Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an information processing program for causing a computer to perform processing including: executing preprocessing processing that includes calculating vectors for a plurality of subtexts of text information included in a plurality of pieces of history information in which information on a plurality of question sentences and a plurality of response sentences is recorded; executing training processing that includes training a training model based on training data that defines relationships between the vectors of some subtexts and the vectors of other subtexts among the plurality of subtexts; and executing generation processing that includes calculating, when accepting a new question sentence, the vectors of the subtexts by inputting the vectors of the new question sentence to the training model, and generating a response that corresponds to the new question sentence, based on the calculated vectors.

Abstract: A local dimming system for a head up display (HUD) according to the present invention comprises a light array, a Fresnel lens array, a lenticular lens system, and a liquid crystal display (LCD). The Fresnel lens array is operatively associated with the light array to provide a collimated backlight output to produce an image on the LCD. The Fresnel lens array focuses light from the light array while reflecting stray light, eliminating light bleed and reducing or eliminating a display-boundary or “postcard effect.” The Fresnel lens array is compact to enable HUD packaging necessary to configure the HUD for use in vehicles, while also removing the need for reflectors which create shadows on the LCD.

Abstract: A parking control method executes a control instruction for moving a vehicle along a parking route. The parking route is calculated based on an operation command acquired from an operator located outside the vehicle. The parking control method includes detecting a relative altitude between a first height position of the operator and a second height position of the vehicle and when determining that the relative altitude is not less than a first predetermined value, changing a first speed to a second speed lower than the first speed. The first speed is preliminarily set in the control instruction. The parking control method further includes moving the vehicle in accordance with the control instruction changed.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance device includes: a first conveyance path configured to allow a sheet to be conveyed along the first conveyance path; a second conveyance path that extends upward from a branch position in the first conveyance path; a third conveyance path that extends downward from the branch position; a first conveyance roller disposed in the second conveyance path and configured to rotate normally and reversely to convey the sheet; a first drive motor disposed below the branch position; and a first belt disposed in a drive transmission path from the first drive motor to the first conveyance roller and configured to transmit a driving force from the first drive motor to the first conveyance roller.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a film coated tablet that has an excellent tablet slipperiness in an oral cavity and prevents delay in disintegration time of an uncoated tablet.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, having an image forming device, a reversible roller rotatable in a first direction and a second direction, a motor, a switching assembly, is provided. The switching assembly has a planetary differential gear having an input gear, a first output gear, a second output gear, and a planetary gear; a first driving-force transmitter connecting the first output gear and the reversible roller; a second driving-force transmitter connecting the second output gear and the reversible roller; and a switcher. The switcher switches conditions of the switching assembly between a first condition, wherein the reversible roller is rotated in the first direction by the first output gear allowed to output the driving force to the first driving-force transmitter, and a second condition, wherein the reversible roller is rotated in the second direction by the second output gear allowed to output the driving force to the second driving-force transmitter.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus capable of turning over a sheet to form images on both sides of the sheet, when duplex printing is executed successively on three or more sheets, a controller causes a first sheet conveyed from an image forming unit and a second sheet conveyed from the image forming unit to be guided into a first path by positioning a guide member in a first position, and then conveyed into a third path by a first roller, and causes a third and subsequent sheets conveyed from the image forming unit to be guided into a second path by positioning the guide member in a second position, and then conveyed into the third path by a second roller.

Abstract: The location system includes two measurers apart from each other and configured to measure first and second variables in accordance with times of arrival of radio waves and first reception strengths, respectively; a memory configured to store first data associating a plurality of zones with first and second reference variables corresponding to times of arrivals of radio waves with respect to the two measurers for a case where the radio waves are transmitted from the plurality of zones, and second data associating the plurality of zones with first and second reference reception strengths with respect to the two measurers for the case where the radio waves are transmitted from the plurality of zones; and a processor configured to identify from among the plurality of zones a zone having a highest probability of including a position from where radio waves are transmitted.

Abstract: A vehicle program rewriting system includes a first control unit configured to execute a first control program for controlling a vehicle, a second control unit configured to execute a second control program for controlling the vehicle, a first communication line that connects, when rewriting at least one of the first and second control programs, the first control unit and a program update unit which transmits program update information to the first control unit, and a second communication line branching from the first communication line and connected to the second control unit. The second control unit executes control of, when the program update information for updating the second control program is transmitted, acquiring the program update information for the second control program from among communication contents between the program update unit and the first control unit acquired via the second communication line.

Abstract: A permanent electromagnetic holder is provided with: a first magnet; a second magnet; and a coil, the first magnet being configured such that magnetic pole surfaces of different magnetic poles are oriented in a thrust direction of an axial center orthogonal to the attracting surface, the second magnet being configured such that magnetic pole surfaces of different magnetic poles are oriented in the thrust direction of the axial center and being disposed outside the first magnet, the coil being disposed between the first magnet and the second magnet, the first magnet, the second magnet, and the coil being arranged so as to overlap in the radial direction of the axial center, and an operation of switching an attraction ON/OFF state being carried out by switching a magnetizing direction of the first magnet through instantaneous energization of the coil when the attraction ON/OFF state is switched.

Abstract: In a distance detection apparatus for a vehicle, a distance detection unit is configured to detect object distances to an object around the vehicle by transmitting and receiving radar waves. A detection distance estimation unit is configured to estimate an estimated detection distance having a maximum value of the object distance, based on the object distances and intensities of the radar waves reflected by the object. A lost-track distance estimation unit is configured to estimate, as a lost-track distance, the object distance at a timing of transition from a detected state where the object is recognized to a non-detected state where the object is not recognized, based on a result of detection by the distance detection unit. A performance determination unit is configured to determine a degradation of detection performance of the distance detection unit based on the estimated detection distance and the lost-track distance.

Abstract: A parking control method causes a control device of a vehicle to execute a first control instruction for moving the vehicle along a first route to a target parking space, on the basis of an operation command acquired from an operator located outside the vehicle. This method includes, when execution of the first control instruction is suspended or canceled, calculating a second route for the vehicle to leave with a predetermined distance or more from an object detected around the vehicle and causing the control device to execute a second control instruction for moving the vehicle along the second route.

Abstract: The parking assistance method using a parking assistance device includes: when parking of a subject vehicle is performed in a manual mode, detecting a parking execution state of the subject vehicle and determining, based on the parking execution state, whether or not the parking toward a target parking space is necessary again; and when a determination is made that the parking toward the target parking space is necessary again, outputting, to a user interface, guidance information for switching a parking mode of the subject vehicle from the manual mode to an automated mode.

Abstract: A parking control method includes: performing parking control of moving a vehicle to a target parking position on the basis of an operation command acquired from an operator located outside the vehicle; when the parking control to the target parking position is suspended and the vehicle leaves the target parking position, calculating a moving direction of the vehicle on the basis of a parking direction when the vehicle is parked at a next target parking position; and moving the vehicle in the moving direction.

Abstract: When a subject vehicle having an autonomous travel control function is remotely operated with a remote operation device, detected coordinate information indicating a temporal transition in detected coordinates of a gesture detected by a touch panel of the controller is acquired, and the change amount of a physical change occurring on the remote operation device is detected to acquire operation device transition information indicating a temporal transition in the change amount. Then, the frequency characteristics of the detected coordinate information are compared with the frequency characteristics of the operation device transition information to determine whether or not there is correlation, and when there is correlation, the subject vehicle is controlled to execute autonomous travel control.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a photosensitive drum includes: a main casing including a restricting portion; a drawer movable in a moving direction; a developing cartridge attachable to the drawer and including a developing roller; and a pressing member. The developing roller can contact and separate from the photosensitive drum. The pressing member causes the developing roller to separate from the photosensitive drum by pressing the developing cartridge attached to the drawer in a pressing direction crossing the moving direction. The restricting portion is configured to restrict displacement in the pressing direction of the drawer by abutting against the drawer. The drawer includes a first restricted portion, a second restricted portion, and a third restricted portion those are configured to be restricted by a first restricting portion, a second restricting portion, and a third restricting portion of the restricting portion, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention provides a decorative sheet having extremely excellent design properties where a picture pattern of a picture layer harmonizes with depressions. The present invention relates to a decorative sheet including: a substrate; a picture layer; and a transparent resin layer, the decorative sheet including at least the picture layer and the transparent resin layer in a stated order on one side of the substrate, the picture layer including a characteristic portion and a non-characteristic portion, the transparent resin layer having a depression (D1) harmonizing with the characteristic portion of the picture layer on a side opposite to a side facing the picture layer, the picture layer having a depression (D2) positioned in a lamination direction of the depression (D1) on a side opposite to a side facing the substrate, the depression (D1) having a depth H greater than a depth h of the depression (D2).

Abstract: A controller is configured to control a print engine and a conveyor to form an image on both sides of a sheet. The controller is configured to: in a case where images to be formed on both sides of each of an Nth (N is a positive integer) sheet, an (N+1)th sheet, and an (N+2)th sheet are all monochrome image or all color image, convey the (N+2)th sheet to the print engine and form an image before forming an image on both sides of the (N+1)th sheet; and in a case where the images to be formed on both sides of each of the Nth sheet, the (N+1)th sheet, and the (N+2)th sheet are a mixture of the monochrome image and the color image, convey the (N+2)th sheet to the print engine and form an image after forming an image on both sides of the (N+1)th sheet.

Abstract: An axis deviation detection device detects a deviation of a central axis of an in-vehicle measurement device that executes measurement using radar waves. The axis deviation detection device performs correction of data that are obtained by the measurement device, to generate first data. Furthermore, the axis deviation detection device generates second data, based on behavior of the vehicle as measured by a sensor unit. The axis deviation detection device then detects the deviation of the central axis, from the first and second data.