Abstract: a novel object recognition system can be provided that can more appropriately specify objects even when similar objects are assumed. An object recognition system to estimate which of registered objects registered in a database is a target object in an object image captured by a user comprising: an acquisition means that obtains the object image; a registration means that registers an appearance image or that feature value as an appearance information for each of the registered object regarding multiple appearance images representing an appearance of a single object as seen from different feature angles; and an estimation means that estimates which of the registered objects the target object is, based on the object image and the appearance information.

Abstract: A taste presentation device may have a first electrode and a second electrode provided to allow an electric circuit to be formed between a food or drink to be taken by a user and a body of the user, and an electric stimulus generation unit that supplies a current for generating an electric stimulation between the first electrode and the second electrode, the electric stimulus generation unit includes a noise reduction unit that reduces a noise component in the current.

Abstract: To calculate the properties of a resin composition in a short time and with high accuracy, a resin property value prediction apparatus includes an acquisition unit acquiring spectral data obtained by measuring a resin composition by a spectroscopic sensor in a process of performing a resin polymerization reaction in a batch type reaction tank and a calculation unit, using a learned model learned with spectral data obtained by measuring the resin composition in advance and a resin property value as training data, calculating the resin property value of the resin composition having the spectral data acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: A method of modifying the genome of an organism, wherein the modification method includes modifying the genome of the organism by using in a cell of the organism a protein having an optimal temperature for double-stranded DNA breakage activity in an ordinary temperature region.

Abstract: A laser scanning system of the present invention includes a first rotation mechanism configured to perform a rotation in a predetermined first rotation axis and at a rotation speed around the first rotation axis as a rotation center; a first rotation speed control unit configured to control the rotation speed of the rotation in the first rotation axis by the first rotation mechanism, and a laser scanner device disposed on the first rotation mechanism, to be rotated together with and by the first rotation mechanism, and the laser scanner device including a laser distance measuring unit configured to emit a leaser and to measure a distance to a detection target, wherein the first rotation speed control unit is configured to make a control to the rotation speed of the rotation in the first rotation axis in a detection rotation angle range corresponding to an area in which the detection target is present and another control to the rotation speed of the rotation in the first rotation axis in a non-detection rotati

Abstract: Provided is a bone-regeneration material comprising biodegradable fibers and exhibiting antimicrobial properties at an early stage following surgery, A method for producing a bone-regeneration material having antimicrobial properties and comprising biodegradable fibers, wherein the bone-regeneration material is produced by a step in which the biodegradable fibers are immersed in an inositol phosphate solution, then subsequently immersed in a solution containing silver ions, the biodegradable fibers have an outer diameter of 10-100 ?m, contain at least 30 wt % or more of a biodegradable resin and 40 wt % or more of calcium compound particles, and some of the calcium compound particles are exposed on the surface of the biodegradable fibers.

Abstract: A face image processing system includes: a component extracting means which receives an input of face image information indicating a face image, and extracts a wrinkle component, a fleck component and a pore component of the face image from the face image information; a removal rate adjusting means which adjusts a removal rate of each of the wrinkle component, the fleck component and the pore component extracted by the component extracting means; a storage means which stores the removal rate; a synthesizing means which synthesizes the wrinkle component, the fleck component and the pore component which are amplified or attenuated at the removal rate adjusted by the removal rate adjusting means, and generates a face image; and an output means which outputs the face image information synthesized by the synthesizing means.

Abstract: The automatic performance device includes a storage part for storing a plurality of performance patterns, a performance part for playing a performance on the basis of a performance pattern stored in the storage part, an input part for inputting performance information through an input device that receives a performance operation of a user, and a selection part for selecting a performance pattern being a maximum likelihood estimation from the plurality of performance patterns stored in the storage part on the basis of the performance information input to the input part.

Abstract: Provided is a method for developing a secondary organ by using a non-human animal in which organ formation is inhibited, for the purpose of establishing a process for producing a functional cell such as a ? cell within the body of an animal such as a pig, the method including the step of raising a newborn or a fetus of the non-human animal in which organ formation is inhibited by complementing at least a part of the function of the organ whose formation is inhibited.

Abstract: A fertigation system comprises: a controller that transmits sensor data to a fertigation control server, and that controls a water supply valve, a culture stock solution supply valve, and a discharge valve on the basis of received data; and a fertigation control server that, on the basis of the sensor data received from the controller, calculates control amounts for the water supply valve, the culture stock solution supply valve, and the discharge valve, and returns the control amounts to the controller.

Abstract: The automatic performance device includes a storage part for storing a plurality of performance patterns, a performance part for playing a performance on the basis of a performance pattern stored in the storage part, an input part for inputting performance information through an input device that receives a performance operation of a user, and a selection part for selecting a performance pattern being a maximum likelihood estimation from the plurality of performance patterns stored in the storage part on the basis of the performance information input to the input part.

Abstract: A face image processing system includes: a component extracting means which receives an input of face image information indicating a face image, and extracts a wrinkle component, a fleck component and a pore component of the face image from the face image information; a removal rate adjusting means which adjusts a removal rate of each of the wrinkle component, the fleck component and the pore component extracted by the component extracting means; a storage means which stores the removal rate; a synthesizing means which synthesizes the wrinkle component, the fleck component and the pore component which are amplified or attenuated at the removal rate adjusted by the removal rate adjusting means, and generates a face image; and an output means which outputs the face image information synthesized by the synthesizing means.

Abstract: Provided are 1) a hollow fiber cryopreservation instrument having a long support on which a hollow fiber is placed, wherein the support is formed of a low-temperature-resistant material, and 2) a cell cryopreservation method having a process of placing a hollow fiber on the support of the hollow fiber cryopreservation instrument, and a process of cryopreserving cells in a state in which the hollow fiber is placed on the support.

Abstract: A method of modifying the genome of an organism, wherein the modification method includes modifying the genome of the organism by using in a cell of the organism a protein having an optimal temperature for double-stranded DNA breakage activity in an ordinary temperature region.

Abstract: A fertigation system comprises: a controller that transmits sensor data to a fertigation control server, and that controls a water supply valve, a culture stock solution supply valve, and a discharge valve on the basis of received data; and a fertigation control server that, on the basis of the sensor data received from the controller, calculates control amounts for the water supply valve, the culture stock solution supply valve, and the discharge valve, and returns the control amounts to the controller.

Abstract: A content addressable memory according to the present invention includes plural index generators, an output unit, and a controller. The plural index generators generates a signature of an input vector using plural hash functions, and to generate index corresponding to the input vector by searching registered information for a registered vector based on the signature. The output unit combines each output of the plural index generators to produce the index corresponding to the input vector. The controller configured to control an update of the registered information.

Abstract: Provided are 1) a hollow fiber cryopreservation instrument having a long support on which a hollow fiber is placed, wherein the support is formed of a low-temperature-resistant material, and 2) a cell cryopreservation method having a process of placing a hollow fiber on the support of the hollow fiber cryopreservation instrument, and a process of cryopreserving cells in a state in which the hollow fiber is placed on the support.

Abstract: A content addressable memory according to the present invention includes plural index generators, an output unit, and a controller. The plural index generators generates a signature of an input vector using plural hash functions, and to generate index corresponding to the input vector by searching registered information for a registered vector based on the signature. The output unit combines each output of the plural index generators to produce the index corresponding to the input vector. The controller configured to control an update of the registered information.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a bone regeneration material kit, a paste-like bone regeneration material, a bone regeneration material, and a bone bonding material, which contain particles including a bioabsorbable polymer; and can fill a bone defect or damage and secure the mechanical strength of the bone in the short term and can promote regeneration of the patient's own bone in the long term. In addition, they can exhibit anti-washout properties after filling even when they are in contact with water such as blood or biological fluids. The present invention relates to a bone regeneration material kit comprising: a particle comprising a calcium salt and having an inositol phosphate or salt thereof adsorbed on the surface; a particle comprising a bioabsorbable polymer; and an aqueous medium.

Abstract: An intake duct structure for an internal combustion engine includes an intake duct and an adsorption filter. The intake duct has an extendable-contractible portion, which is extendable and contractible in an axial direction, and the adsorption filter is arranged on the inner wall surface of the extendable-contractible portion. The adsorption filter includes an adsorption sheet. The adsorption sheet includes an adsorbent that adsorbs fuel vapor and a folding structure that is extendable and contractible in the axial direction.