Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an anti-BMP10 antibody, and a therapeutic agent for hypertension and a hypertensive disease, containing the antibody as an active ingredient. The present invention relates to an anti-BMP10 monoclonal antibody or an antibody fragment thereof that binds to human BMP10 (bone morphogenetic protein 10). Further, the present invention relates to a therapeutic agent for hypertension and a hypertensive disease containing an antagonist for at least one of BMP10 and a BMP9/BMP10 heterodimer, a diagnostic agent or a pharmaceutical composition for a disease associated with human BMP10, an immunological detection method or a measurement method for human BMP10 using the antagonist, and use of the antagonist for producing a pharmaceutical composition for treating hypertension and a hypertensive disease.

Abstract: A refrigerant amount determining device includes: an operation data acquiring unit configured to acquire operation data of an air conditioning system; a calculating unit configured to calculate a refrigerant amount index value from the operation data acquired; an inferring unit configured to infer information regarding correction of the refrigerant amount index value using a correction model and at least one of the acquired operation data or the calculated refrigerant amount index value; and a determining unit configured to determine a refrigerant amount of the air conditioning system based on the information regarding correction of the refrigerant amount index value.

Abstract: A server includes means for receiving a request for conversion from a first electronic value into a second electronic value from a user's terminal via a network, means for receiving an investment instruction to invest in the second electronic value obtained by the conversion from the user's terminal via the network, holding means for holding information regarding a type of merchandise corresponding to the second electronic value and a range of the second electronic value in association with each other, means for receiving a redemption instruction to redeem the second electronic value for the merchandise from the user's terminal via the network, the second electronic value being increased or decreased by the investment, and means for referring to the holding means and performing merchandise redemption processing on a basis of the received redemption instruction.

Abstract: An imaging device includes a pixel array part having a plurality of pixels that perform photoelectric conversion, a converter that converts an analog pixel signal output from the pixel array part into digital pixel data, a first signal processing unit that performs first signal processing on the digital pixel data, a second signal processing unit that performs second signal processing that is at least partly shared by the first signal processing on the digital pixel data or data that has been subjected to at least a part of the first signal processing, a recognition processing unit that performs predetermined recognition processing on the basis of output data of the second signal processing unit, and an output interface unit that outputs at least one of output data of the first signal processing unit and the output data of the recognition processing unit.

Abstract: A sensing data correction system corrects sensing data acquired from a glove-type wearable sensor in which a film-like pressure sensor is incorporated into a fingertip, and includes a data correction unit for correcting the sensing data. Three coordinate axis directions in a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system are assumed to be a vertical direction, a longitudinal direction of the pressure sensor, and a width direction of the pressure sensor, and the pressure sensor is obtained by laminating one flexible printed circuit, one sheet-like pressure sensitive element, and one protective film in the vertical direction. An upper surface of the flexible printed circuit and a lower surface of the pressure sensitive element are bonded and fixed to each other, and an upper surface of the pressure sensitive element and a lower surface of the protective film are bonded and fixed to each other. The data correction unit executes sensing data correction processing.

Abstract: A technique that can emit a sensor signal that accurately reflects only the pressure to be truly detected in a glove-type wearable sensor in which a film-like pressure sensor is incorporated into a fingertip of a thin work glove is disclosed. In a film-like pressure sensor incorporated into a fingertip of a glove-type wearable sensor, three coordinate axis directions in a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system are assumed to be a vertical direction, a longitudinal direction of the pressure sensor, and a width direction of the pressure sensor, at least one or more flexible printed circuits and one sheet-like pressure sensitive element are laminated in the vertical direction, and only the pressure applied to the fingertip of a wearer after wearing the wearable sensor is detected.

Abstract: Provided is an electricity storage device having a high volumetric energy density and high reliability. The electricity storage device includes: an electrode assembly including first and second electrode plates and a separator interposed therebetween; an exterior housing that houses the electrode assembly; a lid that covers an opening of the exterior housing; and electrode terminals that are electrically connected to the electrode assembly and partially protrude from the lid to the outside. The lid has a liquid injection hole for injecting an electrolytic solution into the exterior housing. A tubular member extending from the lid toward the electrode assembly is provided between the outer surface of the lid and the electrode assembly so as to surround an opening of the liquid injection hole. A covering member connected to the tubular member and interposed between the liquid injection hole and the electrode assembly is provided.

Abstract: The invention provides a semipermeable composite membrane that reduces an environmental load, and a method of producing the semipermeable composite membrane. A semipermeable composite membrane 100 includes, on a porous support 102, a semipermeable membrane 104 containing a crosslinked polyamide 120 and a cellulose nanofiber 110. A method of producing the semipermeable composite membrane includes obtaining a mixed solution containing the cellulose nanofiber 110, water, and an amine component, and obtaining the semipermeable composite membrane 100 by making the mixed solution be in contact with the porous support 102, thereafter, causing a cross-linking reaction of the amine component in the mixed solution, with the amine component adhering to the porous support 102.

Abstract: A printing system according to an aspect is a printing system in which a printing apparatus and an information processing apparatus are connected via a network, the information processing apparatus receiving image data from an imaging apparatus that images a user of the printing apparatus and performing authentication processing for the user based on the image data, the printing apparatus including a detecting section configured to detect a human body and a transmitting section configured to transmit detection information by the detecting section. The information processing apparatus includes a receiving section configured to receive the detection information and a control section configured to control, based on the detection information, whether to perform the authentication processing.

Abstract: A construction assisting system including a controller that performs construction assistance processing on the basis of positional relation between a worker and a hydraulic excavator, the construction assisting system including: an approach intention detecting device that detects an intention of the worker to approach the hydraulic excavator; an approach intention presenting device that presents a detection result of the approach intention detecting device to an operator of the hydraulic excavator; and an approach confirmation obtaining device that obtains a confirmation state of the operator of the hydraulic excavator for contents presented by the approach intention presenting device, the controller performing the construction assistance processing on the basis of position information of the worker when the operator of the hydraulic excavator denies the approach of the worker or when the operator of the hydraulic excavator does not confirm the intention of the worker to approach.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller that acquires information about an article to be loaded onto a vehicle, acquires a characteristic of a person who can affect the article based on the information, and executes a concurrent riding determination to determine existence of concurrent riding on the vehicle by the article and a user having the characteristic.

Abstract: Signal processing is performed using a built-in memory. An imaging apparatus includes: a pixel array unit that includes a plurality of pixels performing photoelectric conversion; a converter that converts an analog pixel signal output from the pixel array unit into digital image data; an image processing unit that performs image processing on the digital image data; and a storage unit that includes a plurality of regions for which a power distribution state is able to be selectively designated, and stores at least the digital image data output by the image processing unit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device with an optical sensor includes a display panel and a driver IC. The display panel includes first to third signal lines, an optical sensor including a photoelectric conversion element, and a sensor signal line that is connected to the optical sensor and transmits a detection signal to the driver IC. One first wiring line drawn from one terminal of the driver IC is connected to four switching elements. Three of the four switching elements are electrically connected to one of the first to third signal lines, respectively. One of the four switching elements, different from the three switching elements, is electrically connected to the sensor signal line.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory that stores information on a package to be transported by a vehicle traveling within a site of a factory and attributes of each employee working at the factory, a controller that sets a condition on an employee who can be in charge of loading or unloading the package and formulates a transportation plan for the package based on the information on the package, and identifies at least one employee who has attributes satisfying the condition, from among one or more employees scheduled to ride in the vehicle transporting the package, based on the attributes of each employee and the condition on the employee who can be in charge of loading or unloading the package, and a communication interface that notifies a mobile terminal carried by the at least one employee of a request for loading or unloading the package.

Abstract: A controller mounted in a hydraulic excavator includes: a state transition section that performs switchover between two types of control that are manual control and semiautomatic control, on the basis of input of a state switching signal; and a velocity transition section that changes a rate of change with time in a velocity of a boom cylinder from a first rate of change I1 to a second rate of change I2 greater than the first rate of change I1 in a case in which input to an operation lever changes since the state transition section switches over between the two types of control until the velocity of the boom cylinder changes to a velocity Vo(t) specified by the control after the switchover between the two types of control.

Abstract: The problem of ensuring safety and work efficiency for the actions of a control target is addressed in an environment in which different types of control systems coexist. A safety control server controls the actions of respective control targets in differing systems and includes an action adjustment unit that, for each control target of differing control systems, outputs to a control target an action adjustment instruction for adjusting the action of that control target when a contention occurs in which the action of that control target deviates from an assumed control result. An action plan adjustment unit, when the adjustment of the action satisfies a prescribed condition, adjusts an action plan indicating an action rule for achieving a function and avoiding a contention in a control target; and a safety rule adjustment unit adjusts a safety rule indicating an action rule for avoiding a contention in the control target.

Abstract: When an automatic operation is finished, a detection process for detecting a ground contactable range where a work implement can be set is carried out on a basis of terrain profile information acquired by laser scanners, and, when the ground contactable range is detected, an automatic operation command signal for placing the work implement in contact with the ground contactable range is generated, whereas when the ground contactable range is not detected, an automatic operation command signal for placing the work implement in a predetermined standby posture is generated. As a result, a suitable standby posture can be taken according to the surrounding conditions when the automatic operation is finished.

Abstract: A sheet post-processing apparatus includes a first regulating device regulating a position of a sheet bundle, by contacting to an end part of the sheet bundle conveyed in a conveying direction by a conveying device and stacked on a stacking device in a direction intersecting with the conveying direction; a second regulating device regulating a position of the sheet bundle in the conveying direction, by contacting to an end part of the sheet bundle stacked on the stacking device in the conveying direction; a first binding device configured to move from one side to another side of the sheet post-processing apparatus and from the other side to the one side by moving in the intersecting direction, and configured to bind a corner part of the sheet bundle using a staple, and a second binding device configured to bind a corner part of the sheet bundle without a staple.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of efficiently moving a plurality of moving objects under different rule-based control systems without impairing safety. In order to solve this problem, a moving body task estimation unit 501 estimates moving body tasks 541 of a plurality of moving bodies 1 under different rule-based control systems, an optimum route generation unit 503 searches for optimum routes 542 using various combinations of a plurality of pieces of task information, and a common movement route creation unit 504 creates a common movement route 543 for the plurality of moving bodies by overlapping the obtained optimum routes 542.