Abstract: A sensor device and a sensor management device are provided. The sensor management device transmits a change-of-use signal to the sensor device in a case where a use of the sensor device is changed, and the sensor device acquires data based on the change-of-use signal. Preferably, the sensor management device acquires a processing request for instructing the use of the sensor device, and automatically generates the change-of-use signal based on the processing request.

Abstract: When the presence of a subject is detected within the image-capturing range of an image sensor, a frame image is created to acquire the identifier of a corresponding product. A feature quantity of the frame image is stored in a storage device in connection with the acquired identifier, and product information associated with the identifier is acquired from a product information DB to perform sales processing.

Abstract: A POS-terminal device includes: a housing that is provided with a product-reading device including an imaging unit configured to capture a product to generate an image; a product-input unit configured to input the product, the product-input unit including a product-reading frame configured to define an outer edge of an imaging area of the imaging unit; and a reflector configured to reflect a subject image of the product passed over the imaging area, outside the housing.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a determining unit that determines whether at least a part of an object is present in an image captured or not; and a control unit that performs a control so as to display, on a display apparatus, a guiding sign for guiding the object in the image to a predetermined direction in a case that at least a part of the object is present in the image.

Abstract: To provide a POS terminal or the like which enables adjustment of white balance of an object to be sufficiently accurate even in the change of external light illuminating the object. The POS terminal includes: an image capture unit which captures an object including a plurality of respectively different reference colors and generates an image; a comparison unit which compares a portion of the image relating to each of the reference colors with a standard image which is a standard of the reference colors; and an adjustment unit which adjusts white balance based on a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 represents a C1 to C6 alkyl group which may be substituted by one to three groups selected from substituent group A, or the like (substituent group A: a hydroxy group, a halogeno group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an amino group, a carboxy group, a C1 to C3 alkyl group, etc.); R2, R3, and R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C3 alkyl group; R4, R5, R6, R7, R9, and R10 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or the like; and R11 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, has TAFIa enzyme inhibitory activity and is useful as a therapeutic drug for myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, acute coronary syndrome, cerebral infarction, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, or the like.

Abstract: Information processing device includes display unit that displays operation object; tactile contact detection unit that detects a plurality of push-down points; and control unit that performs first operation assessment for detecting whether or not outer peripheral distance of first area formed by connecting adjacent push-down points among a plurality of push-down points detected by tactile contact detection unit decreases over time to predetermined value or less, and that performs second operation assessment for detecting whether or not the outer peripheral distance of second area formed by connecting adjacent push-down points among a plurality of push-down points detected by tactile contact detection unit increases over time to predetermined value or more.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a display configured to display a first graphical faceplate representing a state of a control target, an operation unit which is used for operating the first graphical faceplate, and a controller configured to switch the first graphical faceplate displayed by the display to a second graphical faceplate for operating the control target based on an operation performed by the operation unit.

Abstract: A POS terminal apparatus, a POS system, a commodity recognition method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program capable of efficiently performing the commodity recognition are provided. The POS terminal apparatus (1) includes a movement-trajectory detection unit (2), a settlement-customer identification unit (4), and a commodity recognition process unit (6). The movement-trajectory detection unit (2) detects movement trajectories of customers in a store by using images taken by at least one image-pickup apparatus. The settlement-customer identification unit (4) identifies a customer who is about to make a settlement for a commodity. The commodity recognition process unit (6) performs a process for recognizing the commodity for the settlement, in which commodities displayed at positions corresponding to the detected movement trajectory for the customer identified by the settlement-customer identification unit (4) are set as candidates.

Abstract: A temperature responsive monolithic porous material is obtained that comprises a polymer having a hydration ability that changes in a temperature range of 0 to 80° C. and being immobilized to a surface of the porous material at a high density by binding an atom transfer radical polymerization initiator to a surface of the porous material, and inducing a growth reaction of a polymer, having a hydration ability that changes in a temperature range of 0 to 80° C., from the initiator using an atom transfer radical process under a presence of a catalyst.

Abstract: A POS terminal device capable of extracting a commodity image from an image taken by image pickup means in order to contribute to an improvement in the recognition rate of commodities is provided. A POS terminal device (1) includes at least one image pickup unit (2) and a 3D image generation unit (4), and a commodity image extraction unit (6). The image pickup unit (2) generates a plurality of 2D images by shooting a commodity from a plurality of viewpoints, each of the plurality of 2D images corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of viewpoints. The 3D image generation unit (4) generates a 3D image including an image of the commodity by using the plurality of 2D images generated by the image pickup unit (2). The commodity image extraction unit (6) extracts the image of the commodity by using the 3D image.

Abstract: Provided is a conductive film having a high conductivity in which electric resistance is less likely to increase, and a conductive composition for forming the same. The conductive composition includes an elastomer component, a fibrous carbon material having a fiber diameter of less than 30 nm, and a flake-like carbon material having a graphite structure, having an intensity ratio (G/D ratio) of a peak (G band) appearing in the vicinity of 1580 cm?1 to a peak (D band) appearing in the vicinity of 1330 cm?1 of Raman spectrum of not less than 1.8, and having a maximum length of not less than 150 nm and a thickness of not more than 100 nm. The conductive film is formed from the conductive composition.

Abstract: A dielectric film which has high electrical resistance and excellent durability and a process for producing the dielectric film are provided. Also provided is a transducer which has large displacement and excellent durability. The dielectric film includes a three-dimensional crosslinked body that is synthesized from an organic metal compound, a rubber polymer that is other than a polydimethyl siloxane and has a functional group that is reactive with the organic metal compound, and an inorganic filler that has a functional group that is reactive with the organic metal compound. The transducer is configured by interposing the dielectric film between at least a pair of electrodes.

Abstract: A POS terminal device capable of improving a recognition rate in a process for recognizing a commodity irrespective of the surrounding environment is provided. A POS terminal device (1) includes a brightness measurement unit (2), an irradiation unit (4), an image pickup unit (6), and a recognition process unit (8). The brightness measurement unit (2) measures the brightness of environmental light around the POS terminal device (1). The irradiation unit (4) irradiates a commodity with light, the light being adjusted according to the brightness of the environmental light measured by the brightness measurement unit (2). The image pickup unit (6) shoots the commodity irradiated with the light by the irradiation unit (4) and thereby generates an image thereof. The recognition process unit (8) performs a process for recognizing the commodity based on the image generated by the shooting performed by the image-pickup unit (6).

Abstract: A flexible conductive material of the present invention is formed by dispersing a conductive agent containing carbon nanotubes in a matrix that contains a polymer formed by amide bond formation or imide bond formation of a polycyclic aromatic component and an oligomer component and that has a glass transition point of 20° C. or less. The flexible conductive material of the present invention has good dispersibility of a conductive agent containing carbon nanotubes and has an excellent following performance to an expanding and shrinking substrate. A transducer of the present invention includes a dielectric layer made of a polymer, a plurality of electrodes with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and wirings connected to the respective electrodes, and at least either the electrodes or the wirings include the flexible conductive material of the present invention.

Abstract: Provided is a conductive composition that has a high conductivity and from which a coating can be formed easily. Also provided is a conductive film that has a high conductivity and in which electric resistance is less likely to increase even during expansion. A conductive composition is prepared by including an elastomer component, a fibrous carbon material having a graphite structure and a fiber diameter of not less than 30 nm, and a conductive carbon black having a structure. A conductive film formed from the conductive composition. The viscosity of the conductive composition formed into a coating with a solid content concentration of not less than 20% by mass, which is measured with a B-type viscometer with an H7 rotor under the conditions of a temperature of 25° C. and a rotation speed of 20 rpm, is not more than 200 Pa·s.

Abstract: A flexible conductive material includes an elastomer, a conductive agent filled in the elastomer, and an adsorbent fixed inside the elastomer and able to adsorb ionic material. With the flexible conductive material, ionized impurities are unlikely to transfer to an adherend such as a dielectric film. Thus, leakage current during application of voltage decreases. Accordingly, by forming an electrode and a wiring with the flexible conductive material, leakage current can be reduced, and a transducer and a flexible wiring board having excellent durability can be produced. In addition, using the flexible conductive material, an electromagnetic shield can be produced having a small leakage current.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 represents a C1 to C6 alkyl group which may be substituted by one to three groups selected from substituent group A, or the like (substituent group A: a hydroxy group, a halogeno group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an amino group, a carboxy group, a C1 to C3 alkyl group, etc.); R2, R3, and R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C3 alkyl group; R4, R5, R6, R7, R9, and R10 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or the like; and R11 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, has TAFIa enzyme inhibitory activity and is useful as a therapeutic drug for myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, acute coronary syndrome, cerebral infarction, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, or the like.

Abstract: An expression display device includes an electrostrictive element having a stretched dielectric layer, and electrodes disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween. The dielectric layer has a crosslinked material layer made of a three-dimensional crosslinked material synthesized from a rubber polymer and a metal alkoxide compound or a compound having a hydrosilyl group. The electrodes contain an elastomer and a conductive material. The expression display device displays a facial expression as the dielectric layer extends and contracts according to a voltage that is applied between the electrodes.

Abstract: A conductive material includes an elastomer and a conductive agent contained in the elastomer. The elastomer has a crosslinked structure through a slide-ring molecule having a ring molecule and a linear molecule that passes through an opening of the ring molecule and is included in the ring molecule. At least a part of polymer chains of the elastomer is crosslinked with the ring molecule, and as the ring molecule moves along the linear molecule, a crosslinking point moves. A transducer includes an electrostrictive layer made of a polymer, a plurality of electrodes with the electrostrictive layer interposed therebetween, and wirings connecting to the electrodes, respectively. In the transducer, either one or both of the electrodes and the wirings are formed of the conductive material.