Abstract: An acquisition unit in an information processing device acquires a traveling time of a vehicle from a place of departure to a destination, and a period of time required for a task performed by a user. A derivation unit derives a period of time required for a remaining task in accordance with the period of time required for the task acquired by the acquisition unit and a period of time that the user performed the task. An output unit outputs a suggestion, for departure in the vehicle, when the period of time required for the remaining task derived by the derivation unit and the traveling time acquired by the acquisition unit meet a predetermined relationship.

Abstract: A fuel tank producing apparatus that allows the thickness of a resin on the surface of a tank container to be uniform and that is capable of improving the curing quality of the tank container. The fuel tank producing apparatus includes a conveyor for conveying the tank container, a plurality of heating chambers for heating the tank container during the conveyance, a cooling furnace for cooling the tank container at a position downstream of the plurality of heating chambers in the conveying direction, a gas supplier for supplying gas to the plurality of heating chambers, a plurality of nozzles for blowing the gas supplied from the gas supplier onto the surface of the tank container in the plurality of heating chambers, and a plurality of plug heaters for heating the gas between the gas supplier and the plurality of nozzles.

Abstract: Provided is a fuel tank producing apparatus capable of uniformly heating a tank container in a short period of time. The fuel tank producing apparatus includes a heat curing furnace for heating the tank container and a hot air generator for generating hot air. The heat curing furnace is internally provided with a nozzle for blowing the hot air onto the surface of the tank container, and externally provided with a rotating portion for rotating the tank container about the central axis thereof. The nozzle is located at a position displaced to the left relative to the vertical direction to the central axis of the tank container as viewed from the direction of the central axis of the tank container. The rotating portion is configured to rotate the tank container in the reverse direction of a direction in which the hot air is blown from the nozzle.

Abstract: Provided is a fluid supply device capable of reducing loads to be applied to pipings while increasing tolerable rotation amounts of respective nozzles around a predetermined rotation axis. A fluid supply device 5 includes first pipings 31A to 31L connected to nozzles 11A to 11C and 12F to 12J, a rotary support part 10 supporting the nozzles 11A to 11C and 12F to 12J and the first pipings 31A to 31L, second flexible pipings 33A to 33L, and a linear guide 15. One end portions 33a of the second flexible pipings 33A to 33L are configured to rotate around a rotation axis L1 in conjunction with the respective first pipings 31A to 31L. A movable guide portion 51 of the linear guide 15 is configured to be linearly displaceable along with deforming movements of the respective second flexible pipings 33A to 33L caused by rotations of the respective first pipings 31A to 31L.

Abstract: In a related fluid leakage detecting device, erroneous leakage determination may occur due to a change in a state of a fluid in piping. A leakage determination system of the present invention includes a first detection means for detecting a prescribed physical quantity indicating a state of a fluid in piping, a second detection means for detecting vibration propagating through the piping, and a leakage determination means for performing leakage determination based on the physical quantity detected by the first detection means and the vibration detected by the second detection means.

Abstract: Each functional configuring unit of a leak inspection device (2000) operates in the manner that follows. A vibration acquisition unit (2020) acquires a signal indicating tubing vibrations or vibrations propagated from tubing. A filtering unit (2040) extracts a signal of a predetermined frequency band from the signal acquired by the vibration acquisition unit (2020). A characteristic value extraction unit (2060) splits the signal extracted by the filtering unit (2040) into predetermined time intervals, calculates for each split signal the absolute value of each extreme value of the magnitude of the signal, performs for each split signal a statistical process with respect to the calculated plurality of absolute values, and considers values calculated by the statistical process to be characteristic values.

Abstract: A sensor device includes: a first sensor group (13) in which a plurality of first vibration sensors for detecting vibration acceleration in one direction with respect to an object to be detected are arranged to face the same direction; a phase difference calculation unit (220) which, based on a plurality of first signals indicating the vibration acceleration detected by each of the plurality of first vibration sensors included in the first sensor group (13), calculates a first phase difference indicating the phase difference between the plurality of first signals; and an acceleration calculation unit (230) which, using the first phase difference and the plurality of first signals, calculates vibration acceleration in a first direction perpendicular to a surface on which the plurality of first vibration sensors are arranged, and vibration acceleration in a second direction parallel to the surface on which the plurality of first vibration sensors are arranged.

Abstract: Provided is a tank cooling device that is capable of cooling a tank more quickly. A tank cooling device 4 has a nozzle 40. The nozzle 40 is comprised to supply cooling gas for cooling a tank 100 to an outer surface of the tank 100, with the cooling gas assisted by compressed gas in the nozzle 40. The tank 100 has a tank main body 101 made by using synthetic resin and an end member 102 made by using metal. The nozzle 40 supplies a gas flow to each of the tank main body 101 and the end member 102.

Abstract: To provide a measuring device wherein a measurement range corresponding to a wave shape to be measured can be set with a simple configuration. A measuring device (100) has: a measuring unit that measures changes of indexes with time, said indexes relating to an object event; a conversion unit that converts a measurement value measured by means of the measuring unit into a predetermined format within a previously set measurement range; and a control unit that controls the measurement range. The control unit changes the measurement range in the cases where a conversion value obtained by converting the measurement value by means of the conversion unit satisfies predetermined conditions in a predetermined period.

Abstract: Disclosed is a structure analyzing device and a structure analyzing method which can analyze a state change of a structure, which is caused before the structure is destroyed, such as a state change of degradation of the structure or the like. A structure analyzing device (10) includes a vibration detecting unit (11) which detects a vibration of a structure, and an analysis unit (12) which analyzes an output signal of the vibration detecting unit (11). The analysis unit (12) analyzes a state change of the structure by comparing a value of resonant sharpness Q, which is measured by use of the following formula (1) in a state existing when carrying out analysis, with a value of resonant sharpness Q which is measured by use of the following formula (1) in a standard state.

Abstract: Provided is a position estimation device and the like which accurately estimate an occurrence position of a pressure wave. The position estimation device is provided with: a first cross-correlation derivation means for deriving a first cross-correlation relating to a pressure of fluid based on measurement values obtained by measuring a pressure of fluid flowing through a pipeline network at least at two positions in the pipeline network, a second cross-correlation derivation means for deriving a second cross-correlation relating to a pressure of fluid based on calculation values obtained by calculating a pressure of fluid at least at the two positions in the pipeline network, and an estimation means for estimating an occurrence position of a pressure wave based on a difference between the first cross-correlation and the second cross-correlation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a defect analysis device including: an excitation unit (107) that imparts vibrations of a plurality of frequencies to a fluid (110) flowing through a pipe (108); a first detector (106) that, when the excitation part (107) is imparting vibrations, detects vibrations emanating from the pipe (108); and a signal processing unit (101) that extracts a feature quantity from a vibration waveform acquired by the first detector (106), and uses the extracted feature quantity to estimate the extent of a defect formed in the pipe (108).

Abstract: A vibration detection device (10) is provided with a vibration detection unit (110), a sensor-side leak determination unit (120), a first transmission unit (130), and a second transmission unit (140). The vibration detection unit (110) detects vibration transmitted through piping (30). The sensor-side leak determination unit (120) determines whether or not there is a possibility of a leak in the piping (30) based on a measurement result of the vibration detection unit (110). When the sensor-side leak determination unit (120) determines that there is a possibility of a leak, the first transmission unit (130) transmits provisional leak information to an information processing device (20). The provisional leak information indicates that there is a possibility of a leak in the piping (30).

Abstract: A connector is provided with a connecting terminal, a connecting housing, and a front holder. The connecting housing includes a connecting terminal storing chamber, and a lance which is elastically deformable in order to store the connecting terminal into the terminal storing chamber and which is engageable with the connecting terminal in order to prevent the connecting terminal from removing when recovered from an elastic deformation. The front holder is supported to be movable to back and forth along the insertion direction and locked on a front end of the terminal storing chamber. The front holder is moved in the opposite direction to the insertion direction to be actually locked by pressure in a state that the front holder is temporarily locked and contacted with the connecting terminal to hold in a state that the front holder is actually locked.

Abstract: A connector is provided with a connector housing including an elastic engagement arm as a part to be engaged with a mate connector serving as a mate to which the connector is fitted and a terminal accommodation chamber which accommodates therein a terminal of an electric wire having a terminal, and a rear holder including a holder side engagement part engaged with a housing side engagement part provided in the connector housing so as to be connected to the connector housing at a position of a rear end side in a fitting direction to the mate connector.

Abstract: A connector is fitted into a mating connector including a receiving member, and includes a locking arm for locking the receiving member. The locking arm includes an arm member which extends in a fitting direction to the mating connector, and a locking member which is provided at a tip end of the arm member or in the neighborhood thereof so as to project in a direction intersecting the direction of fitting, and locks the receiving member. The locking member includes a claw which is formed at a tip end of the locking member so as to project in a direction opposite to the fitting direction to the mating connector and is caught by the receiving member.

Abstract: A signal acquisition unit (2020) acquires a signal. From the signal acquired by the signal acquisition unit (2020), a detection signal extraction unit (2060) extracts, as a detection signal, a signal of any frequency band among a plurality of partial detection frequency bands into which the frequency band that is the subject of detection has been divided. A determination unit (2070) determines, in order, for each detection signal corresponding to each of the different partial detection frequency bands, whether the detection signal shows any leakage, and if at least a prescribed number of the detection signals are not showing any leakage, determines that leakage is not taking place.

Abstract: A sensor unit (100) provided with a substrate (101), a plurality of light-receiving units (102) that are provided on the substrate (101) and detect light, and a diffraction grating layer (103) that is provided on the substrate (101) and the light-receiving units (102) and has at least two diffraction means for diffracting light of corresponding wavelengths and condensing the light onto the light-receiving units, wherein at least two of the diffraction means are composed from holograms formed on a first diffraction grating layer and at least a portion of the plurality of holograms formed on the first diffraction grating layer overlap at least partially with another adjacent hologram.

Abstract: A rolled film formation apparatus including a first chamber in which a first precursor is applied to a substrate, a second chamber in which a second precursor is applied to the substrate such that the first and second precursors react with each other and that an atomic layer is deposited on the substrate, a third chamber in which a purge gas is applied to the substrate, and conveyance roller pairs which are positioned in the first, second and third chambers, and convey the substrate. Each conveyance roller pair includes a first roller and a second roller which sandwich the substrate in a thickness direction of the substrate. At least one of the first and second rollers has an outer peripheral surface having a surface unevenness. The substrate is moved back and forth among the first, second and third chambers. The atomic layer is deposited more than once on the substrate.

Abstract: Provided are a vibration detector and a vibration detecting method, which are power saving, can detect vibration even if the vibration is very weak, and can perform both start-up of the apparatus and collection of data of vibration information by the use of only one sensor. The apparatus includes a vibration detector, a semiconductor switch, a controller and a power supply. The semiconductor switch and the controller are connected to the power supply. The vibration detector detects vibration and consequently generates a vibration voltage. The semiconductor switch includes a voltage divider for generating a bias voltage inside. The semiconductor switch detects a voltage produced by superposing the bias voltage onto the vibration voltage outputted from the vibration detector, and conducts current when the detected voltage is equal to or larger than a certain value. The controller wakes up with the current conducted by the semiconductor switch as a trigger signal.