Abstract: An optical transmission apparatus includes a wavelength selection switch configured to: receive signal light, and attenuate power of the received signal light; an optical amplifier coupled to the wavelength selection switch and configured to optically amplify the attenuated signal light; and a processor configured to control the wavelength selection switch to attenuate power of signal light which passes a channel which is newly set by an attenuation amount based on information on light levels of spontaneous emission light generated by the optical amplifier.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a top panel having a manipulation surface; a position detector configured to detect a position of a manipulation input performed on the manipulation surface; a vibrating element; and a drive controlling part configured to drive the vibrating element for generating a natural vibration in an ultrasound frequency band at the manipulation surface such that an intensity of the natural vibration is changed in accordance with the position of the manipulation input performed on the manipulation surface and a time change degree of the position, wherein a width of the vibrating element in a direction in which an amplitude of the natural vibration changes is set based on a ratio between a flexural rigidity of the top panel and a flexural rigidity of the top panel and the vibrating element at a portion where the vibrating element is attached to the top panel.

Abstract: A method of controlling a transmission signal, includes transmitting a training signal including four polarization states having a given relation; and performing rotation control and transmission power level control of a polarization component of a data signal, based on a rotation control matrix for a polarization state and an inverse-operation control matrix for a power level imbalance, which are estimated from Stokes parameters related to input power level present on a Poincare sphere acquired from the training signal and Stokes parameters related to output power level present on the Poincare sphere.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device that is a first information processing device, the information processing device including a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to transmit, to a second information processing device, a first beacon for indicating that the first information processing device operates as a gateway, receive a second beacon for requesting that the first information processing device transmits data included in the second beacon to a server, and transmit, to the server, the data included in the second beacon and a source identification of the second beacon.

Abstract: A sheet storage device includes: an accommodation unit that accommodates a sheet in a manner stacking on a certain surface; a sheet sliding unit that is positioned on a first end side of a sheet accommodated in the accommodation unit and sequentially slides a sheet from a sheet positioned in a lowermost layer; and a supporting unit that is positioned on a second end side opposite to the first end side of a sheet accommodated in the accommodation unit and supports an area around the second end of the sheet in a manner separating from the certain surface by being pressed by a weight of the sheet and an own weight.

Abstract: Provided is a storage medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process including: repeating creation of a process plan and calculation of parameter values of the created process plan until calculated parameter values fall within respective first target ranges; storing the calculated parameter values; outputting the created process plan where all the calculated parameter values are within the respective first target ranges; when receiving a specification of a parameter value and a change of a target range of a specified parameter value to a second target range, determining a third target range of an unspecified parameter value based on the second target range and stored parameter values; repeating the creation and the calculation until the specified and unspecified parameter values respectively fall within the second and third target ranges; and outputting the created process plan where all the parameter values are within respective target ranges.

Abstract: An information processing system includes: a first information processing apparatus; and a second information processing apparatus, the first information processing apparatus includes: a computation processing device that executes a first computation; a main storage device that stores data; and a control device that controls transfer of data among the first and second information processing apparatuses, the control device includes: a computation processor that executes a second computation; a buffer that holds data used in the second computation that the computation processor executes; and a transfer controller that controls transfer of data from the main storage device to the buffer and transfer of data from a different main storage device in the second information processing apparatus to the buffer, and controls transfer of result data of the second computation to the main storage device and transfer of the result data of the second computation to the different main storage device.

Abstract: A distortion compensation apparatus includes: a generation unit that generates a first signal to be used on a transmission side and a feedback side in common; a conversion unit that converts a frequency of a third signal that is to be an even-order distortion compensation signal by using a second signal that is based on the first signal; and a compensation unit that compensates an even-order distortion in a transmission signal caused by amplification by using a signal obtained by frequency conversion for the third signal by the conversion unit.

Abstract: A search method includes receiving a search request to encoded text data, based on first index information produced by specifying an occurrence position of a character or a word included in original data of the encoded text data as a first axis and contents of the search request, generating second index information having a second axis superordinate to the first axis, and searching the encoded text data in response to the search request using the second index information.

Abstract: A device for converting an address, the device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: receive a request packet of contents from a first information processing device; convert a first transmission source address included in the request packet to a second transmission source address by using a conversion table corresponding to a communication path of the request packet; and transmit the request packet to a second information processing device which determines whether to provide the contents based on the second transmission source address included in the request packet.

Abstract: In a paper sheet storing apparatus housed in a paper sheet handling apparatus, a storage part stores paper sheets. An ejection port ejects a paper sheet of the paper sheets stored in the storage part. A first roller is arranged near the ejection port, and is rotated in a predetermined direction by transmission of rotation caused by drive of a drive shaft so as to send out the paper sheet from the ejection port. A driven shaft is rotated in the predetermined direction following the rotation of the first roller. A second roller is arranged in a position farther from the ejection port than a first roller, and is rotated in the predetermined direction by transmission of rotation of the driven shaft so as to sequentially feed, to the first roller, the paper sheets from a paper sheet positioned in a lowest layer among the paper sheets.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including generating a virtual machine when a processing load regarding one or more virtual machines on which a software runs exceeds a threshold, determining whether a number of first type licenses of the software used for the one or more virtual machines is less than a predetermined number, the first type licenses being flat-rate licenses for a given period or permanently, obtaining a second type license of the software when the number of first type licenses is no less than the predetermined number, the second type license being a pay-for-use billing license, and applying the second type license to the generated virtual machine.

Abstract: A machine learning method includes acquiring teacher data to be used in supervised learning, and plurality of document data, specifying first document data among the plurality of document data in accordance with a first feature value and a second feature value, the first feature value being decided in accordance with a frequency of appearance of a word in the teacher data, the second feature value being decided in accordance with a frequency of appearance of the word in each of the plurality of document data, and performing machine-learning of characteristic information of the first document data as pre-learning for the supervised learning.

Abstract: An information processing system configured to identify a detection target based on first identification information having a limit on number of registrations in an operating system of a first mobile terminal and second identification information that does not have the limit, the information processing system includes the first mobile terminal, the detection target, and an information processing apparatus.

Abstract: A shutter includes a base that has a ventilation hole, and a louver that is attached to the base and opens and closes the ventilation hole, wherein the louver includes a turning portion pivotally and turnably supported on the base, and a blade coupled to the turning portion at one end, the blade turns about a turning axis of the turning portion to open the ventilation hole by receiving air passing through the ventilation hole, and the blade has a shape in which an air receiving surface which receives the air is curved toward a direction in which the blade turns to open the ventilation hole, with respect to a plane which couples the turning axis and a turning end of the blade.

Abstract: An association method executed by a computer, the association method including obtaining a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras, acquiring at least one identifier of at least one radio terminal that is located near one of the plurality of cameras when at least one of the plurality of cameras captures one of the plurality of images, obtaining attributes corresponding to one or more person included in a group of images based on an analysis regarding the group of images, the group of images being included in the plurality of images and corresponding to a first identifier included in the at least one identifier, determining an attribute corresponding to the first identifier based on a result of the obtaining the attributes, and storing, into a storage device, the determined attribute in association with the first identifier.

Abstract: A communication device includes a transmitter that transmits a transmission signal during a transmission time-period, the transmitter to include, a modulator to modulate the transmission signal, and a transmission-side distortion compensator to measure spurious characteristics of the modulator during a time-period other than the transmission time-period and add, during the transmission time-period, a compensation signal indicating reverse characteristics of the spurious characteristics of the modulator to the transmission signal before the input of the transmission signal to the modulator, and a receiver that receives a reception signal during a reception time-period, the receiver to include, a demodulator to demodulate the reception signal, and a reception-side distortion compensator to measure spurious characteristics of the demodulator during a time-period other than the reception time-period and adds, during the reception time-period, a compensation signal indicating reverse characteristics of the spuriou

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to execute a process including acquiring a first data file including a plurality of first records each having a first data value of a first data item and a second data value of a second data item, generating first association information indicating a correspondence between a plurality of first data values and coded data values, encoding the first data file, encrypting the first association information, obtaining a plurality of data values of the second data item in a second data file, specifying the plurality of first data values, in the plurality of first records, corresponding to the plurality of data values in the second data files, specifying a plurality of coded data values, in the encoded first data file, corresponding to the plurality of specified first data values, and merging the second data file and the plurality of specified coded data values.

Abstract: A communication device includes a receiver, a processor, and a transceiver. The receiver receives a control message from a connection destination device that is connected to the communication device through a first session using a first protocol. The processor performs processing specified by the control message and establishes a second session between the communication device and a communication destination device for a communication using a second protocol when communication processing that occurs due to the processing specified by the control message is performed using the second protocol. The transceiver performs communication using the first session and the second session. The processor terminates the second session when the communication using the second protocol is terminated. The transceiver reports a result of the processing specified by the control message to the communication destination device through the first session.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes: a switch circuit to hold a first protection path provided for a working path in a first network, a second protection path provided for the working path in a second network, and a bridge path provided between a working apparatus to relay traffic on the working path between the first and second networks and a protection apparatus to relay traffic on the first and second protection paths; and a signal processing unit to, upon reception of a first control signal indicating a failure on the working path from the first network, transmit the first control signal to the working apparatus and control the switch circuit in accordance with a second control signal corresponding to the first control signal received from the working apparatus, wherein the transmission apparatus is the protection apparatus, and is provided on a boundary between the first and second networks.