Abstract: An apparatus for providing location information includes a plurality of sensor units which are distributed throughout a confined area lacking a global positioning system (GPS) coverage and have respectively a plurality of FOVs that at least partially overlap with each other in an overlap area, each of the plurality of sensor units including a first sensor and a second sensor of a type that is different from a type of the first sensor; and a processor. The processor is configured to fuse sensing data provided by the first sensor and the second sensor that are respectively included in each of the plurality of sensor units, identify a location of an object existing in the overlap area based on the fused sensing data, and provide location information of the identified location to the object.

Abstract: A vacuum circuit breaker serving as a switch includes a pair of electrodes that serve as a stationary electrode and a movable electrode, a handler including a movable shaft and a housing that operate as a first mover in withdrawing the movable electrode from the stationary electrode and closing the movable electrode toward the stationary electrode, a movable shaft that is connected as a second mover to the movable electrode, a coil spring that is connected as an elastic between the first mover and the second mover to press the movable electrode against the stationary electrode, and a shock absorber that attenuates as an attenuator contraction of the elastic when the movable electrode is withdrawn from the stationary electrode.

Abstract: The actual performance information classify part derives a classification result of an actual performance information on electric power demand, by a classification setting information, from an environment information and a date attribute information which is correlated with each of the electric power demands which is included in an actual performance information on electric power demand. The prediction information calculate part derives a classification result of a prediction target day, using the date attribute information of the prediction target day, which is a day to conduct a prediction, and the environment information which is measured before a start of the prediction of a prediction target day, and in addition, predicts an electric power demand of a prediction target day, based on the electric power demand of the actual performance information on electric power demand, which corresponds to the classification result of the prediction target day.

Abstract: A guiding device according to the present invention generates and displays guidance information for displaying a sequence of operation states of an elevator on a three-sided frame corresponding to the car responding to a call for the elevator or the periphery of the three-sided frame. The sequence of operation state of the elevator includes the position of the lobby corresponding to the car number of the car selected from among a plurality of cars in response to the call for the elevator, the movement of the car of the elevator, the arrival direction of the car, a situation where the car arrives at the calling floor and the door opens, a situation where the door is fully open and starts closing, and a situation where the door is closing. Thus, a user in the lobby can intuitively determine the complicated sequence of operation states of the elevator.

Abstract: By taking launch detection information of a flying object as a starting point, a ground system repeats process of referring to a model database that has stored therein a plurality of flying path models, analyzing flying object surveillance information measured by a subsequent surveillance satellite, excluding a nonconforming flying path model, analyzing flying object surveillance information measured by a next subsequent surveillance satellite, and excluding a nonconforming flying path model. The ground system determines a flying path model not excluded to be left as a provisional flying path prediction model. Based on flying object surveillance information measured by a plurality of subsequent surveillance satellites subsequent to the surveillance satellite, the ground system corrects a deviation amount from the provisional flying path model to predict a flying path to an impact of the flying object.

Abstract: A purely-lateral position estimation unit (1603) estimates as an estimated purely-lateral position, when a disturbance wave to disturb communication performed in a train is generated while the train is traveling, a position existing in a purely-lateral direction with respect to a position of a generation source of the disturbance wave. A feature extraction unit (1604) extracts a feature of a measured reception power value being a reception power value measured in the train during a disturbance wave generation period wherein the disturbance wave has been generated.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device comprises a refrigerant, a compressor that compresses the refrigerant, and a refrigerating machine oil that lubricates a sliding part of the compressor. The refrigerant includes trifluoroiodomethane. The refrigerating machine oil includes a base oil and a quinone additive. The quinone additive is at least one selected from the group consisting of 1,4-benzoquinone, 1,2-benzoquinone, 2-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone, 2-phenyl-1,4-benzoquinone, 2-tert-butyl-1,4-benzoquinone, 1,4-naphthoquinone, 1,2-naphthoquinone, 2,6-naphthoquinone, 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, and 1,4-anthraquinone.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an aspect of the present disclosure, includes a semiconductor layer in which a trench is formed, a buried electrode provided inside the trench, an upper electrode provided above the buried electrode inside the trench, an insulating film provided inside the trench, a first electrode provided on an upper surface of the semiconductor layer, and a second electrode provided on a lower surface of the semiconductor layer, wherein the insulating film includes a first portion between the buried electrode and a side wall of the trench, a second portion between the upper electrode and the side wall of the trench, and a third portion between the buried electrode and the upper electrode, and a lower surface of the upper electrode has a dent in a central portion.

Abstract: In a flying object coping system (1000), a surveillance ground center (311) transmits, to a communication ground center (321), an ID, time information, and position information of a surveillance satellite (100) which will transmit flying object information, an ID, time information, and position information of a surveillance satellite (100) which will receive the flying object information, and position information of a coping system (330). The communication ground center (321) is equipped with a communication route search device (470), which searches for a communication route for satellite information. The communication ground center (321) transmits directive commands to the communication satellite group of the communication system (320) based on a search result from the communication route search device (470).

Abstract: A pair of first measurement coils is disposed so as to sandwich magnetic particles. A pair of second measurement coils is disposed so as to sandwich magnetic particles and the pair of first measurement coils. A pair of alternate-current magnetic field application coils is disposed so as to sandwich magnetic particles, the pair of first measurement coils, and the pair of second measurement coils. A measurement device outputs a signal representing a difference between a signal measured by the pair of first measurement coils and a signal measured by the pair of second measurement coils.

Abstract: An air conditioning control device includes: an operation pattern acquiring unit to acquire operation patterns indicating an operation target air conditioner in a room; a temperature data acquiring unit to acquire temperature data indicating a temperature measured by a temperature sensor when the air conditioner is in operation: a prediction model generating unit to generate, using a control amount of the air conditioner and temperature data acquired when the air conditioner is in operation as training data, a room-temperature prediction model for predicting the temperature measured by the temperature sensor when the air conditioner are in operation; and an operation pattern selecting unit to provide the control amount of the air conditioner to the room-temperature prediction model to acquire a prediction temperature from each of the room-temperature prediction models, and selects one operation pattern from the operation patterns on the basis of the prediction temperature.

Abstract: An operation control device includes processing circuitry configured to acquire, from a line-of-sight detection device, line-of-sight information indicating a line-of-sight of an operator on a touch display; detect a first touch state that indicates a physical touch by the operator on a display region of the touch display or a second touch state that indicates a physical touch by the operator on a knob for operation disposed in the display region; and decide an operation target by touch depending on the detected first or second touch state with reference to information, stored in advance, in which the first and second touch states and the operation target are associated with each other in a case where the first or second touch state is detected in a state in which the line-of-sight of the operator indicated in the acquired line-of-sight information is not directed toward the touch display.

Abstract: A fault current is removed at a higher speed. A high-speed introduction device includes: a connection chamber provided in an insulative container; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed to be electrically separated from each other in the connection chamber at least before an introduction operation, each of the first electrode and the second electrode being composed of a conductive material; and an injector to inject at least one of a charged particle and a conductive particle, the injector communicating with the connection chamber, wherein when the introduction operation is started, the injector injects at least one of the charged particle and the conductive particle into the connection chamber.

Abstract: A failure diagnosis device for a solar battery string includes a plurality of solar battery modules having solar power generation parts and conductive frames, wherein the plurality of solar battery modules are electrically connected in series, and the frames of the plurality of solar battery modules electrically have common connection. The failure diagnosis device includes: a voltage supply part applying DC voltage between a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the plurality of solar battery modules connected in series; a measurement part measuring potential, generated by applying the DC voltage, between the positive electrode or the negative electrode of the plurality of solar battery modules connected in series and each of the frames; and a failure determination part determining a position of a faulty solar battery module in the solar battery string based on the potential measured by the measurement part.

Abstract: In a communication route search method, a ground system includes a communication route search device and a model database that stores a plurality of flight path models, which are a plurality of modeled flight paths. A communication route search device selects a subsequent surveillance satellite that can monitor a flight path at a predicted time by using a plurality of flight path models, starting at launch detection information of a flying object detected by a surveillance satellite and repeats a shortest route search for transmitting information to the subsequent surveillance satellite and then the next subsequent surveillance satellite. After repeating the route search, the communication route search device searches for the shortest route through which information is transmitted from a last subsequent surveillance satellite in the shortest route search to a coping asset that can cope with the flying object.

Abstract: An adjacent active trench in an IGBT region and an adjacent capacitance adjustment trench in a diode region are each provided in a stripe shape extending in a Y direction in a plan view. Each of a plurality of crossing trenches extends in an X direction orthogonal to the Y direction in a plan view and is provided in a stripe shape. Each of the plurality of crossing trenches is provided from the adjacent capacitance adjustment trench to the adjacent active trench in a plan view. Therefore, the gate electrode of the adjacent active trench and the capacitance adjustment electrode of the adjacent capacitance adjustment trench are electrically connected via the electrode for the crossing trench in the crossing trench.

Abstract: A motor includes a rotor and a stator provided to surround the rotor. The rotor has a rotor core having a magnet insertion hole and a permanent magnet disposed in the magnet insertion hole and is rotatable about a rotation axis. The stator has a stator core with a tooth facing the rotor, and a coil wound around the tooth. The permanent magnet has a thickness thicker than or equal to 2.1 mm in a direction in which the permanent magnet faces the stator and is magnetized in a direction of the thickness. A minimum gap AG (mm) between the rotor and the stator, a winding number Nt of the coil around the tooth, an overcurrent threshold Ip (A) for a current flowing through the coil, and a lower limit Hct (kA/m) of a coercive force of the permanent magnet satisfy Hct?0.4×(Ip×Nt/AG)+410.

Abstract: An electromagnetic field sensor includes a conductor plate, a signal output terminal to output a potential difference between the conductor plate and the signal output terminal, and a linear conductor including a first end electrically connected to a plate face of the conductor plate and a second end opposite to the first end and provided with a signal output terminal. The electromagnetic field sensor includes a loop plane that is formed by the conductor plate and the linear conductor and orthogonal to a plate face of the conductor plate when viewed from the side.

Abstract: An in-vehicle system is provided with a first in-vehicle unit having a first electric signal transfer part, a first substrate wiring, and a first connector; a second in-vehicle unit having a second electric signal transfer part, a second substrate wiring, a third substrate wiring, a second connector, and a third connector; a third in-vehicle unit having a third electric signal transfer part, a fourth substrate wiring, a fifth substrate wiring, and a fourth connector; a first insulated sheathed cable connecting the first connector and the second connector; and a second insulated sheathed cable connecting the third connector and the fourth connector. When the first insulated sheathed cable is connected, the first substrate wiring and the third substrate wiring become conductive. When the second insulated sheathed cable is connected, the second substrate wiring and the fifth substrate wiring become conductive, and the third substrate wiring and the fourth substrate become conductive.

Abstract: In a conventional vessel anti-rolling apparatus, because a large memory capacity and a high-speed high-function computing processing unit are required, the cost of the vessel anti-rolling apparatus is caused to rise. A vessel anti-rolling control apparatus and an anti-rolling control method according to the present disclosure includes an azimuth controller that outputs a first steering-angle command value for making the vessel turn to an azimuth to which the vessel should travel, based on an azimuth command signal and a yaw-angle signal, an anti-rolling controller that outputs a second steering-angle command value for reducing rolling of the vessel, based on a rolling-angle signal, a rolling-angular-velocity signal, and a vessel-speed signal, and a steering-angle controller that controls a steering angle, based on the first steering-angle command value and the second steering-angle command value.