Abstract: An information processing device configured to: specify, from a moving image obtained by imaging work of a person, a first plurality of stationary positions at which the person is stationary and a movement order in which the person moves through the first plurality of stationary positions, divide the first plurality of stationary positions into a first plurality of clusters by clustering the first plurality of stationary positions, when a cluster included in the first plurality of clusters includes a pair of stationary positions with a relationship of a movement source and a movement destination in the movement order, divide a second plurality of stationary positions included in the cluster into a second plurality of clusters by clustering the second plurality of stationary positions, and generate a region of interest in the moving image based on the second plurality of clusters.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor that acquires measurement information measured by a device put on a task performer; detects a predetermined operation in the measurement information; extracts feature vectors from an operation section in which the predetermined operation has been detected; divides the feature vectors into clusters by division methods; obtains ratios at which the feature vectors are classified into the respective clusters in a predetermined time; performs learning by using the ratios as an input and using, as an output label, information indicating whether the task performer performs a predetermined task in the predetermined time; generates a task estimation model by determining weighting for the clusters based on a result of the learning; and estimates, by using the task estimation model, whether the task performer is in a process of performing the predetermined task.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor that acquires measurement information measured by a device put on a task performer; detects a predetermined operation in the measurement information; extracts feature vectors from an operation section in which the predetermined operation has been detected; divides the feature vectors into clusters by division methods; obtains ratios at which the feature vectors are classified into the respective clusters in a predetermined time; performs learning by using the ratios as an input and using, as an output label, information indicating whether the task performer performs a predetermined task in the predetermined time; generates a task estimation model by determining weighting for the clusters based on a result of the learning; and estimates, by using the task estimation model, whether the task performer is in a process of performing the predetermined task.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: detect a change in a traveling direction of a walker with the information processing apparatus; detect, while a change amount of the traveling direction is less than a first threshold value, a first amount of travel of the walker for each step based on an amplitude component of the information processing apparatus in an up and down direction; estimate a position of the walker using the first amount of travel; and estimate, when the change amount of the traveling direction is equal to or more than the first threshold value, the position of the walker using the detected first amount of travel while the change amount is less than the first threshold value.

Abstract: A driving mode setting part sets a driving mode when a vehicle travels by automatic driving. An item setting part sets a prioritized diagnosis. A storage part stores plural diagnosis conditions provided in correspondence to each diagnosis item. A target setting part sets a control target value. A motive power source part controls a motive power source based on the control target value. Each diagnosis item is assigned to the driving mode, for which the diagnosis condition is most easily satisfied. The item setting part sets, as a prioritized item, the diagnosis item assigned to the set driving mode. When the prioritized item is set, the target setting part sets the control target value so that the motive power source attains a state, which is close to the diagnosis condition of the prioritized item.

Abstract: An information providing method includes: measuring a static object three-dimensionally in an environment, by a processor; sequentially measuring a position of a dynamic object in the environment, by the processor; transmitting measurement data of the static object measured to a predetermined information processing apparatus through a communication network; transmitting measurement data of the dynamic object measured to the information processing apparatus through a communication network; receiving support data rem the information processing apparatus based on an environment grasping image that is generated from the measurement data, of the static object and the measurement data of the dynamic object by the information processing apparatus; and presenting the received support data to the environment at predetermined timing, by the processor.

Abstract: A conference system includes at least one server and at least one mobile terminal connectable to the server. The mobile terminal includes an orientation estimation unit configured to detect orientation information of the mobile terminal, an operation unit configured to detect operation information of an operation performed; and an event transmission unit configured to transmit the orientation information and the operation information. The server includes an image information generation unit configured to generate image information of a conference material and image information of a pointer drawn over the image information of the conference material based on the drawing event, and an action information generation unit configured to generate action information corresponding to the conference material based on drawing history information of the drawn pointer.

Abstract: A position calculation device includes, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to, receive a first beacon signal transmitted from a first transmitter installed in a first floor and a second beacon signal transmitted from a second transmitter installed in a second floor, perform a first determination of a floor where the position calculation device is positioned based on measurement information of a motion sensor, perform a second determination of a specific beacon signal from among the first beacon signal and the second beacon signal, the specific beacon signal corresponding to the determined floor, and calculate a first position of the position calculation device based on the specific beacon signal.

Abstract: An information providing method includes: measuring a static object three-dimensionally in an environment, by a processor; sequentially measuring a position of a dynamic object in the environment, by the processor; transmitting measurement data of the static object measured to a predetermined information processing apparatus through a communication network; transmitting measurement data of the dynamic object measured to the information processing apparatus through a communication network; receiving support data rem the information processing apparatus based on an environment grasping image that is generated from the measurement data, of the static object and the measurement data of the dynamic object by the information processing apparatus; and presenting the received support data to the environment at predetermined timing, by the processor.

Abstract: A driving mode setting part sets a driving mode when a vehicle travels by automatic driving. An item setting part sets a prioritized diagnosis. A storage part stores plural diagnosis conditions provided in correspondence to each diagnosis item. A target setting part sets a control target value. A motive power source part controls a motive power source based on the control target value. Each diagnosis item is assigned to the driving mode, for which the diagnosis condition is most easily satisfied. The item setting part sets, as a prioritized item, the diagnosis item assigned to the set driving mode. When the prioritized item is set, the target setting part sets the control target value so that the motive power source attains a state, which is close to the diagnosis condition of the prioritized item.

Abstract: A detection device including: a sensor configured to emit a light and detect an object by detecting the light reflected from the object, and a processor configured to determine, when the object is detected in a first region that is narrower than a range where the light reaches, a motion of the object to be a gesture input for the detection device.

Abstract: An information reading system includes a passive-type IC tag that identifies a device installed on side of an environment, a tag reader that reads identification information of the passive-type IC tag, a sensor unit that detects a touch operation performed with respect to the passive-type IC tag, and a reading control unit that, when the sensor unit detects a touch operation, activates the tag reader and controls timing of reading the passive-type IC tag.

Abstract: An input detection unit detects a motion of a finger on which a wearable device is worn. An axis detection unit detects an axis representing the posture of the finger on the basis of the detected motion of the finger. A display control unit displays a virtual laser printer that moves in association with the detected axis and the trace of the axis on a head-mounted display.

Abstract: A direction discrimination device, that includes: an optical receiver section that includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections outputting electrical signals according to an amount of light received as light reception amount data, and a polarization section causing mutually different polarization directions for light receivable by the plurality of respective photoelectric conversion sections, and that has an established second reference direction specifying the heading of each of the photoelectric conversion sections when receiving light; and a discrimination section that discriminates an angular displacement of the second reference direction with respect to a first reference direction, based on the light reception amount data obtained by the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections in a specific region and polarization direction data extracted from received light.

Abstract: An information reading system includes a passive-type IC tag that identifies a device installed on side of an environment, a tag reader that reads identification information of the passive-type IC tag, a sensor unit that detects a touch operation performed with respect to the passive-type IC tag, and a reading control unit that, when the sensor unit detects a touch operation, activates the tag reader and controls timing of reading the passive-type IC tag.

Abstract: A conference system includes at least one server and at least one mobile terminal connectable to the server. The mobile terminal includes an orientation estimation unit configured to detect orientation information of the mobile terminal, an operation unit configured to detect operation information of an operation performed; and an event transmission unit configured to transmit the orientation information and the operation information. The server includes an image information generation unit configured to generate image information of a conference material and image information of a pointer drawn over the image information of the conference material based on the drawing event, and an action information generation unit configured to generate action information corresponding to the conference material based on drawing history information of the drawn pointer.

Abstract: A robot for freely moving about in an environment where there is an obstacle. The robot includes a communication section transmitting by wireless an image taken by a camera to a base station, and via the base station to a communication terminal making a radio communication with the base station, and receiving by wireless movement target position information specified on the image by an operation of the communication terminal via the base station, and a motion control section that moves the robot up to a movement target position specified by the movement target position information acquired in the communication section.

Abstract: A remotely controlled robot comprises a unit storing the layout plan of a building, a unit receiving a position remotely designated in the layout plan from a remote location and a unit controlling the travel of the robot to the designated position. A self-position identification method is implemented by a robot with a camera whose shooting direction can be changed. The robot takes in advance a panoramic picture of a room where the robot may travel, generates a reference picture by extracting a plurality of block pictures from the panoramic picture and identifies a room where the robot is located, by applying correlation and DP matching, using both a picture taken in the room where the robot is located and the reference picture.

Abstract: An automotive entertainment assembly is provided including a vehicle roof and a headliner. The headliner provides a substantially uniform internal surface. A mounting frame assembly is positioned between the headliner and the vehicle roof. A circuit board is mounted to the mounting frame assembly. A multi-media display assembly is rotatably mounted to the mounting frame assembly and includes an upper panel edge, a lower panel edge, a pair of panel side edges. The display assembly is rotatable between a stored position and a deployed position. The multi-media display assembly includes a rear display panel surface substantially flush with the uniform internal surface when in the stored position A flexible cable provides communication between the circuit board and the multi-media display assembly.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a robot having the structure suitable for freely moving about in the environment where there is an obstacle within the house, for example. The robot includes a communication section transmitting by wireless an image taken by the camera to a base station, and via the base station to a communication terminal making the radio communication with the base station, and receiving by wireless the movement target position information specified on the image by an operation of the communication terminal via the base station, and a motion control section that moves the robot up to a movement target position specified by the movement target position information acquired in the communication section.