Abstract: A command analysis device capable of shortening the time until a command is executed is provided. The command analysis device includes a speech recognition unit that performs, every time when a predetermined unit of a speech signal is input, speech recognition on the speech signal and acquires a partial speech recognition result which is an intermediate result, and a command analysis unit that verifies an intermediate result in light of a predetermined intermediate result recognition rule, and outputs an analysis result during the input of the speech signal when a command execution target and a command execution content are successfully analyzed are provided.

Abstract: Provided are a volume control apparatus capable of appropriately controlling a sound volume even immediately after start of utterance, an associated method, and a program. The volume control apparatus includes a recognition unit that recognizes a predetermined voice command for use in starting voice recognition, a gain setting unit that sets a gain for an audio signal X of a target of the voice recognition, by use of an audio signal related to the predetermined voice command uttered by a user, and an adjustment unit that adjusts a sound volume of the audio signal X, by use of the gain.

Abstract: A micro-light-emitting diode mounting board includes a substrate having a mount surface receiving multiple micro-LEDs, and at least one pixel unit located on the mount surface and including the multiple micro-LEDs having different emission colors to operate as a basic element of display. The multiple micro-LEDs include vertical stacks of multiple first electrodes, multiple emissive layers, and multiple second electrodes. The at least one pixel unit includes a power electrode pad connected to each of the multiple second electrodes. The power electrode pad is spaced from each of the multiple first electrodes by a distance greater than an interelectrode distance between adjacent first electrodes of the multiple first electrodes.

Abstract: Provided is an inexpensive charger which is compact and which yet provides favorable heat dissipation performance. The charger includes a charging circuit board comprised of an input/output interface component and a charging circuit component mounted on a substrate having a first face and a second face which are in parallel and front/back relationship with each other and a housing including a first housing body to which the charging circuit board is fixed and a second housing body engageable with the first housing body to form together an inner space in which the charging circuit board is to be accommodated. The second face of the substrate mounts thereon a heat generating component included in the circuit component. A heat dissipation pattern is formed at a part of the first face overlapped with at least a part of the heat generating component mounted on the second face as seen in a direction perpendicular to the first face.

Abstract: A vehicle driving support device performs driving support of supporting a driver's driving of a host vehicle based on traffic information. The vehicle driving support device performs a first process of acquiring traffic information associated with traveling of the host vehicle as first traffic information from forward information of the host vehicle detected by a forward information detecting device, performs a second process of acquiring traffic information associated with traveling of the host vehicle out of traffic information stored in a database as second traffic information by comparing a current position of the host vehicle with map data stored in the database, and performs the driving support based on the first traffic information even when the second traffic information is acquired until a predetermined first condition is satisfied when the first traffic information has been acquired.

Abstract: A driving support device includes: a front camera configured to acquire image data; and a controller configured to execute driving support control for supporting driving by a driver of a vehicle when the controller determines that a specific display object exists in front of the vehicle based on the image data. The driving support control is control executed depending on the specific display object. The controller is configured to determine whether a conforming operation is being executed by the driver. The controller is also configured to execute, as the driving support control, control having a higher support level indicating a degree of influence on the driver when the controller determines that the conforming operation is not being executed, as compared with a case where the controller determines that the conforming operation is executed.

Abstract: A driving assistance device for a vehicle includes a front camera and an image processing ECU configured to detect a display object present forward of a vehicle and recognize display content of the detected display object, and a driving assistance ECU configured to execute driving assistance control for assisting a driver in a case where the display object is detected by the front camera and the image processing ECU. The driving assistance ECU sets an assistance level of the driving assistance control high when the detected display object is detected multiple times in the past, and a rate of coincidence of recognition results indicating the number of times determined to be the same display content to the number of detection times is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, compared to when the rate of coincidence of the recognition results is less than the first threshold value.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a DNN operation unit that executes a DNN operation by a neural network including plural layers and a weight storage unit that stores a weight used in the DNN operation, and the DNN operation unit specifies data having a value larger than a predetermined threshold as operation target data among data input to a predetermined layer of the neural network, acquires a weight corresponding to the operation target data from the weight storage unit, and executes an operation of the predetermined layer based on the operation target data and the weight acquired from the weight storage unit.

Abstract: An object is to prevent a keyword from being falsely detected from an utterance that is not intended for keyword detection. A keyword detection unit 11 generates a keyword detection result indicating a result of detecting an utterance of a predetermined keyword from an input voice. A voice detection unit 12 generates a voice section detection result indicating a result of detecting a voice section from the input voice. A delay unit 13 gives a delay that is at least longer than an utterance time of the keyword, to the voice section detection result. An in-sentence keyword excluding unit 14 updates the keyword detection result to a result indicating that the keyword has not been detected when the keyword detection results indicates that the keyword has been detected and the voice section detection result indicates that a voice section has been detected.

Abstract: A channel in which an utterance of a keyword is included is selected from acoustic signals of multiple channels. An addition unit 11 adds all channels of input voice signals of multiple channels to generate a composite voice signal of one channel. A keyword detection unit 12 generates a keyword detection result indicating a result of detecting an utterance of a predetermined keyword from a composite voice signal. A power calculation unit 13 calculates powers of channels based on input voice signals. A delay unit 14 delays the powers of the channels. When the keyword detection result indicates that the keyword was detected, a maximum power detection unit 15 selects, as an output channel, a channel having the maximum power among the powers of the channels of the input voice signals. A channel selection unit 16 selects the voice signal of the output channel from the input voice signals and outputs the selected voice signal.

Abstract: Processing time of a neural network is shortened, and the number of operations of the neural network is reduced such that a plurality of calculators can be effectively used. A neural network reduction device (100) that reduces the number of operations of a neural network by an operation device (140) including a plurality of calculators by reducing the neural network, the neural network reduction device including: a calculator allocation unit (102) that sets the number of calculators allocated to calculation processing of the neural network; a number-of-operations setting unit (103) that sets the number of operations of a reduced neural network based on the number of allocated calculators; and a neural network reduction unit (104) that reduces the neural network such that the number of operations of the neural network by the operation device (140) is equal to the number of operations set by the number-of-operations setting unit (103).

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 charging base (400) includes: a base seat (401) installed on a floor surface; a columnar tower part (402) provided on the base seat (401); a first support (403) provided on the tower part (402) and capable of supporting a vertical first electric vacuum cleaner (100); and a second support (404) provided on the tower part (402) and capable of supporting a vertical second electric vacuum cleaner (200). An electric vacuum cleaner system 1 includes the charging base (400) configured as described above, the vertical first electric vacuum cleaner (100), and the vertical second electric vacuum cleaner (200).

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: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first metal plate, a second metal plate, and two or more semiconductor units. The two or more semiconductor units are disposed on the first metal plate. The each of the two or more semiconductor units includes a first metal member, a second metal member, and a semiconductor element. The first metal member has a first connection surface connected to the first major surface. The second metal member has a second connection surface connected to the second major surface. The semiconductor element includes an active region having surfaces respectively opposing the first connection surface and the second connection surface. A surface area of the first connection surface is greater than a surface area of the surface of the active region opposing the first connection surface. A surface area of the second connection surface is greater than a surface area of the surface of the active region opposing the second connection surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cleaner composition having excellent cleaning properties and appropriate drying properties. The present invention is a cleaner composition including: (A) a hydrofluoroolefin having a boiling point of 30° C. or more and less than 100° C.; and (B) at least one of a perfluoropolyether having a boiling point of 100° C. or more and a hydrofluoroolefin having a boiling point of 100° C. or more, where a mass ratio of the component (A) and the component (B) is 99:1 to 55:45.

Abstract: Operations are appropriately changed in accordance with the use method. A keyword detection unit 11 generates a keyword detection result indicating a result of detecting an utterance of a predetermined keyword from an input voice. A voice detection unit 12 generates a voice section detection result indicating a result of detecting a voice section from the input voice. A sequential utterance detection unit 13 generates a sequential utterance detection result indicating that a sequential utterance has been made if the keyword detection result indicates that the keyword has been detected and if the voice section detection result indicates that the voice section has been detected.

Abstract: A sensor mount structure, including: a first sensor device that includes a first sensor configured to detect surroundings information for a vehicle, and that is attached to an inner surface of a front windshield glass further toward a vehicle front and upper side than an interior mirror; a second sensor device that includes a second sensor configured to detect surroundings information for the vehicle, and that is attached to the inner surface of the front windshield glass further toward the vehicle front and upper side than the interior mirror and further toward the vehicle front side than the first sensor device; and a view angle hood member that is disposed at a vehicle front and lower side of the first sensor, the view angle hood member overlapping with the second sensor device in a vehicle front-rear direction in side view along a vehicle width direction.

Abstract: A capacitance sensor (1) is provided with two electrode layers (10, 11) and an insulating layer (12) disposed between the electrode layers (10, 11). At least one of the two electrode layers (10, 11) is constituted by a reticulated soft electrode (50) that is formed from a conductive polymer and has a reticulated shape. The conductive polymer comprises a polymer and a conductive material dispersed in the polymer and has an elastic modulus of 1000 MPa or less. This method for manufacturing the capacitance sensor (1) in which the two electrode layers (10, 11) are constituted by the reticulated soft electrode (50) comprises: an electrode manufacturing step in which the reticulated soft electrode (50) is manufactured; and a laminating step in which the reticulated soft electrode (50) is laminated onto the front and back surfaces of the insulating layer (12).

Abstract: The present invention improves the accuracy of predicting rarely occurring behavior of moving bodies, without reducing the accuracy of predicting commonly occurring behavior of moving bodies. A vehicle 101 is provided with a moving body behavior prediction device 10. The moving body behavior prediction device 10 is provided with a first behavior prediction unit 203 and a second behavior prediction unit 207. The first behavior prediction unit 203 learns first predicted behavior 204 so as to minimize the error between behavior prediction results for moving bodies and behavior recognition results for the moving bodies after a prediction time has elapsed. The second behavior prediction unit 207 learns future second predicted behavior 208 of the moving bodies around the vehicle 101 so that the vehicle 101 does not drive in an unsafe manner.