Abstract: A phosphor including a crystal phase of an aluminate compound containing a metal element M constituting a luminescent center ion and aluminum, in which the crystal phase contains crystallites, and an average size of the crystallites is 2 to 100 ?m.

Abstract: A method for producing a phosphor having a core-shell structure that includes: a core part formed of a crystal phase of an inorganic compound containing a metal element M constituting a luminescent center ion and aluminum; and a shell part containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of boron and silicon and formed on at least a portion of a surface of the core part, the method including: mixing a raw material of the crystal phase and a raw material of the shell part; and heating the obtained mixture at a temperature at which the raw material of the shell part is liquefied, but a host crystal of a phosphor to be obtained is maintained, in which the raw material of the crystal phase contains a raw material compound having D50 in a particle diameter distribution of 0.2 to 90 ?m and containing aluminum.

Abstract: As an antitumor drug which is excellent in terms of antitumor effect and safety, there is provided an antibody-drug conjugate in which an antitumor compound represented by the following formula is conjugated to an antibody via a linker having a structure represented by the following formula: -L1-L2-LP-NH—(CH2)n1-La-Lb-Lc- wherein the antibody is connected to the terminal of L1, and the antitumor compound is connected to the terminal of Lc with the nitrogen atom of the amino group at position 1 as a connecting position.

Abstract: A mobile robot includes: a drive unit that changes a moving speed and a travel direction; a detection unit that detects a plurality of detection target objects 11; and a control unit 27 that acquires a distance Z and a direction ? to the detection target object unit, calculates a travel direction in which the distance and the direction to the detection target object satisfy a predetermined relationship, and drives and controls the drive unit on the basis of the calculated travel direction. The control unit calculates a distance x in a direction orthogonal to the movement route between the detection target object and a current position of the mobile robot and the direction to the detection target object, calculates a difference ?x between the distance x and a certain distance Xref, and executes drive control for the drive unit to cause the difference ?x to be 0 (zero).

Abstract: A mobile robot includes: a drive unit that changes a moving speed and a travel direction; a detection unit that detects a plurality of detection target objects 11; and a control unit 27 that acquires a distance Z and a direction ? to the detection target object unit, calculates a travel direction in which the distance and the direction to the detection target object satisfy a predetermined relationship, and drives and controls the drive unit on the basis of the calculated travel direction. The control unit calculates a distance x in a direction orthogonal to the movement route between the detection target object and a current position of the mobile robot and the direction to the detection target object, calculates a difference ?x between the distance x and a certain distance Xref, and executes drive control for the drive unit to cause the difference ?x to be 0 (zero).

Abstract: There is provided a gas trapping material and vacuum heat insulation equipment where the gas trapping material can be activated in a sealing step of the vacuum heat insulation equipment, and production efficiency can be enhanced by maintaining a high gas trapping characteristic even when a gas is released in a baking step or in a sealing step under an air atmosphere. The gas trapping material contains porous metal oxide and silver particles having an average particle size of 0.5 nm to 100 nm inclusive.

Abstract: The present invention provides a highly reliable multilayered glass panel and an encapsulating material for achieving the highly reliable multilayered glass panel. The encapsulating material includes lead-free low melting glass particles containing vanadium oxide and tellurium oxide, low thermal expansion filler particles, and glass beads as a solid content. A volume fraction of the glass beads in the solid content is not less than 10% to not more than 35%, and a volume fraction of the lead-free low melting glass particles in the solid content is larger than a volume fraction of the low thermal expansion filler in the solid content.

Abstract: A position calculating apparatus is provided with: an acquirer configured to obtain a position of a host vehicle; a detector configured to detect surrounding environment including structures around the host vehicle; a calculator configured to extract a map of surroundings of the host vehicle on the basis of the obtained position, configured to compare the extracted map with a surrounding image based on the detected surrounding environment, and configured to calculate a position and a direction of the host vehicle on the extracted map; a display device configured to superimpose and display the extracted map on the surrounding image on the basis of the calculated position and the calculated direction; and a corrector configured to correct the calculated position and the calculated direction with reference to a inputted correction instruction if the correction instruction is inputted through an input device.

Abstract: A metallic laminate shaped flow path member has both a surface roughness of a flow path inner surface and corrosion resistance at such a level as to be utilizable as a flow path member for use in a supply line for a corrosive fluid in a semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus. A metallic substrate constituting the metallic laminate shaped flow path member has surface irregularities, the inner surface of the flow path of the metallic laminate shaped flow path member is formed with a glass coating layer in such a manner as to fill at least recessed regions of the surface irregularities of the metallic substrate, and the glass coating layer includes at least one of a layer of a P2O5—ZnO—Al2O3 based glass, a layer of a Bi2O3—ZnO—B2O3 based glass, and a layer of an SiO2—B2O3—Na2O based glass.

Abstract: An autonomous driving system includes a target object position recognition unit configured to recognize a target object position detected by a vehicle-mounted sensor based on map information in a map database, a vehicle position recognition unit configured to recognize a vehicle position, a relative-relationship-on-map acquisition unit configured to acquire a relative-relationship-on-map between the target object and the vehicle based on the target object position and the vehicle position on the map, a detected-relative-relationship acquisition unit configured to acquire a detected-relative-relationship between the target object detected by the sensor and the vehicle based on a result of detection performed by the sensor, a map accuracy evaluation unit configured to evaluate map accuracy of the map information based on the relative-relationship-on-map and the detected-relative-relationship, and an autonomous driving permission unit configured to permit an autonomous driving control using the map information b

Abstract: A lead-free low-melting glass composition containing vanadium oxide, tellurium oxide, silver oxide and lithium oxide, said composition satisfying the following two relational expressions (1) and (2) in terms of oxides. [Ag2O]?[TeO2]?[V2O5]?[Li2O]??(1) 2[V2O5]?[Ag2O]+[Li2O]?40??(2) (In the formula, [X] represents a content of component X, and the unit thereof is “mol %”; the same applies hereinafter.) Thus, it is possible to provide a lead-free low-melting glass composition which enables sealing and adhesion at around the melting point (232° C.) of tin and which has high adhesiveness and stickiness.

Abstract: When operating a production site, it is preferable to maintain accurate models continuously. Provided is a system including a simulating section that simulates operation of at least a portion of a production site, based on a simulation model of the at least a portion of the production site; a monitoring section that monitors actual operation of the at least a portion of the production site; a calibrating section that calibrates the simulation model, based on a difference between the simulated operation and the actual operation; and an updating section that updates a planning model used to generate a production plan for the production site, according to the calibration of the simulation model.

Abstract: When operating a production site, it is preferable to be aware of the degree to which a production plan is improved as a result of performance improvements being reflected in a model which is used to generate the production plan. Provided is a system including a planning section that generates a production plan for controlling a production site during a target interval, using a planning model that has been updated to a newest state; a base planning section that generates a base plan to serve as a base of the production plan, using an unupdated planning model; and a tracking section that tracks improvement in the production plan caused by the update of the planning model, based on the production plan and the base plan.

Abstract: Provided is a system including a planning section that generates a production plan for a production site, using a planning model; a simulating section that simulates operation of at least a portion of the production site, based on a simulation model of the at least a portion of the production site; a monitoring section that monitors actual operation of the at least a portion of the production site; a calibrating section that calibrates the simulation model, based on a difference between the simulated operation and the actual operation; and a control section that controls the at least a portion of the production site, based on a simulation result obtained by simulating the operation of the at least a portion of the production site in accordance with the production plan, using the simulation model that has been calibrated.

Abstract: It is rare for the operation of the production site to proceed according to the initially formulated plan, and many deviations occur between the actual operation and the plan. Accordingly, the performance of the production site is preferably analyzed while considering these deviations. Provided is a system including a planning section that generates a production plan for controlling a production site during a target interval, using a planning model; a retrospective planning section that generates a retrospective plan, which is a production plan that retrospectively reflects at least one of unplanned events that occurred after generation of the production plan, using the planning model; and an analyzing section that analyzes production performance of the production site during the target interval, based on the production plan and the retrospective plan.

Abstract: A mobile robot includes: a drive unit that changes a moving speed and a travel direction; a detection unit that detects a plurality of detection target objects 11; and a control unit 27 that acquires a distance Z and a direction ? to the detection target object unit, calculates a travel direction in which the distance and the direction to the detection target object satisfy a predetermined relationship, and drives and controls the drive unit on the basis of the calculated travel direction. The control unit calculates a distance x in a direction orthogonal to the movement route between the detection target object and a current position of the mobile robot and the direction to the detection target object, calculates a difference ?x between the distance x and a certain distance Xref, and executes drive control for the drive unit to cause the difference ?x to be 0 (zero).

Abstract: A mobile robot includes a driving unit which changes a moving velocity and a traveling direction, a detection unit which detects a plurality of detection objects disposed along a traveling path to a target point, and a control unit which acquires a distance and a direction to the detection object detected by the detection unit, calculates a traveling direction in which the distance to the detection object and the direction of the detection object satisfy a predetermined relationship, and controls the driving unit based on the calculated traveling direction.

Abstract: The lead-free glass composition contains vanadium oxide, tellurium oxide, alkali metal oxide, iron oxide, barium oxide, and tungsten oxide while containing substantially no phosphorus oxide, and further contains at least one of additional components including yttrium oxide, lanthanum oxide, cerium oxide, erbium oxide, ytterbium oxide, aluminum oxide, and gallium oxide. A content of the tellurium oxide is equal to or more than 25 mol %, and equal to or less than 43 mol % in terms of oxide TeO2. A content of the alkali metal oxide is equal to or more than 4 mol %, and equal to or less than 27 mol % in terms of oxide R2O (R: alkali metal element).

Abstract: A mobile robot includes a driving unit which changes a moving velocity and a traveling direction, a detection unit which detects a plurality of detection objects disposed along a traveling path to a target point, and a control unit which acquires a distance and a direction to the detection object detected by the detection unit, calculates a traveling direction in which the distance to the detection object and the direction of the detection object satisfy a predetermined relationship, and controls the driving unit based on the calculated traveling direction.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a lead-free glass composition in which crystallization is suppressed and which has a low softening point. This lead-free glass composition is characterized by containing silver oxide, tellurium oxide and vanadium oxide, and further containing at least one compound selected from among yttrium oxide, lanthanum oxide, cerium oxide, erbium oxide, ytterbium oxide, aluminum oxide, gallium oxide, indium oxide, iron oxide, tungsten oxide and molybdenum oxide as an additional component, and in that the content values (mol %) of silver oxide, tellurium oxide and vanadium oxide satisfy the relationships Ag2O>TeO2?V2O5 and Ag5O?2V2O5 when calculated in terms of the oxides, and in that the content of TeO2 is 25-37 mol. %.