Abstract: A 1-butene/ethylene copolymer (A) satisfying the following requirements (A1) to (A5). (A1) a content of constituent units (i) derived from 1-butene is in a range of 70 to 99.9 mol %, and a content of constituent units (ii) derived from ethylene is in a range of 0.1 to 30 mol % [provided that a total of constituent units (i) and constituent units (ii) is 100 mol %]; (A2) an isotactic pentad fraction (mmmm) calculated by 13C-NMR is in a range of 80 to 99.9%; (A3) an intrinsic viscosity [?] measured in decalin at 135° C. is in a range of 0.7 to 2.0 dl/g; (A4) a melt flow rate (MFR) measured at 190° C. and a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with ASTM D1238 is 1 to 100 g/10 min; and (A5) a melting peak is not observed during second temperature raising in calorimetry with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC).

Abstract: A control method includes the following. First information indicating a group control level is determined based on operation skills of operators who each perform remote monitoring or remote operation on a moving body. Second information indicating an attribute-dependent control level is determined based on attribute information on the operators. Third information indicating individual control levels of the operators is determined based on the first and second information. Moving bodies present within a predetermined range from a predetermined notification device are identified. Fourth information indicating a device control level is determined based on the third information determined for operators of the moving bodies identified. A detail of notification to be output from the predetermined notification device is determined based on the fourth information. A control command for notifying of the detail is output.

Abstract: The control device includes: a detection unit that detects a predetermined speech/motion of a user who is present in an output destination space of a directional speaker; an identification unit that identifies, in accordance with the predetermined speech/motion, an audio source of interest among audio sources and a directional speaker as an object to be controlled; and an output control unit that causes the identified directional speakers to output audio supplied from the identified audio source.

Abstract: Provided is an operation management system capable of timely giving a driver an opportunity to take a rest. One aspect of the present disclosure is an operation management system including a sensor acquiring biological information of a driver of each of management-target vehicles, and a server managing traveling plans, each including a destination and an arrival time, of the management-target vehicles. The server includes a processor performing an adjustment process for the traveling plans. In the adjustment process, the processor proposes, to a driver of an adjustment-target vehicle, a rest point extracted from rest facilities located on a traveling route in a traveling plan, based on the traveling plan of the adjustment-target vehicle, on the traveling plans of the management-target vehicles other than the adjustment-target vehicle, on biological information of the driver of the adjustment-target vehicle acquired by the sensor, and on crowdedness information of the rest facilities.

Abstract: A malfunction determining device includes a head including a pickup member for picking up a component, a moving device configured to move the head, an inspection section, a determining section, and a notification section. The inspection section executes multiple inspections including a first inspection for performing a mounting operation under control of the head and the moving device to inspect whether the mounting operation is good or bad, and a second inspection for performing a calibration measurement of the head to inspect whether the calibration measurement is good or bad. The determining section determines presence or absence of a malfunction and a malfunction location in the head and the moving device based on a combination of results of the multiple inspections.

Abstract: In a first aspect, a method for optimizing efficiency of a transport provider is provided, comprising: receiving, by a processor, a first departure time of a vehicle, which is administered by the transport provider, at a first location; receiving, by the processor, a second departure time of the vehicle at a second location which is located after the first location; determining, by the processor, a difference between the first departure time and the second departure time; and updating, by the processer, a current schedule to provide an updated schedule in response to the determination of the difference, the updated schedule indicating an updated estimated arrival time of the vehicle at a location after the second location.

Abstract: The control device includes: a detection unit that detects a predetermined speech/motion of a user who is present in an output destination space of a directional speaker; an identification unit that identifies, in accordance with the predetermined speech/motion, an audio source of interest among audio sources and a directional speaker as an object to be controlled; and an output control unit that causes the identified directional speakers to output audio supplied from the identified audio source.

Abstract: A vehicle dispatch device includes: a demand information obtaining section configured to obtain a demand spot at which demand for vehicle dispatch is expected and demand time at which the demand is expected; a biological condition obtaining section configured to obtain, for each of drivers, a change over time of a biological condition from the present to the demand time; and a vehicle dispatch supporting section configured to determine, for each of the drivers, a required rest time necessary for taking a rest in order to make a level of the biological condition less than a predetermined threshold value at the demand time in the change over time, and to identify, from among the drivers, one or more drivers who are capable of finishing both of traveling to the demand spot and taking the rest by the demand time.

Abstract: A mobile terminal communication system for a vehicle that enables pairing between a mobile terminal and a seat while inhibiting an increase in equipment installed in the seat is provided. In one aspect of the disclosure, the system includes seats that each configured to output first information in relation to a motion of an occupant; and a processor that communicates with the seats and a mobile terminal possessed by a person in the vehicle. The processor includes a comparison processing device that estimates a control-target seat, on which the person is seated, among the seats by comparing the first information outputted by each seat with second information in relation to the motion of the person outputted by the mobile terminal; and a pairing processing device that pairs the estimated control-target seat with the mobile terminal and to transmit an output of the paired mobile terminal to the control-target seat.

Abstract: An assistance information management system including a usage record data storage section configured to store usage record data in which usage information on use of an assistance device is recorded in association with usage time information on a date and time when the assistance device is used and assisted person identification information used to identify the assisted person using the assistance device, an assistance record data storage section configured to store assistance record data, an extraction section configured to extract the usage information and the assisted person management information on a specific assisted person, an association section configured to associate the usage information and the assisted person management information with each other based on the usage time information and the management time information, and a presentation section configured to present the associated usage information and the assisted person management information in a visually recognizable manner.

Abstract: An assistance system includes a storage section configured to store usage record data in which usage information as to a use of an assistance device configured to assist an operation of a care receiver is recorded in association with time information as to a date and time when the assistance device is used and user identification information used to identify a user using the assistance device, an extracting section configured to extract the usage information and the time information as to a specific user based on the user identification information included in the usage record data, and a display section configured to display a time series change in the usage information as to the specific user in a graspable manner.

Abstract: A thermally conductive composition contains a base polymer, an adhesive polymer, and thermally conductive particles. A thermal conductivity of the thermally conductive composition is 0.3 W/m·K or more. The thermally conductive particles include inorganic particles (a) with a specific surface area of 1 m2/g or less. The inorganic particles (a) are coated with the adhesive polymer. The production method includes a first mixing process of mixing the adhesive polymer and the inorganic particles (a) with a specific surface area of 1 m2/g or less so that the inorganic particles (a) are coated with the adhesive polymer, a second mixing process of adding and mixing the base polymer; and a curing process. Thus, the present invention provides a thermally conductive composition that has high thermal conductive properties, a high compression repulsive force, and less interfacial debonding resulting from stress, and a method for producing the thermally conductive composition.

Abstract: A positive common line and a negative common line are connected to a power source connector connected to a battery pack. First filters are provided on these two common lines, respectively. The positive common line is branched into a positive front line and a positive rear line. The negative common line is branched into a negative front line and a negative rear line. These two front lines are connected to a front power connector that is connected to a front power control unit. These two rear lines are connected to a rear power connector that is connected to a rear power control unit. It is possible to suppress electromagnetic noise on common lines.

Abstract: A management device is used in an assistive device configured to assist an erecting action and a seating action of a care receiver and records, as a log data, an action history including erecting actions and seating actions. The management device for the assistive device includes a detecting section for detecting, in the log data, a cycle action executed in the order of the erecting action and then the seating action, and a determination section for determining, based on the log data, whether the cycle action detected is a transfer action in which the care receiver is transferred.

Abstract: A positive common line and a negative common line are connected to a power source connector connected to a battery pack. First filters are provided on these two common lines, respectively. The positive common line is branched into a positive front line and a positive rear line. The negative common line is branched into a negative front line and a negative rear line. These two front lines are connected to a front power connector that is connected to a front power control unit. These two rear lines are connected to a rear power connector that is connected to a rear power control unit. It is possible to suppress electromagnetic noise on common lines.

Abstract: A thermally conductive composition 26 contains a base polymer, an adhesive polymer, and thermally conductive particles. A thermal conductivity of the thermally conductive composition 26 is 0.3 W/mK or more. The base polymer is a silicone polymer. The adhesive polymer contains a methyl hydrogen polysiloxane, an epoxy group-containing alkyltrialkoxysilane, and a cyclic polysiloxane oligomer. The amount of the adhesive polymer is 5 to 35 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the base polymer. A thermally conductive sheet of the present invention includes the thermally conductive composition in the form of a sheet. Thus, the present invention provides a thermally conductive composition that has high thermal conductive properties and excellent resilience and that can prevent interfacial peeling due to stress, a thermally conductive sheet including the thermally conductive composition, and a method for producing the thermally conductive sheet.

Abstract: A control method for a winding wire manufacturing device that includes a base, a clamp, a bending top and a controller, includes a first process of detecting a bending torque applied to the bending top at the time of edgewise bending, a second process of determining whether or not a maximum value obtained by removing a torque value in starting the bending top from the bending torque is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value set in advance, and a third process of reducing a clamp load applied to a rectangular wire by the clamp when the maximum value of the bending torque is larger than the predetermined value.

Abstract: In a first aspect, a method for optimizing efficiency of a transport provider is provided, comprising: receiving, by a processor, a first departure time of a vehicle, which is administered by the transport provider, at a first location; receiving, by the processor, a second departure time of the vehicle at a second location which is located after the first location; determining , by the processor, a difference between the first departure time and the second departure time; and updating, by the processer, a current schedule to provide an updated schedule in response to the determination of the difference, the updated schedule indicating an updated estimated arrival time of the vehicle at a location after the second location.

Abstract: In a first aspect, a method for adaptively managing a vehicle that is administered by a transport provider is provided, the method comprises: determining, by a processor, an area relating to the vehicle at a location at which the vehicle has arrived; determining, by the processor, a number of individuals who are within the determined area; and predicting, by the processor, a time at which the vehicle departs the location in response to the determination of the number of individuals who are within the determined area.

Abstract: In a first aspect, there is provided a method, by a server (102, 120), for adaptively estimating capacity of a predetermined area of a vehicle, comprising: receiving, by the server (102, 120), information relating to at least one individual who is positioned at an entrance to enter the predetermined area of the vehicle; determining, by the server, if the at least one individual fails to enter the predetermined area of the vehicle at a location in response to receiving the information; and estimating, by the server (102, 120), the capacity of the predetermined area of the vehicle when it is determined that the at least one individual fails to enter the predetermined area of the vehicle.