Abstract: A keyboard instrument has a first member having a first fixation fulcrum, a first link rotatably fixed to the first fixation fulcrum at one end side thereof, a second member having a second fixation fulcrum provided further forwards and downwards than the first fixation fulcrum, a second link rotatably fixed to the second fixation fulcrum at one end side thereof, and a coupling link fixed to a key so as to couple the other end side of the first link and the other end side of the second link together.

Abstract: An apparatus control device for controlling an apparatus includes at least one processor configured to determine a characteristic of performance sound around a robot that is the apparatus, determine a situation of the robot or a situation around the robot, and when causing the robot to execute a performance coordinated action that is coordinated with the performance sound based on the determined characteristic of the performance sound, reflect the determined situation to the performance coordinated action.

Abstract: A robot includes a memory in which an action, that the robot is caused to execute as a response to a predetermined external stimulus, the action including a plurality of elements, is registered in advance by a user; at least one processor. The at least one processor, in a case in which the robot is caused to execute a mistaken action as the response to the predetermined external stimulus, changes, in correspondence with a state of the robot, a number of elements to be executed correctly as registered in the memory.

Abstract: In a terminal device, a control unit acquires a parameter value that is related to a robot executing a gesture according to an event, the parameter value changing according to the event. The control unit generates aggregate data of the acquired parameter value in a target period. The control unit causes a display unit to display the generated aggregate data.

Abstract: A robot that is a performance information acquisition device includes a microphone, a communicator, and at least one processor. The controller determines whether or not the communicator is capable of communicating with an external device with a performance information transmission function in a case where the microphone acquires a performance sound, acquires performance information from the external device via the communicator when the communicator is capable of communicating with the external device, and acquires performance information by analyzing the performance sound acquired by the microphone in a case where the communicator is incapable of communicating with the external device.

Abstract: A robot includes a memory in which an action, that the robot is caused to execute as a response to a predetermined first external stimulus, is registered in advance by a user; and at least one processor. The at least one processor changes, in correspondence with at least any one of a performance count that the robot has been caused to execute the response to the predetermined first external stimulus in a past, an elapsed time from a pseudo-birth of the robot, and a state of the robot, a frequency at which the action is to be correctly executed as the response.

Abstract: An apparatus control device for controlling an apparatus includes at least one processor configured to determine, as a characteristic of a performance sound around a robot that is the apparatus, constancy of a performance speed of the performance sound or a key of a performance based on the performance sound, and change a pseudo-emotion of the apparatus in accordance with the determined characteristic of the performance sound.

Abstract: In a robot, a processor updates a personality parameter representing a pseudo personality of an own device on the basis of a personality parameter representing a pseudo personality of another device in a case of an approaching state that is a state in which the own device approaches another device of the same type as the own device within a predetermined distance or a state in which a terminal device corresponding to another device approaches a terminal device corresponding to the own device within a predetermined distance.

Abstract: An imaging system includes a camera and at least one processor. The processor, in a case in which a gesture, that a robot is to be caused to execute at a time of video capturing, is selected from among a plurality of gestures registered in advance and, also, video capturing by the camera is to be started with the robot as a subject, controls the video capturing by the camera so that the video capturing ends at a timing corresponding to a timing at which the robot ends the gesture.

Abstract: A keyboard instrument having a key and a link mechanism provided on a lower side of the key, and the link mechanism has a first member having a first fixing fulcrum, a first link pivotally supported on the first fixing fulcrum on one end side, a second member having a second fixing fulcrum provided further forwards and further downwards than the first fixing fulcrum, a second link pivotally supported on the second fixing fulcrum on one end side and a coupling link configured such that a distance between the other end side of the first link rotating about the first fixing fulcrum in response to a key operation and the other end side of the second link rotating about the second fixing fulcrum in response to the key operation is fixed and remains unchanged, and the second link has a counterweight provided further forwards than the second fixing fulcrum.

Abstract: A keyboard apparatus has a hammer supported rotatably on a fulcrum, including a weight disposed further backwards than the fulcrum, and including an extending member configured to extend further forwards than the fulcrum, a key including a hammer press rod configured to move towards and away from the extending member, and a switch, and the extending member includes a press-down area configured to protrude further forwards than the hammer press rod to press down the switch, and the extending member is configured to press down the switch without contacting the hammer press rod.

Abstract: A controller of a robot executes processing of determining whether an apparatus is likely to be subjected to an impact and, when determination is made that the apparatus is likely to be subjected to an impact in a case where a movable part is in a first state in which the movable part is able to cause the apparatus to execute a physical operation, transferring the movable part from the first state to a second state for suppressing an impact exerted on the movable part.

Abstract: An apparatus control device includes an emotion setter that sets, in accordance with an external stimulus acting on the apparatus, an emotion parameter expressing a pseudo-emotion; and an emotion changer that changes the set emotion parameter when the pseudo-emotion is close to a predetermined state and, also, the external stimulus is not detected in a predetermined period.

Abstract: A keyboard instrument has a first member having a first fixation fulcrum, a first link rotatably fixed to the first fixation fulcrum at one end side thereof, a second member having a second fixation fulcrum provided further forwards and downwards than the first fixation fulcrum, a second link rotatably fixed to the second fixation fulcrum at one end side thereof, and a coupling link fixed to a key so as to couple the other end side of the first link and the other end side of the second link together.

Abstract: A control device includes a processor. The processor controls an electric power supply to an operating part, and charging and discharging of a secondary battery; estimates electric power being supplied to the operating part and the secondary battery; acquires a charge state for a case of charging the secondary battery; and when a determination is made that the electric power estimated by the processor and being supplied to the operating part and the secondary battery is less than electric power required for a predetermined action to be executed by the operating part and, also, the charge state of the secondary battery is a predetermined charge state, controls so as to limit the predetermined action.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a front case, a rear case whose peripheral portion is brought into engagement with a peripheral portion of the front case and an electrostatic capacity type sensor portion which is encompassed by the front case and the rear case. A primary conductive portion, which is brought into engagement with the sensor portion for electrical connection, is formed on part of an inner surface of the peripheral portion of one of the cases which extends to the engagement portion. By adopting this configuration, the electronic apparatus can be fabricated easily and the operation of a touch switch provided in the electronic apparatus can be stabilized.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a front case, a rear case whose peripheral portion is brought into engagement with a peripheral portion of the front case and an electrostatic capacity type sensor portion which is encompassed by the front case and the rear case. A primary conductive portion, which is brought into engagement with the sensor portion for electrical connection, is formed on part of an inner surface of the peripheral portion of one of the cases which extends to the engagement portion. By adopting this configuration, the electronic apparatus can be fabricated easily and the operation of a touch switch provided in the electronic apparatus can be stabilized.

Abstract: A photographic print vending apparatus is provided which comprises a media accepting unit which accepts a recording medium having photographic image information stored thereon. An image information reader reads the image information from the recording medium, and a plurality of printers print images based on image data from a processor connected to the image information reader and an advertisement information storage unit. When an advertisement printing mode is set, the processor reads the advertisement information from the advertisement information storage unit, synthesizes the read advertisement information and the image information read by the image information reader, and supplies the synthesized information to the printers as image data.

Abstract: In the present invention, an unwinding shaft in a cassette is rotated to unwind a sheet member by an unwinding mechanism in connection with a movement of a head attaching member when the head attaching member is such a direction as to separate the head member from the sheet member in the cassette. Also, the sheet member is applied with a back tension in a direction opposite to the winding tension by a back tension applying mechanism when the winding shaft winds the sheet member by a winding device of a winding motor.

Abstract: A photographic print vending apparatus is provided which comprises a media accepting unit which accepts a recording medium having photographic image information stored thereon. An image information reader reads the image information from the recording medium, and a plurality of printers print images based on image data from a processor connected to the image information reader and an advertisement information storage unit. When an advertisement printing mode is set, the processor reads the advertisement information from the advertisement information storage unit, synthesizes the read advertisement information and the image information read by the image information reader, and supplies the synthesized information to the printers as image data.