Abstract: A lighting system includes a door illumination provided on the inner surface of a side door, a rear detection sensor for detecting an object around a vehicle, and a control device for controlling the door illumination based on the detection result of the rear detection sensor. The lighting system further includes a luminance sensor for detecting the brightness around the vehicle. The control device is configured to light the door illumination or blinks the door illumination on and off when an object is detected by the rear detection sensor, and adjust the luminance when the door illumination is lighted or blinked on and off, according to the brightness detected by the luminance sensor.

Abstract: An audio communication device includes: a sound position determiner that determines sound localization positions for N audio signals in a virtual space having first and second walls; N sound localizers each performing sound localization processing to localize sound in the sound localization position determined by the sound position determiner, and outputting localized sound signals; an adder that sums the N localized sound signals, and outputs a summed localized sound signal. Each sound localizer performs the processing using: a first head-related transfer function (HRTF) assuming that a sound wave emitted from the sound localization position of the sound localizer determined by the sound position determiner directly reaches each ear of a hearer virtually present at the hearer position; and a second HRTF assuming that the sound wave emitted from the sound localization position reaches each ear of the hearer after being reflected by closer one of the first and second walls.

Abstract: An audio communication device includes: a sound position determiner that determines sound localization positions for N audio signals in a virtual space having first and second walls; N sound localizers each performing sound localization processing to localize sound in the sound localization position determined by the sound position determiner, and outputting localized sound signals; an adder that sums the N localized sound signals, and outputs a summed localized sound signal. Each sound localizer performs the processing using: a first head-related transfer function (HRTF) assuming that a sound wave emitted from the sound localization position of the sound localizer determined by the sound position determiner directly reaches each ear of a hearer virtually present at the hearer position; and a second HRTF assuming that the sound wave emitted from the sound localization position reaches each ear of the hearer after being reflected by closer one of the first and second walls.

Abstract: An audio communication device includes: a sound position determiner that determines sound localization positions for N audio signals in a virtual space having first and second walls; N sound localizers each performing sound localization processing to localize sound in the sound localization position determined by the sound position determiner, and outputting localized sound signals; an adder that sums the N localized sound signals, and outputs a summed localized sound signal. Each sound localizer performs the processing using: a first head-related transfer function (HRTF) assuming that a sound wave emitted from the sound localization position of the sound localizer determined by the sound position determiner directly reaches each ear of a hearer virtually present at the hearer position; and a second HRTF assuming that the sound wave emitted from the sound localization position reaches each ear of the hearer after being reflected by closer one of the first and second walls.

Abstract: A viewing terminal device transmits a viewing information and a comment information fetched using an input processing unit to a server device via a network. To display a video data of a broadcast program, the viewing terminal device issues a request to transmit a viewing statistical information and sends the transmission request to the server device, and receives and displays the viewing statistical information transmitted from the server device in response to the request to transmit the viewing statistical information.

Abstract: Multi-channel processing control device and method that efficiently performs enhanced customer service geared to the channel and service characteristics, and that can be readily modified to suit future expansion. A process request generated at a BC controller client (21) is sent as a queue registration request to a dispatcher (32) of a BC controller server (31) via a queue controller DLL (24). In the event of a queue requiring real-time processing, an event transmission and reception unit (25) of the most appropriate client is notified via a BC-BUS (34). A queue not requiring real-time processing is registered at a queue manager (33), where it is managed.

Abstract: A program recording apparatus for recording a program transmitted in a transport stream, includes an information acquisition portion which acquires genre information about the program from each TS packet of transmitted transport stream data, a conversion portion which converts the transport stream data into data in a predetermined format, a recording portion which records the transport stream data or the data in the predetermined format on a record medium, a control portion which controls at least one of the information acquisition portion, the conversion portion and the recording portion, and a storage portion which stores profile data in which a recording format every genre is set. The control portion controls at least one of the information acquisition portion, the conversion portion and the recording portion based on the profile data when the genre information about the program acquired by the information acquisition portion is set in the profile data.

Abstract: It is a digital video recording device which comprises: an encoding unit which generates bitstream data by performing encoding processing on recording-target video/audio signals and outputs encoding result information indicating a result of the encoding processing; a management information generating unit which generates management information of the encoding processing based on the encoding result information; a recording unit for recording the bitstream data and the management information to a recording medium; a decoding unit for decoding the bitstream data; a reproduction control unit for controlling the decoding unit based on the management information; and an abnormality detecting unit which detects that recording operation of the recording unit is abnormally ended without performing proper recording.

Abstract: A digital content reproducing apparatus includes: a recorded data reading section for reading first reproduction control information from a storage medium; a control information reading section for reading second reproduction control information from an external memory; a control information controlling section for selecting at least one of the first and second reproduction control information as reference control information; and a reproducing means for reproducing digital content recorded on the storage medium by referring to the reference control information.