Abstract: According to the present invention, an axial force of a screw which is generated by screw driving is estimated. A control part applies a predetermined torque generated by a rotation axis servomotor to a screw in a rotation direction where a screw is driven, and thereafter releases the torque. The control part then estimates an axial force of the driven screw based on fluctuation of a rotation position of the rotation axis servomotor which occurs due to the release of the torque.

Abstract: The present invention makes an instruction for causing a transport robot to carry out transport easier for a person to understand. A transport system (1) is such that an address indicating a transport destination or a transport source is represented by a tree structure including a node indicating loading locations and a node indicating equipment to which the loading locations are provided, and when the address of the transport destination indicates equipment, a transport robot (20) sequentially loads objects to be transported in accordance with a preset loading priority order in loading locations where no objects to be transported have been loaded, from among the loading locations belonging to that equipment.

Abstract: This application is directed to controlling the illumination efficiency of a light emitting diode (LED) operation system, which includes an LED module and a current source. A power supply is configured to provide a configurable drive voltage. The LED module is coupled to the power supply interface and configured to be driven by the configurable drive voltage. The current source is (i) coupled to the power supply interface via the LED module and (ii) configured to stabilize a drive current of the LED module dynamically at a target drive current and hold an illumination efficiency of an LED operation system above a target efficiency level. In some embodiments, the current source includes a drive transistor coupled in series with the LED module. The current source is configured to hold the illumination efficiency of the LED operation system by controlling the drive transistor to operate in a linear region.

Abstract: The present invention facilitates the confirmation of the state of a slave device. This terminal monitoring device (10) comprises: a terminal information acquisition unit (14) for acquiring, from terminals of a network, terminal information including the addresses of the respective terminals, information for each type, and information pertaining to communication states; and a terminal list screen generation unit (151) that generates a terminal list screen on which selection boxes for displaying the terminals and the terminal information are disposed side by side on the basis of the terminal information and that displays the generated screen on a display unit (12).

Abstract: Provided are a photoelectric sensor and a threshold setting method. The photoelectric sensor is a photoelectric sensor detecting an object and includes a light reception part, an object determination part, and a setting part. The light reception part receives light to obtain a light reception amount. The object determination part determines presence/absence of the object based on the light reception amount and a threshold. The setting part sets the threshold based on the light reception amount during a period in which it has been determined that the object is present and the light reception amount during a period in which it has been determined that the object is absent.

Abstract: Provided is a robot system comprising: a robot mechanism provided with fingers for grasping a workpiece; a detection unit that detects a grasping state of the workpiece by the fingers; a recognition unit that recognizes the number of workpieces being grasped by the fingers on the basis of a detection result from the detection unit; and a control unit that, after causing the robot mechanism to perform a motion of grasping the workpieces from a placing area where a plurality of workpieces are placed, if the number of the workpieces recognized by the recognition unit is different from a specified number specified in advance, controls the motion of the robot mechanism such that the number of the grasped workpieces is equal to the specified number.

Abstract: A light guide plate includes an incident surface into which light from a light source is incident, an emission surface from which the light is emitted, and a plurality of light deflectors that cause the light to be incident from the incident surface and guided therein to be emitted from the emission surface, the plurality of light deflectors being disposed on an arrangement line which is a linear arrangement region, and at least one of the arrangement lines is a multi-intersection arrangement line.

Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus included in the contactless power feeding apparatus includes a power supply circuit that supplies AC power having a predetermined drive frequency to a transmission coil for supplying power to a power receiving apparatus, a first coil and a first capacitor that are connected between the power supply circuit and the transmission coil, a second capacitor that is connected at first end to the first capacitor and is connected at a second end to the second end of the transmission coil, and a control circuit. Also, the power receiving apparatus includes a receiver coil for receiving power, and a resonant circuit that includes a resonance capacitor that resonates together with the receiver coil. Also, the control circuit of the power transmitting apparatus controls the power supply circuit such that the predetermined drive frequency falls within a predetermined frequency range including a resonance frequency of the resonant circuit.

Abstract: A reception section 102 receives a classification of a shape of a target object for a case in which a robot is to perform an action along the target object. An instruction section 104 instructs a user with a number of training points identified for each classification of the shape as training points for training positions of a specific location of the robot to perform the action. An acquisition section 106 acquires positional information of the specific location of the robot as trained by manipulation by the user according to the instruction. A estimation section 108 estimates a shape of the target object based on the acquired positional information. A generation section 110 generates a path for the robot to perform the action along the target object based on the estimated shape of the target object.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a distance sensor, an image sensor, one or more processors, and memory coupled to the one or more processors. The apparatus determines, via the distance sensor, a distance between an object and the apparatus. In accordance with a determination that the distance between the object and the apparatus is within a first distance range of a plurality of predefined distance ranges, the apparatus identifies a subset of symbology types, from a plurality of predefined symbology types, corresponding to the first distance range. The apparatus acquires one or more images of the object. The apparatus decodes the one or more images based on the identified subset of symbology types.

Abstract: A character input device converts an input character string into a corresponding conversion character string, and includes a first input unit accepting input of a first character string by a first input method; a second input unit accepting input of a second character string by a second input method; and a character string combination unit that, when the input of the first character string is accepted after the input of the second character string, generates an input character string candidate by connecting the first and the second character string accepted for input this time. The character string combination unit extracts an identical character string as a duplicate character string at a tail of the first character string and a head of the second character string; and generates a character string formed by connecting the first and the second character string without the duplicate character string by the duplicate character string.

Abstract: The present invention ascertains the correspondence between the actual operation of an apparatus used to execute a work process and work performed by a worker while suppressing costs. This information processing device associates basic imaging data obtained by capturing the entire work site (WS) by one ceiling camera with process information acquired from a programmable logic controller (PLC).

Abstract: A control device includes an arithmetic processing part, a programmable circuit part, and an abnormality notification part. The programmable circuit part includes a storage part, an abnormality detection part, and an abnormality recording part. The storage part stores a configuration data. The abnormality detection part detects a soft error of the storage part. The abnormality recording part records information of the soft error detected by the abnormality detection part. The abnormality notification part determines whether information of a new soft error is recorded in the abnormality recording part, and when determining that information of a new soft error is recorded, notifies the arithmetic processing part of occurrence of the new soft error.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image obtainer that obtains captured images captured with a camera in a time series, an accumulator that accumulates movement information about a moving object in the captured images in the time series, a calculator that calculates movement information about the moving object based on the captured images in the time series obtained by the image obtainer, a comparator that compares the movement information about the moving object calculated by the calculator with the movement information about the moving object accumulated by the accumulator, a determiner that determines, based on a result of comparison of the movement information about the moving object performed by the comparator, whether the moving object being a target for the comparison performed by the comparator shows abnormal movement, and an output unit that outputs a result of determination performed by the determiner.

Abstract: A system for modifying a representation of a component is disclosed. The system can implement a process that obtains a first representation of a component and a second representation of the component. The system can build one or more intermediate representations of the component based on the component transitioning between the first representation and the second representation. The system can perform tasks, activities, movement, etc. based on the one or more intermediate representations. The system can share the one or more intermediate representations of the component with other components to avoid collisions with the other components. The system may include a networking program to stream the representations to a computing device. The computing device can include a networking program to receive the representations that are streamed from the system through its networking program and a user interface (UI) application to display the representations.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a cheating estimation device including an answer acquisition part acquires a character string input into an answer column of a question as an answer; an operation history information acquisition part acquires operation history information indicating an operation history of an input operation of the answer to the answer column; and an estimation part estimates whether cheating has been committed in the answer to the question based on the operation history information acquired by the operation history information acquisition part.