Abstract: An agriculture support system includes a data obtaining device to obtain at least one type of data among a plurality of types of data relating to planting of crops, a mesh setting device to allocate, as divided data, the data obtained by the data obtaining device to each of areas of an agricultural field in which the crops are planted, a first map display to relate, to a location of the agricultural field, the divided data allocated to each of the areas by the mesh setting device and to display the divided data as a first field map, a spreading setting device to set a spreading amount of spread substance in each of the areas based on the divided data of each of the areas, and a second map display to relate, to the location of the agricultural field, the spreading amount and to display the spreading amount.

Abstract: An agriculture support device includes a traveling creator to create a scheduled traveling route of an agricultural machine in an agricultural field, a display controller to display on an external terminal a virtual traveling status of the agricultural machine to travel on the scheduled traveling route created by the traveling creator, and a correction permitting controller to permit correction of the scheduled traveling route created by the traveling creator when the external terminal requests the correction. The display controller displays, on the external terminal, the virtual traveling status and a result traveling status of the agricultural machine that has traveled on the scheduled traveling route.

Abstract: An agriculture assistance system includes a data setting unit configured or programmed to associate agricultural data at a predetermined position in an agricultural field to a plurality of areas set in the agricultural field, and to set the associated agricultural data as data corresponding to the respective areas, an area setting unit configured or programmed to set the areas in the agricultural field, and a map display unit configured or programmed to display the data corresponding to the respective areas. When the areas set by the area setting unit are changed, the data setting unit is configured or programmed to reassociate the data to the areas after the change.

Abstract: An agriculture support device includes a traveling creator to create a scheduled traveling route of an agricultural machine in an agricultural field, a display controller to display on an external terminal a virtual traveling status of the agricultural machine to travel on the scheduled traveling route created by the traveling creator, and a correction permitting controller to permit correction of the scheduled traveling route created by the traveling creator when the external terminal requests the correction. The display controller displays, on the external terminal, the virtual traveling status and a result traveling status of the agricultural machine that has traveled on the scheduled traveling route.

Abstract: An agriculture support system includes an agriculture support device including a work creator to create a work plan of an agricultural operation to be performed by an agriculture machine, and a communicator to transmit the work plan from the work creator, and a display provided in the agriculture machine, including a machine information obtainer to obtain machine information of the agriculture machine, a plan obtainer to obtain the work plan transmitted from the communicator, an evaluator to compare the work plan with the machine information obtained by the machine information obtaining and to evaluate the work plan, and a display to display an evaluation result provided by the evaluator.

Abstract: An agriculture support system includes a data obtaining device to obtain at least one type of data among a plurality of types of data relating to planting of crops, a mesh setting device to allocate, as divided data, the data obtained by the data obtaining device to each of areas of an agricultural field in which the crops are planted, a first map display to relate, to a location of the agricultural field, the divided data allocated to each of the areas by the mesh setting device and to display the divided data as a first field map, a spreading setting device to set a spreading amount of spread substance in each of the areas based on the divided data of each of the areas, and a second map display to relate, to the location of the agricultural field, the spreading amount and to display the spreading amount.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel (20) having an area sensor function of detecting the position of an input from an outside source by detecting an image on a panel surface. The liquid crystal panel (20) (position detecting section), provided with visible light sensors (31A) each containing light sensor elements (30) that detect the intensity of received visible light and infrared light sensors (31B) each containing light sensor elements (30) that detect the intensity of received infrared light, which detects an input position by the visible light sensors (31A) and the infrared light sensors (31B) separately detecting an image on the detector surface. The liquid crystal display device further includes a backlight (light-emitting section) for irradiating the liquid crystal panel (20) with light containing infrared light.

Abstract: When a processing unit generates a display screen based on display data generated from a plurality of respective content data, and causes a display unit to display a predetermined area of the display screen, the processing unit reads stored previous arrangements of the content data in the display screen, and changes the arrangements of the plurality of respective content data in the display screen at predetermined timing, in accordance with a preset rule. Then, the processing unit stores the arrangements.

Abstract: A smart phone includes (i) a list obtaining section for obtaining a connectable device list for specifying a self-propelled cleaner which (a) have authenticated, as an indoor pairing, a communication connection which allows the self-propelled cleaner to be controlled by using a communication via a LAN and therefore (b) can authenticate, as an outdoor pairing, a communication connection which allows the self-propelled cleaner to be controlled by using a communication via a WAN and (ii) a transmitting section which transmits a connection request to a control target device, which has been selected by a user from the connectable device list, so as to establish the outdoor pairing with the self-propelled cleaner.

Abstract: An agent server includes: a conversational message determining section which determines a conversational message to a message on a family message board; an appliance-related message determining section which obtains operation-assisting information for a domestic appliance according to the message; and a message transmitting section which causes the conversational message and the operation-assisting information to be written on the family message board.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel (20) having an area sensor function of detecting the position of an input from an outside source by detecting an image on a panel surface. The liquid crystal panel (20) (position detecting section), provided with visible light sensors (31A) each containing light sensor elements (30) that detect the intensity of received visible light and infrared light sensors (31B) each containing light sensor elements (30) that detect the intensity of received infrared light, which detects an input position by the visible light sensors (31A) and the infrared light sensors (31B) separately detecting an image on the detector surface. The liquid crystal display device further includes a backlight (light-emitting section) for irradiating the liquid crystal panel (20) with light containing infrared light.

Abstract: A liquid crystal panel (20) provided in a liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a plurality of optical sensor elements (30) each for detecting an intensity of light received, and has an area sensor function to detect an external input position by causing each of the optical sensor elements (30) to detect an image on the panel surface. The liquid crystal panel (20) includes the optical sensor elements (30) constituting an area sensor and a temperature compensating sensor (50) for carrying out temperature compensation of each of these optical sensor elements (30).

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel (20) having an area sensor function of detecting the position of an input from an outside source by detecting an image on a panel surface. The liquid crystal panel (20) has a plurality of light sensor elements (30) that detect the intensity of received light. The liquid crystal panel (20) is provided with: a light intensity sensor section (50), constituted by those ones of the light sensor elements (30) which are disposed in an outermost peripheral part of a display region (20a) of the liquid crystal panel (20), which detects the intensity of light in an environment where the device is placed; and visible light sensors (31A) and infrared light sensors (31B), constituted by those ones of the light sensor elements (30) other than those constituting the light intensity sensor section (50), which detect the position of an input from an outside source by the light sensor elements detecting an image on the panel surface.

Abstract: A display device is provided which is capable of specifying a touch operation direction when a touch operation is detected. A display device includes a photosensor built-in LCD for capturing, in an image, a touch operation performed onto a display screen, from inside a display unit; and a touch operation direction determining unit for determining a direction of the touch operation performed onto the touch location, based on the captured image.

Abstract: A touch position detection device includes (i) infrared light sensors and visible light sensors which are sensitive to light of respective different wavelengths, and (ii) an external light intensity calculation section which calculates an estimated value serving as an index of external light intensity, which is intensity of light in the surroundings of a target subject. As such, the touch position detection device is capable of appropriately detecting a position of a figure of the target subject under a broad range of ambient light intensities.

Abstract: A touch position detection device (10) is provided in proximity of image capture sensors (12) and includes at least one external light sensor (15) having a lower light detection sensitivity than the image capture sensors (12) and an external light intensity calculation section (3) for calculating an external light intensity which is the intensity of light in the surroundings of a pointing member according to the quantity of light received by the external light sensor (15). Therefore, the external light intensity in the surroundings of the pointing member with which to point at an image capture screen containing the image capture sensors can be accurately calculated.

Abstract: An authentication device 1 includes: a display input device 3 that obtains numerical values of plural number keys, which numerical values are entered simultaneously via the number keys; a calculating section 9 that determines an input password by calculating, in accordance with a predetermined calculation method, the plural numerical values entered into the display input device 3; and a password verifying section 10 that verifies the input password determined by the calculating section 9 against a predetermined verification password. This make it possible to prevent, while keeping the passwords easy for the users to memorize, third parties from stealing the passwords by looking at how the users move their fingers and arms, and also to prevent the third parties from misusing the passwords even if the third parties figure out the passwords through memos or the Internet.

Abstract: A system for designing visual information on a monitor unit which enables the use of the monitor unit manufactured at a reduced cost but assures rapid reproduction of the intended visual information. The monitor unit is utilized in combination with a programmable logic controller (PLC) for monitoring a task to be performed by I/O devices managed by the PLC. The monitor unit includes a display, a controller section, and a memory. The system includes an image design tool operating on a personal computer for creating a source display code of the visual information to be reproduced on the display. The image design tool has a conversion means which translates the source display code into a corresponding bitmapped image and exports the bitmapped image to the monitor unit for immediate reproduction of the visual information on the display.