Abstract: A fault tolerant system includes a primary virtual machine and a secondary virtual machine. The primary virtual machine includes a synchronizing information generator and a first interrupt blocker. The synchronizing information generator executes bytecode and outputs synchronizing information based on information related to the executed bytecode. The first interrupt blocker blocks an interrupt inputted from an external location. The secondary virtual machine includes a synchronous execution unit that executes the bytecode based on the synchronizing information and a second interrupt blocker that blocks the interrupt. When the interrupt is acquired, the synchronizing information generator executes the bytecode based on the interrupt. The first interrupt blocker outputs the interrupt to the synchronizing information generator when the interrupt is inputted during execution of an instruction, included in the bytecode, to accept the interrupt.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided, comprising: a storage portion for storing, by each position on a patrol route, an equipment to be inspected in a plant which should be inspected by viewing by a patroller; a position acquisition portion for acquiring a position of a patroller on a patrol route; a first detection portion for detecting a viewed equipment which has been viewed by a patroller; and an alert portion for outputting an alert signal about the viewed equipment, in response to a fact that the equipment to be inspected, which corresponds to a position of a patroller on a patrol route, is not detected as the viewed equipment.

Abstract: An amplifier circuit includes: an operational amplifier that includes two input terminals and an output terminal; a voltage-dividing resistor circuit electrically connected to the output terminal and that includes a voltage-dividing terminal that outputs a potential obtained by voltage-dividing a potential of the output terminal and a feedback resistor circuit electrically connected to the voltage-dividing terminal and one of the two input terminals. The voltage-dividing resistor circuit includes a plurality of resistors that each include terminals and a switch. The plurality of resistors includes a first resistor and a second resistor. The first resistor includes a terminal that corresponds to the voltage-dividing terminal. The switch switches, from a first terminal of the first resistor to a second terminal of the second resistor, the terminal that corresponds to the voltage-dividing terminal.

Abstract: There is provide a device including: a first storage unit configured to store, when an object moves between separate image capturing areas which are captured by a plurality of surveillance cameras, a plurality of movement histories of the object between image data respectively captured by the surveillance cameras; an identification unit configured to identify, among the plurality of surveillance cameras, one surveillance camera that has captured a target object to track, and an image capturing time, according to an operation of an operator; and an estimation unit configured to estimate at least one other surveillance camera that is different from the one surveillance camera and that captures the target object, among the plurality of surveillance cameras, and an estimated time when the other surveillance camera captures the target object, based on the movement history and an identification result obtained by the identification unit.

Abstract: A learning apparatus is provided, which comprises: a learning data acquiring unit for acquiring learning data including measurement data obtained by measuring a facility and a state of the facility; a learning pre-processing unit for performing a pre-processing for reducing a drift of the measurement data in the learning data and outputting pre-processed learning data; and a learning processing unit for performing a processing for learning a model for determining the state of the facility from the pre-processed measurement data, by using the pre-processed learning data.

Abstract: A gas analysis system, includes: a light-emitting element that emits a laser light modulated by a predetermined modulation frequency; and a light-receiving element that: receives the laser light that has passed through a measurement target gas; and upon receiving the laser light, outputs a received signal having an N-frequency that is n times the predetermined modulation frequency, wherein n is an integer no less than 2; and a signal processing device that: calculates a third component by removing, from a first component having the N-frequency, a second component, wherein the second component is a component of optical interference noise arising on an optical path of the laser light from the light-emitting element to the light-receiving element and has the same frequency as the first component; and calculates, based on a magnitude of the third component, a concentration of the measurement target gas.

Abstract: An on-demand service providing system which provides a service required for measuring a measurement target in response to a request from a user, the on-demand service providing system includes a selector configured to select a service which uses a sensor required for measuring at least the measurement target, and a system environment setter configured to set up a system environment for collecting a measurement result of the sensor used by the service selected by the selector as data which is usable for the user who has instructed to select the service via a network based on selection information obtained by the selector.

Abstract: A substrate storage structure includes a substrate and a housing configured to store the substrate. The housing includes a thickness direction regulator configured to regulate a position of the substrate from both sides in a thickness direction, a width direction regulator configured to regulate the position of the substrate from both sides in a width direction, and a length direction regulator configured to regulate the position of the substrate from both sides in a length direction. The housing includes a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion. The first portion includes the thickness direction regulator and a part of the length direction regulator. The second portion includes the width direction regulator and another part of the length direction regulator. This substrate storage structure can allow easy assembly.

Abstract: Provided is a monitoring apparatus comprising: a selection unit configured to select, among a plurality of state values corresponding to measurement values from a plurality of sensors for monitoring states of a plurality of facilities, a state value that has changed by an amount equal to or greater than a predetermined change width or change rate during a predetermined time length period; a sort unit configured to sort at least one state value selected, according to a change width or a change rate; and a display processing unit configured to perform processing to display an information screen corresponding to the at least one state value sorted.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus comprising: a determination unit configured to determine a first region to be viewed by a user in a display screen; a detection unit configured to detect a user's visual line; and a display control unit configured to change a display mode of the first region in response to the first region being not viewed.

Abstract: A control system includes: a first gateway device including: a virtual switch processor that connects a cloud virtual network to a wide area network and that configures a control virtual network within the cloud virtual network, and a first protocol converter that is connected to the wide area network and that converts communication data received from the cloud virtual network based on a proprietary protocol; and a second gateway device including: a second protocol converter that connects a local control network to the wide area network and that decodes the communication data received via the wide area network and converted by the first gateway device.

Abstract: To effectively utilize work information acquired by maintenance of an instrument in a plant, an apparatus is provided, which includes an acquisition unit that acquires work information about at least one of a calibration or an adjustment performed on the instrument in a plant; an extraction unit that extracts a plurality of data elements to be included in output information having a predetermined output format from the work information; and a generation unit that generates the output information from the plurality of data elements.

Abstract: The invention enables managing of control system engineering data for the purposes of implementing a control system user interface. In an embodiment, implementing the invention comprises (i) receiving data retrieval parameters, (ii) instantiating a temporary database, comprising an original data table and a modified data table, (iii) retrieving, based on the data retrieval parameters, a set of engineering data from one or more engineering data repositories, (iv) storing the retrieved set of engineering data within the original data table, and (v) responsive to an instruction to display a first sub-set of engineering data, (a) retrieving the first sub-set of engineering data from the original data table, (b) storing the first sub-set of engineering data within an internal cache memory, and (c) retrieving the first sub-set of engineering data from the internal cache memory and displaying the data.

Abstract: An amplifier circuit includes: an operational amplifier that includes two input terminals and an output terminal; a voltage-dividing resistor circuit electrically connected to the output terminal and that includes a voltage-dividing terminal that outputs a potential obtained by voltage-dividing a potential of the output terminal and a feedback resistor circuit electrically connected to the voltage-dividing terminal and one of the two input terminals. The voltage-dividing resistor circuit includes a plurality of resistors that each include terminals and a switch. The plurality of resistors includes a first resistor and a second resistor. The first resistor includes a terminal that corresponds to the voltage-dividing terminal. The switch switches, from a first terminal of the first resistor to a second terminal of the second resistor, the terminal that corresponds to the voltage-dividing terminal.

Abstract: An estimation device includes a controller that: acquires a first pipe surface temperature and a second pipe surface temperature, wherein the first pipe surface temperature is an outer surface temperature of a pipe at a precipitate generation position at which a precipitate is adhered to an inner surface of the pipe through which a fluid flows, and the second pipe surface temperature is the outer surface temperature of the pipe at a reference position different from the precipitate generation position; calculates an in-pipe fluid temperature that is a temperature of the fluid at the precipitate generation position based on the second pipe surface temperature; and estimates a thickness of the precipitate based on the in-pipe fluid temperature and the first pipe surface temperature.

Abstract: An estimation device includes a controller that: obtains first-type temperature data for a position corresponding to an outside of a first-type position of a pipe in which a fluid flows; obtains second-type temperature data for a position corresponding to an outside of a second-type position of the pipe at which condition related to heat transfer is different than condition at the first-type position; based on the first-type temperature data and the second-type temperature data, calculates thermal resistance of a deposit formed on an inner surface of the pipe, and estimates a thickness of the deposit.

Abstract: A diagnostic device includes: a receiver that receives data of only some of battery cells constituting a storage battery system; and a controller that diagnoses the storage battery system based on the received data. The data has a voltage value and an integrated current amount value. The some of the battery cells include: a low-state MIN battery cell; a low-state MAX battery cell; a high-state MIN battery cell; and a high-state MAX battery cell. The controller executes at least one of: determining whether the battery cells are in a balanced state or an imbalance state; calculating an imbalance amount between capacities of the battery cells; or calculating a value related to a capacity of a battery cell.

Abstract: A diagnostic device includes: a calculator that calculates a value related to a capacity of a battery cell based on a result of comparison between a measurement Q-V curve and a reference Q-V curve, the measurement Q-V curve indicating a relation between a voltage and an integrated current amount that are obtained from measurement data of the battery cell. The calculator further calculates at least one of: an amount of capacity deterioration caused by a voltage difference between the measurement Q-V curve and the reference Q-V curve by multiplying an inclination of the measurement Q-V curve by the voltage difference, and a temporary maximum capacity after capacity deterioration caused by a change in the inclination of the measurement Q-V curve to an inclination of the reference Q-V curve.