Abstract: The novel technology described in this disclosure includes an example method comprising selecting a target of interest having an obsolete appearance model, the obsolete appearance model describing a prior appearance of the target of interest, navigating a first mobile robot to a location the first mobile robot including a mechanical component providing motive force to the first mobile robot and an image sensor, and searching for the target of interest at the location. The method may include collecting, in the location by the image sensor of the first mobile robot, appearance data of the target of interest, and updating the obsolete appearance model using the appearance data of the target of interest. In some implementations, the method may, in a subsequent meeting between the target of interest and a second mobile robot at a later point in time, recognizing the target of interest using the updated appearance model.

Abstract: An apparatus for training a model includes a storage unit configured to store a parameter of the model trained by using a training data set, and the training data set, a detector configured to use the model to determine whether an anomaly is present in a test data set and store a determined result and the test data set in the storage unit, and a retraining unit configured to retrain the model by using the determined result, the test data set, and the training data set.

Abstract: A vehicle running control system includes: a steering apparatus that includes a turning device being mechanically separated from a steering wheel; a vehicle drive unit; and a control device. The control device is configured to execute: a turning processing that controls the turning device such that an actual turning angle of the wheel approaches a target turning angle; a vehicle driving processing that determines a target vehicle driving force according to a required vehicle driving force based on a vehicle driving request and that controls the vehicle drive unit so as to cause an actual vehicle driving force to the target vehicle driving force determined; and where a turning angle difference is greater than a turning angle threshold value in a low vehicle speed condition, a driving force limiting processing that limits the target vehicle driving force so as to become smaller than the required vehicle driving force.

Abstract: The novel technology described in this disclosure includes an example method comprising initializing an observability grid with an observation likelihood distribution for an environment being navigated by a mobile detection system, such as but not limited to a robot; searching the environment using the observability grid for an observation point; navigating, using a propulsion system, the robot to the observation point; and observing a target object from the observation point. The observability grid may include two or more spatial dimensions and an angular dimension. In some cases, the method may include sampling the environment with the robot based on the observation likelihood distribution of the observability grid.

Abstract: A device for estimating a cause of an anomaly comprises: a detection unit to detect an anomaly in a detection target based on a learner trained on first numerical vectors obtained from a detection target when the detection target is under a normal condition and second numerical vectors to be obtained from the detection target at multiple time; and a first computing unit to compute, for each metric of a second numerical vector from which an anomaly has been detected, as information for estimating a metric of cause of the anomaly, a value obtained by subtracting, from a value of the metric, an average of the metric in the first numerical vectors, and dividing a result of the subtracting by standard deviation of the metric in the first numerical vectors. This device supports estimation of the cause of an anomaly detected in a target object for detecting an anomaly.

Abstract: A spout assembly includes a spout and a cap. The cap includes an inner ring having an outer peripheral surface provided with a first region with a first outer diameter and a second region with a second outer diameter. The spout includes a side wall having an inner peripheral surface provided with a first region having a first inner diameter and a second region having a second inner diameter. When the cap is threadably engaged with the spout, the first region of the inner ring is in close contact with the first region of the side wall of the spout throughout the circumference, and the second region of the inner ring is in close contact with the second region of the side wall of the spout throughout the circumference.

Abstract: A vehicle sailing stop control method is provided for a vehicle including a friction engagement element disposed between a traveling drive source and drive wheels, a torque converter disposed between the friction engagement element and the traveling drive source, and including a lock-up clutch for which a power transmission amount is controlled based on hydraulic pressure, and a hydraulic pressure source that can supply the hydraulic pressure while the traveling drive source is stopped. The vehicle sailing stop control method includes: performing sailing stop control so that coasting is performed by cutting off power transmission of the friction engagement element and stopping the traveling drive source upon a sailing stop travel condition being established; and, during coasting by the sailing stop control, placing the lock-up clutch in a power transmission state in which the hydraulic pressure is applied to the lock-up clutch.

Abstract: A steering system is configured such that a ratio of a turning angle change amount with respect to a steering angle change amount in a first steering angle area is larger than the ratio of the turning angle change amount with respect to the steering angle change amount in a second steering angle area, and a steering angle in the second steering angle is smaller than the steering angle of the first steering angle area. An electronic control unit of the steering system sets a delay degree of a change in turning angle with respect to a change in steering angle in the first steering angle area to be larger than the delay degree of the change in turning angle with respect to the change in steering angle in the second steering angle area regardless of a turning-over operation or a turning-back operation.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating anomaly information includes an input unit configured to input anomaly data detected as anomaly by an anomaly detecting algorithm that outputs an anomaly degree of input data for vectors, using learning of the vectors in a normal state, and an estimate unit configured to search for one or more vectors that decrease the degree of anomaly when added to the anomaly data, taking into account a likelihood, for each dimension, of a given dimension being a cause of the anomaly, and estimate the cause of the anomaly based on the searched vectors whereby it is possible to estimate detailed information on a detected anomaly.

Abstract: An electrolyzed water production device produces electrolyzed water including hypochlorous acid by electrolyzing water including chloride ions, and includes an electrolytic cell through which water passes, and an electrode provided inside the electrolytic cell; and the electrode includes a catalyst layer including iridium oxide, tantalum oxide, and rhodium oxide, in which a proportion of a number of rhodium atoms included in the rhodium oxide to a sum of a number of iridium atoms included in the iridium oxide, a number of tantalum atoms included in the tantalum oxide, and the number of rhodium atoms is not less than 31% and not more than 60%.

Abstract: A viewpoint recommendation apparatus includes image feature extraction means for extracting an image feature from the acquired image at a first viewpoint, pose estimation means for calculating a first likelihood map indicating a relation between the estimated pose of the object and a likelihood of this estimated pose, second storage means for storing a second likelihood map indicating a relation between the true first viewpoint and a likelihood of this first viewpoint in the estimated pose, third storage means for storing a third likelihood map indicating a relation between the pose of the object when the object is observed at the first and the second viewpoints and a likelihood of this pose, and viewpoint estimation means for estimating the second viewpoint so that a value of an evaluation function of the first, second, and third likelihood maps becomes the maximum or minimum.

Abstract: A feature value generation device includes a generator configured to digitize non-numerical text data items collected at a plurality of timings from a target of anomaly detection, to generate vectors whose elements are feature values corresponding to the digitized data items; a learning unit configured to learn the vectors during a learning period so as to output a learning result; and a detector configured to detect, during a test period, for each of the vectors generated by the generator, an anomaly based on said each of the vectors and the learning result.

Abstract: A feature value generation device includes a generator configured to generate vectors whose elements are feature values of data items collected at a plurality of timings from a target of anomaly detection, so as to normalize or standardize the vectors based on a set of predetermined vectors; a learning unit configured to learn the predetermined vectors so as to output a learning result; and a detector configured to detect, for each of the vectors normalized or standardized by the generator, an anomaly based on said each of the vectors and the learning result. The set of predetermined vectors is a set of vectors with which no anomaly is detected by the detector, and the set of vectors is updated in accordance with no anomaly being detected by the detector.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes control means for executing coasting control, in which a friction engaging element is disengaged and a rotation speed of a rotary shaft of a drive source is set at zero, when a shift range corresponds to a travel range and a coasting condition is established, and the control means executes the coasting control when the shift range is modified to a neutral range.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a communication interface and a processor. The communication interface acquires a read image generated by reading an original document. The processor determines in accordance with an original document image, which corresponds to the original document in the read image, which one of a first skew causing tilt in the original document image and a second skew causing distortion in the original document image occurs. The processor changes in accordance with a result of the determination, processing to be executed when the skew occurs in the original document image. The second skew may include distortion of the original document image and tilt of the original document image.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes control means for executing coasting control to disengage a friction engaging element and set a rotation speed of a rotary shaft of a drive source at zero when a predetermined condition is established, the predetermined condition including at least a condition according to which an accelerator pedal is not depressed. The control means starts the coasting control after predicting that an actual speed ratio of a continuously variable transmission will be modifiable to a target speed ratio of the coasting control during the coasting control, even in a case where the accelerator pedal is not depressed but the actual speed ratio has not yet reached the target speed ratio.

Abstract: The novel technology described in this disclosure includes an example method comprising initializing an observability grid with an observation likelihood distribution for an environment being navigated by a mobile detection system, such as but not limited to a robot; searching the environment using the observability grid for an observation point; navigating, using a propulsion system, the robot to the observation point; and observing a target object from the observation point. The observability grid may include two or more spatial dimensions and an angular dimension. In some cases, the method may include sampling the environment with the robot based on the observation likelihood distribution of the observability grid.

Abstract: A vehicle sailing stop control method is provided for a vehicle including a friction engagement element disposed between a traveling drive source and drive wheels, a torque converter disposed between the friction engagement element and the traveling drive source, and including a lock-up clutch for which a power transmission amount is controlled based on hydraulic pressure, and a hydraulic pressure source that can supply the hydraulic pressure while the traveling drive source is stopped. The vehicle sailing stop control method includes: performing sailing stop control so that coasting is performed by cutting off power transmission of the friction engagement element and stopping the traveling drive source upon a sailing stop travel condition being established; and, during coasting by the sailing stop control, placing the lock-up clutch in a power transmission state in which the hydraulic pressure is applied to the lock-up clutch.

Abstract: The novel technology described in this disclosure includes an example method comprising selecting a target of interest having an obsolete appearance model, the obsolete appearance model describing a prior appearance of the target of interest, navigating a first mobile robot to a location the first mobile robot including a mechanical component providing motive force to the first mobile robot and an image sensor, and searching for the target of interest at the location. The method may include collecting, in the location by the image sensor of the first mobile robot, appearance data of the target of interest, and updating the obsolete appearance model using the appearance data of the target of interest. In some implementations, the method may, in a subsequent meeting between the target of interest and a second mobile robot at a later point in time, recognizing the target of interest using the updated appearance model.

Abstract: The novel technology described in this disclosure includes an example method comprising capturing sensor data using one or more sensors describing a particular environment; processing the sensor data using one or more computing devices coupled to the one or more sensors to detect a participant within the environment; determining a location of the participant within the environment; querying a feature database populated with a multiplicity of features extracted from the environment using the location of the participant for one or more features being located proximate the location of the participant; and selecting, using the one or more computing devices, a scene type from among a plurality of predetermined scene types based on association likelihood values describing probabilities of each feature of the one or more features being located within the scene types.