Abstract: An inspection processing system includes a control unit connected to a photographing unit and an output unit. The control unit includes circuitry. The inspection processing system identifies a current position, displays a virtual image of a three-dimensional model of a structure corresponding to the current position. The virtual image is superimposed on a structure image obtained from the photographing unit. The inspection processing system further obtains an evaluation result of an evaluation item of an inspection subject using the structure image on which the displayed virtual image is superimposed, and records the evaluation result in an inspection information memory in association with the position of the inspection subject in the three-dimensional model.

Abstract: A management device is provided with an acquiring unit for acquiring the amount of variation between the voltage of a power storage element when conduction of power is suspended from a state in which power is being conducted to the power storage element and the voltage when a period has elapsed, and a determination unit for determining whether the amount of variation is included in a second range that corresponds to a first range in which the voltage difference between each power storage amount-voltage characteristic during charging and discharging for the same power storage amount is less than another range.

Abstract: A flexible tube insertion apparatus including a flexible tube to be inserted into an insertion target is provided. The apparatus includes a variable stiffness section disposed in the tube and configured to change a bending stiffness of the tube, a variable stiffness drive section configured to drive the variable stiffness section, a rotation sensor configured to detect rotation of the tube about a central axis, and an insertion shape sensor configured to detect a curved shape of the tube. A variable stiffness controller drives the drive section so that a bending stiffness of the variable stiffness section is increased based on information detected by the rotation sensor and detected by the insertion shape sensor, when the tube forms a loop and rotates about the axis.

Abstract: A flexible tube insertion apparatus includes an insertion section, a stiffness variable unit that changes a bending stiffness of the insertion section and a detection unit that detects an advance that is a movement toward a distal end of the insertion section and a retreat that is a movement toward a proximal end of the insertion section. A controller controls the stiffness variable unit to change the bending stiffness of the insertion section to a first bending stiffness when the detection unit has detected the advance of the insertion section, and that controls the stiffness variable unit to change the bending stiffness of the insertion section to a second bending stiffness higher than the first bending when the detection unit has detected the retreat of the insertion section.

Abstract: An endoscope system includes an insertion section, a bending portion provided in the insertion section, including a distal side and a proximal side, and deformable into an arcuate shape by bending in at least one predetermined direction, a distal-side bending portion, a proximal-side bending portion, a first variable stiffness section provided in the distal-side bending portion and configured to change a stiffness of the distal-side bending portion, a second variable stiffness section provided in the proximal-side bending portion and configured to change a stiffness of the proximal-side bending portion, and a controller for performing control to make a stiffness of the first variable stiffness section higher than a stiffness of the second variable stiffness section.

Abstract: An endoscope system includes an insertion section, a bending portion provided in the insertion section, including a distal side and a proximal side, and deformable into an arcuate shape by bending in at least one predetermined direction, a distal-side bending portion, a proximal-side bending portion, a first variable stiffness section provided in the distal-side bending portion and configured to change a stiffness of the distal-side bending portion, a second variable stiffness section provided in the proximal-side bending portion and configured to change a stiffness of the proximal-side bending portion, and a controller for performing control to make a stiffness of the first variable stiffness section higher than a stiffness of the second variable stiffness section.

Abstract: A flexible tube insertion apparatus includes a flexible tube to be inserted into an insertion target body, a variable stiffness portion that changes a bending stiffness of the flexible tube, a state detection sensor that detects state information of the flexible tube. The apparatus also includes a shape calculator that calculates shape information regarding a shape of the flexible tube based on the state information, an external force calculator that calculates external force information including magnitude of an external force received by the flexible tube based on the state information, and a stiffness controller that controls the variable stiffness portion in accordance with the shape information so that the magnitude of the external force received by the flexible tube becomes smaller than a reference value.

Abstract: A power storage element is provided that includes, in a positive electrode or a negative electrode, an active material which causes a plurality of electrochemical reactions in accordance with the process of change during charging and discharging and which exhibits hysteresis between a power storage amount-voltage charging (first) property and a power storage amount-voltage discharging (second) property. A BMU is provided with a first estimation unit which estimates a power storage amount-voltage charging property or/and a power storage amount-voltage discharging property referenced when estimating the power storage amount, on the basis of an upward voltage and a downward voltage which are respectively more than and less than a first threshold value, acquired from the first property, the second property, and the charging-discharging history.

Abstract: A flexible tube insertion apparatus includes a flexible insertion section to be inserted into a subject and bent by a reaction force from the subject, a variable stiffness unit provided in the insertion section and configured to change a stiffness of the insertion section, and a shape detector configured to detect a bent shape of the insertion section. The apparatus further includes a force specifier configured to acquire a distribution of the reaction force on a distal side from a predetermined point in the bent shape and specify a maximum reaction force position, and a stiffness controller configured to control a stiffness of the variable stiffness unit so as to increase a stiffness of the variable stiffness unit between the predetermined point and the maximum reaction force position.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to computer aided rebar measurement and inspection systems. In some embodiments, the system may include a data acquisition system configured to obtain fine-level rebar measurements, images or videos of rebar structures, a 3D point cloud model generation system configured to generate a 3D point cloud model representation of the rebar structure from information acquired by the data acquisition system, a rebar detection system configured to detect rebar within the 3D point cloud model generated or the rebar images or videos of the rebar structures, a rebar measurement system to measure features of the rebar and rebar structures detected by the rebar detection system, and a discrepancy detection system configured to compare the measured features of the rebar structures detected by the rebar detection system with a 3D Building Information Model (BIM) of the rebar structures, and determine any discrepancies between them.

Abstract: A storage amount estimation device is provided that can estimate a storage amount of an energy storage device containing an active material in which a storage amount-voltage characteristic exhibits a hysteresis, an energy storage module including the storage amount estimation device, a storage amount estimation method, and a computer program. An energy storage device contains an active material exhibiting hysteresis between a storage amount-voltage charge characteristic and a storage amount-voltage discharge characteristic in a positive electrode and/or a negative electrode, the active material generating a plurality of electrochemical reactions according to transition of charge-discharge.

Abstract: An energy storage device has a single electrode containing an active material in which repeated charge-discharge changes a first characteristic that is an energy storage amount-potential charge characteristic, and a second characteristic that is an energy storage amount-potential discharge characteristic. An estimation device includes: a storage unit that stores first characteristics, second characteristics, or pieces of V-dQ/dV of the single electrode in accordance with a change in a feature value, which is changed by repeated charge-discharge, or stores as a function of the feature value; an acquisition unit that acquires the feature value of the energy storage device; and a first estimation unit that refers to the first characteristic, the second characteristic, or the V-dQ/dV, or refers to the function on the basis of the feature value acquired by the acquisition unit, to estimate the first characteristic, the second characteristic, or the V-dQ/dV of the single electrode.

Abstract: A flexible tube insertion apparatus includes an insertion section inserted into a tube and a detection unit that detects states of the insertion section. The flexible tube insertion apparatus includes one or more vibrators that are arranged in the insertion section, generate vibration, and vibrate the insertion section by the generated vibration and a controller that calculates a magnitude of an external force applied to the insertion section from the tube based on the states of the insertion section detected by the detection unit, computes a resonance frequency of the vibration relative to the magnitude of the external force, and controls the vibrators in such a manner that the vibrators vibrate at the resonance frequency.

Abstract: A storage amount estimation device is provided that can estimate a storage amount of an energy storage device containing an active material in which a storage amount-voltage characteristic exhibits a hysteresis, an energy storage module including the storage amount estimation device, a storage amount estimation method, and a computer program. An energy storage device contains an active material exhibiting hysteresis between a storage amount-voltage charge characteristic and a storage amount-voltage discharge characteristic in a positive electrode and/or a negative electrode, the active material generating a plurality of electrochemical reactions according to transition of charge-discharge.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a product comprised of a collagen gel to which recombinant human Amelotin (AMTN) protein is added. This AMTN-collagen gel is applied to one side of a physiologically acceptable scaffold that has first been impregnated with AMTN-free collagen gel. The resulting two-layer collagen membrane (layer 1 comprised of scaffold surrounded by collagen gel; layer 2 comprised of collagen gel containing AMTN) is applied to a mineralized tissue surface such as dentin and bone with the collagen gel containing AMTN of layer 2 facing this mineral surface. Upon immersion in simulated body fluid (SBF), the presence of AMTN in layer 2 triggers the formation of hydroxyapatite mineral deposits that intimately connect with the existing mineral surface and thus provide physical attachment. A similar product is disclosed but in addition to AMTN, it contains the Odontogenic, Ameloblast-Associated (ODAM) protein as well with both proteins exhibiting a synergistic effect.

Abstract: A management device is provided with an acquiring unit for acquiring the amount of variation between the voltage of a power storage element when conduction of power is suspended from a state in which power is being conducted to the power storage element and the voltage when a period has elapsed, and a determination unit for determining whether the amount of variation is included in a second range that corresponds to a first range in which the voltage difference between each power storage amount-voltage characteristic during charging and discharging for the same power storage amount is less than another range.

Abstract: A storage amount estimation device estimates the storage amount of the energy storage device in which at least one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode contains an active material, at least two electrochemical reactions being generated in the active material depending on a transition of charge-discharge, the hysteresis between a storage amount-voltage value charge characteristic and a storage amount-voltage value discharge characteristic during generation of one of the electrochemical reactions being smaller than the hysteresis during generation of the other electrochemical reaction in the active material. The storage amount estimation device includes an estimator that estimates the storage amount using a voltage reference storage amount-voltage value characteristic obtained based on the storage amount-voltage value discharge characteristic when the one electrochemical reaction is generated more than the other electrochemical reaction.

Abstract: A storage amount estimation device estimates the storage amount of the energy storage device, at least two electrochemical reactions being generated in the active material depending on a transition of charge-discharge, the hysteresis of a storage amount-voltage value characteristic indicated during generation of one of the electrochemical reactions is smaller than the hysteresis during generation of the other electrochemical reaction in the active material. The storage amount estimation device includes an estimator that estimates the storage amount based on the storage amount-voltage value characteristic when the one electrochemical reaction is generated more than the other electrochemical reaction.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to computer aided rebar measurement and inspection systems. In some embodiments, the system may include a data acquisition system configured to obtain fine-level rebar measurements, images or videos of rebar structures, a 3D point cloud model generation system configured to generate a 3D point cloud model representation of the rebar structure from information acquired by the data acquisition system, a rebar detection system configured to detect rebar within the 3D point cloud model generated or the rebar images or videos of the rebar structures, a rebar measurement system to measure features of the rebar and rebar structures detected by the rebar detection system, and a discrepancy detection system configured to compare the measured features of the rebar structures detected by the rebar detection system with a 3D Building Information Model (BIM) of the rebar structures, and determine any discrepancies between them.

Abstract: A flexible tube insertion apparatus including a flexible tube to be inserted into an insertion target is provided. The apparatus includes a variable stiffness section disposed in the tube and configured to change a bending stiffness of the tube, a variable stiffness drive section configured to drive the variable stiffness section, a rotation sensor configured to detect rotation of the tube about a central axis, and an insertion shape sensor configured to detect a curved shape of the tube. A variable stiffness controller drives the drive section so that a bending stiffness of the variable stiffness section is increased based on information detected by the rotation sensor and detected by the insertion shape sensor, when the tube forms a loop and rotates about the axis.