Abstract: A speech determiner determines whether or not a target individual is speaking when facial images of the target individual are captured. An emotion estimator estimates the emotion of the target individual using the facial images of the target individual, on the basis of the determination results of the speech determiner.

Abstract: A speech determiner determines whether or not a target individual is speaking when facial images of the target individual are captured. An emotion estimator estimates the emotion of the target individual using the facial images of the target individual, on the basis of the determination results of the speech determiner.

Abstract: A ground fault detection apparatus is an apparatus detecting a ground fault in an ungrounded AC circuit in which a single-phase three-wire AC power source is connected to a load via a U phase wire, a neutral wire, and a V phase wire, including two resistive elements having an identical resistance value, one terminals of the two resistive elements being connected to the U phase wire and the neutral wire, respectively, the other terminals thereof being connected to each other. The ground fault detection apparatus further includes a current detector detecting a value of a current flowing between the other terminals of the two resistive elements (i.e., a node N1) and a ground point. In a case where the absolute value of the current exceeds a threshold value, the ground fault detection apparatus determines that a ground fault occurs.

Abstract: A search device comprises a memory device for storing document data containing search target character strings to which delimiting characters are appended at both ends; an acquirer for acquiring keywords; a generator for generating a search character string by appending delimiting characters to both ends of the keywords; a designator for designating appearance positions where those extracted partial strings from the search character string appear in the search target character string of the document data; a determiner for determining the frequency with which partial strings common to the partial strings of the search character string appear with a positional relationship similar to the search character string in the search target character string; an evaluator for evaluating the degree of similarity between the search target character string and the search character string; and an output device for outputting the search target character string.

Abstract: The text search apparatus has an information storage that stores plural transposed indexes associating characters or character strings appearing in a document to be searched with the appearance positions of the characters or character strings. The transposed indexes were generated for a document in which beginning marks are added in front of texts to be subject to forward matching search. The incremental searcher of the text search apparatus adds a beginning mark in front of a search keyword and executes a forward matching search using a set of transposed indexes. The main searcher executes a partial match search using the same set of transposed indexes.

Abstract: A ground fault detection apparatus is an apparatus detecting a ground fault in an ungrounded AC circuit in which a single-phase three-wire AC power source is connected to a load via a U phase wire, a neutral wire, and a V phase wire, including two resistive elements having an identical resistance value, one terminals of the two resistive elements being connected to the U phase wire and the neutral wire, respectively, the other terminals thereof being connected to each other. The ground fault detection apparatus further includes a current detector detecting a value of a current flowing between the other terminals of the two resistive elements (i.e., a node N1) and a ground point. In a case where the absolute value of the current exceeds a threshold value, the ground fault detection apparatus determines that a ground fault occurs.

Abstract: A search device comprises a memory device for storing document data containing search target character strings to which delimiting characters are appended at both ends; an acquirer for acquiring keywords; a generator for generating a search character string by appending delimiting characters to both ends of the keywords; a designator for designating appearance positions where those extracted partial strings from the search character string appear in the search target character string of the document data; a determiner for determining the frequency with which partial strings common to the partial strings of the search character string appear with a positional relationship similar to the search character string in the search target character string; an evaluator for evaluating the degree of similarity between the search target character string and the search character string; and an output device for outputting the search target character string.

Abstract: A control apparatus (14) of an electric vehicle charging apparatus (1) applies control such that, when not charging a motive power storage battery (41), a storage battery (13) for supplying charging power is charged with electric power supplied from an alternating current power source (17) input via an AC-DC conversion apparatus (11) and a bidirectional DC-DC conversion apparatus (12), and when charging the motive power storage battery (41), the motive power storage battery (41) is charged with electric power from the alternating current power source (17) output via the AC-DC conversion apparatus (11) as well as electric power discharged from the storage battery (13) for supplying charging power and output via the bidirectional DC-DC conversion apparatus (12).

Abstract: A searching apparatus includes a memory unit which stores transposed indexes representing appearing positions of all n-grams in plural pieces of document data subjected to searching and appearing frequencies, an n-gram extracting unit that extracts all n-grams extractable from a searching character string, a smallest-frequency deriving unit which refers to the appearing frequency of the n-gram represented by the transposed index, and derives an n-gram with the smallest appearing frequency among all of the extracted n-grams, a searching n-gram selecting unit that selects, from all extracted n-grams, a plurality of searching n-grams which form the searching character string and include the n-gram with the smallest appearing frequency, and a document specifying unit that specifies, based on the plurality of selected searching n-grams and the appearing position of the searching n-gram represented by the transposed index, document data including the searching character string among the plural pieces of document da

Abstract: A text search apparatus includes: a memory storing a plurality of sets of text data, text data of each set including a plurality of categories; an obtainer obtaining a search keyword; a retriever retrieving text data including the obtained search keyword for each category from the text data stored in the memory; and an output unit determining an order of the text data retrieved by the retriever by an order determining method which is preliminarily determined according to a category, and outputting the data by categories.

Abstract: A searching apparatus includes a memory unit which stores transposed indexes representing appearing positions of all n-grams in plural pieces of document data subjected to searching and appearing frequencies, an n-gram extracting unit that extracts all n-grams extractable from a searching character string, a smallest-frequency deriving unit which refers to the appearing frequency of the n-gram represented by the transposed index, and derives an n-gram with the smallest appearing frequency among all of the extracted n-grams, a searching n-gram selecting unit that selects, from all extracted n-grams, a plurality of searching n-grams which form the searching character string and include the n-gram with the smallest appearing frequency, and a document specifying unit that specifies, based on the plurality of selected searching n-grams and the appearing position of the searching n-gram represented by the transposed index, document data including the searching character string among the plural pieces of document da

Abstract: An image collator includes a first region disposing unit which disposes plural first regions on a first fingerprint image in a fixed positional relation, a first maximum correlation region detecting unit which detects a maximum correlation region whose correlation with image data of each of the first regions becomes maximum from a second fingerprint image, a second region disposing unit which disposes plural second regions on the first fingerprint image in accordance with a positional relation of the maximum correlation regions, a second maximum correlation region detecting unit which detects a region whose correlation with image data of each of the second regions from the second fingerprint image, and a determining unit which determines whether or not identity exists between the first fingerprint image and the second fingerprint image by comparing the distribution of the regions with the distribution of the maximum correlation regions.

Abstract: A speech of a registered speaker input from an input unit is converted by a converting unit to a sound spectrogram “A” and stored. As a speech of a speaker to be identified is input from the input unit and converted to a sound spectrogram “B” by the converting unit, a detecting unit detects a partial image including a plurality of templates placed in the registered speech image A by a placing unit, and each of areas on the unknown speech image B in which maximum correlation coefficients are calculated. Then, a determining unit compares a mutual positional relationship of the plurality of templates with a mutual positional relationship of the respective areas in which the maximum correlation coefficients are detected to determine from the degree of difference therebetween the identity between the registered speech and the unknown speech.

Abstract: An image collation apparatus has stored therein first image (registered fingerprint) beforehand. Regarding second image (fingerprint to be collated) that is input when collation is performed, the apparatus thereby determines the identicalness between this second image and the first image. At this time, the apparatus defines with respect to the first image a plurality of regions each having a predetermined positional relationship with respect thereto. The apparatus searches from the second image an image region having a maximum correlation with the image of each of the respective defined regions. The identicalness between the first image and the second image is determined according to the difference between the positional relationship of each of the respective image regions defined on the first image and the positional relationship of the maximum correlation region that comprises been searched out on the second image.

Abstract: By forming an outer wall over a space around an ink storage chamber of an ink cartridge or by providing convexities arranged at intervals of not more than 10 mm on an outer surface of a housing which forms the ink storage chamber, a possible ink recharging hole provided in the housing is prevented from being sealed. Different kinds of ink cartridges are manufactured which have different inner compositions which cannot be discriminated in appearance. Any desired ink cartridges are selected randomly from those manufactured ones and shipped. This prevents the user from recharging any one of the ink cartridges with an ink from an unreliable source through a possible hole formed in the wall of the ink cartridge to thereby prevent a print head and/or printer from malfunctioning.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for analyzing a breath sample provide user-friendly operation and analysis. The method and apparatus provide automatic operation and coordination of operation of an absorbent sample tube, including desorbing means, a chromatographic precolumn, a chromatographic main column, a detector, a data processor, a sample receiving tube for receiving exhaled breath sample, a sample loop for aspirating a prescribed quantity of breath sample from the sample receiving tube, a sample valve, a standard gas reservoir, and a standard gas valve. All of the foregoing are operated automatically in such that start cycles, detector cycles, fault detection cycles, standardizing, analysis, shutdown and end cycles are performed in a way which allows straightforward and simple measurement of breath sample by a user.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for analyzing a breath sample provide user-friendly operation and analysis. The method and apparatus provide for automatic operation and coordination of operation of and absorbent sample tube, including desorbing means, a chromatographic precolumn, a chromatographic main column, a detector, a data processor, a sample receiving tube for receiving exhaled breath sample, a sample loop for aspirating a prescribed quantity of breath sample from the sample receiving tube, a sample valve, a standard gas reservoir, and a standard gas valve. All of the foregoing are operated automatically in such that start cycles, detector cycles, fault detection cycles, standardizing, analysis, shutdown and end cycles are performed in a way which allows for straightforward and simple measurement of breath sample by a user.

Abstract: Means is disclosed for washing the inside of a pelletizing machine containing a bag filter which is capable of being raised and lowered within the body of the machine. A vertically movable, upright means to spray washing liquid in three dimensions is provided above the bag filter. A horizontally movable spraying means is provided below the bag filter. This horizontal spraying means can be retracted from inside the pelletizing machine during pelletizing operations, but is capable of spraying washing liquid upwardly into the open end of the bag filter during washing operations.

Abstract: Each of the washing units A and B comprises an openable and closable pinch valve unit 4 branchwise connected to a pipeline C, an autofeeder unit 5 for controlling the feed for advance and retraction movement of a high pressure hose 6 having rotatable nozzle unit connected to the front end thereof, and a hose reel unit 7 for winding and unwinding the high pressure hose. During washing operation, the nozzle unit enters the pipeline C through the pinch valve unit 4 now opened to wash the inner surface of the pipeline. During nonwashing period, the nozzle unit is moved rearward and completely isolated from the pipeline by the pinch valve unit 4 now closed. Therefore, the washing units A and B are completely separated from the pipeline C during nonwashing period.

Abstract: In an apparatus for feeding a sintering raw mix, a plurality of bars downwardly sloped in a falling direction of the sintering raw mix onto a pallet of a sintering apparatus is provided so that the falling direction of the raw mix is opposite to the advancing direction of the pallet, a screen is formed by rotatably supporting the bars, and the upper ends of the bars are connected to a rotating drive(s).