Abstract: A computer-implemented information providing method includes: storing, at an information providing apparatus, a plurality of pieces of related information in association with a same identification information in a storage device, wherein each of the plurality of the pieces of the related information is representative of a content of a corresponding one of a series of a plurality of speech voices uttered to a first device; and in response to a request from a second device that receives the identification information, causing, at the information providing apparatus, a communication device to transmit to the second device one or more of the plurality of the pieces of the related information associated with the same identification information.

Abstract: An information providing method receives, from a terminal apparatus, terminal position information representative of a position of the terminal apparatus; identifies, from among a plurality of pieces of distribution information stored in a reference table in which correspondences between the plurality pieces of distribution information and a plurality of pieces of sound output position information are registered, a piece of distribution information corresponding to a piece of sound output position information identified based on the position of the terminal apparatus represented by the received terminal position information; and transmitting the identified piece of distribution information to the terminal apparatus.

Abstract: To provide a pressure sensor element and a pressure sensor that have stable pressure sensitivity without the need for improving the accuracy of alignment between a diaphragm and a holding member, a pressure sensor element includes a thin plate diaphragm, a holding member that holds the diaphragm, and one or more strain resistance gauges that are provided on a first surface of the diaphragm and which change in resistance values according to deformation of the diaphragm, in which the holding member has recesses that, formed on an annular first end surface facing the first surface of the diaphragm, cut out parts of an inner circumference of the first end surface, and the strain resistance gauges are disposed near the regions corresponding to the recesses on the first surface of the diaphragm.

Abstract: A broadcast system acquires a first audio signal and a second audio signal, and switch from one of broadcast operations by a broadcast device to another thereof, the broadcast operations including a first broadcast operation that transmits the first audio signal and the second broadcast operation that transmits a second audio signal. The first audio signal includes: a first voice; and a first sound component representative of first identification information corresponding to first related information related to the first voice, the first related information being provided from a distribution apparatus via a communication network to a terminal apparatus, and the second audio signal includes: a second voice; and a second sound component representative of second identification information corresponding to second related information related to the second voice, the second related information being registered in advance in the terminal apparatus.

Abstract: A computer-implemented information providing method includes: storing, at an information providing apparatus, a plurality of pieces of related information in association with a same identification information in a storage device, wherein each of the plurality of the pieces of the related information is representative of a content of a corresponding one of a series of a plurality of speech voices uttered to a first device; and in response to a request from a second device that receives the identification information, causing, at the information providing apparatus, a communication device to transmit to the second device one or more of the plurality of the pieces of the related information associated with the same identification information.

Abstract: To provide a pressure sensor that has high pressure resistance performance, small measurement error by suppressing hysteresis with respect to pressure, and high sensitivity and high productivity, a pressure sensor includes a diaphragm unit with a first main surface that receives a measurement target fluid's pressure and a second main surface located on the opposite side of this first main surface, a housing, and a sensing unit that outputs the diaphragm unit's deformation as an electric signal, in which at least part of the diaphragm unit has a multi-layer structure in which a plurality of thin plate members are stacked, and the plurality of thin plate members are deformed independently of each other while at least part of the plurality of thin plate members is in press-contact to each other in a pressure receiving state in which the measurement target fluid's pressure is applied to the first main surface.

Abstract: An information provision device transmits, by near field communication, fixed phrase information, of guidance information that guides a user, representative of a fixed phrase and insertion phrase information selected from among a plurality of pieces of insertion phrase information representative of different insertion phrases to be inserted in the fixed phrase, to a terminal device capable of presenting, to the user, presentation information corresponding to the guidance information where the insertion phrase represented by the insertion phrase information is inserted in the fixed phrase represented by the fixed phrase information.

Abstract: To provide a pressure sensor element and a pressure sensor that have stable pressure sensitivity without the need for improving the accuracy of alignment between a diaphragm and a holding member, a pressure sensor element includes a thin plate diaphragm, a holding member that holds the diaphragm, and one or more strain resistance gauges that are provided on a first surface of the diaphragm and which change in resistance values according to deformation of the diaphragm, in which the holding member has recesses that, formed on an annular first end surface facing the first surface of the diaphragm, cut out parts of an inner circumference of the first end surface, and the strain resistance gauges are disposed near the regions corresponding to the recesses on the first surface of the diaphragm.

Abstract: A sensor chip (24) is joined to an inner wall surface (20a) of a base body (21-1), with a lower surface (24a) of a first retaining member (24-2) serving as a joint surface, in such a manner as to allow an enclosing chamber (23) (including a pressure receiving chamber (23-1) and a pressure guiding passage (23-2)) between a pressure receiving diaphragm (22) and the joint surface (24a) of the sensor chip (24) to communicate with a pressure guiding hole (24-2b) in the first retaining member (24-2). In this state, a narrow tube (31) made of stainless steel is passed through the pressure guiding passage (23-2) in the base body (21-1) and inserted and secured in the pressure guiding hole (24-2b) in the first retaining member (24-2).

Abstract: To provide a pressure sensor that has high pressure resistance performance, small measurement error by suppressing hysteresis with respect to pressure, and high sensitivity and high productivity, a pressure sensor includes a diaphragm unit with a first main surface that receives a measurement target fluid's pressure and a second main surface located on the opposite side of this first main surface, a housing, and a sensing unit that outputs the diaphragm unit's deformation as an electric signal, in which at least part of the diaphragm unit has a multi-layer structure in which a plurality of thin plate members are stacked, and the plurality of thin plate members are deformed independently of each other while at least part of the plurality of thin plate members is in press-contact to each other in a pressure receiving state in which the measurement target fluid's pressure is applied to the first main surface.

Abstract: To correct for effects of disturbance on a pressure measurement value, a pressure sensor includes a cylindrical housing having a through-hole, a diaphragm having peripheral edge portions fixed to the housing to block the through-hole and a first surface in contact with a fluid to be measured, first strain sensor on a surface on an opposite side of the diaphragm's first surface for detecting deformation of the diaphragm, a dummy diaphragm having peripheral edge portions fixed to the housing and not making contact with the fluid, second strain sensor on a surface of the dummy diaphragm for detecting deformation of the dummy diaphragm, a correction unit for correcting output signal of the first strain sensor to eliminate effects of disturbance based on output signal of the second strain sensor, and a pressure calculation unit for converting the signal corrected by the correction unit into the fluid's pressure.

Abstract: To manage the effect of disturbance on the reliability of a pressure measurement value, a pressure sensor includes a cylindrical housing in which a through-hole is formed, a diaphragm that has a peripheral edge portion fixed to the housing to block the through-hole and has a first surface in contact with a fluid to be measured, a strain sensor, provided on a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface of the diaphragm, that detects the deformation of the diaphragm, a dummy diaphragm that has a peripheral edge portion fixed to the housing and does not make contact with the fluid, and another strain sensor, provided on a first surface or a second surface of the dummy diaphragm, that detects the deformation of the dummy diaphragm.

Abstract: An information providing method receives, from a terminal apparatus, terminal position information representative of a position of the terminal apparatus; identifies, from among a plurality of pieces of distribution information stored in a reference table in which correspondences between the plurality pieces of distribution information and a plurality of pieces of sound output position information are registered, a piece of distribution information corresponding to a piece of sound output position information identified based on the position of the terminal apparatus represented by the received terminal position information; and transmitting the identified piece of distribution information to the terminal apparatus.

Abstract: A sensor chip (24) is joined to an inner wall surface (20a) of a base body (21-1), with a lower surface (24a) of a first retaining member (24-2) serving as a joint surface, in such a manner as to allow an enclosing chamber (23) (including a pressure receiving chamber (23-1) and a pressure guiding passage (23-2)) between a pressure receiving diaphragm (22) and the joint surface (24a) of the sensor chip (24) to communicate with a pressure guiding hole (24-2b) in the first retaining member (24-2). In this state, a narrow tube (31) made of stainless steel is passed through the pressure guiding passage (23-2) in the base body (21-1) and inserted and secured in the pressure guiding hole (24-2b) in the first retaining member (24-2).

Abstract: A broadcast system acquires a first audio signal and a second audio signal, and switch from one of broadcast operations by a broadcast device to another thereof, the broadcast operations including a first broadcast operation that transmits the first audio signal and the second broadcast operation that transmits a second audio signal. The first audio signal includes: a first voice; and a first sound component representative of first identification information corresponding to first related information related to the first voice, the first related information being provided from a distribution apparatus via a communication network to a terminal apparatus, and the second audio signal includes: a second voice; and a second sound component representative of second identification information corresponding to second related information related to the second voice, the second related information being registered in advance in the terminal apparatus.

Abstract: A pressure sensor (100) includes a diaphragm (3); a semiconductor chip (1) that includes a plurality of resistors (R1 to R4) constituting a strain gauge and that has a square shape in plan view; four first structures (2a to 2d) each having one end joined to a region of the second main surface of the diaphragm that is deformed when a pressure is applied to a first main surface (1A) of the diaphragm and having other ends respectively connected to four corners of the semiconductor chip, the first structures extend downward to a second main surface (3B); and a second structure (2e) having one end joined to a center (30) of the diaphragm on the second main surface in plan view and having the other end joined to a center (10) of the semiconductor chip in plan view, the second structure extending downward to the second main surface.

Abstract: An information processing method implemented by a processor using voice information based on sound output by a sound outputter includes receiving, from each of a plurality of terminal apparatuses, a piece of voice information indicative of the sound that is output by the sound outputter and received by each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses, and storing, in a storage device, the respective piece of voice information received from each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus receives identification information for events transmitted sequentially in conjunction with occurrence of events; sequentially identifies estimated time points at which each event is estimated to occur; determines whether progress of the plurality of events has stopped depending on whether it receives identification information for each event at a corresponding estimated time point for each event; in each of a plurality of event groups obtained by temporally dividing events, when an estimated time point is reached for an earliest event among at least one event belonging to each event group, causes a playback device to play related information for the at least one event belonging to each event group, and when progress of events is determined to have stopped, defers update of related information, which the playback device caused to play, and then resumes update of played related information when identification information is received after the determination.

Abstract: A terminal device includes: a sound receiving device configured to receive a sound emitted according to an audio signal to generate a received-audio signal, the audio signal including an audio signal that represents a guide voice and including a modulated signal that includes identification information of the guide voice; an information extractor configured to extract the identification information from the received-audio signal generated by the sound receiving device; a transmitter configured to transmit an information request that includes the identification information extracted by the information extractor; an acquisitor configured to acquire, from among multiple pieces of related information that correspond to multiple pieces of identification information, a piece of related information that corresponds to the identification information in the information request; and an output device configured to output the piece of related information acquired by the acquisitor.

Abstract: A pressure sensor according to the present invention includes a diaphragm (3) including a first principal surface (3A) and a second principal surface (3B) that is opposite thereto, the first principal surface receiving a pressure of a fluid; a semiconductor chip (1) provided with resistors that constitute a strain gauge; and at least three support members (2a, 2b, 2c) made of an insulating material, each support member being fixed to the second principal surface at one end thereof and to the semiconductor chip at the other end thereof and extending perpendicularly to the second principal surface so as to support the semiconductor chip. One of the support members (2a) is provided at a center (30) of the diaphragm in plan view.