Abstract: An MCF coupling device includes: a first MCF, a second MCF, and a third MCF, each of MCFs including cores; a first optical collimator that converts light output from cores included in the first MCF individually into collimated light and generates a group of light beams constituted of the collimated light; a first optical splitter that splits at least a part of the group of light beams, at a predetermined split ratio, in a first direction and in a second direction; a second optical collimator that couples each of beams of collimated light contained in the group of light beams being output in the first direction individually into cores in the second MCF; and a third optical collimator that couples each of beams of collimated light contained in the group of light beams being output in the second direction individually into cores in the third MCF.

Abstract: An evaluation apparatus (10) includes an acquisition unit (110), a determination unit (120), and an evaluation unit (130). The acquisition unit (110) acquires detection information indicating a result of detecting a periphery of a vehicle by a sensor, and travel information of the vehicle. The determination unit (120) determines, by using the detection information, whether there is a possibility of collision between the vehicle and another object. The evaluation unit (130) determines, by using the travel information at a time when the possibility of collision is detected by the determination unit (120), whether a driver of the vehicle has performed an operation for reducing the possibility of collision, and evaluates the driver based on a result of the determination.

Abstract: A system configuration evaluation apparatus includes: a configuration evaluation unit configured to output, using a learning model, evaluation values of configuration elements of a computer system, and further output an evaluation value of the entire computer system obtained by integrating the output evaluation values; and a configuration element learning unit configured to trial design of the computer system based on preset requirements, determine, with respect to configurations obtained throughout the designing from start to finish, whether or not configuration elements included in the configurations are concretized according to the requirements, generate training data for the learning model based on a determination result, and execute machine learning on the learning model using the generated training data.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus (1) includes a managing unit (11) that manages, for each store, biometric information of a user and member information in association with each other, an acquiring unit (12) that acquires biometric information of a user from a terminal installed for each store, a specifying unit (13) that specifies member information, based on the acquired biometric information of a user, and a processing unit (14) that causes the terminal to execute payment processing by using the specified member information. The processing unit (14) can cause the terminal to output information desired to be notified to a user in payment to which the member information is applied.

Abstract: In order to make it possible to carry out communication while identifying a vehicle of an intended condition, a server apparatus (1) includes: a reception means (11) for receiving, from a first vehicle (31), a communication request message using wireless communication, the communication request message designating a selection condition for selecting another vehicle; a selection means (12) for selecting a second vehicle (33, 34) that satisfies the selection condition; and a transmission means (13) for transmitting the communication request message to the second vehicle (33, 34).

Abstract: A network setting verification device according to the present disclosure comprises: an information acquiring means for acquiring route information and setting information held by each network device forming a network; a checking information acquiring means for acquiring checking information used to verify a setting of a checking target, on the basis of the route information and the setting information; a checking means for checking whether the setting of the checking target is appropriate, on the basis of the checking information; and an output means for outputting a result of the check.

Abstract: A soundness evaluation apparatus including: a selection unit selects, from pieces of displacement information indicating displacement amounts of a plurality of measurement points included in a region including a structural object, displacement information regarding a range set in the structural object, based on a preset period and the range; a calculation unit calculates an index representing a correlation based on the displacement information regarding the range in the period and environmental information indicating a state of an environment surrounding the range; and a generation unit generates a determination condition to be used for evaluating soundness of the structural object based on a plurality of the calculated indices.

Abstract: A display communication processing apparatus including a plurality of antennas, a link controller, a communication controller and a display, wherein the plurality of antennas are provided on a display screen of the display, a with link a n adjacent display communication processing apparatus via a first antenna of the plurality of antennas is established by the link controller, a network is connected via the first antenna by the communication controller, a predetermined communication setting for a third antenna of the plurality of antennas is set by the communication controller, when a connection request is received from a terminal apparatus via a second antenna of the plurality of antennas, and a service from the network to the terminal apparatus via the third antenna is provided by the communication controller.

Abstract: When a secondary cell of carrier aggregation has been activated, a radio terminal (2) communicates with a radio access network (RAN) node (1) in an active downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP) selected from among a plurality of DL BWPs for the secondary cell. In addition, when the secondary cell is in a dormant state, the radio terminal (2) transmits to the RAN node (1), via a primary cell or another activated serving cell of the carrier aggregation, a channel 10 state information report for a target DL BWP selected from among the plurality of DL BWPs. It is thus, for example, possible to allow the radio terminal to perform channel a state information measurement on a dormant SCell that has been configured with a plurality of BWPs.

Abstract: A motion determination system or a motion determination apparatus acquires object information including information regarding a size of an object. The motion determination system or the motion determination apparatus acquires apparatus information that is information regarding a mobile apparatus that moves an object. The motion determination system or the motion determination apparatus acquires range information indicating a range in which an object can be moved at a motion place which is a place where a motion of transferring the object by the mobile apparatus is executed. The motion determination system or the motion determination apparatus determines the motion of transferring the object is able to be executed on the object at the motion place according to the object information, the apparatus information, and the range information.

Abstract: An aircraft control apparatus (20) includes a display unit (210), a display (220), an input unit (230), a selection unit (240), and a command generation unit (250). The command generation unit (250) acquires an image that has been generated by an image capture unit (350) of an aircraft (30). The display unit (210) displays, on the display (220), the image acquired by the command generation unit (250). The image includes at least one electric wire or at least one pipe that could be an inspection target. The input unit (230) displays, according to an input from a user, a line within the image displayed on the display (220). The selection unit (240) selects an inspection target by use of the line displayed by the input unit (230). The command generation unit (250) generates command information for the aircraft to photograph the inspection target while moving along the inspection target, and transmitting the command information to the aircraft (30).

Abstract: An extraction system includes an output unit, an acquisition unit, and an update unit. The output unit outputs a feature amount used for similarity determination by an extraction model that extracts a product similar to a target product, a set value of an importance level of the feature amount, and a change field for changing the set value of the importance level of the feature amount. The acquisition unit acquires a change value for changing the set value of the importance level of the feature amount input in the change field of the output screen. The update unit updates the set value of the importance level of the feature amount in the extraction model based on the change value. The extraction system can be used, for example, to support decision making.

Abstract: In order to solve a problem of making it possible to provide a technique by which assigning a pseudo label is possible regardless of the presence or absence of class-labeled data, an information processing apparatus 1 includes: an inferring means (11) for inferring a class regarding data pieces which constitute time-series data; a calculating means (12) for calculating a degree of agreement among results of inference made by the inferring means regarding a plurality of data pieces contained in a section which is temporally continuous; and a pseudo label assigning means (13) for assigning a pseudo label based on the results of inference in the section, to at least one of the plurality of data pieces in the section, according to the degree of agreement.

Abstract: A product design generation assistance device is provided with: an acquisition unit which acquires an existing product image representing the design of an existing product; an identification unit which, on the basis of the existing product image, identifies a feature of a new product design that satisfies a condition regarding differences from the design of the existing product; and an output unit which outputs design information about the new product design on the basis of the feature regarding the new product design. Thus the product design generation assistance device assists in generating a product design that is relatively eye-catching as compared to the existing product.

Abstract: An image-for-training selecting apparatus for suitably selecting an image-for-training for training a machine learning model includes at least one processor executing: a first training process of training, by contrastive learning using an images-for-training set, a first machine learning model including a first layer group; a second training process of training a second machine learning model including the first layer group and a second layer group and employing the first machine learning model as a pre-trained model; a first calculating process of calculating a first similarity between a parameter of the first layer group after training by the first training process but before training by the second training process and a parameter of the first layer group after training by the second training process; and a first determining process of determining, based on the first similarity, whether the images-for-training set includes an inappropriate image-for-training.

Abstract: This signal control system comprises: a data acquisition unit that acquire determination data for determining whether or not to switch a control mode of a traffic light at an intersection to pedestrian-and-vehicle separation type signal control; and a signal control unit that switch the control mode of the traffic light at the intersection to the pedestrian/vehicle separation-type signal control for a predetermined period, when it is determined whether or not the current situation satisfies a predetermined switching condition on the basis of the determination

Abstract: To facilitate determination of the reliability of output of a language model, provided is an information processing apparatus (1) including: an acquisition section (11) that acquires a target text; a generation section (12) that generates a text corresponding to the target text acquired by the acquisition section (11) with use of a language model trained to generate a text based on an input text; a query generation section (13) that generates a query from the text generated by the generation section (12); an extraction section (14) that extracts a document related to the query from a database in a retrieval process using the query; and an output section (15) that outputs a result obtained by adding information identifying the document to the text generated by the generation section (12).

Abstract: A first communication device is the first communication device among the first communication device and a second communication device that are connected to each other via an interface and to which base station functions are distributed, the second communication device includes a beamforming weight calculation unit and a channel estimation unit, and the first communication device includes a scheduler configured to transmit, to the second communication device via the interface, information related to a reference signal to be transmitted from a terminal device, receive, via the interface, a channel estimation value related to a channel between the terminal device and the second communication device, being calculated by the second communication device by using a reception reference signal associated with information related to the reference signal, and determine a resource to be allocated to communication with the terminal device, based on the channel estimation value.

Abstract: A shelf label management system comprising: at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: acquire, for each electronic shelf label, data in which shelf label identification information for identifying the electronic shelf label and position information indicating a position in a facility are associated with each other; receive designation of a position on an image of the facility by means of an operation by a user; specify the position information in the facility related to the position designated; and select the electronic shelf label identified by the shelf label identification information associated with the position information in the facility based on the data acquired.

Abstract: In an information processing device, the class acquisition means acquires multiple classes to which target data is classified. The candidate set generation means generates a keyword candidate set which is a set of keyword candidates corresponding to each class. The keyword set generation means generates a keyword set corresponding to each class, from the keyword candidate set corresponding to each class, based on a relationship between the keywords included in the keyword candidate sets.