Abstract: An electronic circuit board includes a plurality of hard rigid board portions each of which has an insulating insulator and a conductive circuit pattern and electrically connects a mounted electronic component to the circuit pattern; and at least one soft flexible board portion which has an insulating insulator, has a conductive circuit pattern electrically connected to each of the circuit patterns of at least two rigid board portions among the plurality of rigid board portions, and is integrated with the rigid board portions which are electrically connected to the circuit pattern of the flexible board portion. The insulator of the flexible board portion is provided with a through-hole at a place where the circuit pattern of the flexible board portion is not stacked.

Abstract: Provided is a ground fault detection device including a detection capacitor, a positive electrode power supply side resistor, a negative electrode power supply side resistor, a positive electrode ground side resistor, a negative electrode ground side resistor, a positive electrode side twin relay selectively switching a connection point of one end of the detection capacitor; a negative electrode side twin relay selectively switching a connection point of the another end of the detection capacitor, and a controller controlling switching of the positive electrode side twin relay and the negative electrode side twin relay, and calculating an insulation resistance of the system provided with the high-voltage battery based on a charging voltage of the detection capacitor, and determines there is a possibility that a sticking fault has occurred.

Abstract: A ground fault detection apparatus includes a control unit measuring fully charged voltage of a capacitor, a first switch and a first resistor connecting a positive electrode side of a battery to a positive-electrode-side end of the capacitor, a second switch and a second resistor connecting a negative electrode side of the battery to a negative-electrode-side end of the capacitor, a third switch connecting the positive-electrode-side end to ground, a fourth switch connecting the negative-electrode-side end ground, a positive-electrode-side termination resistor connecting the positive electrode side of the battery to the ground, and a negative-electrode-side termination resistor connecting the negative electrode side to ground. The control unit compares charge voltage of the capacitor measured while the first and fourth switches are turned on with charge voltage of the capacitor measured while the second and third switches are turned on.

Abstract: An interaction apparatus includes a microphone, a speech recorder, a communicator, a response sentence information acquirer, and a responder. The microphone acquires speech uttered by a user as speech data. The speech recorder records speech information that is based on the speech data acquired by the microphone. The communicator communicates with an external server device. In a state in which communication via the communicator with the server device is restored after temporal communication disconnection, the response sentence information acquirer sends, to the server device, the speech information recorded by the speech recorder during communication disconnection, and acquires, from the server device, response sentence information for the speech information. The responder responds to the user with a response sentence created on the basis of the response sentence information acquired by the response sentence information acquirer.

Abstract: A ground fault detection apparatus connected to an ungrounded battery supplying power via a step-up circuit to a load and calculating insulation resistance of a system provided with the battery to detect a ground fault includes a capacitor, a set of switches switching among a V0 measurement path, a Vcn measurement path, and a Vcp measurement path, a bypass resistor connected in parallel with the negative-electrode-side insulation resistance via a normally open switch, and a control unit configured to, when the insulation resistance is to be calculated based on a charge voltage measurement value of the capacitor in each of the measurement paths, in a case in which the charge voltage measurement value of the capacitor in the Vcn measurement path is regarded as 0, switch the normally open switch to a closed state and measure the charge voltage of the capacitor in the Vcn measurement path.

Abstract: A charge collection device includes a capacitor, a first switch disposed between one terminal of the capacitor and a positive electrode of a DC power source, a second switch disposed between the other terminal of the capacitor and a negative electrode of the DC power source, a third switch disposed between the one terminal of the capacitor and a ground, a fourth switch disposed between the other terminal of the capacitor and the ground, and a charge collection circuit that has a fifth switch connected to the one terminal of the capacitor and configured to supply charge stored in the capacitor to an external circuit via the fifth switch.

Abstract: An acquirer of an autonomous mobile device acquires a value of level difference between a datum level and the device. A determiner determines whether the value of level difference acquired by the acquirer is equal to or higher than a given value. A movement restrictor restricts parallel shift of the device when the determiner determines that the value is equal to or higher than the given value.

Abstract: An earth fault detector has a controller, a capacitor, a positive side power line connected to a positive side of the high voltage battery, a negative side power line a negative side thereof, a positive second side resistance, a negative second side resistance, a positive side C contact switch, and a negative side C contact switch. The positive side C contact switch switches a connection destination of a first end of the detection capacitor to either a path including the positive side power line or a path including the positive second side resistance. The negative side C contact switch switches a connection destination of a second end of the detection capacitor to either a path including the negative side power line or a path including the negative second side resistance. The controller controls switching of a first and second measurement modes.

Abstract: A earth fault detector has a controller, a detection capacitor, a positive side first resistance connected to a positive side of a high voltage battery, a negative side first resistance connected to a negative side thereof, a positive side second resistance, a negative side second resistance, a positive side C contact switch, and a negative side C contact switch. The positive side C contact switch switches a connection destination of a first end of the detection capacitor to either a path including the positive side first resistance or a path including the positive side second resistance based on an instruction of the controller. The negative side C contact switch switches a connection destination of a second end thereof to either a path including the negative side first resistance or a path including the negative side second resistance based on an instruction of the controller.

Abstract: An emotion estimator of a dialogue control device estimates a dialogue partner's emotion based on the dialogue partner's facial expression or voice prosody. A dialogue controller controls the dialogue with the dialogue partner using a topic selected based on whether the emotion estimated by the emotion estimator is good or bad. Specifically, the dialogue controller controls the dialogue with the dialogue partner based on a topic map created by a topic mapper and including a topic that the dialogue partner likes.

Abstract: A notification control apparatus is provided with a moving image acquisition unit 41 that acquires a moving image, an identification unit 44 that identifies a frame according to forwarding operation, out of a plurality of frames constituting the moving image, a determination unit 46 that determines whether or not the identified frame is a predetermined frame, and a notification control unit 49 that notifies determination result by the determination unit 46.

Abstract: A voltage detecting circuit includes a ground potential unit, a DC power supply which is insulated from the ground potential unit, a capacitor to which voltage from the DC power supply is applied, a control unit which controls charging and discharging of the capacitor, a charging circuit that includes the DC power supply, the capacitor and a charging path through which the capacitor is charged, and a discharging circuit that includes the capacitor and a discharging path through which the capacitor is discharged. The control unit includes a calculation unit which calculates a voltage value of the DC power supply, based on an actual capacitance value C of the capacitor which is obtained by both-end voltage of the capacitor corresponding to a first time and the both-end voltage of the capacitor corresponding to a second time.

Abstract: A robot, failure diagnosis system, failure diagnosis method, and recording medium that enable easy diagnosis of a failure of a robot are provided. In a robot 100, a failure diagnosis unit 150 diagnoses a failure of the robot 100, based on a spontaneous self motion made by the robot 100 independently of a predetermined target without interaction with the predetermined target.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a voltage detecting device connected to an ungrounded high-voltage battery which is connected to a high-voltage conducting path becoming a charge and discharge path, the voltage detecting device detecting at least one of a ground fault of a system in which the high-voltage battery is arranged and a voltage of the high-voltage battery. The voltage detecting device has a magnetic switch in which ON/OFF is switched based on magnetic field generated by current flowing through the high-voltage conducting path. The magnetic switch switches between a first measuring condition and a second measuring condition different from the first measuring condition in a measuring circuit or a measuring parameter.

Abstract: A power storage device which receives an electric power from a high-voltage circuit of a vehicle is disposed, and reed switches are disposed in a circuit which switches a connection state of the power storage device. In the reed switches, the ON/OFF state is switched depending on the energization/deenergization and energization direction of a high-voltage bus bar which is placed at a proximal position. Moreover, a permanent magnet which generates a DC magnetic field to apply a bias in a specific direction is placed in the vicinity of the reed switches, and switching according to the energization direction is enabled. A movable permanent magnet is placed in the vicinity of the high-voltage bus bar, and the position of the permanent magnet is changed depending on the energization/deenergization and the energization direction.

Abstract: An insulation detecting device includes a flying capacitor that holds a charged voltage, and a measurement and calculation unit that measures the charged voltage of the flying capacitor and calculates a ground fault resistance formed between a direct-current power supply electrically insulated from a ground, and the ground, based on the measured voltage. The flying capacitor includes one or a plurality of first capacitors, one or a plurality of second capacitors connected with the first capacitor in parallel, and a parallel cancellation switch arranged between the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and which performs parallel connection, and cancellation of the parallel connection, between the first capacitor and the second capacitor. A capacitance of the flying capacitor is variably changed by turning on or turning off of the parallel cancellation switch.

Abstract: In a high-speed measurement mode, a high-voltage measurement mode (V0 measurement) is omitted and only a negative-pole side ground fault resistor voltage measurement mode (VC1n measurement) and a positive-pole side ground fault resistor voltage measurement mode (VC1p measurement) are performed. In the negative-pole side ground fault resistor voltage measurement mode (VC1n measurement) and the positive-pole side ground fault resistor voltage measurement mode (VC1p measurement), the charging time for the flying capacitor is set to a second predetermined time period that is shorter than a first predetermined time period, which is different from basic operations in a normal measurement mode.

Abstract: A charge collection device includes a capacitor, a first switch disposed between one terminal of the capacitor and a positive electrode of a DC power source, a second switch disposed between the other terminal of the capacitor and a negative electrode of the DC power source, a third switch disposed between the one terminal of the capacitor and a ground, a fourth switch disposed between the other terminal of the capacitor and the ground, and a charge collection circuit that has a fifth switch connected to the one terminal of the capacitor and configured to supply charge stored in the capacitor to an external circuit via the fifth switch.

Abstract: A temperature determination apparatus includes a signal detection section having an A/D input port, a thermistor that is connected to the A/D input port and outputs an analog signal to the A/D input port, and a switch section that shifts a level of the analog signal to a low level. The signal detection section determines that a control signal having a priority higher than that of an output detection process of the thermistor is generated when it is detected that the analog signal to be input to the A/D input port is in the low level.

Abstract: An image capture apparatus 1 is equipped with: a CPU 11 that acquires a plurality of images; a normalization unit 54 that performs normalization such that an area of at least one of a plurality of acquired images satisfies a predetermined criterion; and a display control unit 56 that performs control such that a plurality of images including the images normalized by the normalization unit 54 are displayed in an output unit 19.