This robot is provided with: a speech recognition unit for carrying out speech recognition; a learning unit for learning in relation to results of recognition by the speech recognition unit; a processing unit for performing corresponding processing, using results of learning by the learning unit, on results of recognition by the speech recognition unit; a storage unit for storing the results of learning in an external storage unit; and a learning result acquisition unit for acquiring the results of learning from the storage unit.
G10L 15/06 - Création de gabarits de référence; Entraînement des systèmes de reconnaissance de la parole, p.ex. adaptation aux caractéristiques de la voix du locuteur
An automatic driving control device mounted on a vehicle according to one aspect of the present disclosure is provided with a driving-mode-setting unit and an automation-controlling unit. The driving-mode-setting unit sets the driving mode of the vehicle to either advanced automatic mode or basic mode. When the driving mode is set to the advanced automatic mode, the automation-controlling unit automatically executes automatic driving operations, which are driving operations that are set to be automatically executed. When a prescribed necessary cancellation event occurs, the automation-controlling unit stops at least one of the automatic driving operations being executed.
G08G 1/00 - Systèmes de commande du trafic pour véhicules routiers
B60W 30/00 - Fonctions des systèmes d'aide à la conduite des véhicules routiers non liées à la commande d'un sous-ensemble particulier, p.ex. de systèmes comportant la commande conjuguée de plusieurs sous-ensembles du véhicule
B60W 50/14 - Moyens d'information du conducteur, pour l'avertir ou provoquer son intervention
In one aspect of the present invention, an automatic-driving control device provided to a vehicle is provided with: a peripheral-information acquisition unit; a driving-mode setting unit; and an automatic control unit. In cases when the driving mode of the vehicle is set to a high-automation mode, if preset basic-mode switching conditions are fulfilled, the driving-mode setting unit switches the driving mode of the vehicle to a basic mode.
Provided as one aspect of the present invention is a vehicle control device mounted in a vehicle, said device being provided with a sign recognition unit that recognizes the content of a sign that is located in the vicinity of the vehicle and indicates traffic-related information, and a vehicle control unit that controls the traveling state of the vehicle in accordance with the content of the sign recognized by the sign recognition unit.
B60T 7/12 - Organes d'attaque de la mise en action des freins par déclenchement non soumis à la volonté du conducteur ou du passager
B60W 40/04 - Calcul ou estimation des paramètres de fonctionnement pour les systèmes d'aide à la conduite de véhicules routiers qui ne sont pas liés à la commande d'un sous-ensemble particulier liés aux conditions ambiantes liés aux conditions de trafic
B60W 50/16 - Signalisation tactile au conducteur, p.ex. vibration ou augmentation de la résistance sur le volant ou sur la pédale d'accélérateur
G08G 1/09 - Dispositions pour donner des instructions variables pour le trafic
A vehicle control system is provided with an electronic key which is communicable by radio with a vehicle, and a communication terminal which is communicable by radio with the electronic key. The communication terminal is provided with a designation input unit which accepts a designation input of a processing item for causing the vehicle to perform specific processing, the processing item indicating the contents of the processing to be executed, and an instruction transmission unit which transmits to the electronic key a processing instruction indicating the processing item inputted by the designation input unit. The electronic key is provided with a command transmission unit which, when the processing instruction is received from the communication terminal, transmits a processing command indicating the processing item corresponding to the processing instruction to the vehicle.
E05B 49/00 - Serrures à permutation électrique; Circuits à cet effet
B60R 16/02 - Circuits électriques ou circuits de fluides spécialement adaptés aux véhicules et non prévus ailleurs; Agencement des éléments des circuits électriques ou des circuits de fluides spécialement adapté aux véhicules et non prévu ailleurs électriques
B60R 25/24 - Moyens pour enclencher ou arrêter le système antivol par des éléments d’identification électroniques comportant un code non mémorisé par l’utilisateur
An in-vehicle vehicle controller is provided with: a recording processing unit for recording operation history information indicating the driving operations performed by a driver and the locations where the driving operations were performed; and a driving control unit for executing, at a location indicated by the operation history information, automatic driving control of the vehicle on the basis of the driving operation indicated by the operation history information.
B60W 50/08 - Interaction entre le conducteur et le système d'aide à la conduite
B60R 16/037 - Circuits électriques ou circuits de fluides spécialement adaptés aux véhicules et non prévus ailleurs; Agencement des éléments des circuits électriques ou des circuits de fluides spécialement adapté aux véhicules et non prévu ailleurs électriques pour le confort des occupants
B60T 8/00 - Dispositions pour adapter la force de freinage sur la roue aux conditions propres au véhicule ou à l'état du sol, p.ex. par limitation ou variation de la force de freinage
B60T 8/174 - Utilisation de moyens de régulation électriques ou électroniques pour la commande du freinage caractérisées par l'utilisation de logiques particulières de commande, p.ex. de la logique floue
Provided is a driving assistance device equipped with: a detection means that detects conditions around a vehicle; a recognition means that recognizes objects around the vehicle on the basis of the detection result of the detection means; an analysis means that analyzes the objects recognized by the recognition means; a setting means that sets, on the basis of the analysis result of the analysis means, degrees of caution to be exercised with respect to the objects; a generation means that generates, on the basis of the degrees set by the setting means, an image for causing a driver to visually recognize the objects; and a display means that displays the image generated by the generation means.
B60R 21/00 - Dispositions ou équipements sur les véhicules pour protéger les occupants ou les piétons ou pour leur éviter des blessures en cas d'accidents ou d'autres incidents dus à la circulation
A vehicle is provided with: a danger information acquisition unit which acquires positional information relating to a danger concerning a road; a vehicle position information acquisition unit which acquires positional information relating to the vehicle; and a danger avoidance processing execution unit which executes danger avoidance processing when the positional information relating to the danger and the positional information relating to the vehicle are in a predetermined positional relationship.
B60W 30/09 - Entreprenant une action automatiquement pour éviter la collision, p.ex. en freinant ou tournant
B60R 21/00 - Dispositions ou équipements sur les véhicules pour protéger les occupants ou les piétons ou pour leur éviter des blessures en cas d'accidents ou d'autres incidents dus à la circulation
B60T 7/12 - Organes d'attaque de la mise en action des freins par déclenchement non soumis à la volonté du conducteur ou du passager
B60W 40/06 - Calcul ou estimation des paramètres de fonctionnement pour les systèmes d'aide à la conduite de véhicules routiers qui ne sont pas liés à la commande d'un sous-ensemble particulier liés aux conditions ambiantes liés à l'état de la route
A program reproduction device is characterized by being provided with a broadcast recording processing unit which performs broadcast recording processing for recording a broadcast program, and a recording reproduction processing unit which performs recording display processing for associating and displaying information relating to the broadcast program recorded by the broadcast recording processing unit and a viewer evaluation relating to the broadcast program, and characterized in that the recording reproduction processing unit performs, as the recording display processing, processing for acquiring, from an external server, evaluation data indicating the viewer evaluation relating to the broadcast program, and associating and displaying the information relating to the broadcast program recorded by the broadcast recording processing unit and the evaluation indicated by the evaluation data relating to the broadcast program.
H04N 5/765 - Circuits d'interface entre un appareil d'enregistrement et un autre appareil
H04N 5/76 - Enregistrement du signal de télévision
H04N 21/4788 - Services additionnels, p.ex. affichage de l'identification d'un appelant téléphonique ou application d'achat communication avec d'autres utilisateurs, p.ex. discussion en ligne
H04N 21/482 - Interface pour utilisateurs finaux pour la sélection de programmes
Provided is an air battery having air as the positive electrode active material and a specific material as the negative electrode active material. The air battery is characterized by being provided with the following: a negative electrode member configured using the specific material and so as to have a card shape, a granular shape, or a coin shape; a positive electrode that is disposed at a position that is in contact with or can be electrically conductive with the negative electrode member, and that oxidizes the negative electrode member; and a holding member for exchangeably holding the negative electrode member at a position that is in contact with or can be electrically conductive with the positive electrode.
H01M 12/06 - PROCÉDÉS OU MOYENS POUR LA CONVERSION DIRECTE DE L'ÉNERGIE CHIMIQUE EN ÉNERGIE ÉLECTRIQUE, p.ex. BATTERIES Éléments hybrides; Leur fabrication composés d'un demi-élément du type élément à combustible et d'un demi-élément du type élément primaire avec une électrode métallique et une électrode à gaz
A device for producing a living tissue replacement comprises: a feed unit which is inserted into a living body and feeds a flowable curable material into the living body; and a replacement shaping unit which causes the flowability of the curable material that was fed by the feed unit to be reduced inside the living body so as to shape a living tissue replacement.
In the present invention, a terminal device (for example, a cellular telephone) is provided with a storage unit for storing a program used to control a movable body (for example, a vehicle), an authentication unit for performing authentication between the terminal device and the movable body, and an output unit for output ting the program to the movable body provided that authentication has been performed by the authentication unit. The program outputted to the movable body disappears when an ignition OFF state is entered into. If authentication by the authentication unit is not performed, the program for controlling the movable body is not outputted to the movable body and the movable body is unable to move; therefore, security of the movable body is improved.
B60R 25/24 - Moyens pour enclencher ou arrêter le système antivol par des éléments d’identification électroniques comportant un code non mémorisé par l’utilisateur
G06F 21/35 - Authentification de l’utilisateur impliquant l’utilisation de dispositifs externes supplémentaires, p.ex. clés électroniques ou cartes à puce intelligentes communiquant sans fils
A line-of-sight shielding device is provided with a forming unit for forming a visible image in the air and a control unit for forming the visible image by the image forming unit such that a specific object is difficult to see.
A voice response system which provides a voice response to input voice includes a voice feature recording unit for recording a feature of the input voice, a voice matching determination unit for determining whether the feature of the input voice matches the feature of earlier recorded voice in the voice feature recording unit, and a voice output unit which, when the voice matching determination unit determines that there is no voice feature match, outputs a response that is different from the response that would have been made when the voice matching determination unit determines that there is a voice feature match.
This voice response device makes voice responses to input text information, and is provided with: a response acquisition means for acquiring a plurality of responses to the text information; and a voice output means for outputting the plurality of responses, doing so in respectively different voices. According to this voice response device, a plurality of responses can be output in different voices, whereby even in instances in which the answer to one item of text information cannot be identified as being a single one, different answers can be output in different voices in a manner easily comprehensible by a user.
G10L 13/08 - Analyse de texte ou génération de paramètres pour la synthèse de la parole à partir de texte, p.ex. conversion graphème-phonème, génération de prosodie ou détermination de l'intonation ou de l'accent tonique
Provided is an in-vivo device which operates inside an organism, said device being formed by at least two structural components which are provided with a linking part that can link one structural component to another structural component inside the organism.
A61B 1/00 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p.ex. endoscopes; Dispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments
17.
INFORMATION TERMINAL AND INFORMATION-PROVIDING SERVER
An information terminal extracts an information code included in the reproduced sound of a reproduction device that takes input from a microphone. The reproduction device reproduces broadcast content included in a broadcast signal from a broadcast station in a state recognizable by the user, and the information code included in the broadcast signal is reproduced in a sound that is difficult for the user to perceive. The information terminal transmits a query signal including the extracted information code to an information-providing server, and receives an older information code broadcast before broadcasting the information code included in the query signal from the information-providing server. Furthermore, the information terminal fetches network content corresponding to the older information code and outputs the content to the user.
H04N 7/173 - Systèmes à secret analogiques; Systèmes à abonnement analogiques à deux voies, p.ex. l'abonné envoyant un signal de sélection du programme
H04H 60/37 - Dispositions d'identification ou de reconnaissance de caractéristiques en liaison directe avec les informations radiodiffusées ou le créneau spatio-temporel de radiodiffusion, p.ex. pour identifier les stations de radiodiffusion ou pour identifier le pour identifier des segments des informations radiodiffusées, p.ex. des scènes, ou extraire des identificateurs [ID] de programmes
H04H 60/58 - Dispositions caractérisées par des composants spécialement adaptés à la surveillance, l'identification ou la reconnaissance, couverts par les groupes ou audio
18.
ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION SYSTEM AND RECEPTION DEVICE
A reception device of the present invention is provided with a microphone, an unnecessary signal removing unit, and an FM demodulation unit. The microphone receives a transmission signal generated by frequency modulating, on the basis of transmission data, a signal in a frequency band that is receivable by the microphone. The unnecessary signal removing unit removes unnecessary signal components by signal processing the reception signal from the microphone. The FM demodulation unit restores transmission data by performing FM demodulation of the reception signal for which unnecessary signal components were removed by the unnecessary signal removing unit.
A communication system according to the present invention comprises a plurality of terminal devices which are capable of communication thereamong. Each terminal device further comprises an audio input conversion means, an audio transmission means, an audio receiving means, and an audio player means. When a plurality of audio signals are present in which the play thereof is not completed, the audio player means arranges such that the audio corresponding to each audio signal does not overlap and then plays same.
H04M 3/56 - Dispositions pour connecter plusieurs abonnés à un circuit commun, c. à d. pour permettre la transmission de conférences
G10L 19/00 - Techniques d'analyse ou de synthèse de la parole ou des signaux audio pour la réduction de la redondance, p.ex. dans les vocodeurs; Codage ou décodage de la parole ou des signaux audio utilisant les modèles source-filtre ou l’analyse psychoacoustique
H04M 1/00 - COMMUNICATIONS TÉLÉPHONIQUES Équipement de sous-station, p.ex. pour utilisation par l'abonné
H04M 3/42 - Systèmes fournissant des fonctions ou des services particuliers aux abonnés
A ceiling height changing device includes a ceiling height changing mechanism mounted on a vehicle and changing at least a part of the ceiling height of a vehicle interior on which an occupant gets. The ceiling height changing device may include a vehicle information acquiring means, a condition determination means, and an actuation control means. The vehicle has a double ceiling structure equipped with an exterior ceiling portion and an interior ceiling portion, and the ceiling height changing mechanism may lift and lower only the interior ceiling portion.
B60J 7/08 - Toits amovibles; Toits avec panneaux mobiles du type non coulissant, c. à d. toits ou panneaux mobiles ou amovibles, p.ex. toit ou capote pouvant être facilement enlevés ou mis en position repliée ou inopérante
B60R 13/02 - Moulures décoratives; Gouttières; Garnitures des parois; Pavillons ou garnitures des toits
This take-up type solar cell is provided with: a cell sheet that can be taken up, said cell sheet having a film-like solar cell; a take-up unit that is capable of taking up and housing the cell sheet; an acquiring unit, which acquires information from the outside; and a control unit, which performs take-up control and/or pullout control of the cell sheet by driving the take-up unit when predetermined conditions are met on the basis of information obtained from the acquiring unit.
This vehicle-mounted control device is provided with a touch detection unit and a control unit. The touch detection unit is provided corresponding to a vehicle-mounted apparatus to control, and can detect a touch operation that is of a user and that relates to a function of the vehicle-mounted apparatus to control. The control unit controls the vehicle-mounted apparatus on the basis of the touch operation that is from the user and that is detected by the touch detection unit.
B60R 16/02 - Circuits électriques ou circuits de fluides spécialement adaptés aux véhicules et non prévus ailleurs; Agencement des éléments des circuits électriques ou des circuits de fluides spécialement adapté aux véhicules et non prévu ailleurs électriques
B60H 1/00 - Dispositifs de chauffage, de refroidissement ou de ventilation
This electric vehicle is provided with: at least one battery; a motor for propelling the electric vehicle, the motor being driven using electric power with which the battery is charged; and at least one electrical component removably attached to the body of the electric vehicle, the electrical component also being usable indoors by being detached from the body. In this electric vehicle, the battery is integrated with the electrical component and is capable of being charged from an indoor power supply.
B60K 1/04 - Agencement ou montage des ensembles de propulsion électriques des dispositifs d'emmagasinage de l'énergie électrique pour la propulsion
B60H 1/22 - Dispositifs de chauffage, de refroidissement ou de ventilation la chaleur étant prélevée autrement que de l'installation de propulsion
B60L 1/00 - Fourniture de l'énergie électrique à l'équipement auxiliaire des véhicules à traction électrique
B60L 11/18 - utilisant de l'énergie fournie par des piles primaires, des piles secondaires ou des piles à combustibles
B60N 2/32 - Sièges spécialement adaptés aux véhicules; Agencement ou montage des sièges dans les véhicules à des fins particulières ou pour des véhicules particuliers convertibles pour d'autres usages
B60R 11/02 - Autres aménagements pour tenir ou monter des objets pour postes radio, de télévision, téléphones, ou objets similaires; Disposition de leur commande
24.
MESSAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND MESSAGE TRANSMISSION APPLICATION
A message transmission device comprises: an image display means for displaying a background image on a screen; a message segmenting means for segmenting a set message into a plurality of configuration units; a configuration unit position means for positioning the configuration units within the background image; a position direction means for directing an arbitrary position on the screen; a configuration unit acquisition means for acquiring the configuration units on the basis of the position which is directed via the position direction means; and a message display means for configuring and displaying the message by the configuration units when all of the configuration units have been acquired by the configuration unit acquisition means.
The present invention is a still image extraction device for extracting, as a still image, a specific frame from a plurality of frames. The still image extraction device is provided with an extraction condition registration means, an extraction determination means, and an extraction means. The extraction condition registration means registers an extraction condition for extracting the still image with an extraction condition recording unit, the extraction condition being specified by a user of the still image extraction device. The extraction determination means determines, for each of the plurality of frames, whether or not the frame matches the extraction condition registered with the extraction condition recording unit. The extraction means extracts, as the still image, the frame determined to match the extraction condition.
A color code output device according to the present invention comprises: a color code output unit, wherein optical illumination units that are capable of changing the color of light are multiply arrayed; and a control unit that controls the color of light illuminated by the optical illumination units. A color code communication device according to the present invention comprises: a color code output unit, wherein optical illumination units that are capable of changing the color of light are multiply arrayed; a control unit that controls the color of light illuminated by the optical illumination units; and a color code reading unit that reads a color code. A color code communication system according to the present invention is configured so as to include: the color code output device; and a color code reading device that reads the color code that is outputted from the color code output device.
This object detection device comprises a radiating means for radiating electromagnetic waves in such a manner that the waves pass through a specific region, a reception means for receiving the reflected waves of the electromagnetic waves radidated to the specific region by the radiating means, and a detection means for detecting an object in the specific region on the basis of changes in the reflected waves received by the reception means.
The disclosed headlight control device controls headlights capable of illuminating a light in the forward direction of a vehicle and of changing the color of said light, and is provided with a color control means for making color switching requests for switching the color of the light illuminated from the headlights.
A wind-power generator is provided with: a rotating shaft that is rotatably supported about the center axis line; blades that are positioned on a circle having as its center the center axis line, extending in the direction of the center axis line, and which rotates the rotating shaft in response to wind; a power generating unit which is positioned in the interior of the tower structure, and which generates electric power by the transmission of the rotating drive force of the downward-facing rotation shaft; and a supporting part which enables the center of gravity of the aggregation comprising the rotating shaft, the blades and the power generating unit to move in a horizontal direction relative to the center of gravity of the tower structure.
F03D 3/02 - Mécanismes moteurs à vent avec axe de rotation sensiblement perpendiculaire au flux d'air pénétrant dans le rotor comportant plusieurs rotors
A wind-power generator is provided with: a plurality of windmills, each comprising at least a rotating shaft that is supported in such a manner as to be able to rotate around an axis line relation that extends in a direction that intersects the wind direction, and a plurality of blades that are mounted on the rotating shaft, and which generate a rotational drive force by rotating around the rotating shaft in response to wind; a generating part that generates electricity by being rotatingly driven by the rotating shaft; a supporting part that supports the rotating shaft and the plurality of blades of the plurality of windmills in such a manner so as to be able to rotate around the center axis line, and that supports the plurality of windmills arranged in an arc.
F03D 3/02 - Mécanismes moteurs à vent avec axe de rotation sensiblement perpendiculaire au flux d'air pénétrant dans le rotor comportant plusieurs rotors
A vehicle is provided with a detection means and a color change means. The detection means detects a state of the inside and outside of the vehicle. The color change means changes the color of at least a part of a body of the vehicle in accordance with a detection result of the detection means.
The disclosed wind power generation device is provided with at least one wind turbine, a support unit, and a rotation speed changing unit. The rotation speed changing unit repeatedly changes the rotation speed of a rotation shaft in at least one wind turbine.
F03D 7/06 - Commande des mécanismes moteurs à vent les mécanismes moteurs à vent ayant l'axe de rotation sensiblement perpendiculaire au flux d'air pénétrant dans le rotor
F03D 11/00 - Détails, parties constitutives ou accessoires non couverts par les autres groupes de la présente sous-classe ou présentant un intérêt autre que celui visé par ces groupes
The disclosed server is provided with an award acquisition means, a purchasing customer information acquisition means, a remaining award acquisition means, a sales quantity acquisition means, an individual award amount calculation means, and an updating means. On the basis of the award acquired by the award acquisition means and the quantity acquired by the sales quantity acquisition means, the individual award amount calculation means calculates individual award amount given with one specific product of purchased products. The updating means references the purchasing customer information acquired by the purchasing customer information acquisition means, adds the individual award amount calculated by the individual award amount calculation means to the remaining award amount of the customer who purchased the aforementioned specific product, and updates the remaining award amount.
Disclosed is a storage device which is provided with: a connection terminal for exchanging data with another device; a first storage means capable of storing a still image file received from the other device by way of the connection terminal; a second storage means for storing a synthesis data file which is used when predetermined information is synthesized in a still image; and a control means for performing data processing. When the still image file is stored in the first storage means, said data processing is performed in such a way that the predetermined information, which is based on the synthesis data file stored in the second storage means, is used to generate a synthesized still image file capable of displaying a still image that has been synthesized with a portion of a still image displayed by the still image file, and to store the synthesized still image file in the first storage means.
Disclosed is a charging fee billing system in which a preferential card having preferential information stored thereon is issued, and in which it is possible for an investor having borne costs required for electricity storage facilities for use in a commercial power system to receive a discount for electricity fees involved in the charging of an electric automobile. When charging is performed for an electric automobile that is equipped with a preferential card, a charging unit set up at a charging stand acquires preferential information from the preferential card. The charging unit bills a charging fee to which a preferential fee has been applied. The charging fee is billed in accordance with the preferential information acquired from the preferential card.
A movement detector detects values of the peak of acceleration each of three direction perpendicular to one another applied to the movement detector and detects the time intervals between peaks in the three directions. The movement detector calculates the peak cycle indicative of the average value of the peak-to-peak time of each direction. If the peak cycles of at least two directions or twice the peak cycles is within a predetermined first set range, the movement detector judges that the person being monitored and carrying the movement detector is walking. Contrarily, if the peak cycles of the two directions are out of the first set range, it judges that the person is not necessarily walking.
G08B 25/04 - Systèmes d'alarme dans lesquels l'emplacement du lieu où existe la condition déclenchant l'alarme est signalé à une station centrale, p.ex. systèmes télégraphiques d'incendie ou de police caractérisés par le moyen de transmission utilisant une ligne de signalisation unique, p.ex. en boucle fermée
Provided is a reproduction device for reproducing moving image information stored in a storage medium. In response to a skip command inputted from the outside, the reproduction device extracts a feature parameter of an image or voice from the moving image information being reproduced, and stores extracted feature parameter in storage means. The reproduction device detects a feature parameter coincident with that stored in the storage means, from the moving image information stored in the storage medium, but inhibits the reproduction of the moving image information containing the detected feature parameter for a set time period.
An in-car image display device to be used for cars is provided with a status detecting means for detecting the surrounding status of a car; a display means, which is arranged at least on the entire front window section of the car and displays information over the entire window section; an image generating means for generating image data for displaying the surrounding image of the car on the display means based on the detection results from the status detecting means; and a display control means for displaying the image indicated by the image data generated by the image generating means on the display means.
B60J 1/02 - Fenêtres; Pare-brise; Leurs accessoires disposés à l'avant du véhicule
B60K 35/00 - Agencement ou adaptations des instruments
B60R 1/00 - Dispositions pour la visibilité optique; Dispositions de visualisation en temps réel pour les conducteurs ou les passagers utilisant des systèmes de capture d’images optiques, p.ex. des caméras ou des systèmes vidéo spécialement adaptés pour être utilisés dans ou sur des véhicules
B60R 11/02 - Autres aménagements pour tenir ou monter des objets pour postes radio, de télévision, téléphones, ou objets similaires; Disposition de leur commande
B60R 21/00 - Dispositions ou équipements sur les véhicules pour protéger les occupants ou les piétons ou pour leur éviter des blessures en cas d'accidents ou d'autres incidents dus à la circulation
Provided is a telephone adapter, which can be set without using any external computer. A processing unit (11) of an IP telephone adapter (1) outputs, when a telephone (4) is connected, voice data of a dial tone (or a trunk tone) to a converter (14), outputs a display instruction to display a menu screen indicating the items of setting operations in the IP telephone adapter (1), to a PC (5) and a display unit (13), and awaits till a predetermined identification result of a DTMF signal is inputted from an identification unit (15) (at S10 to S30). The processing unit (11) decides it, when a predetermined discrimination result is inputted, whether or not the discrimination result inputted is a code '#' corresponding to the item determination. In case the discrimination result is not the code '#', the processing unit (11) outputs a display command according to the discrimination result, to the display unit (13) and the PC (5), but executes, in case the discrimination result is the code '#', the processing of the fixed item, and ends the procedure (at S30 to S45).
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