Abstract: A motor control device includes: a current control unit that calculates a voltage command with respect to a d-axis and a q-axis of a motor at every predetermined calculation cycle; a carrier wave generation unit that generates a carrier wave; a carrier wave frequency adjustment unit that adjusts a frequency of the carrier wave; a phase calculation unit that calculates a voltage phase of an inverter based on a rotation position of the motor; a divided phase calculation unit that calculates a divided phase in which the voltage phase is divided for every predetermined division number of two or more; a three-phase voltage conversion unit that converts the voltage command into a three-phase voltage command based on the divided phase; and a PWM control unit that performs pulse width modulation on the three-phase voltage command using the carrier wave and generates a PWM pulse signal for controlling operation of the inverter.

Abstract: In the connection portion for a superconducting wire, a plurality of superconducting wires are integrated by a sintered body containing MgB2, end portions of the superconducting wires each having an outer peripheral surface of a superconducting filament exposed are inserted into a container in parallel. The container has an opening having a diameter larger than a wire diameter of the superconducting wires on at least one side in a longitudinal direction of the superconducting wires, and the sintered body is in contact with the outer peripheral surfaces of the superconducting filaments. The method for connecting a superconducting wire includes: exposing the outer peripheral surfaces of the superconducting filaments; inserting the superconducting wires into the container; filling the container with a raw material; and heat-treating the raw material to generate the sintered body. The raw material is pressurized in parallel to the longitudinal direction of the superconducting wires and then heat-treated.

Abstract: A steering apparatus includes a first CAN communication line provided between a steering input mechanism and a steering mechanism controller and configured to output a first steering operation amount signal output from a first steering operation amount signal output portion to the steering mechanism controller, and a communication line provided between the steering input mechanism and the steering mechanism controller and configured to output a second steering operation amount signal to the steering mechanism controller without intervention of a first microprocessor.

Abstract: Provided is a particle quantifying device in which there is a wider range of the number of particles that can be accurately recognized in a particulate sample. An observation device 1 comprises an imaging camera 107 that acquires a sample image representing a particulate sample and a computer 108 that performs a computation process relating to the sample image. The computer 108 acquires a frequency domain representation of the sample image, separates the frequency domain representation into a high-frequency component and a low-frequency component, acquires a high-frequency image as a spatial domain representation of the high-frequency component, acquires a low-frequency image as a spatial domain representation of the low-frequency component, and recognizes or quantifies the particulate sample on the basis of the high-frequency image and the low-frequency image.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein are directed to an environment involving a plurality of robots, wherein for receipt of a plurality of orders, the systems and methods generate a plurality of task batches to fulfill the plurality of orders; generate a parameter set for execution by the plurality of robots to execute the plurality of task batches. For a determination by a controller that one or more of the plurality of robots is to execute the plurality of task batches, the systems and methods load the parameter set; and control the one or more of the plurality of robots based on the loaded parameter set to execute the task batch.

Abstract: A road manager system and method to identify a road surface property in a convenient and stable manner, including a vehicle positional information sensor and road surface condition sensor; a server computer that manages a road surface property; and a client computer that accesses the server computer. The server computer carries out processing of receiving, from the vehicle, permission information regarding provision of road surface condition information; receiving the road surface condition information transmitted from the vehicle, in which output information from the positional information sensor and output information from the road surface condition sensor are associated with each other; identifying, using output information from the road surface condition sensor, the road surface property of the road identified by the output information from the positional information sensor; and displaying the road surface property on the client computer in response to a request from the client computer.

Abstract: A conveying device conveys a container including a magnetic body to a target position along a conveyance path and includes a conveyance surface configured by arranging a plurality of magnetic poles including a core and a coil, and including a conveyance path, a drive unit supplying a current to the coil, and a position detection unit estimating the position of the container. The position detection unit excites a first magnetic pole to detect the position of the container and applies a voltage to at least one second magnetic pole that is peripheral in a predetermined range from the first magnetic pole and is different from the first magnetic pole in a direction in which the polarity becomes opposite to the exciting current of the first magnetic pole, and a process of estimating the position of the container based on the current value of the first magnetic pole.

Abstract: The present invention enables, according to a situation, accurate extraction of related expressions pertaining to search queries and question sentences. A related expression extraction device 1 receives input of text data, performs at least one of categorization of the received text data and determination of a structural pattern of the text data, determines, based on a result of at least one of the categorization of the text data and the determination of the structural pattern of the text data, which of a plurality of comparative assessment models 27 and 28 is used to extract related expression group data 26, and extracts a related expression related to content of the text data from the related expression group data 26 using the determined comparative assessment models 27 and 28.

Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a work machine that can execute speed control of an actuator and torque control of a swing motor by a simple configuration at the time of combined operation to simultaneously drive the swing motor and the other actuator. For this purpose, a controller calculates a pump target flow rate on the basis of an actuator target flow rate and a swing target flow rate and calculates a target meter-in opening area of an actuator directional control valve on the basis of the actuator target flow rate, a pump pressure, and an actuator meter-in pressure. The controller calculates target torque of the swing motor on the basis of the input amount of operation devices and output values of posture sensors and calculates a swing target meter-out pressure on the basis of the target torque and a swing meter-in pressure.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating models for identifying objects of interest from images is disclosed. The apparatus includes an input unit that receives input images, an object segmentation unit that receives the input images from the input unit and separates regions of objects of interest from a background region, and a learning unit that learns models used by the object segmentation unit. The learning unit trains new models using training data and outputs of existing models in relation to the training data, adds the trained new models to the existing model, and repeats the training of the new models and the adding of the trained new models to the existing models.

Abstract: Provided is a technique capable of setting an appropriate link destination when there are a plurality of link destination candidates among data files. A file management system according to the present invention determines a type of a target indicated by a character string described in a data file to determine whether the target matches among data files and assigns a link among the data files when the target matches.

Abstract: The present invention provides a control system that achieves both high reliability and versatility. A control system 100 of the present invention includes a control device 1 including an operating system 20, non-real-time software 21 executed on the operating system 20, and real-time software 22 executed on the operating system 20, an execution time analysis unit 50 that inputs and analyzes execution time information of the non-real-time software 21 and execution time information of the real-time software 22, and a real-time interface generation unit 52 that determines whether or not to generate binary data for updating processing of the control device from an analysis result of the execution time analysis unit.

Abstract: A storage system having a plurality of control units that perform read control of data stored in a storage and write control of the data, the storage system comprising, each of the plurality of control units has a processor, a first memory connected to the processor and storing software for executing a process of read control and write control, a network interface for connecting to a control unit network that connects each of the plurality of control units, and a second memory connected to the network interface and storing control information of the data subject to read control and write control and cache data of the storage.

Abstract: Provided is a bacterium number measuring system comprising a database storing known bacterial growth patterns in advance and an analyzing part. The analyzing part has first cultures containing a bacterial liquid that contains a measurement target bacteria and second cultures being different from the first cultures and containing the bacterial liquid and an antimicrobial drug. The analyzing part performs bacterium number measurement which measures the number of bacteria in the first cultures on a culturing part where culturing has started in the first and second cultures. The analyzing part compares the bacterium number measurement result with the growth curves stored in the database and thereby determines a timing to perform MIC measurement which measures the number of bacteria in the second cultures to determine a minimum inhibitory concentration of the measurement target bacterium. The analyzing part performs the MIC measurement at the thus-determined timing.

Abstract: Provided is an on-site monitoring apparatus and an on-site monitoring system that can appropriately set an area to be subjected to on-site monitoring. The on-site monitoring apparatus includes warning devices 104 and 309 that output a warning, peripheral object detection devices 102 and 307 that detect a position of a partition object 512, work area input devices 101 and 305 that receive an input of information indicating boundaries AB and BC to be arranged with a partition object, and control devices 103 and 308.

Abstract: Provide is a highly reliable semiconductor device in which stress generated in a semiconductor chip is reduced and an increase in thermal resistance is suppressed. The semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip including a first main electrode on one surface thereof and a second main electrode and a gate electrode on the other surface thereof; a first electrode connected to the one surface of the semiconductor chip via a first bonding material; and a second electrode connected to the other surface of the semiconductor chip via a second bonding material. The first electrode is a plate-shaped electrode and has a groove in a region overlapping with the semiconductor chip. The groove penetrates in a thickness direction of the first electrode and reaches an end portion of the first electrode when viewed in a plan view.

Abstract: A test release mechanism for a railway switch machine includes a block structured to attach to a lock box in order to move in conjunction with the lock box and a lift pin structured to be operable to selectively engage and disengage the block with a slide bar.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for detecting a DC magnetization in a transformer and controlling the transformer, the method including: sensing, using at least one vibration sensor, at least one vibration on at least one surface of the transformer or on at least one surface of a component connected to the transformer; measuring the sensed at least one vibration; detecting, based on the measured at least one vibration, the DC magnetization in the transformer; and controlling, based on the detected DC magnetization, the transformer. The present disclosure also relates to a respective device and system.