Abstract: A simulated road generation system (10) includes an acquisition unit (11), a detection unit (12), an estimation unit (13), and a generation unit (14). The acquisition unit (11) acquires an image indicating a surrounding of a vehicle, and position information of the vehicle. The detection unit (12) detects a demarcation line of a road from the image. The estimation unit (13) estimates, based on the position information of the vehicle and the demarcation line in the image, a road parameter including at least one of a number of lanes included in a predetermined region on a real space, a length of the lane, a width of the lane, and a curve curvature. The generation unit (14) generates a simulated road, based on the road parameter.

Abstract: In order to specify and instruct to where to move an object in order to form the object in a shape that allows the object to be easily excavated, a control method includes: acquiring information pertaining to a deposition state of the object deposited; specifying a destination of the object in an excavation target region with reference to the acquired information pertaining to the deposition state; and instructing an excavator to move the object to the destination.

Abstract: A control apparatus capable of exhibiting the diversity effect in a hybrid mobile communication system using a terrestrial communication apparatus and a non-terrestrial communication apparatus is provided.

Abstract: Provided is a harmonic index estimation device including a communication unit that acquires feature amount data including a feature amount used for estimation of a harmonic index related to smoothness of movement of a waist, the feature amount being extracted from a gait waveform of a spatial acceleration and a spatial angular velocity included in sensor data related to movement of a foot of a subject, a storage unit that stores an estimation model that outputs an estimation value related to the harmonic index, according to an input of the feature amount included in the feature amount data, an estimation unit that inputs the feature amount included in the feature amount data to the estimation model and estimate a harmonic index of the subject according to the estimation value output from the estimation model, and an output unit that outputs information associated to the harmonic index.

Abstract: A display board (101) configured to include a first display element (102A) that displays a first pixel that is one pixel of a screen of the touch panel and a second display element (102B) that displays a second pixel that is other one pixel of the screen; a touch sensor (106, 201, 203) configured to detect contact with the screen; a planar antenna (105) configured to be provided at a position on a front surface side of the screen with respect to the display board and the touch sensor, the position not facing the first display element and the second display element when viewed from above the screen; and a control unit configured to communicate to the planar antenna via a space between the first display element and the second display element.

Abstract: A method of self-localizing with respect to surrounding objects, comprising obtaining an approximated geolocation of the vehicle, retrieving mapping data comprising a geolocation of one or more stationary objects located in an area surrounding the approximated geolocation, receiving imagery data of a surrounding environment of the vehicle captured by a plurality of distinct imaging sensors deployed in the vehicle, applying one or more trained machine learning models to identify one or more of the stationary objects in the imagery data, computing a relative positioning of the vehicle with respect to one or more of the stationary objects based on an orientation of each of the plurality of imaging sensors with respect to the stationary object(s), computing an absolute positioning of the vehicle based on the relative positioning and the geolocation of the stationary object(s), and outputting the vehicle's absolute positioning.

Abstract: A cognitive function estimation device 1X mainly includes a first state information acquisition means 15X, a second state information acquisition means 16X, and a cognitive function estimation means 17X. The first state information acquisition means 15X is configured to acquire first state information representing a first state of a subject regarding a cognitive function of the subject. The second state information acquisition means 16X is configured to acquire second state information representing a second state of the subject whose interval of state change is longer than the first state. The cognitive function estimation means 17X is configured to estimate the cognitive function of the subject based on the first state information and the second state information.

Abstract: An optical apparatus that allows easy adjustment of the position of an optical unit is provided. An optical apparatus (1) includes: a ball lens (10); an optical unit (20); a base (30); and a cover (40). The optical unit (20) includes a magnet (21), and is mounted on the base (30) so as to rotate around the ball lens (10) in response to magnetic force by which the magnet (21) is attracted.

Abstract: A speech recognition apparatus includes: an output unit that outputs a first probability that is a probability of a character sequence corresponding to a speech sequence indicated by speech data and a second probability that is a probability of a phoneme sequence corresponding to the speech sequence, by using a neural network that outputs the first probability and the second probability, when the speech data are inputted; and an update unit that updates the first probability on the basis of the second probability and dictionary data in which a registered character is associated with a registered phoneme that is a phoneme of the registered character.

Abstract: An environment information acquisition apparatus (400) according to the present disclosure includes an information acquisition unit (410) configured to receive, from an optical fiber (500), an optical signal including a pattern in accordance with environment information applied to the optical fiber (500) and acquire the environment information based on the optical signal; an information provision unit (430) configured to output measurement data representing the environment information to outside; and a detection unit (420) configured to detect vibration or sound applied to the information acquisition unit (410).

Abstract: In the endoscopic examination support apparatus, three three-dimensional model generation means generates a three-dimensional model of a luminal organ in which an endoscope camera is placed, based on endoscopic images acquired by imaging an interior of the luminal organ with the endoscope camera. The unobserved area detection means detects an area estimated not to be observed by the endoscope camera, as an unobserved area, based on the three-dimensional model. The display image generation means generates a display image including information indicating an observation achievement degree for each of a plurality of sites of the luminal organ, based on the detection result of the unobserved area. The endoscopic examination support apparatus may be used to support user's decision making.

Abstract: A control apparatus (10) includes an image processing unit (110), a movement route estimation unit (120), and a control unit (140). The image processing unit (110) detects occurrence of a specific event by processing an image. The movement route estimation unit (120) determines an object being a person and/or a vehicle being involved in the specific event, and estimates an estimated movement route of the object. The control unit (140) controls a device in order to guide the object according to the estimated movement route. The device to be controlled herein is, for example, a traffic light included in a traffic system.

Abstract: A communication device includes: a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with another communication device through a wireless channel; and at least one processor configured to execute instructions to: a) estimate at least one first channel response of the wireless channel based on a predetermined signal received from the another communication device; and b) predict a second channel response based on the at least one first channel response by an extrapolation method for signal transmission to the another communication device at a time instant where no channel estimation is performed.

Abstract: A data conversion device including a feature amount calculation unit that normalizes posture data estimated in each frame constituting moving image data including a synchronization target motion into an angular representation, and calculates a feature amount in an embedded space by inputting the posture data normalized into the angular representation to an encoder, a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance between a feature amount calculated in each frame constituting reference moving image data and a feature amount calculated in each frame constituting synchronization target moving image data, a synchronization processing unit that calculates an optimal path for each frame based on the calculated distance and synchronizes the synchronization target moving image data with the reference moving image data by aligning timings of frames connected by the optimal path, and an output unit that outputs the synchronization target moving image data synchronized with the reference moving image data.

Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a compression unit configured to compress data by compressing at least positional information with respect to phase difference data including the positional information, and a removal unit configured to remove a noise component with respect to the data compressed by the compression unit.

Abstract: Provided is a pelvic inclination estimation device including a communication unit that acquires feature amount data including a feature amount to be used for estimation of a pelvic inclination, the feature amount being extracted from a gait waveform of a spatial acceleration and a spatial angular velocity included in sensor data related to movement of a foot of a subject, a storage unit that stores an estimation model that outputs an estimation value related to the pelvic inclination according to an input of the feature amount included in the feature amount data, an estimation unit that inputs a feature amount included in the acquired feature amount data to the estimation model and estimate a pelvic inclination of the subject according to the estimation value output from the estimation model, and an output unit that outputs information associated to the pelvic inclination of the subject.

Abstract: A control method by a computer, the control method acquires work information including information on work performed by a robot arm and information on an article as a target of the work; causes the robot arm to perform an operation of lifting up a predetermined unit of articles based on the work information; determines that there is a possibility that a plurality of articles are packaged together based on sensor data obtained when the operation is being performed; and when it is determined that there is a possibility that a plurality of articles are packaged together, settles a handling method for the article according to the sensor data.

Abstract: A traffic signal control apparatus comprises a determination part determining whether or not to stop the vehicle based on behavior of the vehicle entering a predetermined intersection; and a selection part selecting a traffic signal machine(s) that performs signal control for stopping the vehicle from among control target traffic signal machines. The selection part selects a traffic signal machine(s) that is located in a traveling direction of the vehicle and that may eliminate traffic jam by the signal control for stopping the vehicle.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer storage media for communication. A method comprises monitoring, at a terminal device, a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) candidate and a second PDCCH candidate, wherein the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate are linked for PDCCH repetition. The method further comprises in response to a predetermined condition being satisfied, detecting, from at least one of the first and second PDCCH candidates, downlink control information (DCI) comprising a bandwidth part (BWP) indicator field indicating an active BWP change.

Abstract: An operation management apparatus includes: a registration unit configured to register definition information defining an item of monitoring target information in an operation system; a generation unit configured to generate an expected value table and an actual setting value table each including a column corresponding to the item; a storage unit configured to store an expected value corresponding to the item input from an outside in the column in the expected value table, and store an actual setting value corresponding to the item contained in the monitoring target information in the column in the actual setting value table; a determination unit configured to compare the expected value with the actual setting value to determine whether they match or not; and an instruction unit configured to perform an update instruction for the operation system from the actual setting value to the expected value when they do not match.