on the basis of the sensing data. The meta-information generation means generates meta information in the form of structured information to be used for detecting a change in the conditions surrounding the user on the basis of one or more pieces of the sensing data and recognition information showing a recognition result produced by the condition recognition means.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method capable of avoiding communication interruptions during communication. In an apparatus having a function of dynamically changing a frequency of a CPU 51, when a source supplying a power supply voltage supplied is switched, it is determined whether or not communication performed by a modem 62 is in progress. If the communication is in progress, information written in a register 211 is information indicating that transition of the frequency of the CPU 51 is not permissible. This information is updated to a frequency transition permissible state. Then, the frequency of the CPU 51 is transitioned to a suitable frequency for the current situation. After the frequency has been transitioned, the information of the register 211 is updated again into information indicating that transition of the frequency is not permissible. The present invention is applicable to a personal computer having a function of transitioning the CPU frequency.

Abstract: Performing power saving control which can be inherited and standardized easily, and which keeps power devices from having to become larger is made possible. A current In flowing through an electrical path is detected as a voltage Vs by a current detection section, and is outputted as a voltage Vout by an amplifying section. When a level corresponding to the voltage Vout exceeds a limit level, a power limit detection section outputs a power limit detection signal. When a controller receives the power limit detection signal via a detection signal holding section, the controller outputs a throttle control command signal. When a chip set receives the throttle control command signal, the chip set initiates throttle control that lowers the clock frequency of a CPU. The present invention may be applied to laptop personal computers.