Abstract: A user interface device, which allocates each of the functions for operating an instrument to fingertips in response to a hand movement and allowing an operator to intuitively comprehend the allocation of each of the functions to the fingertips, is provided.

Abstract: An interactive route guide device capable of providing an appropriate amount of information with an appropriate timing in accordance with a user's desire. In the interactive route guide device, a storage device stores at least one table which defines a type of guide information to be provided for a route from a departure point to a destination point. An arithmetic processing unit generates the guide information according to the table in the storage device, and an output device outputs the generated guide information. The user uses an input device to input a guide request. The arithmetic processing unit manages at least a content of the inputted guide request and the number of times the guide request is inputted, and edits the table stored in the storage device in accordance with the content of the inputted guide request and the number of times the guide request is inputted.

Abstract: In an input device capable of easily operating a touch panel at hand while viewing a forward display screen, the accuracy of sensing a hand shape and the accuracy of sensing a gesture are improved.

Abstract: Provided is a destination setting assistance apparatus (103) comprising: a baggage information acquisition section (204) for acquiring identification information relating to items loaded in a mobile unit; an items-to-be-carried DB storage section (201) for storing an items-to-be-carried database having written therein items-to-be-carried relating to destinations and/or categories thereof; a destination setting assistance section (206) for assisting in an operation for setting the destinations by using the identification information having been acquired by the baggage information acquisition section (204) and the items-to-be-carried database stored in the items-to-be-carried DB storage section (201); and a route setting section (209) for setting a route to one of the destinations, which is set with assistance of the destination setting assistance section (206).

Abstract: A technical challenge is to provide an interactive route guide device which is capable of providing an appropriate amount of information with an appropriate timing in accordance with a user's desire. In order to overcome such a technical challenge, in the interactive route guide device, a storage device (2) stores at least one table which defines a type of guide information to be provided for a route from a departure point to a destination point. An arithmetic processing unit (4) generates the guide information according to the table in the storage device (2), and an output device (5) outputs the generated guide information. The user uses an input device (1) to input a guide request. The arithmetic processing unit (4) manages at least a content of the inputted guide request and the number of times the guide request is inputted, and edits the table stored in the storage device (2) in accordance with the content of the inputted guide request and the number of times the guide request is inputted.

Abstract: A technical object of the present invention is to provide a three-dimensional image displaying system having an ability to provide an observer with a three-dimensional image that is easy to see. In a three-dimensional image displaying system (1) of the present invention, a display device (3) sequentially executes a display process for a piece of data outputted from an image generating device (2) so as to emit a light which is a plurality of lights multiplexed over a time axis, wherein each light represents an object. A focal length changing device (4) gives a sense of three-dimensionality, in other words, a sense of distance to each object included in the light so as to generate a three-dimensional image light having an ability to enter a vision in three-dimensional manner. A reflection component (6) reflects the multiplexed light in a direction of the observer (V) so as to provide the observer with a three-dimensional image in which the object is synthesized.

Abstract: A navigation apparatus for guiding a vehicle to a destination, a data storing section stores an information set including at least location information for identifying a location of a travel burden point on a road network, link information indicating a road linked to the travel burden point, and a reference hesitation value indicating a degree of a driver's hesitation to go through the travel burden point, and a characteristic value of the driver. A point guidance data generating section generates point guidance data representing guidance for the travel burden point based on a current location derived by a location deriving section, a path obtained by a path obtaining section, and the information set and the driver characteristic value stored in the data storing section.

Abstract: In a display device having a dual view display function, provided is an information processing device which is capable of causing a user who performs an operation to feel an intuitive operation and which is capable of providing a user who does not perform the operation with an improved viewability.

Abstract: A navigation device decreasing the frequency at which a user data stored in a data storage section, the navigation device includes a route receiving section for receiving route data, a data selecting section for selecting candidate location data indicating at least one location which exists on the route represented by the route data or in a vicinity of the route, and a location-change designating section for designating a location of change at which a guiding method is to be changed. Further, the navigation device includes a determination section for determining whether a user has arrived at the location of change, and a navigation guidance section for guiding the user to the destination with a relatively detailed method when the determination section determines that the user has arrived at the location of change.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of searching for a target molecule for a ligand immobilized on a metal surface or analyzing the interaction between a ligand and a target molecule, characterized in that the immobilization of the ligand on the metal surface via a hydrophilic spacers, and the method eliminates or suppresses a nonspecific interaction that prevents analysis of intermolecular interaction on a metal surface, and can intensify specific intermolecular interactions.

Abstract: A user interface system having an improved usability is provided.

Abstract: A navigation device, in order to allow a user to depart for his/her destination immediately, and to provide the user with guidance information in accordance with an appropriate route to the destination, comprises an area input section (1) for the user to input a name of an area neighboring his/her destination, an arithmetic processing section (4), which searches for a route which leads the user to the area whose name is inputted in the area input section, and provides the user with guidance, in accordance with the route found by the search, so as to guide the user to the area whose name is inputted in the area input section (1). Also, the arithmetic processing section (4) specifies, after the guidance to guide the user to the area has started, a destination by exchanging a dialogue with the user. Then, the arithmetic processing section (4) selects a route which leads the user to the destination, and provides the user with guidance so as to guide the user to the destination.

Abstract: By using map data stored in a data storage section, a navigation device comprises: a route receiving section for receiving route data indicating a route from a current position derived by a position deriving section to a destination designated by a destination designating section; a data selecting section for selecting candidate location data indicating at least one location which exists on the route represented by the route data or in a vicinity of the route, and satisfies a predetermined condition; a location-change designating section for designating a location of change at which a guiding method is to be changed, based on the candidate location data selected by the data selecting section; a determination section for determining whether a user has arrived at the location of change; and a navigation guidance section for guiding the user to the destination with a relatively detailed method when the determination section determines that the user has arrived at the location of change.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition containing, as an active ingredient, a compound that specifically binds to KSRP or a functional fragment thereof, and a screening method for the compound. KSRP is a novel target protein for anticancer agents; a compound capable of regulating the expression and activity of such a protein and a pharmaceutical composition containing it are highly useful for proliferative diseases, particularly as anticancer agents. By providing the novel target protein, the mechanism behind the anticancer effect that has conventionally been unexplainable can be elucidated.