Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes: a housing; a measuring unit configured to measure an air pressure inside the housing; a detecting unit configured to detect whether the housing is sealed based on a change in the air pressure measured by the measuring unit while an operation is being conducted by a user; and a notifying unit configured to notify the user of a detection result of the detecting unit.

Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes: a housing; a measuring unit configured to measure an air pressure inside the housing; a detecting unit configured to detect whether the housing is sealed based on a change in the air pressure measured by the measuring unit while an operation is being conducted by a user; and a notifying unit configured to notify the user of a detection result of the detecting unit.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus in which a plurality of multimedia functions are installed and which is capable of wireless communication a counterpart apparatus, including: a setting unit configured to start up a multimedia function from the plurality of multimedia functions in accordance with a remote-control command sent from the counterpart apparatus; and a control unit configured to control a startup of the multimedia function in accordance with a startup made by the setting unit if the control unit receives the remote-control command.

Abstract: A mobile communication device for communicating a radio communication device associated with a radio transmitter. The mobile communication device includes a short-range radio communication unit configured to transmit a requirement signal for short-range radio communication connection to the radio communication device, and configured to receive a signal from the radio communication device for short-range radio communication connection. The mobile communication device includes a memory configured to store a data, the data needed to transmit the requirement signal. The mobile communication device includes a controller coupled to the short-range radio communication unit and the memory, and configured to wait for the signal from the radio communication device if the short-range radio communication unit tries to transmit the requirement signal to the radio communication device, and if a connection between the mobile communication device and the radio communication device has failed.

Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a camera configured to obtain first image information, and a receiving unit configured to receive second image information from outside. A display unit is configured to display at least one of a first image and a second image. A display control unit is configured to receive a first request for displaying the first image after the first image information is obtained by the camera, and to receive a second request for displaying the second image after the second image information is received from outside. The display control unit is configured to perform control to update a display on the display unit if the first request or the second request is received, at a predetermined updating time, which occurs at a predetermined interval.

Abstract: An information processing device such as cellular phone includes an input unit to input channel information, a transmitting unit to send out, on the basis of the channel information inputted by the input unit and an inputted time, desired information demanding for the channel information, the time information, and information regarding to a WWW site in a television or a radio broadcast associated with the channel information and the time information, a receiving unit to receive URL information extracted based on an information sent by the transmitting unit, and a display unit to access the WWW site based on the URL information received by the receiving unit and to display the WWW site.

Abstract: An image-processing apparatus comprising: an image pickup device for taking pictures of subjects, thereby creating first and second subject images; an image combining unit for overlaying said first subject image with a partially-transparent image set with a transparent region, thereby creating a composite image; a display for displaying the composite image thus created; a memory for storing the second subject image; and a transparent-region setting unit for setting a transparent region in a part of the second subject image stored in the memory, thereby creating the partially-transparent image.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus in which a plurality of multimedia functions are installed and which is capable of wireless communication a counterpart apparatus, including: a setting unit configured to start up a multimedia function from the plurality of multimedia functions in accordance with a remote-control command sent from the counterpart apparatus; and a control unit configured to control a startup of the multimedia function in accordance with a startup made by the setting unit if the control unit receives the remote-control command.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a mobile terminal including: a camera configured to obtain a first image information; a receiving unit configured to receive a second image information from outside; a display unit configured to display at least one of a first image and a second image; a display control unit configured to receive a first request for displaying the first image after the first image information is obtained by the camera, and receive a second request for displaying the second image after the second image information is received from outside. The display control unit is configured to control to update a display on the display unit if the first request or the second request is received every predetermined tim.

Abstract: A portable terminal device, having a video phone function of transmitting and receiving videos and sounds to and from other portable terminal device, transmits data of a prescribed contents after deteriorating the data thereof when transmits the data thereof to the other portable terminal device during the use of the video phone function.

Abstract: Content data is classified into a data block group of high priority and an other data block group of low priority related to a user's operation. When the content data is read from a storage unit to store it in a buffer memory, a preferential data block group is firstly and selectively read to store it in the buffer memory, and then, a non-preferential data block group is read to store it in the buffer memory. In a state where free areas are present in the buffer memory, the read data blocks are stored in the free areas. When the buffer memory runs out of all free areas therein, the read data blocks are overwritten on non-preferential data blocks.

Abstract: A mobile communication device for communicating a radio communication device associated with a radio transmitter. The mobile communication device includes a short-range radio communication unit configured to transmit a requirement signal for short-range radio communication connection to the radio communication device, and configured to receive a signal from the radio communication device for short-range radio communication connection. The mobile communication device includes a memory configured to store a data, the data needed to transmit the requirement signal. The mobile communication device includes a controller coupled to the short-range radio communication unit and the memory, and configured to wait for the signal from the radio communication device if the short-range radio communication unit tries to transmit the requirement signal to the radio communication device, and if a connection between the mobile communication device and the radio communication device has failed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photographic control method and a mobile terminal capable of shortening the time period from when an object is in a desired state until the object is photographed, without using a shutter key capable of both half-depressed and fully depressed operations. When an inputting device key is operated, an identifier of this key-operation is notified to an image processor of the device (Step S13), and when this operation is the depressing of a prescribed shutter key (“Shutter Key Depression” of Step S14), the image processor sets a photographic condition (Step S15). Next, when the releasing of the prescribed shutter key being depressed is notified to the image processor (“Shutter Key Release” of Step S16and Step S17), the image processor takes a photograph (Step S19).

Abstract: An image-processing apparatus comprising: an image pickup device for taking pictures of subjects, thereby creating first and second subject images; an image combining unit for overlaying said first subject image with a partially-transparent image set with a transparent region, thereby creating a composite image; a display for displaying the composite image thus created; a memory for storing the second subject image; and a transparent-region setting unit for setting a transparent region in a part of the second subject image stored in the memory, thereby creating the partially-transparent image.

Abstract: A point-to-multipoint communication system that is well operative for transmitting megabytes of information in the form of a signal burst. Each slave unit temporarily stores a signal and measures the amount of the signal information before transmitting the signal. A master unit requests that slave units report the measured amounts of information, and they give reports to the master unit. On the basis of the reports from the slave units, the master unit determines an allowable amount of information for each slave unit and permits the slave units to transmit the stored signals according to the request from the master unit. The interval between the reports from the slave units to the master unit can be varied.

Abstract: An optical path setting method sets a two-way current optical path on the same route between two nodes, and sets a two-way spare optical path on a route reverse to the current optical path. The optical path accommodation efficiency is increased by sharing one spare optical path among a plurality of current optical paths having different routes. When a trouble occurs, a current optical path is switched to a spare optical path in a signaling-less manner at high speed.