Abstract: A verification device 101 receives extracted and sanitized data 113 that has been sanitized to protect the privacy of person A. The verification device 101, extracts from among MCU-hash storage data 123 and for MCU1 and MCU2 among MCUs obtained by dividing the extracted and sanitized data 113, an MCU1 hash and an MCU2 hash. The verification device 101 generates an MCU3 hash to an MCU6 hash and from the MCU1 hash to the MCU6 hash, generates a JPEG frame hash 125. The verification device 101 then compares a JPEG hash 121 and the JPEG hash 125 to verify the authenticity of the extracted and sanitized data 113.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include sorting potential optical layer link failures in a network in an increasing order of failed traffic amount. The method may further include, for each potential optical link failure in increasing order of failed traffic amount: determining the additional higher layer link capacity required on existing higher layer links associated with the potential optical link failure using higher layer restoration of the potential optical link failure; determining the additional optical layer capacity required for restoring the existing higher layer links associated with the potential optical link failure using optical layer restoration; and selecting one of the higher layer and the optical layer as a restoration layer for restoration of the existing higher layer links associated with the potential optical link failure based on the determined additional higher layer link capacity and the determined additional optical layer capacity.

Abstract: The disclosed signal generator circuit has a four-phase signal generator circuit generating four-phase signals with a first frequency; an eight-phase signal generator circuit performing ½ frequency division of the four-phase signals to generate eight-phase signals with a second frequency; a first to a fourth harmonic rejection mixer circuits multiplying a first four-phase signal and a second four-phase signal of the four-phase signals by a first to a third eight-phase signals and a third to a fifth eight-phase signals of the eight-phase signals with mutually different combinations; a subtractor subtracting between outputs of the first and the fourth harmonic rejection mixer circuits to generate a first output signal with a third frequency; and an adder adding between outputs of the second and the third harmonic rejection mixer circuits to generate a second output signal with a third frequency whose phase is different from the first output signal by ?/2.

Abstract: A guidance apparatus for guiding to a predetermined orientation includes a detection section configured to detect a contact of an object via a contact surface; a measurement section configured to measure an orientation of the guidance apparatus; a calculation section configured to calculate a direction of the predetermined orientation relative to the orientation measured by the measurement section; and a vibration section configured to generate vibration if the contact of the object is detected by the detection section either within an area including the direction, or within another area other than the area including the direction, among a plurality of areas partitioning the contact surface.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: forming a moisture resistant ring surrounding a multilayer interconnection structure in a layered body formed of stacked layers of a plurality of interlayer insulating films lower in dielectric constant than a SiO2 film and including the multilayer interconnection structure; forming a groove in the layered body between the moisture resistant ring and a scribe line, the groove reaching a surface of a semiconductor substrate; forming a film including Si and C as principal components and covering sidewall surfaces and a bottom surface of the groove; and forming a protection film on the film along the sidewall surfaces and the bottom surface of the groove.

Abstract: A base station apparatus that wirelessly communicates with a wireless terminal, including: a determination portion that determines a mode of the wireless terminal that exists in a service area of the base station apparatus; and a setting portion that sets a first mode in which a first period in which the base station apparatus is communicable with the wireless terminal and a second period in which the base station apparatus is incommunicable with the wireless terminal are provided alternately, based on a result of the determination of the determination portion, and sets a length of the second period based on the result of the determination of the determination portion.

Abstract: A gasket includes a first body which is attached to a first member at outside of a gap between a first seal surface formed on the first member and a second seal surface formed on a second member and which includes a reinforcing member; a second body which is extended from the first body to the gap between the first seal surface and the second seal surface; and a protrusion portion which is protruded toward the second seal surface in a state in which the first body is attached to the first member and the second member has not yet been attached to the first member, and is pressed by the second seal surface to closely attach the second body to the first seal surface in a state in which the first body is attached to the first member and the second member is attached to the first member.

Abstract: A control device includes: an output circuit configured to output a first signal to a first point on a first conductive wire wired on a substrate; a reception circuit configured to receive the first signal that is transmitted through the first conductive wire, from a second point on the first conductive wire, as a second signal; and a decision circuit configured to decide a compensation value of first attenuation of a third signal that is input to a second conductive wire that is wired on the substrate and different from the first conductive wire by referring to information on second attenuation of the first signal based on a waveform of the second signal.

Abstract: An image compression apparatus including an image segmenting unit to segment an image into a plurality of image blocks; a prediction unit to take an adjacent pixel to which each pixel points in the same angle as a reference pixel, and take a pixel value or a reconstruction value of the reference pixel as a prediction value; an encoding unit to encode a residual obtained by subtracting the prediction value from the pixel value, or a quantization coefficient obtained through a transformation and a quantization of the residual; and a reconstruction unit to add the prediction value with corresponding residual or a residual obtained through an inverse transformation and an inverse quantization of the quantization coefficient to obtain a reconstruction value of each pixel.

Abstract: A piping connection structure includes: a pipe; and an elastic tube connected to the pipe, the tube including a connection into which the pipe is inserted and fitted, and a main body linked seamlessly with the connection, wherein the main body includes a projection that is formed circularly along a circumferential direction of the main body, and across the main body in an axial direction, and projects into an inside of the tube in a radial direction with respect to an inner periphery of the connection.

Abstract: A first information processing apparatus includes a first input/output unit that is capable of communicating with a second information processing apparatus for monitoring the first information processing apparatus and transmits a notification signal transmitted from a first input/output device to the second information processing apparatus even when no notification from an operating system that is operated by a processor is obtained. The second information processing apparatus includes a second input/output unit and a trouble detector that detects generation of a trouble on a network when the second input/output device does not receive the notification signal from the first input/output device.

Abstract: An optical transmission system includes: a plurality of optical transmission devices each including: an adjustment unit to adjust optical power of channels in the WDM optical signal; and a controller to control the adjustment unit based on an adjustment amount, and a management device including: a converter to convert an evaluation value for evaluating quality of service provided by using the channels in the WDM optical signal into a threshold value of transmission quality to be satisfied by the channels; and a determination unit to calculate the transmission quality of the channels based on monitoring information of the channels in the WDM optical signal adjusted by the adjusting unit of at least one of the plurality of optical transmission devices and to determine the adjustment amount to be set for the optical transmission device so that the calculated transmission quality of the channels satisfy the threshold value.

Abstract: A heat radiation plate includes a depressed portion into which thermally-conductive resin that transfers heat of an electronic component to the heat radiation plate is poured, and a plurality of check portions configured to be provided to the depressed portion and with an upper surface portion and a lower surface portion stepwise at positions lower than an outer edge portion of the depressed portion and higher than a bottom surface portion of the depressed portion so that a liquid level of the thermally-conductive resin is visually checkable, wherein when the thermally-conductive resin is normally filled in the depressed portion, each of the lower surface portions of the plurality of check portions is covered with the thermally-conductive resin and each of the upper surface portions of the plurality of check portions is exposed without being covered with the thermally-conductive resin.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a configuration method for a coexistent interference frequency set, a base station and UE. The method includes: receiving, by a target base station, a first coexistent interference frequency set configured for UE, transmitted by a source base station, when the UE is handed over from the source base station to the target base station; and comparing the first coexistent interference frequency set with a preset second coexistent interference frequency set by the target base station, and not reconfiguring a coexistent interference frequency set for the UE by the target base station if a result of the comparison is that they are identical. With the embodiments of the present disclosure, configuration of coexistent interference frequency by the base station may be reduced, waste of system resources is lowered, and performance of the system is improved.

Abstract: A wavelength multiplexing apparatus includes: a dividing unit to divide a multiplexed optical signal into a plurality of groups each including a plurality of channels; a designating unit to designate, for each group, an arbitrary channel as a designated channel and to designate an adjacent channel in a predetermined frequency direction; an acquisition unit to acquire a first optical level at a central wavelength in the designated channel and a second optical level at a wavelength at which the designated channel and the adjacent channel interfere with each other; a comparison unit to compare a determined ratio of the second optical level to the first optical level with a reference ratio of a third optical level to the first optical level; and an adjustment unit to adjust a wavelength spacing between the designated channel and the adjacent channel in the group, based on a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A peripheral object detection apparatus that is installed in a vehicle to detect a peripheral object obstructing travel by a vehicle includes: a radar that obtains a reflection intensity by transmitting an electromagnetic wave and receiving an electromagnetic wave reflected by an object; and a determination unit that calculates an integrated value of an amount of variation in the reflection intensity within a predetermined section, obtained by the radar, and determines on the basis of the integrated value whether or not the object is a low object not obstructing travel by the vehicle.

Abstract: A non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium stores a file evaluation program that causes a computer to execute a process including classifying, for each server group of a plurality of server groups, a plurality of files of a same name into a layer that is one of a plurality of layers, based on a matching degree of contents of the plurality of files, the plurality of files being stored in the server group; and extracting a first plurality of files having a same name, being classified into different layers, and being stored in different server groups among the plurality of server groups.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a transmission apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to extract a first data from control information used in communication processing with another transmission apparatus, the first data having a first data amount that is difference between data capacity of a first frame including second data and data amount of the second data, generate a second frame including the first data and the second data, and transmit the second frame to the another transmission apparatus.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus of the embodiment includes: a data storage unit to store a virtual address in association with first information that includes at least identification information of a slot; and circuitry. And the circuitry is configured to : detect an interrupt that notifies an operating system that a first PCI card was replaced and is output from a second PCI card by which the first PCI card was replaced on a certain slot; extract, from the data storage unit, a virtual address associated with first information that includes identification information of the certain slot, upon detecting the interrupt; and set the second PCI card so as to communicate using the extracted virtual address.

Abstract: A timeout value determining method of a link aggregation apparatus includes receiving link aggregated packets from a plurality of links, the link aggregated packets flowing on a packet flow between two end hosts, determining a delay relating to a remote host within the two end hosts, reordering the link aggregated packets based on an order in the packet flow, and calculating, by using a processor, a timeout value corresponding to each of the links based on a packet loss and the delay, each timeout value is used to wait reception of a packet from a corresponding link.