Abstract: It is revealed that an organ such as pancreas can be regenerated by utilizing a fact that the deficiency of an organ is complemented by injecting an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS cell) into a developed blastocyst in a blastocyst complementation method. Thus, the present invention has solved the above-described object. This provides a method for producing a target organ, using an iPS cell, in a living body of a non-human mammal having an abnormality associated with a lack of development of the target organ in a development stage, the target organ produced being derived from a different individual mammal that is an individual different from the non-human mammal.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a captured image of a target, a generation unit configured to generate a plurality of conversion images based on the captured image, a detection unit configured to detect edges in the plurality of conversion images, a determination unit configured to determine reliability of the edges detected in corresponding regions in the conversion images and the captured image, and a selection unit configured to select one of the edges for each region in the captured image based on the determined reliability.

Abstract: It is an object to enable a grasping operation to be executed according to a state of an object. The invention provides an information processing apparatus which determines the grasping operation in a grasping unit for grasping the object. The information processing apparatus has: an obtaining unit for obtaining an image acquired by capturing the object; a recognizing unit for recognizing a state of the object from the image obtained by the obtaining unit; and a generating unit for generating information for allowing the grasping unit to execute the grasping operation on the basis of the object state recognized by the recognizing unit and conditions to execute the grasping operation.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises an extraction unit configured to extract, as an image edge group, a plurality of image edges in the vicinity, which are detected from a captured image obtained by capturing a target object; a determination unit configured to determine a positional relationship between the image edges included in the image edge group; a holding unit configured to hold a positional relationship between model edges that constitute a three-dimensional model of the target object; a selection unit configured to select a combination of an image edge and a model edge, which correspond to each other, based on matching between the positional relationship of the image edges and the positional relationship of the model edges; and an collation unit configured to estimate a position/orientation of the target object based on the combination.

Abstract: In a requirement analysis apparatus, a connection analysis unit classifies a plurality of requirement items into groups based on connections between requirement items indicated in item connection information. A subsystem analysis unit extracts the number of subsystems that are reached by tracing the connections from each requirement item, based on the connections between the requirement items indicated in the item connection information and based on the connection between each requirement item indicated in the item connection information and each subsystem. A result display unit displays, for each requirement item of the plurality of requirement items, analysis result information which is set with an identifier identifying a group into which the requirement item has been classified, and the number of subsystems being reached by tracing the connections from the requirement item.

Abstract: A source code analysis unit identifies dependency strengths of one or more functions included in a source code. An influence analysis unit identifies one or more transfer functions that will each move to a different subsystem due to refactoring and identifies a dependency strength to be influenced by the refactoring, based on the dependency strengths that have been identified by the source code analysis unit with respect to the one or more transfer functions. A scale calculation unit calculates the scale of the refactoring, based on the dependency strength to be influenced, which has been identified by the influence analysis unit.

Abstract: There is provided with an image processing apparatus. An obtaining unit obtains a first image serving as a read image of an inspection target medium having undergone printing, and a second image serving as a read image of a reference medium representing a target print result. An inspection unit inspects a defect on the inspection target medium based on the first image and the second image by performing inspection at inspection settings different between a print region and a peripheral region of the inspection target medium.

Abstract: An extent of decrease in analysis accuracy caused by splitting a source code can be reduced. An influence identifying unit identifies, for each of two functions included in a source code as a target, influence degrees exerted over analysis of the source code when the two target functions are each split into separate split codes, as analysis influence degrees between the two target functions, from an information amount passed between the two target functions. A splitting unit splits the source code into a plurality of split codes such that a sum of the analysis influence degrees between the functions each being split into the separate split codes decreases.

Abstract: A software analysis device being capable of analyzing dependency between software components more comprehensively and with higher accuracy than a conventional technology is provided. The software analysis device comprising: a first analyzing unit that statically analyzes a structure of a source code of software and analyzes dependency between objects of the software; and a second analyzing unit that executes a program indicated by the source code to acquire first information regarding an operation of the objects and analyzes dependency between the objects based on the first information. The software analysis device analyzes dependency between the objects based on an analysis result of the first analyzing unit and an analysis result of the second analyzing unit.

Abstract: A gas and liquid separator includes a first separating portion configured to separate a liquid droplet from a first exhaust gas discharged from a negative electrode of a fuel cell, a first container accommodating the first separating portion, a first storage reservoir storing water flowing down from the first separating portion, a second container provided at a lower side of the first storage reservoir, a second storage reservoir provided at a lower portion of the second container, and a valve apparatus including a valve discharging water stored in the first storage reservoir, wherein a second exhaust gas discharged from a positive electrode flows in the second container, and water discharged from the first storage reservoir is stored in the second storage reservoir.

Abstract: A reception unit receives an execution history file of a target program and a software structure file of the target program. An association unit associates each piece of execution element information of the execution history file and each piece of component information of the software structure file with each other, thereby generating an association file. A determination unit determines each execution element and a parent element of each execution element as important elements by referring to the software structure file based on the association file, thereby generating an important element file indicating each important element. A visualization unit generates a visualization diagram indicating the structure of the target program in a state where each important element has been emphasized, based on the important element file and the software structure file.

Abstract: There is provided with an information processing apparatus. An acquisition unit acquires a first processing result including information for identifying the position of the mobile object and a second processing result including information for identifying the position of the mobile object. The first processing result is obtained by executing a first processing method on an image obtained by measuring at least surroundings of the mobile object by using a light receiving sensor installed on the mobile object. The second processing result is obtained by executing a second processing method different from the first processing method on an observation result obtained by observing the mobile object by using a light receiving sensor installed at a location at which it is possible to observe the mobile object.

Abstract: An extent of decrease in analysis accuracy caused by splitting a source code can be reduced. An influence identifying unit identifies, for each of two functions included in a source code as a target, influence degrees exerted over analysis of the source code when the two target functions are each split into separate split codes, as analysis influence degrees between the two target functions, from an information amount passed between the two target functions. A splitting unit splits the source code into a plurality of split codes such that a sum of the analysis influence degrees between the functions each being split into the separate split codes decreases.

Abstract: Whether to correct unevenness of brightness of a first image of an object onto which pattern light for three-dimensional shape measurement is projected is determined based on the first image or a second image of the object onto which the pattern light is not projected. If correction is performed, the three-dimensional shape of the object is measured using a corrected image obtained by correcting the unevenness of the brightness of the first image based on the second image; otherwise, the three-dimensional shape of the object is measured using the first image.

Abstract: A subjective optometry apparatus has a projection optical system including a visual target presenting portion and an optical member to project a target light flux toward a subject eye, and causing the target light flux to be incident on the optical member with a deviation of the incident target light flux from an optical axis of the optical member, a housing accommodating the projection optical system, a presentation window for emitting the target light flux from the inside of the housing to the outside thereof, an eye refractive power measurement unit provided outside the housing, and holding means integrally connecting the housing to the eye refractive power measurement unit to hold the eye refractive power measuring unit. When using the eye refractive power measuring unit, a distance from the presentation window to the eye refractive power measurement unit in an optical path is equal to or less than 180 mm.

Abstract: In a requirement analysis apparatus, a connection analysis unit classifies a plurality of requirement items into groups based on connections between requirement items indicated in item connection information. A subsystem analysis unit extracts the number of subsystems that are reached by tracing the connections from each requirement item, based on the connections between the requirement items indicated in the item connection information and based on the connection between each requirement item indicated in the item connection information and each subsystem. A result display unit displays, for each requirement item of the plurality of requirement items, analysis result information which is set with an identifier identifying a group into which the requirement item has been classified, and the number of subsystems being reached by tracing the connections from the requirement item.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to produce a mammalian organ having a complicated cellular composition composed of multiple kinds of cells, such as kidney, pancreas, thymus and hair, in the living body of a non-human animal. The inventors of the present invention applied the chimeric animal assay described above, to a novel solid organ production method. More specifically, the inventors has shown that a model mouse which is deficient of kidney, pancreas, thymus or hair due to the dysfunction of the metanephric mesenchyme that is differentiated into most of an adult kidney, is rescued by blastocyst complementation by the chimeric animal assay, and whereby a kidney, a pancreas, thymus or hair can be newly produced.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises an extraction unit configured to extract, as an image edge group, a plurality of image edges in the vicinity, which are detected from a captured image obtained by capturing a target object; a determination unit configured to determine a positional relationship between the image edges included in the image edge group; a holding unit configured to hold a positional relationship between model edges that constitute a three-dimensional model of the target object; a selection unit configured to select a combination of an image edge and a model edge, which correspond to each other, based on matching between the positional relationship of the image edges and the positional relationship of the model edges; and an collation unit configured to estimate a position/orientation of the target object based on the combination.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a captured image of a target, a generation unit configured to generate a plurality of conversion images based on the captured image, a detection unit configured to detect edges in the plurality of conversion images, a determination unit configured to determine reliability of the edges detected in corresponding regions in the conversion images and the captured image, and a selection unit configured to select one of the edges for each region in the captured image based on the determined reliability.

Abstract: A magnetic sensor including a first magneto resistive effect element located on a first surface of a substrate and having a sensitivity axis in a first direction that is one of in-plane directions of the first surface, a positioning soft magnetic body including a first most proximal portion of which a relative position with respect to the magneto resistive effect element is defined, and provided in a non-contact manner with respect to the first magneto resistive effect element, and a first soft magnetic body and a second soft magnetic body juxtaposed in the first direction and extending in a direction away from the first surface, and each of the first soft magnetic body and the second soft magnetic body is magnetically connected to the positioning soft magnetic body.