Abstract: A cause-effect sentence analysis device including: a cause-effect sentence extraction unit configured to extract a cause-effect sentence including a cause expression and an effect expression from a text; an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a reference expression for analyzing the degree of similarity; a similarity degree analysis unit, for a cause-effect sentence extracted by the cause-effect sentence extraction unit, configured to calculate a cause similarity degree, namely, the degree of similarity between the reference expression and the cause expression included in the cause-effect sentence, and an effect similarity degree, namely, the degree of similarity between the reference expression and the effect expression; and a desired cause-effect sentence extraction unit for extracting a cause-effect sentence in which one of the cause expression and the effect expression included in the cause-effect sentence is similar to the reference expression and the other is not similar to the

Abstract: A front suspension device comprises a suspension arm, one end of which has a front-wheel support portion to support a front wheel of a vehicle and the other end of which is positioned on an inward side, in a vehicle width direction, of the front-wheel support portion and has a vehicle-body attachment portion to be attached to a vehicle-body member of the vehicle and a damper supported at a damper support portion which is provided at a portion of the suspension arm which is positioned in the vicinity of the front-wheel support portion at a lower portion thereof and connected to the vehicle-body member at an upper portion thereof. The damper support portion of the suspension arm has a breakage ease portion to cause breakage of the suspension arm.

Abstract: A laser irradiation apparatus includes a laser source configured to emit a laser beam to an object that is being conveyed to allow the object to be irradiated with the laser beam; a rotation detector configured to detect rotation of the object to obtain information on the rotation of the object; and circuitry configured to control laser irradiation onto the object based on the information on the rotation of the object.

Abstract: A vehicle ride-sharing assist system includes a terminal including a user interface and a terminal processing unit; an action information managing server; and a ride-sharing managing server configured to create an operation schedule based on a desired ride-sharing condition, which includes at least one of a departure place, a departure time, an arrival place, and an arrival time of each user, transmitted from the terminal processing unit. The ride-sharing managing server is configured to set a recommended ride-sharing condition, which includes at least one of the departure place, the departure time, the arrival place, and the arrival time suitable for each user, based on the action information and transmit the recommended ride-sharing condition to the terminal processing unit. The terminal processing unit is configured to cause the user interface to display the recommended ride-sharing condition on receiving the recommended ride-sharing condition from the ride-sharing managing server.

Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes: a light emitter to emit laser light; a light scanner configured to scan a workpiece in a scanning direction with the laser light emitted from the light emitter, to process the workpiece; and a conveyor to convey the workpiece to a scanning area scanned by the light scanner in a conveying direction orthogonal to the scanning direction, a longitudinal direction of the scanning area is in the scanning direction.

Abstract: A ride-share support system includes a getting-on/getting-off point information acquiring unit configured to acquire first getting-on/getting-off point information including a getting-on point or a getting-off point of a first ride-share applicant and second getting-on/getting-off point information including a getting-on point or a getting-off point of a second ride-share applicant, a getting-on/getting-off point distance calculating unit configured to calculate a distance between getting-on/getting-off points which is a distance between the getting-on point or the getting-off point of the first ride-share applicant and the getting-on point or the getting-off point of the second ride-share applicant, and a ride-share matching unit configured to determine ride-sharers of a vehicle by matching a plurality of ride-share applicants while excluding combination of the first ride-share applicant and the second ride-share applicant in a case where the distance between getting-on/getting-off points is equal to or less

Abstract: A ride-share support system includes a getting-on/getting-off point information acquiring unit configured to acquire first getting-on/getting-off point information including a getting-on point or a getting-off point of a first ride-share applicant and second getting-on/getting-off point information including a getting-on point or a getting-off point of a second ride-share applicant, a getting-on/getting-off point distance calculating unit configured to calculate a distance between getting-on/getting-off points which is a distance between the getting-on point or the getting-off point of the first ride-share applicant and the getting-on point or the getting-off point of the second ride-share applicant, and a ride-share matching unit configured to determine ride-sharers of a vehicle by matching a plurality of ride-share applicants while excluding combination of the first ride-share applicant and the second ride-share applicant in a case where the distance between getting-on/getting-off points is equal to or less

Abstract: A tubephragm pump includes a tubephragm that has a pump head portion that forms a pump chamber, a driving head that holds the tubephragm and expands and contracts the pump chamber by directly pressing and pulling the pump head portion in a direction intersecting with a transfer direction of a transfer fluid, a driving unit that drives the driving head back and forth in a driving direction to expand and contract the pump chamber, and a control unit that controls the driving unit. The tubephragm is in a flat shape with a cross-sectional shape intersecting with the transfer direction of the transfer fluid of the pump chamber having a length in a direction intersecting with the driving direction longer than a length in the driving direction. A pair of liquid contacting surfaces opposing in the driving direction of the pump chamber move while maintaining a parallel state.

Abstract: A method for producing a wired circuit board including a stainless steel supporting layer having a stainless steel terminal includes a first step of preparing the stainless steel supporting layer having a passive film formed on the surface thereof and a second step of forming a first gold plating layer on the surface of the stainless steel terminal. In the second step, the stainless steel supporting layer is immersed in a first gold plating solution containing a weak acid and a gold compound without containing a strong acid, and electricity is supplied to the stainless steel supporting layer so that the passive film is removed and the first gold plating layer is formed on the surface of the stainless steel terminal.

Abstract: A vehicle ride-sharing assist system includes a terminal including a user interface and a terminal processing unit; an action information managing server; and a ride-sharing managing server configured to create an operation schedule based on a desired ride-sharing condition, which includes at least one of a departure place, a departure time, an arrival place, and an arrival time of each user, transmitted from the terminal processing unit. The ride-sharing managing server is configured to set a recommended ride-sharing condition, which includes at least one of the departure place, the departure time, the arrival place, and the arrival time suitable for each user, based on the action information and transmit the recommended ride-sharing condition to the terminal processing unit. The terminal processing unit is configured to cause the user interface to display the recommended ride-sharing condition on receiving the recommended ride-sharing condition from the ride-sharing managing server.

Abstract: A multi-layer culture vessel observation system, a cart device, and a multi-layer culture vessel observation device that enable an operator to easily observe objects to be observed in a multi-layer culture vessel are provided.

Abstract: A ride-share support system includes a getting-on/getting-off point information acquiring unit configured to acquire first getting-on/getting-off point information including a getting-on point or a getting-off point of a first ride-share applicant and second getting-on/getting-off point information including a getting-on point or a getting-off point of a second ride-share applicant, a getting-on/getting-off point distance calculating unit configured to calculate a distance between getting-on/getting-off points which is a distance between the getting-on point or the getting-off point of the first ride-share applicant and the getting-on point or the getting-off point of the second ride-share applicant, and a ride-share matching unit configured to determine ride-sharers of a vehicle by matching a plurality of ride-share applicants while excluding combination of the first ride-share applicant and the second ride-share applicant in a case where the distance between getting-on/getting-off points is equal to or less

Abstract: A display device includes a light source unit, a light deflector configured to deflect light from the light source unit, an optical element array configured to be two-dimensionally scanned in a main-scanning direction and in a sub-scanning direction with light via the light deflector 15, the optical element array having a plurality of optical elements, and a light projecting unit configured to project light received via the optical element array. In the display device, each of a beam spot diameter in the sub-scanning direction on the optical element array and an arrangement pitch of the optical elements in the sub-scanning direction on the optical element array is equal to or greater than a scanning line pitch on the optical element array.

Abstract: A method for producing a wired circuit board including an insulating layer and a conductive pattern, including (1), providing the insulating layer having an inclination face; (2), providing a metal thin film at least on the surface of the insulating layer; (3), providing a photoresist on the surface of the metal thin film; (4), disposing a photomask so that a first portion, where the conductive pattern is provided in the photoresist, is shielded from light, and the photoresist is exposed to light through the photomask; (5), removing the first portion to expose the metal thin film corresponding to the first portion; and (6), providing the conductive pattern on the surface of the metal thin film exposed from the photoresist. The inclination face has a second portion that allows the light reflected at the metal thin film to reach the first portion.

Abstract: A HUD device comprising a display device for scanning with light emitted by a light source (e.g., an LD) an optical element array (e.g., a micro lens array) including multiple optical elements (e.g., micro lenses) to form an image and for projecting the light that has formed the image. The display device includes a control unit 8060 that is capable of changing output power of the light In this case, it is possible to provide a display device that is capable of adjusting luminance of an image while controlling against luminance unevenness of the image from occurring.

Abstract: A HUD device comprising a display device for scanning with light emitted by a light source (e.g., an LD) an optical element array (e.g., a micro lens array) including multiple optical elements (e.g., micro lenses) to form an image and for projecting the light that has formed the image. The display device includes a control unit 8060 that is capable of changing output power of the light In this case, it is possible to provide a display device that is capable of adjusting luminance of an image while controlling against luminance unevenness of the image from occurring.

Abstract: The wired circuit board includes a metal supporting board, an insulating layer and a conductor layer disposed at one side in the thickness direction of the metal supporting board, a gold plate layer disposed at the other side in the thickness direction of the metal supporting board, and an adherence layer disposed between the metal supporting board and the gold plate layer. The material of the metal supporting board is a corrosion resistant alloy. In the adherence layer, gold and the metal contained in the corrosion resistant alloy are mixedly present.

Abstract: A display device is provided with an optical element including a plurality of microlenses arranged in an array, through which light diverges, and a scanner configured to scan the optical element two-dimensionally using light emitted from a light source. A longer axis direction of a visually-recognizable area, where a virtual image formed by diverging light that diverges as passing through the plurality of microlenses can visually be recognized as a prescribed image, matches a longer axis direction of the plurality of microlenses.

Abstract: A tubephragm pump includes a tubephragm that has a pump head portion that forms a pump chamber, a driving head that holds the tubephragm and expands and contracts the pump chamber by directly pressing and pulling the pump head portion in a direction intersecting with a transfer direction of a transfer fluid, a driving unit that drives the driving head back and forth in a driving direction to expand and contract the pump chamber, and a control unit that controls the driving unit. The tubephragm is in a flat shape with a cross-sectional shape intersecting with the transfer direction of the transfer fluid of the pump chamber having a length in a direction intersecting with the driving direction longer than a length in the driving direction. A pair of liquid contacting surfaces opposing in the driving direction of the pump chamber move while maintaining a parallel state.

Abstract: The vehicle share ride support system is configured to acquire a moving schedule of the user, indicating the destination, the boarding operating vehicle, and the alighting departure/arrival place, estimate the arrival time of the user at the departure/arrival place from the operation information of the operating vehicle, and generate and output the user group information indicating a user group by the destination, which includes the users who arrive at the departure/arrival place within the predetermined period including the arrival time.