Abstract: An operation terminal includes: a posture detection section detecting a posture of the operation terminal, a change of the posture, or both thereof; a mode selection section selecting, based on a detection result of the posture detection section, an operation mode from a plurality of operation modes including a gesture mode and a non-gesture mode; and a transmission section sending a control command corresponding to the detection result of the posture detection section to an electronic unit when the gesture mode is currently selected.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises an extraction unit configured to extract areas having predetermined attributes from image data of a document; a calculation unit configured to calculate skew angles of the areas extracted by the extraction unit; a selection unit configured to select necessary elements by determining, as unnecessary elements, the areas having the calculated skew angles not less than a threshold and by determining, as the necessary element, the areas having the calculated skew angles less than the threshold; and a processing unit configured to apply image processing to the necessary elements selected by the selection unit.

Abstract: There is provided a communication terminal, a network device, a communication system and a communication method which can minimize the time required for exchange of network addresses at the time of data transmission-reception between network devices. The communication terminal includes a reception section receiving a network address of a network device connected to a wide area network, from the network device through device-to-device local communication; and a transmission section transmitting the network address of the network device received by the reception section, to another communication terminal, through a communication path different from the wide area network.

Abstract: There is provided a manipulation direction judgment device including a touch panel for detecting a movement start point and a movement end point of a pointer moving on a display panel, an angle area setting unit for setting a first angle area including at least two primary areas assigned different movement directions, respectively, and boundary areas forming boundaries between the primary areas, an angle area specifying unit for specifying an area in which an angle of a vector connecting the movement start point with the movement end point is located on the first angle area, and a manipulation direction judgment unit for judging the movement direction assigned to the primary area in which the angle of the vector is located, as a manipulation direction, using the first angle area only when the angle of the vector is located in the primary area.

Abstract: There is provided a remote commander including an input section which accepts input of operation information from a user, a communication section which communicates with a control target device via a radio signal, a service information-acquisition section which acquires, from the control target device via the communication section, service identification information for identifying each of one or a plurality of services which the control target device is capable of providing the remote commander with, and a notification section which selects any of one or a plurality of pieces of the service identification information acquired by the service information-acquisition section based on the operation information, the input of which is accepted by the input section, and which notifies the control target device of the selected service identification information via the communication section.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus including a touch panel for detecting a moving start point and a moving end point of a pointer, a first determination unit for, while an apparatus is being gripped with a first hand, determining whether the apparatus is being one-handedly operated with a finger of the first hand as the pointer, a setting unit for, when the apparatus is being one-handedly operated, setting a determination region made of two or more regions to each of which a different moving direction is assigned, by using two or more curved lines which are previously obtained by approximating to a moving trajectory of the pointer during one-handed operation and are set with the detected moving start point as an intersection, and a second determination unit for determining a moving direction assigned to a region in which the detected moving end point is positioned as the operation direction.

Abstract: There is provided a remote commander including an acquisition section which acquires layout information having one or a plurality of pieces of object information from a control target device via a communication section, the object information being formed by associating command identification information for identifying a command with respect to the control target device, object identification information for identifying an object, and coordinate information indicating a position of the object on a screen with each other, and a display control section which causes the object to be displayed at the position on the screen indicated by the coordinate information, the object being identified by the object identification information with respect to each of the pieces of object information that the layout information acquired by the acquisition section has.

Abstract: Of an existing macro for controlling one or more first devices, device designation information for designating each electronic device in the first devices in the macro is converted to category designation information for designating a category of the electronic device based on device information of the electronic device, and the converted existing macro is recorded. A macro usable for controlling one or more second devices is selected from recorded existing macros based on device information of a controller and the first and second devices. Category designation information in the selected macro is converted to device designation information for designating the electronic device in the second electronic devices, belonging to the category designated by the category designation information, based on the device information of the controller and the first and second devices.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a search information notification section which notifies a search device of search information via a communication section, a search result acquisition section which acquires a plurality of search result pages retrieved from a plurality of search pages, respectively, in accordance with the search information, from the search device via the communication section, and a display control section which causes a display section to display one of the plurality of search result pages acquired by the search result acquisition section from the search device, and which causes the display section to display another one of the plurality of search result pages based on the operation information an input of which is accepted by an input section.

Abstract: A remote control apparatus includes a display panel, an operation detector detecting an operation of touching the display panel, a remote controller remotely controlling an electronic apparatus in accordance with the touch operation, an item selection unit allowing a user to select a selection item in the display panel, a touch operation determination unit comparing a duration time of an operation of touching the selection item with a predetermined threshold value, a detailed information obtaining unit obtaining detailed information on the selection item from the electronic apparatus when the duration time is smaller than the threshold value, a related information obtaining unit obtaining related information on the selection item using the selection item as a searching condition from an external service apparatus when the duration time is equal to or larger than the threshold value, and a display controller controlling display of the detailed information or the related information.

Abstract: There is provided a remote operation device including a display panel for displaying a predetermined operation screen, a detection unit for detecting an operation input to the display panel, a remote operation unit for remotely operating an electronic device in accordance with the operation input, a state information obtaining unit for obtaining state information that indicates a state of the electronic device from the electronic device, and a display control unit for displaying an operation screen corresponding to the status information in accordance with a change in the state of the electronic device.

Abstract: A remote operation device is provided which includes a display panel for displaying an object, a housing formed along an outer edge of the display panel, a detection unit for detecting a selection operation on the object on the display panel, a remote operation unit for remotely operating an electronic device according to the detected selection operation, and a display control unit for displaying on the display panel the object near a characteristic area of the housing identifiable by touch.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a region segmentation unit configured to perform region segmentation based on a black pixel connected region in a document image, a selection unit configured to select a processing target region from regions segmented by the region segmentation unit, an internal region combining unit configured to generate a combined internal region by combining internal regions which are included in the regions selected by the selection unit and satisfy a predetermined condition, a table region determination unit configured to determine whether a region based on the combined internal region obtained by the internal region combining unit is a table region, and an extraction unit configured to extract the region determined by the table region determination unit as a table region.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises an extraction unit configured to extract areas having predetermined attributes from image data of a document; a calculation unit configured to calculate skew angles of the areas extracted by the extraction unit; a selection unit configured to select necessary elements by determining, as unnecessary elements, the areas having the calculated skew angles not less than a threshold and by determining, as the necessary element, the areas having the calculated skew angles less than the threshold; and a processing unit configured to apply image processing to the necessary elements selected by the selection unit.

Abstract: Proposed is a reduction of variance in electromagnetic noise eliminating effect with signal conductors arranged in a flat cable to which an electromagnetic noise absorber is attached. The electromagnetic noise absorber is provided with a plate magnetic body and a U-shaped magnetic body. Since the width of the plate magnetic body is smaller than the interval between the side walls of the U-shaped magnetic body, the plate magnetic body can be accommodated in the U-shaped magnetic body, with a clearance formed between the end portions of the plate magnetic body and the side walls of the U-shaped magnetic body. The impedance in the vicinity of the clearance is decreased, and the difference in impedance between the end portions and the middle portion of the electromagnetic noise absorber is decreased. Therefore, a variance in the electromagnetic noise eliminating effect with signal conductors of the flat cable is made small.

Abstract: A connector evaluating adapter composed of ground electrodes of connector terminal ends electrically interconnected via a metal housing. Through capacitors are used between opposed signal electrodes of the connector terminal ends. External electrodes of the through capacitors are electrically connected to a metal plate, and the metal plate is connected via conductive members to the ground electrodes, such that the metal plate corresponds to an electrical midpoint between the ground electrodes. When high-frequency noise flows into the ground electrodes, the ground electrodes and the metal plate are equipotential. After the through capacitors eliminate superimposed noise from electrical signals, the metal plate again becomes almost equipotential to the ground electrodes. Since both ends of the metal housing are equipotential, no current flows through the metal housing, thus generating no noise.