Abstract: There is provided a video recording apparatus including a content accumulation part accumulating video content, a feature extraction processing part extracting an image or voice as a feature from the video content accumulated by the content accumulation part, and obtaining word information from the extracted image or the extracted voice, a word information acquisition part acquiring sorted word information obtained using clustering processing on word information identified from an image captured by a camera, and a content retrieval part retrieving relevant video content from the video content accumulated by the content accumulation part based on the sorted word information acquired by the word information acquisition part and the word information acquired by the feature extraction processing part.

Abstract: The present invention presents a thermosensitive recording medium having sufficient water resistance against water or moisture when the thermosensitive recording medium is used outdoors and also having a superior printing run-ability when printing at high speed (sticking resistance), color developing sensitivity, scratching resistance, plasticizer resistance and solvent resistance. The thermosensitive recording medium shows a superior water resistance and also shows a superior printing run-ability when printing at high speed (sticking resistance) etc, by installing a thermosensitive recording layer on a support and a protective layer on the thermosensitive recording layer, wherein the protective layer contains an acrylic resin with a glass transition temperature of higher than 50 degrees C. and lower than or equal to 95 degrees C.

Abstract: In an information processing apparatus, a text information receiving unit receives text information, and a received text morphological analysis unit performs morphological analysis on the text information. An extraction unit extracts text information of a subtitle included in a program. A subtitle text morphological analysis unit performs morphological analysis on the text information of the subtitle. A similarity calculation unit calculates the similarity between a keyword included in a result of the received text morphological analysis performed by the received text morphological analysis unit and a keyword included in a result of the subtitle text morphological analysis performed by the subtitle text morphological analysis unit. A comparison unit compares the similarity with a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: Provided is a content selection system comprising a content selecting device which selects more than one content from a plurality of contents using selectively and sequentially any one of a plurality of selection standards that are mutually different from each other, and a controlling device which uses a selection standard different from a selection standard used for selecting said more than one content so that the content selecting selects more than one content from the plurality of contents when the content selecting uses any one of the selection standards and there is an operation to indicate a user's prescribed evaluation on any of more than one content to be reproduced.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain program information on programs that are to be broadcast in a predetermined time period; an extraction unit configured to extract keywords indicating the content of the programs from text data contained in the program information; a storage unit configured to prestore theme definition information containing information on the keywords; a theme identifying unit configured to identify which theme a predetermined program belongs to on the basis of the keyword and the theme definition information; and a rate-of-change computation unit configured to compute, for each of the identified themes, a rate of change of the number of times a program belonging to the identified theme is broadcast on a first day in the predetermined time period to the number of times the program is broadcast on a second day.

Abstract: In an information processing apparatus, an acquisition unit acquires a keyword, and a calculation unit calculates the importance level of each keyword by adding a value determined depending on an increase in the number of occurrences to the importance level and subtracting a value determined depending on an increase in the difference between a current time and a last acquisition time to the importance level. An extraction unit extracts text information of a subtitle in a program. A subtitle morphological analysis unit morphologically analyzes the text information of the subtitle. A comparison unit compares each acquired keyword with each keyword detected via the morphological analysis. A recording unit records the program if the comparison indicates that any acquired keyword is identical to any keyword detected via the morphological analysis. A registration unit registers the recorded program and information indicating the importance level in a table in association with the keyword.

Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including: a learning unit that learns user preference for each type in each category for classifying content items in a server; a selection unit that, based on type information indicating a recommendable type which is a type of content items recommendable by the server and a substitutable type which is a type that satisfies a predetermined condition out of the recommendable type, selects one or more recommendable types in a case where there is the recommendable type corresponding with user preference in the selected category, and selects one or more substitutable types in the selected category in a case where there is no recommendable type corresponding with user preference; and an obtaining unit that obtains a content of the selected type from the server.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain program information on programs to be broadcast in a predetermined time period; a keyword extraction unit configured to extract keywords obtained by performing morphological analysis on text data contained in the obtained program information in such a manner as to be associated with corresponding programs; a current-affairs keyword extraction unit configured to extract, as current-affairs keywords, keywords that are associated with corresponding programs to be broadcast on a plurality of different broadcast stations and that are associated with only programs to be broadcast today from among the keywords extracted by the keyword extraction unit, wherein, for each of the extracted current-affairs keywords, the number of appearances of the current-affairs keyword is summed, and an importance degree indicating an importance characteristic of the current-affairs keyword for a user is determined on the basis of the summed number of

Abstract: The present invention presents a thermosensitive recording medium having a sufficient water resistance against water or moisture when the thermosensitive recording medium is used in outdoor and also having a superior printing run-ability when printing at high speed (sticking resistance), color developing sensitivity, scratching resistance, plasticizer resistance and solvent resistance. The thermosensitive recording medium shows a superior water resistance and also shows a superior printing run-ability when printing at high speed (sticking resistance) etc, by installing a thermosensitive recording layer on a support and a protective layer on the thermosensitive recording layer, wherein the protective layer contains an acrylic resin with a glass transition temperature of higher than 50 degree C. and lower than or equal to 95 degree C.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus includes a content recording unit to record a content and to obtain and record a sights keyword related to the recorded content.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit acquiring keywords extracted from text data representing a first content to be a base of a search and scores of the respective keywords, and keywords extracted from text data representing a second content for calculating a degree of matching with the first content, and scores of the respective keywords, a matching-degree calculation unit calculating the degree of matching between the first content and the second content based on scores of keywords commonly included in the acquired keywords relating to the first content and the acquired keywords relating to the second content, and an output unit outputting, as a search result, information on a predetermined number of the second content which has a high degree of matching with the first content based on a result of calculation performed by the matching-degree calculation unit.

Abstract: An elliptic curve multiplication method comprises three stages. In the first stage, randomly selected point representations are stored in variables. In the second stage, a right-to-left loop is executed that modifies the variable values in dependency of a multiplier. In the last stage, the result is calculated from the modified variable values.

Abstract: A system and method for achieving secure and fast computation in hyperelliptic cryptography is realized. Fast scalar multiplication is achieve by executing computing operations including halving as computing processing in scalar multiplication with respect to a divisor D in hyperelliptic curve cryptography. For example, computing operations including halving are executed in scalar multiplication with respect to a divisor D on a hyperelliptic curve of genus 2 in characteristic 2 having h(x)=x2+x+h0, f4=0 as parameters, a hyperelliptic curve of genus 2 in characteristic 2 having h(x)=x2+h1x+h0, f4=0 as parameters, or a hyperelliptic curve of genus 2 in characteristic 2 having h(x)=x as a parameter. Further, reduced complexity and faster computation are realized through the application of a table that records which of k1, k1?, (k0, k0?) is correct on the basis of a computed value of [½iD] with respect to a fixed divisor D, and through a reduction in the number of inversion operations.

Abstract: A content recommendation system including a step which selects some from a plenty of music compositions in accordance with attribute conditions successively generated, a step which further selects a part or all of the selected music compositions in accordance with the similarity degree between the feature vector of each of the selected music compositions and the user preference vector, and a step which presents the selected music composition to the user.

Abstract: A scalar multiplication can be performed on an elliptic curve cryptosystem at a high speed. P is set as an initial value of Q[0], and 2×P is set as an initial value of Q[1]. An elliptic curve doubling ECDBL of Q[d[i]] is performed, and an arithmetic result is stored in Q[2]. An elliptic curve addition ECADD of Q[0] and Q[1] is performed, and an arithmetic result is stored in Q[1]. Q[2?d[i]] is stored in Q[0]. Q[1+d[i]] is stored in Q[1]. The elliptic curve addition ECADD and the elliptic curve doubling ECDBL are concurrently performed in the respective processors.

Abstract: A content recommendation system includes: an attribute value storage means which stores one or more attribute values of attributes for each content; a preference distribution storage means which stores a user preference degree for each attribute value; an attribute value acquisition means which acquires an attribute value of at least one attribute for each content; a preference distribution update means which updates the storage contents in the preference distribution storage means in accordance with the acquired attribute value; a condition determination means which selects an attribute value of one or more attributes in accordance with probability based on the user preference degree stored in the preference distribution storage means and determines the condition of the attribute value of the one or more attributes in accordance with the selected attribute value; and a content selection means which selects some or all of the contents in accordance with the determined condition.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for performing a hyperelliptic curve cryptography process at a high speed in a highly secure manner are provided. A base point D is produced such that the base point D and one or more of precalculated data in addition to the base point used in a scalar multiplication operation based on a window algorithm are degenerate divisors with a weight smaller than genus g of a hyperelliptic curve. An addition operation included in the scalar multiplication operation based on the window algorithm is accomplished by performing an addition operation of adding a degenerate divisor and a non-degenerate divisor, whereby a high-speed operation is achieved without causing degradation in security against key analysis attacks such as SPA.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus which may include acquisition means for acquiring meta-data of a content; morphological analyzing means for performing morphological analysis on text information included in the meta-data of the content; comparison means for comparing a morphological analysis result of the morphological analyzing means and a plurality of list patterns of predetermined performer names; and when there is a list pattern of predetermined performer names having matched at least one part or more out of the morphological analysis result on the basis of the comparison result of the comparison means, first extraction means for extracting a performer name with the list pattern of the matched predetermined performer name.

Abstract: In a robot device, an action selecting/control system includes a plurality of elementary action modules each of which outputs an action when selected. An activation level calculation unit calculates an activation level AL of each elementary action on the basis of information from an internal-state manager and external-stimulus recognition unit and with reference to a data base. An action selector selects an elementary action whose activation level AL is highest as an action to be implemented. Each action is associated with a predetermined internal state and external stimulus. The activation level calculation unit calculates an activation level AL of each action on the basis of a predicted satisfaction level variation based on the level of an instinct for an action corresponding to an input internal state and a predicted internal-state variation predictable based on an input external stimulus.

Abstract: A behavior control system for a robot apparatus that operates autonomously. The behavior control system includes a plurality of behavior description sections for describing motions of the robot and an external environment recognition section. The system also includes an internal state management section for managing an internal state of the robot in response to the recognized external environment and/or a result of execution of a behavior, and for managing emotions. A behavior evaluation section evaluates execution of behaviors in response to the external environment and/or the internal state.