Abstract: An optical device includes: a light guide plate; a first light emission part provided in a first region of the light guide plate, the first light emission part having optical surfaces that cause the light incident thereon to exit from a first emission surface and a second emission surface opposite the first emission surface; and a second light emission part provided in a second region of the light guide plate, the second light emission part having optical surfaces that cause the light incident thereon to exit from the first emission surface and the second emission surface. The optical device configured to control the luminous flux from the first and second emission surfaces via the optical surfaces in the first and second light emission parts to thereby control how leaked light is perceived by an observer on the opposite side of the emission surface of the light guide plate.

Abstract: A socket includes a first housing and a second housing each including a housing recessed portion capable of housing and holding a contact provided at its first end with a first contact portion and at its second end with a second contact portion while the first and second contact portions each are exposed, and a positioning member which positions the first and second housings independently of each other such that the housing recessed portion of the first housing and the housing recessed portion of the second of housing are disposed adjacent to each other to be paired.

Abstract: Three-dimensional measurement is performed by projecting patterned light having a hybrid pattern Ph onto a measurement target. The hybrid pattern Ph is a pattern in which a random pattern Pr is superimposed on a structured light pattern Ps, and is arranged in pattern such that the random pattern Pr and the structured light pattern Ps do not interfere mutually.

Abstract: A reservation management device (50) is a reservation management device configured to manage reservations for the exchange of battery packs (10) at a charging device (30) where battery packs (10) are exchanged, said reservation management device (50) comprising a reservation number acquisition component (53), a return number acquisition component (54), and a reservation possibility determination component (55). The reservation number acquisition component (53) is configured to acquire number of battery packs (10) to be reserved at the charging device (30). The return number acquisition component (54) is configured to acquire number of battery packs (10) to be returned to the charging device (30).

Abstract: At the time of contact between the contacts, the first movable contact comes into contact with the first fixed contact before contact between the second movable contact and the second fixed contact is made. The first movable contact is located on a leading end side of the contact piece with respect to the second movable contact. The first divided piece includes a body and a projection. The body extends in the lengthwise direction. The projection projects in the widthwise direction of the first divided piece from the body. The projection includes a contact portion pressed by the link member.

Abstract: An object recognition device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a recognition target image that serves as an object to be recognized; a retrieval unit configured to search an image database storing a plurality of image data in association with tag information and retrieve a similar image that matches the recognition target image; and a recognition unit configured to recognize the object included in the recognition target image on the basis of tag information associated with a similar image obtained by the retrieval unit. The recognition may select the tag information that appears most frequently among the tag information associated with the similar images as a recognition result. The recognition unit may also compute a tag information reliability score from the similar image in the retrieval result and recognize an object taking into account said reliability score.

Abstract: A management device includes a potential usable power calculator that computes a measurement value or an estimated value for a potential usable power which is the amount of power available when the power consumption of an electrical appliance and a potential feed-in amount that can be sold are excluded from the power output from the solar power device; a planned usage determination unit that identifies a planned usage time that a user plans to use a designated appliance; an effective time determination unit that identifies a continuous effective time when a physical quantity representing a state that changes due to the designated appliance using the potential usable power is within a range that is effective for a user; and a scheduler that creates an operation schedule indicating at least an operation start time for the designated appliance on the basis of the planned usage time and the continuous effective time.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to enable even an unskilled person to easily identify a related event in a short time from a collected event log. A system management device (1) is provided with: a display control part (32) for causing a display part (14) to display an event log; an identification part (30) for identifying an event of interest log specified by a user through an operation part (11); and an extraction part (31) for extracting a related event log related to an event of interest from an event log database (20). The display control part (32) causes the display part (14) to display the event of interest log and the related event log.

Abstract: A health management apparatus includes a processor that is configured to activate a sugoroku including squares linking a starting square with a finishing square and direct a piece of a user to be advanced through the squares. The processor is configured to obtain measurement data including biological information of the user and a time of day or location of measurement at which the biological information has been measured. The processor is configured to assess an evaluation value based on whether the time of day or location of measurement satisfies a condition, and determine a number of squares through which the piece is to be advanced in the sugoroku, based on the evaluation value.

Abstract: A relay apparatus is provided to achieve high-speed control, while suppressing costs for communication with a plurality of devices, by notifying additional information of the devices to a master apparatus and increasing the efficiency of transmission/reception of signals among the master apparatus and the devices. The relay apparatus communicates with a plurality of devices through a single device communication port, The relay apparatus receives additional information from each of the plurality of devices; and transmits/receives signals in units of groups to which each of the plurality of devices belongs.

Abstract: To achieve a push-button for a game machine, capable of maintaining excellent waterproof performance and having excellent operability even when a large amount of liquid is spilled, or even when liquid is spilled while the push-button is pressed. A push-button for a game machine includes: an elastic body provided in a flange shape integrally with a key top with an outer periphery of the key top and having an outer end held between a base and a bezel; and a discharge path that communicates with a space partitioned by the key top, the bezel, and the elastic body and discharges liquid having entered the space to the outside.

Abstract: A light guide plate, produced from material transparent to visible light, includes a plurality of prisms provided on one surface (a diffusion surface) thereof in a predetermined pattern. The plurality of prisms include a reflection surface that reflects visible light emitted from a light source and entering the light guide plate from an input surface toward another surface (an output surface). Each prism in the plurality of prisms is distributed so that the reflection surfaces of two prisms separated by a predetermined pitch are oriented in the same direction, and the reflections surfaces of two prisms that are closer than the predetermined pitch are oriented in mutually different directions.

Abstract: A control system includes a controller for controlling a control target and redundant devices accessible from the controller. The control system includes a feature quantity generation unit that generates a feature quantity from data associated with the redundant devices, an abnormality detection unit that determines whether an abnormality has occurred in one of the redundant devices based on the feature quantity generated by the feature quantity generation unit and a predetermined abnormality detection parameter, a switch unit that switches the redundant devices between a working mode and a standby mode when the abnormality detection unit determines that an abnormality has occurred, and a learning unit that performs machine learning using the data associated with the redundant devices to determine the abnormality detection parameter.

Abstract: This work region estimation device, which estimates a region in which a worker performs work, is provided with: a first operation acquisition unit that acquires worker operation information; an orientation acquisition unit that acquires worker orientation information; and a work region calculation unit that, on the basis of the operation information, the orientation information, and a worker body model, calculates a region in which a worker operation is forecast.

Abstract: The present invention provides a configuration which enables an improvement in the workability of wiring of a sensor in a servo system. An encoder detects the operation of a motor driven by a servo driver, and generates a feedback signal indicating the detected operation. Further, the encoder receives detected signals output from sensors for detecting an object driven by the motor via sensor cables. The encoder outputs the feedback signal and the input detected signals to the outside.

Abstract: A power reception device 3 of a noncontact power supply apparatus 1 has a resonance circuit 20 that resonates at a first frequency, a voltage detection circuit 27 that measures an output voltage from the resonance circuit 20 and calculates a measured value of the output voltage, and a transmitter 28 that transmits a signal including information about the measured value of the output voltage to a power transmission device 2.

Abstract: In the cover for a blood pressure meter according to the invention, a coupling region that is detachably attached to a bottom surface of a main body is provided on one end. A tray region that is disposed so as to face a back surface of the main body and receives an accommodated cuff belt is connected to the coupling region. A panel cover region capable of covering a front panel of the main body is provided on the other end. A storage cover region that connects the tray region and the panel cover region is provided. In a cover-coupled state where the coupling region is detachably attached to the bottom surface of the main body, the panel cover region and the storage cover region are configured to be openable and closable with respect to the front panel and the tray region.

Abstract: A wireless power transfer system for a vehicle door glass may include a power transmitter including a first converter converting DC power from a battery into AC power, a transmitting coil wirelessly transmitting the AC power received from the first converter, and a transmitter controller controlling a power level to be output from the first converter; and a power receiver including a receiving coil wirelessly receiving the AC power from the transmitting coil, a second converter and a third converter connected to the receiving coil, and a receiver controller controlling a power level to be output from the second converter and the third converter, wherein the power transmitter is mounted on a vehicle door, and the power receiver is mounted on a door glass.

Abstract: A communication device includes a communicator that communicates with an RF tag in a non-contact manner, a communication unit that exchanges data with a host device, and a controller that controls the communicator and the communication unit. Every time the communicator sequentially reads data from the RF tag that passes a communication-feasible region near the communicator at regular time intervals or irregular time intervals, the controller updates first data to be exchanged with the host device by the communication unit so as to include the read data. Also, the controller updates second data to be exchanged with the host device by the communication unit to a value different from a previous value in association with timing with which the first data is updated.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a socket that can easily secure internal insulation. The socket includes a box-shaped first housing and a second housing attached to the first housing. The first housing includes a first wall and a second wall. The first wall extends in a width direction that intersects an opening surface, and has a first opening for inserting a screw member that fixes a conductor part of a wire. The second wall extends in a direction that intersects the opening surface and the first wall, and has a second opening for inserting and removing the conductor part of the wire. The second housing includes a second housing body and a locking arm. The second housing body covers the opening surface. The locking arm extends from the second housing body in the width direction and is locked to the first housing in the width direction.