Author: claimsbot

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a housing;
a wireless communication device capable of communicating between the housing and a guidance support center via a wireless communication network;
an RFID device capable of supplying location information of the housing to the guidance support center, wherein the location information comprises REID information; and
wherein the wireless communication device is capable of receiving guidance information from the guidance support center based at least in part on the location information.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the housing is capable of being personally portable by a user.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a camera capable of supplying location information of the housing to the guidance support center, and wherein the location information comprises visual location information.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the camera is coupled to one or more of the following: the housing, a prosthetic eye, a pair of glasses, a necklace, andor a cellular phone, or combinations thereof.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a GPS device capable of supplying location information of the housing to the guidance support center, and wherein the location information comprises coordinate location information.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a wireless connection device coupled to the housing, the wireless connection device capable of short-range wireless connection to one or more electronic devices.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the one or more electronic devices comprise one or more of the following: the wireless communication device, the RFID device, a camera, a GPS device, a microphone, andor speaker, or combinations thereof.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a necklace capable of securing at least a portion of the housing to a user.
9. A method, comprising:
obtaining one or more of RFID information andor visual location information, or combinations thereof, of a user;
transmitting the RFID information andor visual location information, or combinations thereof, of the user to a guidance support center;
receiving guidance information from the guidance support center based at least in part on the RFID information andor visual location information, or combinations thereof, of the user; and
communicating the guidance information to the user.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:
obtaining coordinate location information of the user,
transmitting the coordinate location information of the user to the guidance support center; and
receiving guidance information from the guidance support center based at least in part on the coordinate location information.
11. The method of claim 9, wherein the guidance information is received as live support.
12. The method of claim 9, further comprising transmitting the RFID information andor visual location information, or combinations thereof, of the user, to the guidance support center via a wireless communication device.
13. The method of claim 9, wherein the guidance information comprises one or more of the following: travel directions andor destination information, or combinations thereof.
14. The method of claim 9, further comprising performing one or more of sharing, utilizing, sorting, formatting, synthesizing, andor transforming, or combinations thereof on one or more of the guidance information andor the location information, or combinations thereof.
15. The method of claim 9, wherein said receiving guidance information from the guidance support center comprises receiving guidance information comprising one or more of the following: audio, text display, graphics display, code, andor Braille, or combinations thereof.
16. An apparatus, comprising:
means for obtaining RFID information of a user;
means for obtaining visual location information of the user;
means for transmitting the RFID information andor the visual location information, or combinations thereof, of the user to a guidance support center;
means for receiving guidance information from the guidance support center based at least in part on the RFID information andor the visual location information, or combinations thereof, of the user; and
means for communicating the guidance information to the user.
17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the apparatus is capable of being personally portable.
18. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising:
means for obtaining coordinate location information of the user;
means for transmitting the coordinate location information of the user to the guidance support center; and
means for receiving guidance information from the guidance support center based at least in part on the coordinate location information.
19. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising means for transmitting the RFID information andor visual location information, or combinations thereof, of the user, to the guidance support center via means for wireless communication.
20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the guidance information comprises one or more of the following: travel directions andor destination information, or combinations thereof.
21. A method, comprising:
receiving RFID information from a location system of a user;
receiving visual location information from the location system;
determining guidance information for the user based at least in part on the coordinate location information RFID information andor the visual location information andor combinations thereof; and
transmitting the guidance information to the location system.
22. The method of claim 21, further comprising:
receiving coordinate location information from the location system;
determining guidance information for the user based at least in part on the coordinate location information; and
transmitting the guidance information to the location system.
23. The method of claim 21, wherein the guidance information is transmitted as live support.
24. The method of claim 21, further comprising receiving the RFID information andor visual location information, or combinations thereof, of the user, to the guidance support center via a wireless communication device.
25. The method of claim 21, wherein the guidance information comprises one or more of the following: travel directions andor destination information, or combinations thereof.
26. The method of claim 21, further comprising performing one or more of sharing, utilizing, sorting, formatting, synthesizing, andor transforming, or combinations thereof on one or more of the guidance information andor the location information, or combinations thereof.
27. The method of claim 21, wherein said transmitting the guidance information to the location system comprises transmitting guidance information comprising one or more of the following: audio, text display, graphics display, code, andor Braille, or combinations thereof.
28. A guidance support center, comprising:
means for receiving one or more of RFID information andor visual location information, or combinations thereof, from a location system of a user;
means for determining guidance information for the user based at least in part on the RFID information andor the visual location information andor combinations thereof; and
means for transmitting the guidance information to the location system.
29. The guidance support center of claim 28, further comprising:
means for receiving coordinate location information from the location system;
means for determining guidance information for the user based at least in part on the coordinate location information; and
means for transmitting the guidance information to the location system.
30. The guidance support center of claim 28, wherein the means for receiving the one or more of the RFID information andor visual location information, or combinations thereof, of the user, to the guidance support center comprises means for wireless communication.
31. The guidance support center of claim 28, wherein the guidance information comprises one or more of the following: travel directions andor destination information, or combinations thereof.
32. An apparatus, comprising:
a housing;
a wireless communication device capable of communicating between the housing and a guidance support center via a wireless communication network;
a camera capable of supplying location information of the housing to the guidance support center, wherein the location information comprises visual location information; and
wherein the wireless communication device is capable of receiving guidance information from the guidance support center based at least in part on the location information.
33. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the housing is capable of being personally portable by a user.
34. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the camera is coupled to one or more of the following: the housing, a prosthetic eye, a pair of glasses, a necklace, a cellular phone, a guide animal, a guard animal, andor a robotic device, or combinations thereof.
35. The apparatus of claim 32, further comprising a GPS device capable of supplying location information of the housing to the guidance support center, and wherein the location information comprises coordinate location information.
36. The apparatus of claim 32, further comprising a wireless connection device coupled to the housing, the wireless connection device capable of short-range wireless connection to one or more electronic devices.
37. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein the one or more electronic devices comprise one or more of the following: the wireless communication device, a RFID device, a camera, a GPS device, a microphone, andor speaker, or combinations thereof.
38. The apparatus of claim 32, further comprising a necklace capable of securing at least a portion of the housing to a user.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a control unit to control display of parts information of a plurality of items, to generate search information according to feedback from a user for the parts information, and to control display of a search result according to the search information.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the parts information includes a text character.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the parts information includes an image.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, for each of the plurality of items, the part information thereof is displayed on a basis of a first axis.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the parts information are displayed on a basis of respective items to which the parts information correspond and a second axis, the second axis intersecting the first axis.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the parts information are displayed on a basis of respective items to which the parts information correspond ordered by fit order.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein names of the parts information are displayed in a priority order determined based on part preference information from user feedback information.
8. A search device comprising:
a control unit to control a search of some items based on feedback information from a user for displayed parts information of a plurality of items, the feedback information indicating whether a part information of at least one of the items is fit for a user preference.
9. The device of claim 8, wherein at least one of the parts information includes a text character.
10. The device of claim 8, wherein at least one of the parts information includes an image.
11. The device of claim 8, wherein, for each of the plurality of items, the part information thereof is displayed on a basis of a first axis.
12. The device of claim 11, wherein the parts information are displayed on a basis of respective items to which the parts information correspond and a second axis, the second axis intersecting the first axis.
13. The device of claim 8, wherein the parts information are displayed on a basis of respective items to which the parts information correspond ordered by fit order.
14. The device of claim 8, wherein, for each of the plurality of items, the part information thereof is displayed in an order based on second feedback information.
15. The device of claim 8, wherein the control unit is to receive the feedback information.
16. The device of claim 8, wherein the search uses a classifier generated based on the feedback information.
17. The device of claim 8, wherein the control unit calculates:
first level information of whether the part information of each of the items is fit for a user preference based on the feedback information, and
second level information of whether each of the items is fit for the user preference based on the first level information; and
wherein the control unit controls output of a search result based on the second level information.
18. A method of information processing comprising:
controlling, by a processor, display of parts information of a plurality of items, to generate search information according to feedback from a user for the parts information, and display of a search result according to the search information.
19. A method of search comprising:
controlling, by a processor, a search of some items based on feedback information from a user for displayed parts information of a plurality of items, the feedback information indicating whether a part information of at least one of the items is fit for a user preference.
20. A non-transitory recording medium recorded with a computer readable program executable by a computer, the program comprising:
controlling display of parts information of a plurality of items, to generate search information according to feedback from a user for the parts information, and display of a search result according to the search information.

1. An idle-state detection circuit for detecting an idle state of a processor, comprising:
an iterative-operation detection section configured to detect that the processor repeats every predetermined number of clocks an operation to load data satisfying a preset idle-state condition from a particular address; and
a decision section configured to compare a number of iterations detected by the iterative-operation detection section with a preset specified number of loops, and to determine that the processor is in an idle state if the number of iterations is greater than the specified number of loops.
2. The idle-state detection circuit of claim 1, wherein
the iterative-operation detection section includes
a match-of-address detection section configured to detect that an address referred to by the processor matches the particular address,
a satisfaction-of-condition detection section configured to detect that data loaded by the processor satisfies the idle-state condition, and
a loop detection section configured to detect that the detection operations by the match-of-address detection section and the satisfaction-of-condition detection section are repeated every predetermined number of clocks.
3. The idle-state detection circuit of claim 1, wherein
the idle-state condition is to match data loaded by the processor in a previous load operation by the processor.
4. The idle-state detection circuit of claim 1, wherein
the idle-state condition is to be greater than a preset predetermined value.
5. The idle-state detection circuit of claim 1, wherein
the idle-state condition is to be less than a preset predetermined value.
6. The idle-state detection circuit of claim 1, wherein
the specified number of loops can be arbitrarily set.
7. The idle-state detection circuit of claim 1, wherein
the particular address is located in a previously specified address area.
8. The idle-state detection circuit of claim 1, wherein
the predetermined number of clocks can be arbitrarily set.
9. The idle-state detection circuit of claim 1, further comprising:
an idle-state history storage section configured to store an address referred to by the processor when it is determined by the decision section that the processor is in an idle state, wherein
the decision section determines that the processor is in an idle state without comparing the number of iterations with the specified number of loops when it has been detected that the address referred to by the processor matches the address stored by the idle-state history storage section.
10. The idle-state detection circuit of claim 1, wherein
the decision section determines that the processor is not in an idle state when at least one of that an address referred to by the processor does not match the particular address, or that data loaded by the processor does not satisfy the idle-state condition, has been detected.
11. A semiconductor integrated circuit, comprising:
the idle-state detection circuit of claim 1;
the processor; and
a driver circuit configured to supply a clock signal and a drive voltage for driving the processor to the processor,

wherein
the driver circuit reduces at least one of a frequency of the clock signal or a voltage value of the drive voltage if it is determined by the decision section that the processor is in an idle state.
12. An idle-state detection method for detecting an idle state of a processor, comprising the steps of:
(a) detecting that the processor repeats every predetermined number of clocks an operation to load data satisfying a preset idle-state condition from a particular address; and
(b) determining that the processor is in an idle state if a number of iterations detected in the step (a) is greater than a preset specified number of loops.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a sealing device, including:
a first portion;
a first diameter formed as part of the first portion;
a second portion connected to the first portion;
a second diameter formed as part of the second portion;
a tapered portion formed as part of the second portion;
an adhesive located between and connecting the first portion to the second portion;
a leak test aperture;
an upper diameter portion being part of the leak test aperture; and
a lower diameter portion being part of the leak test aperture;
wherein the second diameter is larger than the first diameter, and the sealing device is disposed in the leak test aperture to prevent moisture and debris from passing through the leak test aperture, and the tapered portion is smaller than the second diameter such that the tapered portion is located in the lower diameter portion formed as part of the leak test aperture.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
an inner surface formed as part of the leak test aperture, the upper diameter portion being part of the inner surface, and the lower diameter portion being part of the inner surface;
wherein the first portion contacts the upper diameter portion of the inner surface and the second portion contacts both the upper diameter portion and the lower diameter portion of the inner surface when the sealing device is disposed in the leak test aperture such that the first portion is in contact with the inner surface to maintain the position of the sealing device in the leak test aperture, and the second portion is in contact with the inner surface to seal the leak test aperture.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first portion is made of metal, and the second portion is made of silicon.
4. An assembly for sealing an aperture, comprising:
a sealing device;
a first portion formed as part of the sealing device, the first portion having a first diameter;
a second portion formed as part of the sealing device such that the first portion is connected to the second portion, the second portion having a second diameter;
a tapered portion formed as part of the second portion, the tapered portion being smaller than the second diameter;
an adhesive located between and connecting the first portion to the second portion; and
a leak test aperture for selectively receiving the sealing device;
an upper diameter portion formed as part of the leak test aperture;
a lower diameter portion formed as part of the leak test aperture;
wherein the first portion and the second portion are disposed in the leak test aperture such that the tapered portion is disposed in the lower diameter portion, sealing the leak test aperture.
5. The assembly for sealing an aperture of claim 4, further comprising:
an inner surface formed as part of the leak test aperture, the upper diameter portion being part of the inner surface, and the lower diameter portion being part of the inner surface;
wherein the first portion is in contact with the upper diameter portion of the inner surface to maintain the position of the sealing device in the leak test aperture, and the second portion is in contact with both the upper diameter portion and the lower diameter portion of the inner surface to seal the leak test aperture.
6. The assembly of claim 5, wherein the first diameter is smaller than the second diameter, and the tapered portion is smaller than the first diameter.
7. The assembly of claim 4, wherein the first portion is made of metal, and the second portion is made of silicon.
8. An assembly for sealing an aperture of an ECU, comprising:
a sealing device;
a leak test aperture, the sealing device selectively disposed in the leak test aperture;
an inner surface formed as part of the leak test aperture;
a first portion having a first diameter, the first portion formed as part of the sealing device;
a second portion connected to the first portion, the second portion having a second diameter, the second portion formed as part of the sealing device;
an adhesive located between and connecting the first portion to the second portion;
a tapered portion formed as part of the second portion, the tapered portion being smaller than the second diameter; and
an upper diameter portion formed as part of the leak test aperture, the upper diameter portion being part of the inner surface;
a lower diameter portion formed as part of the leak test aperture, the lower diameter portion being part of the inner surface;
wherein the sealing device is press-fitted into the leak aperture such that the first diameter is in contact with the upper diameter portion of the inner surface and the second diameter is in contact with both the upper diameter portion and the lower diameter portion of the inner surface such that the tapered portion is disposed in the lower diameter portion of the leak test aperture when the sealing device is disposed in the leak test aperture, preventing moisture and debris from passing through the leak test aperture.
9. The assembly of claim 8, wherein the second diameter is larger than the first diameter such that the second diameter of the second portion applies a pressure to the inner surface of the leak test aperture, forming a seal.
10. The assembly of claim 8, wherein the first portion is made of metal, and the second portion is made of silicon.