Abstract: The system comprises a terminal apparatus that views or plays the content acquired from a data provider which embeds an identifier to the content. The system comprises a database for storing information tickets for each of the identifiers. The terminal apparatus captures the identifier embedded in the content. The system further comprises a service portal that, in response to the identifier which has been captured by and transmitted from the terminal apparatus over the Internet, searches the database and provides a service for connecting the terminal apparatus to a web page associated with the identifier.

Abstract: A mobile terminal capable of measuring a biological signal is provided. The terminal comprises a terminal body; an electrode for human body earth or system reference, placed on an outer surface of the terminal body so as to be contactable with the skin of a user of the mobile terminal; and differential electrodes. The measured biological signals include an electromyography signal and an electroencephalogram signal. The differential electrodes can be external to the terminal body and be connected via lead lines to the terminal body.

Abstract: The following operation is carried out in order to enable a signal to a portable terminal of a destination to be relayed by another portable terminal so as to successfully reach the portable terminal of the destination. A base station 21 makes and transmits a relayable signal to a portable terminal 12, based on a received signal. Suppose another portable terminal 11 received this relayable signal. The portable terminal 11 further transmits the relayable signal, because the relayable signal is not one addressed to itself. The portable terminal 12 outside service areas 31-33 receives the relayable signal transmitted by the portable terminal 11. A service area for transmission of the relayable signal can be determined based on information about the portable terminal or other information. It is possible to change the number of relays of the relayable signal and a storage time thereof in the portable terminal.

Abstract: A measuring device comprising a fixing member configured to fix to a fixation object, the fixing member having a nonconductive contact surface with the fixation object, an electrode mounted on an opposite side of the fixing member to the contact surface with the fixation object, the electrode configured to measure voltage on a measurement object, and a transmitter configured to transmit the measured voltage externally.

Abstract: A scheme for identifying input gray-scale image data (F) having noise tolerance and distortion tolerance. The data (F) is composed of a set of gray levels representative of points that form an image.

Abstract: The myo-electric information of the user is transmitted to the data center, learning with a high computation load for generating recognition parameters required for recognizing the utterance content based on the myo-electric information is performed, not by the mobile communication terminal, but by the data center. By this, compared with the case when learning is performed in the mobile communication terminal which has stricter limitations on processing speed and memory than a stationary type computer, efficient learning in a shorter time becomes possible. Since the recognition parameters acquired at the data center are transmitted to the mobile communication terminal, hereafter utterance content recognition can be appropriately performed by the recognition parameters matching the user only by the mobile communication terminal, without the mobile communication terminal transmitting/receiving information with a learning device.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to keep a high success rate in recognition with a low-volume of sound signal, without being affected by noise.

Abstract: Information relating to an amount of muscle activity is extracted from a myo-electrical signal by activity amount information extraction means, and information recognition is performed by activity amount information recognition means using the information relating to the amount of muscle activity of a speaker. There is a prescribed correspondence relationship between the amount of muscle activity of a speaker and a phoneme uttered by a speaker, so the content of an utterance can be recognized with a high recognition rate by information recognition using information relating to an amount of muscle activity.

Abstract: There are provided a device and method for enabling entry of handwritten data, such as a signature, without use of an electronic tablet. In step S2-1, a user affixes a signature by means of moving a pen device 30 in midair. In step S2-2, camera means 20 photographs the pen device 30 and outputs the resultant image data. In step S2-3, coordinate computation means 22 determines coordinates of a pen tip of the pen means 30 on a screen on the basis of the image data (motion picture data), thereby determining signature data. In step S2-4, comparison verification means 40 compares and verifies the thus-determined signature data with reference data. If a similarity exists between the signature data and the reference data, there is output an authentication result showing “authentication of verification.” Thus, personal identification can be effected on the basis of the signature data written by the user in midair.

Abstract: A scheme for detecting telop character displaying frames in video image which is capable of suppressing erroneous detection of frames without telop characters due to instability of image features is disclosed. In this scheme, each input frame constituting the video data is entered, and whether each input frame is a telop character displaying frame in which telop characters are displayed or not is judged, according to edge pairs detected from each input frame by detecting each two adjacent edge pixels for which intensity gradient directions are opposite on some scanning line used in judging an intensity gradient direction at each edge pixel and for which an intensity difference between said two adjacent edge pixels is within a prescribed range as one edge pair, edge pixels being pixels at which an intensity value locally changes by at least a prescribed amount with respect to a neighboring pixel among a plurality of pixels constituting each input frame.

Abstract: A scheme for detecting telop character displaying frames in video image which is capable of suppressing erroneous detection of frames without telop characters due to instability of image features is disclosed. In this scheme, each input frame constituting the video data is entered, and whether each input frame is a telop character displaying frame in which telop characters are displayed or not is judged, according to edge pairs detected from each input frame by detecting each two adjacent edge pixels for which intensity gradient directions are opposite on some scanning line used in judging an intensity gradient direction at each edge pixel and for which an intensity difference between said two adjacent edge pixels is within a prescribed range as one edge pair, edge pixels being pixels at which an intensity value locally changes by at least a prescribed amount with respect to a neighboring pixel among a plurality of pixels constituting each input frame.

Abstract: The invention provides an optimal structure able to reduce sound leakage and improve transmission characteristics and control a vibration transmitting path of internal and external portions in a living organism conductive actuator. Therefore, the living organism conductive actuator has a communication signal transmitting portion for transmitting a communication signal in contact with an operator's wrist, hand, hand rear portion, finger, or nail tip, and a voice input portion.

Abstract: A scheme for detecting telop character displaying frames in video image which is capable of suppressing erroneous detection of frames without telop characters due to instability of image features is disclosed. In this scheme, each input frame constituting the video data is entered, and whether each input frame is a telop character displaying frame in which telop characters are displayed or not is judged, according to edge pairs detected from each input frame by detecting each two adjacent edge pixels for which intensity gradient directions are opposite on some scanning line used in judging an intensity gradient direction at each edge pixel and for which an intensity difference between said two adjacent edge pixels is within a prescribed range as one edge pair, edge pixels being pixels at which an intensity value locally changes by at least a prescribed amount with respect to a neighboring pixel among a plurality of pixels constituting each input frame.

Abstract: The device and system for sight labeling according to the present invention comprises an image acquiring section for taking images, a position information acquiring section for recording a camera position while the images are being taken, a camera descriptive information acquiring section for acquiring the camera angle, focal distance and image size while the image are being taken, a map information management section for managing map information, determining a view space inside map information space based on the acquired position, camera angle, focal distance and image size, and capturing constructions present inside the view space, a label information preparation section for preparing label information including the names or descriptive information of constructions and transfer positions, a labeling information output section for overlaying the names or descriptive information from the map information at positions in the images corresponding to position information in the prepared label information, and a c

Abstract: A surface mounting type piezoelectric component includes an insulating substrate, an external electrode disposed on the insulating substrate, and a piezoelectric element including an electrode. The piezoelectric element is fixed to the insulating substrate and the electrode of the piezoelectric element is connected to the external electrode. A metal cap is fixed to the insulating substrate via an adhesive agent and covers the piezoelectric element. A glass transition temperature of the adhesive agent in a cured state is about 120 degrees centigrade or more. A difference between absolute values of a thermal-expansion-coefficient of the metal cap and of the insulating substrate is about 8 ppm/degrees centigrade or less.

Abstract: A flux containing an activator of the nonionic halogen group is used in soldering one end of each of lead terminals 6a and 6b to each of drawing electrodes 5a and 5b of a ceramic element 2. After soldering them, a wax 9 is dripped on the periphery of vibrating electrodes 4a and 4b of the ceramic element 2. Then, an outer resin 10 is applied around the periphery of the ceramic element 2 and so on. By drying the outer resin 10, a solvent contained in the outer resin 10 is dispersed to the outside, and pores are formed in the outer resin 10 on paths through which the solvent has been dispersed. At the same time, a part of a residual flux 11 is absorbed into the pores formed in the outer resin 10. The whole is heated to 150.degree. C. to harden the outer resin 10. When the whole is heated, the wax 9 and the remaining part of the residual flux 11 are absorbed into the pores of the outer resin 10. As a result, a cavity 8 is formed around the periphery of the vibrating electrodes 4a and 4b.

Abstract: The component sucking and holding machine concentrically comprises a first sucking pipe having a wider-area-sucking-opening at its end tip and a second sucking pipe inserted in the first sucking pipe, having a narrower-area-sucking opening at its end tip; the machine can easily suck and hold a component having various sizes by changing the relative position between the first and second sucking pipes.