Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electric razor in which a support frame that supports an outer blade and an inner blade, which constitute a block, can be smoothly removed. An electric razor according to the present disclosure includes a main body gripped by a user and a head having a blade block including an outer blade (that is, a slit blade, a mesh blade) and an inner blade disposed inside the outer blade and sliding with respect to the outer blade. The head includes a base, a support frame that supports the blade block so as to be able to float and sink, a case held by the support frame, a hook that locks the support frame or the case to the base, and at least one push-up member that urges the support frame in a direction away from the base.

Abstract: A comb-shaped outer blade that scoops up body hair while suppressing the damage to the skin. The comb-shaped outer blade includes a base part that has a rod shape and extends in a first direction, a comb-blade attachment part that has a plate shape and extends in the first direction and a second direction, open blade parts each of which has a cantilever shape and protrudes from base part in a third direction, and bent blade parts arranged alternately with the open blade parts in the first direction, the bent blade parts connecting the base part to the attachment part. Each of the bent blade parts includes a protruding part that protrudes from the base part along the third direction, bent part that is connected to a distal end of the protruding part, and connecting part that connects bent part and comb-blade attachment part in an inclined state.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a storage unit configured to store correspondence information in which material information indicating a material of a composition and a process condition in a process using the composition are associated with performance information of a composition obtained by the process, a performance estimation unit configured to acquire the performance information on the basis of the input material information and processing condition, and the correspondence information, and an output unit configured to output the performance information.

Abstract: A system and a method for processing a plurality of images, each image of the plurality of images being acquired by a respective image acquisition module of a vehicle and each image acquisition module being oriented outwardly with respect to the vehicle, the method comprising: elaborating a bird's eye view image of surroundings of the vehicle using pixel values of pixels of at least one portion of each image of the plurality of images as pixel values of the bird's eye view image, and performing, on the bird's eye view image, a detection of at least one lane marked on a surface on which the vehicle is and visible on the bird's eye view image.

Abstract: A poppet-type flow control valve includes: a valve housing including an inlet passage, an outlet passage, a valve chamber provided between the inlet passage and the outlet passage, and a valve seat provided in the valve chamber; a valve body accommodated in the valve housing and configured to advance and retract relative to the valve seat; a piston configured to move integrally with the valve body in an advancing and retracting direction, in which the valve body advances and retracts; a movable member movable in the advancing and retracting direction, in which the valve body advances and retracts, the movable member being configured to move integrally with the valve body at least when the movable member moves in a retracting direction of the advancing and retracting direction; an electric motor; a position detector configured to detect a rotational angle of an output shaft of the electric motor; a linear motion conversion mechanism configured to convert a rotation amount of the output shaft of the electric mo

Abstract: The present invention provides a low-cost detachment determining device capable of determining whether or not an electromagnetic valve-equipped device has been detached. The detachment determining device determines whether or not at least a part of an electromagnetic valve-equipped device included in an industrial machine, such as a construction machine or an industrial vehicle, has been detached from the industrial machine, the electromagnetic valve-equipped device being a hydraulic device equipped with an electromagnetic valve.

Abstract: A system for producing a virtual image view for a vehicle is provided. The system includes one or more image capture means configured to capture image data in proximity to the vehicle, the image data being defined at least in part by first viewpoint parameters, and to provide an identifier identifying the respective one or more image capture means, storage means configured to store a plurality of virtualization records containing conversion information related to a virtualized viewpoint and a plurality of image capture means, and processing means.

Abstract: A hair cutting device includes a grip, a head disposed external to one end of the grip, the head including a cutting unit that works on hair, and a joint connecting the grip and the head. The joint includes a base connected to one of the grip and the head, and a slide portion connected to the other of the grip and head and held to be slidable within a predetermined area on a slide plane that is a plane intersecting an alignment of the grip and the head. Accordingly, the hair cutting device including the head that has an excellent ability to lessen impact which is made when the head hits the skin and to follow the skin surface is provided.

Abstract: A working method of performing work with increase or decrease in weight on an object by a robot system having a robot, a first hand with an assist device, and a second hand without the assist device, includes switching between an assisted work state in which the first hand is coupled to the robot and work is performed with assistance by the assist device and a non-assisted work state in which the second hand is coupled to the robot and work is performed without assistance by the assist device according to a weight of the object.

Abstract: A system and a method for processing an image so as to perform instance segmentation. The system/method includes: a—inputting (S1) the image (IMG) to a first neural network configured to output an affinity graph (AF), and b—inputting (S2), to a second neural network, the affinity graph and a predefined seed-map (SM), so as to determine whether other pixels belong to a same instance, and set at a first value the value of the other pixels determined as belonging to the same instance.

Abstract: A poppet-type flow control valve includes: a valve housing including an inlet passage, an outlet passage, a valve chamber provided between the inlet passage and the outlet passage, and a valve seat provided in the valve chamber; a valve body accommodated in the valve housing and configured to advance and retract relative to the valve seat; a piston configured to move integrally with the valve body in an advancing and retracting direction, in which the valve body advances and retracts; a movable member movable in the advancing and retracting direction, in which the valve body advances and retracts, the movable member being configured to move integrally with the valve body at least when the movable member moves in a retracting direction of the advancing and retracting direction; an electric motor; a position detector configured to detect a rotational angle of an output shaft of the electric motor; a linear motion conversion mechanism configured to convert a rotation amount of the output shaft of the electric mo

Abstract: An operating device includes: an operating lever extending in a first direction and including a first end-side part in the first direction, the first end-side part being operable; a casing supporting a first-direction intermediate part of the operating lever; first and second sensors arranged in the casing so as to be spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and be adjacent to a second end-side part in the first direction of the operating lever; and third and fourth sensors arranged in the casing so as to be spaced apart from each other in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions and be adjacent to the second end-side part of the operating lever, wherein each of the first to fourth sensors outputs a signal in accordance with a load applied from the operating lever.

Abstract: A system and a method for training a model to be used for semantic segmentation of images, comprising: a—obtaining (S01) a first plurality of foggy images (101), b—training (S02) a classification model for estimating fog density, c—classifying (S03) a second plurality of images (101) having light fog, d—obtaining (S04) a third plurality of foggy images (103) having light fog, e—training (S05) a semantic segmentation model using the third plurality of foggy images, f—applying (S06) the semantic segmentation model to the second plurality of foggy (102) images to obtain semantic segmentations (102?), g—obtaining (S07) a fourth plurality of foggy images (104) having dense fog, h—training (S08) using the previously obtained foggy images.

Abstract: An image-capturing device includes: an image sensor that captures an image of a subject to output an image-capturing signal; a development processing unit that generates development data based on the image-capturing signal; and an output control unit that outputs the development data to an external device in a predetermined transmission format via a connecting member that connects the image-capturing device to the external device. The output control unit outputs the image-capturing signal to the external device via the connecting member in the predetermined transmission format.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an inspection method determining whether there is a defect in an electrode structural body including a cathode electrode layer, an electrolyte layer and an anode electrode layer electrode by an image processor. The inspection method includes a step of scanning the electrode structural body along a scanning direction to obtain a continuous transmission image, a step of digitizing a shade of each pixel of the transmission image, a step of calculating a difference value between a grayscale of a specific pixel and a median value of grayscales of comparison pixels located in front or rear of the specific pixel along the scanning direction, and a step of determining presence or absence of the defect according to the difference value and a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: Slit blade block of an electric shaver of the present disclosure includes a slit outer blade having a plurality of outer blade pieces, a slit inner blade having a plurality of inner blade pieces, and comb provided outside the slit outer blade. Comb has a plurality of protruding portions protruding in a direction away from the slit outer blade. The plurality of protruding portions includes a plurality of types of protruding portions having different shapes. The present disclosure can provide a slit blade block having a comb that scoops lying long facial hair more easily, and an electric shaver provided with the slit blade block.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing an outer blade for a hair cutting device from a material including bars that each have a shape of a rectangular stick and are arranged at predetermined intervals. The material is placed on a base. Next, a first tool having a leading end that has a gradually increasing width in a direction away from the material is used to press at least one part of each of the bars in a direction from a counter base-side first face of each of the bars toward a base-side second face of each of the bars. An edge of the first face of each of the bars is caused to project widthwise and to move toward the second face to be farther from an intermediate part of the first face.

Abstract: An outer blade for a hair cutting device, the outer blade being mounted to an end of a main body of the hair cutting device, includes bars that each have a shape of a rectangular stick and are arranged at predetermined intervals. The outer blade also includes, at a skin-surface-contact-side first face of each of the bars, an agent holding part configured to hold an agent that is a substance having a predetermined effect on a skin surface, the agent holding part being a surrounded recess heading from the skin-surface-contact-side first face of the bar toward an inner-blade-side second face of the bar. Thus, the agent such as foam or gel can be held by the agent holding part at the skin-surface-side face of the outer blade, and friction can be reduced between the outer blade and the skin surface by the agent held by the agent holding part.

Abstract: The present invention provides a low-cost detachment determining device capable of determining whether or not an electromagnetic valve-equipped device has been detached. The detachment determining device determines whether or not at least a part of an electromagnetic valve-equipped device included in an industrial machine, such as a construction machine or an industrial vehicle, has been detached from the industrial machine, the electromagnetic valve-equipped device being a hydraulic device equipped with an electromagnetic valve.

Abstract: A squarylium dye [A] that has high invisibility, i.e., exhibits low absorption in the visible light region (400 nm to 750 nm), has excellent near-infrared absorption capability and high light resistance, tends not to exhibit aggregations, and has specific X-ray diffraction peaks; and an image-forming material and the like containing the squarylium dye [A] having said characteristics. The problem is solved by a squarylium dye [A] having specific X-ray diffraction peaks represented by general formula (1). Moreover, the problem is also solved by various materials containing the squarylium dye [A].