Abstract: The present invention aims to reduce power consumption in the operation based upon a recognition device (1000) including, in a neural network of multiple layers that output type of an object and existing coordinates based on external environment information, a selector (103) that selects input data to convolution operation units (107-1 to L) from external environment information; convolution operation units (107-1 to L) configured by a plurality of layers connected in cascade; and a parameter storage unit (109) that stores a weight parameter of each layer, a cumulative addition count of each layer, and an omitting bit number of each layer. The recognition device includes operation stop signal generation units (116-1 to L) that transmit one or more stop signals for stopping some or all of the computing units of the convolution operation units (107-1 to L) to the convolution operation units (107-1 to L) for each layer.

Abstract: A detergent composition has high detergency and reduced erosivity with respect to resins. The detergent composition contains the following component (A) and component (B) A mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) is expressed as component (A): component (B)=40:60 to 55:45: component (A): 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene component (B): a hydrofluoroolefin of the following general formula: CnF2n?1—O—CmH2m+1. n is an integer of 5 to 10, and m is an integer of 1 to 5.

Abstract: An autonomous driving system for a vehicle reduces the amount of computations for object extraction carried out by a DNN, using information a traveling environment or the like. An information processing apparatus including a processor, a memory, and an arithmetic unit that executes a computation using an inference model is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a DNN processing unit that receives external information, the DNN processing unit extracting an external object from the external information, using the inference model, and a processing content control unit that controls processing content of the DNN processing unit. The DNN processing unit includes an object extracting unit that executes the inference model in a deep neural network having a plurality of layers of neurons, and the processing content control unit includes an execution layer determining unit that determines the layers used by the object extracting unit.

Abstract: High-quality video is provided using a small amount of coded bits. The moving picture decoding method performs inter-frame prediction processing. With the aforementioned inter-frame prediction processing, blocks with similar motion vectors from among the motion vectors in multiple blocks that have already been decoded are combined and a combined area is computed. A predicted vector for a target block to be decoded is computed using the motion vector of the aforementioned combined area, and a motion vector for the aforementioned target block is computed based on the aforementioned predicted vector and a difference vector which is included in a coded stream that is input. A predicted image is generated using the aforementioned motion vector, and a difference image which is included in the aforementioned coded stream and the aforementioned predicted image are added to generate a decoded image.

Abstract: A display device includes a plate-like substrate having a first surface and a second surface, pixel units on the first surface, and a power supply voltage feeder on the second surface. The power supply voltage feeder outputs first and second power supply voltages applicable to the pixel units. The second power supply voltage is lower in potential than the first power supply voltage. The display device includes a first wiring conductor electrically connecting the power supply voltage feeder and the pixel units and a second wiring conductor electrically connecting the power supply voltage feeder and the pixel units. At least one of the first or second wiring conductor includes a planar conductive portion covering the first surface. The planar conductive portion includes connectors connected to the power supply voltage feeder on at least two sides of the substrate.

Abstract: An anomalous sound detection training apparatus includes: a first acoustic feature extraction unit that extracts an acoustic feature of normal sound based on training data for normal sound by using an acoustic feature extractor; a normal sound model updating unit that updates a normal sound model by using the acoustic feature extracted; a second acoustic feature extraction unit that extracts an acoustic feature of anomalous sound based on simulated anomalous sound and extracts the acoustic feature of normal sound based on the training data for normal sound by using the acoustic feature extractor; and an acoustic feature extractor updating unit that updates the acoustic feature extractor by using the acoustic feature of anomalous sound and the acoustic feature of normal sound that have been extracted, in which processing by the units is repeatedly performed.

Abstract: A cold storage box is provided that allows individual confirmation that stored objects such as medicine, food, and beverages have been managed at an appropriate temperature. The cold storage box 1 includes: a storage part which can house stored objects; a lid part which covers an opening part of the storage part; and a cooling device which cools the storage part, and the cold storage box includes an RF tag provided for each of the stored objects and equipped with a temperature sensor and a control part which communicates with the RF tag at appropriate time intervals via an antenna part provided inside the storage part and stores ID information of the RF tag and temperature information sensed by the temperature sensor of the RF tag.

Abstract: Sounds arriving from outside of a mobile body are collected by a microphone disposed inside the mobile body. A sound collecting apparatus according to the present disclosure is attached to the mobile body. The sound collecting apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a microphone that is directly or indirectly in contact with an outer face member, which is a member forming an outer face of the mobile body, from an inner side of the mobile body and collects sounds propagating through the outer face member. In a case where the microphone has directivity, the microphone is disposed in a direction in which sounds propagating from the outer face of the outer face member to the inner side are collected. The outer face member is, for example, glass.

Abstract: Audibility of an outside sound needed for a driver inside an automobile to apprehend a danger and obtain a grasp of a situation necessary for driving is improved. A sound collection and emission apparatus (10) emits, on the basis of an outside acoustic signal which emanates from a sound source outside an automobile (90) and arrives at the automobile (90), an inside acoustic signal which is an acoustic signal derived from the outside acoustic signal to inside the automobile (90). A sound collection unit (M1) collects the outside acoustic signal. A sound emission unit (S1) emits the inside acoustic signal. A danger sound detection unit (11) determines whether the outside acoustic signal has a feature representing a danger defined in advance. A control unit (12) performs control that emits the inside acoustic signal from the sound emission unit (S1) such that a driver of the automobile (90) is capable of perceiving the danger if the outside acoustic signal is determined to represent the danger.

Abstract: A work supporting apparatus includes: a visible light camera (visible light image photographing unit) configured to photograph a visible light image; a far-infrared camera (thermal image photographing unit) configured to photograph a thermal image; a work progress status determining unit configured to determine a work progress status from the visible light image photographed by the visible light camera and the thermal image photographed by the far-infrared camera; and a display configured to display a determination result of the work progress status.

Abstract: Provided is an anomaly detection device capable of acquiring a degree of anomaly required for anomaly detection even when a feature pattern of time series data changes over time. The anomaly detection device of the present invention is a device that detects the degree of anomaly in the time series data. The anomaly detection device includes a first acquisition unit, a prediction unit, and an anomaly degree acquisition unit. The first acquisition unit acquires, from a first section that is a partial section of the time series data, a dynamic feature pattern of the first section. The prediction unit predicts data of a second section that is a partial section of the time series data later than the first section by using the feature pattern to obtain predicted second section data. The anomaly degree acquisition unit acquires the degree of anomaly based on a difference between the predicted second section data and actual data of the second section in the time series data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a noise suppression device and so on for improving the estimation precision of a spatial covariance matrix and improving a noise suppression performance. The noise suppression device includes a noise interval detection unit which, on the assumption that a direction from which noise arrives is unknown, determines whether or not a target signal, which is a sound signal that arrives from a predetermined direction and is not subject to suppression, is included in an observation signal, and a noise suppression updating unit that uses an after-observation signal, which is an observation signal acquired at a time after a point at which the noise interval detection unit determines that the target signal is no longer included, to update a beam pattern so as not to emphasize sound issued from a direction in which sound included in the after-observation signal was issued.

Abstract: A danger detection system for detecting a danger on a road, the danger that changes over time and may not be a danger due to the change over time, the danger detection system including a vibration acquisition unit 11 configured to acquire an acoustic signal collected by a microphone mounted on a vehicle when the vehicle passes through a region on a predetermined road, a danger determination unit 12 configured to determine whether the acoustic signal is derived from the danger, a danger location detection unit 2 configured to determine whether the danger is present in the region on the predetermined road based on the number of times an acoustic signal acquired from each of the plurality of vehicles is determined to be derived from the danger, and a danger information notification unit 3 configured to notify a communication device that can pass through the region on the predetermined road of danger information that is information about a region on a road determined to have a danger.

Abstract: A road condition estimation device 2 includes: a reception unit 21 that receives pieces of sensor information from automobiles respectively, each piece of sensor information including positional information that is information regarding a position at which an automobile travels, and spectral information obtained by converting an acoustic signal generated when the automobile travels at the position into information in a frequency domain; a first classification unit 22 that classifies the pieces of spectral information respectively for roads on which the automobiles travel, based on pieces of positional information included in the pieces of sensor information thus received; and an estimation unit 23 that estimates a condition of a road for each of the pieces of spectral information classified by the first classification unit.

Abstract: A light emitter board includes a substrate such as a glass substrate, a resin insulating layer as a first insulating layer on the substrate, a light shield layer as a second insulating layer on the resin insulating layer, an opening portion in the light shield layer, a mount located on a part of the resin insulating layer exposed in the opening portion and receiving a light emitter, and the light emitter on the mount. The mount includes a protrusion on the part of the resin insulating layer. The light emitter on the mount has an upper surface located above an upper surface of the light shield layer.

Abstract: Provided is a technology capable of supporting an operation of a car by a driver when an alarm sound notifying the approach of a train is sounding at a railroad crossing. The alarm sound processing apparatus includes: an observed sound sensor that generates an observed sound signal from an observed sound or vibration related to the observed sound; an alarm sound detection unit that generates an alarm sound detection result indicating whether the observed sound contains an alarm sound at a railroad crossing from the observed sound signal; and an alarm sound reaction unit that executes processing for issuing a warning to notify a driver that a train is approaching the railroad crossing and/or executes processing for applying a brake to a car driven by the driver when the alarm sound detection result indicates that the alarm sound is contained.

Abstract: An abnormality detection device 1 includes: a vibration acquisition unit 11 configured to acquire an acoustic signal generated during passage of a vehicle on a road; a frequency domain conversion unit 12 configured to convert the acquired acoustic signal into a frequency domain signal; an unexpectedness determination unit 13 configured to determine whether there is unexpectedness at each predetermined frequency using the frequency domain signal; and an abnormality determination unit 14 configured to determine whether there is an abnormality in the road based on the number of frequencies at which it is determined that there is the unexpectedness.

Abstract: A cleaner composition, a cleaning aerosol, and a method for cleaning a contaminated part, in which the contaminated part, particularly a part around an automobile brake or the like, can be cleaned easily, safely, and with high efficiency and minimal environmental impact. A cleaner composition can include a component (A); cis-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233zdZ) as a cleaning agent; and a component (B); carbon dioxide as a propellant; wherein a content of the component (B) contains 1.6 to 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the component (A).

Abstract: A work supporting apparatus includes: a visible light camera (visible light image photographing unit) configured to photograph a visible light image; a far-infrared camera (thermal image photographing unit) configured to photograph a thermal image; a work progress status determining unit configured to determine a work progress status from the visible light image photographed by the visible light camera and the thermal image photographed by the far-infrared camera; and a display configured to display a determination result of the work progress status.

Abstract: A micro-LED board includes a substrate, wiring, a first insulating layer, a micro-LED, and a light-blocking layer. The wiring, the first insulating layer, and the micro-LED are located on the substrate in an order of the wiring, the first insulating layer, and the micro-LED. The micro-LED overlaps the wiring. The light-blocking layer is located between the first insulating layer and the micro-LED, at least partially crosses a portion of the wiring directly below the micro-LED, and has an area that does not overlap a positive electrode and a negative electrode.