Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a housing that includes an opening and a first wall, in which the housing is attached to a vehicle in an orientation in which the opening faces an upper side in a vertical direction of the vehicle, and the first wall faces a rear side in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, an image display device, and a transparent cover. The first wall includes a pinch part pinched by one hand of an operator. The pinch part includes a first recessed portion and a second recessed portion, which are spaced apart from each other. The first recessed portion is recessed toward the second recessed portion. The second recessed portion is recessed toward the first recessed portion.

Abstract: A capillary electrophoresis apparatus is disclosed that does not discharge and achieves both compactness and performance even with a part configuration having insufficient spatial distance or creeping distance. This capillary electrophoresis apparatus is provided with a resistance heater for heating capillaries, an electrode holder that holds capillary electrodes and is connected to a high-voltage unit, and a conductive member that at least partially comprises metal and has been grounded to a low potential. The electrode holder and conductive member are in contact with heat-dissipating rubber disposed there between that composes a structure comprising an insulation member. As a result of this configuration, discharge risk is reduced through the reduction of the potential of parts near the high-voltage unit and the slow reduction of the high potential of the high-voltage unit.

Abstract: An authentication method for a computer to execute a process includes determining whether a face image that satisfies a first criterion is included in a first captured image captured by a camera that is provided so as to include a face of a person who is about to pass through a gate in an imaging range, when biometric information is acquired by a sensor provided in the gate; when the face image that satisfies the first criterion is included, performing authentication by using the face image included in the first captured image and the biometric information; when the face image that satisfies the first criterion is not included, instructing the camera to capture a second image; and performing authentication by using a face image included in the second captured image and the biometric information.

Abstract: A computer extracts, by a processor, one or more registrants from among a plurality of registrants based on first biometric information detected by a first sensor. The computer acquires, by the processor, attribute information associated with each of the one or more registrants from among attribute information associated with each of the plurality of registrants. The computer outputs information in a mode corresponding to the attribute information associated with each of the one or more registrants. The computer performs, by the processor, authentication for second biometric information detected by a second sensor according to output of the information by using the second biometric information and registered biometric information associated with each of the one or more registrants.

Abstract: A battery lid is formed of a metal plate integrally formed with a valve and a surrounding plate portion surrounding the valve which facilitates rupturing the valve at a predetermined pressure. The valve includes a pressure receiving plate portion having a bending groove, and bendable from the bending groove by applied pressure, and a thin plate portion thinner than the thickness of the surrounding plate portion, and connects the pressure receiving plate portion to the surrounding plate portion. The thin plate portion has a rupture groove passing through extension sections on the respective lines extending from the bending groove. As the pressure receiving plate portion is deformed by the pressure applied to the valve, the extension sections are pulled more strongly than are the other sections in the valve. Therefore, when a predetermined pressure is applied, the valve is ruptured from the extension sections of the rupture groove.

Abstract: An control method executed by a computer, the control method includes acquiring a plurality of captured images captured by cameras in an area; presuming a movement state of a first candidate of candidates for persons who have entered the area based on facial images included in the plurality of acquired captured images; determining whether or not a similarity between a past movement state of the first candidate of candidates and the presumed movement state, meets a criterion by reference to a memory that stores past movement states of the candidates for persons who have entered the area; selecting a candidate list that includes the first candidate of candidates among candidate lists of the persons who have entered the area in the past when the similarity meets the criterion; and reading out biometric information included in the selected candidate list from a biometric information database to the memory.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is provided a sealing plate equipped with a gas discharge valve that reduces processing load and work hardening during molding. A gas discharge valve of a sealing plate 1 disclosed herein has a flat plate-shaped base portion and a protruding portion protruding from a first surface of the base portion in a first direction, an annular thin-walled portion having a thickness smaller than the thickness of the protruding portion is provided around the protruding portion, and a first surface of the thin-walled portion is substantially on the same surface as the first surface of the base portion. In the gas discharge valve having the above configuration, the total amount of metal that is plastically deformed is reduced by limiting the formation region of the thin-walled portion to the periphery of the protruding portion.

Abstract: A vane pump including a housing having a peripheral wall portion, a bottom wall portion, and a pump chamber; a rotor disposed in the pump chamber to be rotatable; a vane disposed to be slidable in the radial direction with respect to the rotor and partitioning the pump chamber into working chambers; and a reed valve that opens and closes a discharge hole of the bottom wall portion. A pressure relief groove is disposed in a portion of the bottom wall portion corresponding to the discharge section with a clearance secured between the peripheral wall portion and the pressure relief groove. When the vane overlaps the pressure relief groove, a pair of the working chambers on both sides of the vane in the rotational direction communicates with each other via the pressure relief groove.

Abstract: A vane pump includes a housing, a rotor, a vane and a reed valve. A position at which the sliding direction of the vane with respect to the rotor is inverted from outward to inward is defined as a reference position, and a section of the pump chamber on the discharge hole side with respect to the reference position is defined as a discharge section. A pressure relief groove is disposed in a portion of the bottom wall portion corresponding to the discharge section with a clearance secured between the peripheral wall portion and the pressure relief groove. When the vane overlaps the pressure relief groove, a pair of the working chambers communicate with each other via the pressure relief groove.

Abstract: An Information processing apparatus, includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to: store, for each of a plurality of areas represented by a geographical boundary line, information for specifying position of an area and a size of the area to the memory, acquire data regarding a position of a moving body, set a predetermined range on the basis of the acquired data, extract a target area from the plurality of areas on the basis of the predetermined range and the position of each of the plurality of areas, and control a size, stored in the memory, of the extracted target area.

Abstract: A capillary electrophoresis apparatus is disclosed that does not discharge and achieves both compactness and performance even with a part configuration having insufficient spatial distance or creeping distance. This capillary electrophoresis apparatus is provided with a resistance heater for heating capillaries, an electrode holder that holds capillary electrodes and is connected to a high-voltage unit, and a conductive member that at least partially comprises metal and has been grounded to a low potential. The electrode holder and conductive member are in contact with heat-dissipating rubber disposed there between that composes a structure comprising an insulation member. As a result of this configuration, discharge risk is reduced through the reduction of the potential of parts near the high-voltage unit and the slow reduction of the high potential of the high-voltage unit.

Abstract: A capillary electrophoresis apparatus is disclosed that does not discharge and achieves both compactness and performance even with a part configuration having insufficient spatial distance or creeping distance. This capillary electrophoresis apparatus is provided with a resistance heater for heating capillaries, an electrode holder that holds capillary electrodes and is connected to a high-voltage unit, and a conductive member that at least partially comprises metal and has been grounded to a low potential. The electrode holder and conductive member are in contact with heat-dissipating rubber disposed there between that composes a structure comprising an insulation member. As a result of this configuration, discharge risk is reduced through the reduction of the potential of parts near the high-voltage unit and the slow reduction of the high potential of the high-voltage unit.

Abstract: A customer service managing method includes identifying a clerk to perform customer service from among a plurality of clerks based on a customer service request and clerk terminal information indicating states of a plurality of clerks, the states being related to customer service, when receiving the customer service request from a second terminal device; transmitting identifying information identifying the customer service request to a first terminal device corresponding to the identified clerk and the second terminal device; updating the clerk terminal information so as to indicate that the identified clerk is performing customer service when receiving reception start information from the first terminal device; updating the clerk terminal information so as to indicate that the state of the identified clerk is in an available state when receiving reception stop information from the first terminal device; and transmitting an end message to stop the beacon to the second terminal device.

Abstract: An Information processing apparatus, includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to: store, for each of a plurality of areas represented by a geographical boundary line, information for specifying position of an area and a size of the area to the memory, acquire data regarding a position of a moving body, set a predetermined range on the basis of the acquired data, extract a target area from the plurality of areas on the basis of the predetermined range and the position of each of the plurality of areas, and control a size, stored in the memory, of the extracted target area.

Abstract: The method for setting service providing areas is provided. The method generates first area information according to a position of the computer at a first time. The method also selects second area information based on the position. The second area information is less than a maximum number of a monitoring target areas set to an OS by the number of the first area information or more. The method also sets the first and second area information. When receiving a first notification indicating that the position has entered or has left the area indicated by the first area information from the OS, the method also newly generates the first area information according to a position of the computer at a second time when the first notification is received. The method also resets the new first and second area information as new monitoring target areas of the OS.

Abstract: A vane pump including a housing having a peripheral wall portion, a bottom wall portion, and a pump chamber; a rotor disposed in the pump chamber to be rotatable; a vane disposed to be slidable in the radial direction with respect to the rotor and partitioning the pump chamber into working chambers; and a reed valve that opens and closes a discharge hole of the bottom wall portion. A pressure relief groove is disposed in a portion of the bottom wall portion corresponding to the discharge section with a clearance secured between the peripheral wall portion and the pressure relief groove. When the vane overlaps the pressure relief groove, a pair of the working chambers on both sides of the vane in the rotational direction communicates with each other via the pressure relief groove.

Abstract: A service activity support method includes, in response to receiving a request for support of a first service activity transmitted from a first terminal device positioned in a specific area determined virtually in a map, identifying a second terminal device positioned in the specific area, the second terminal device being different from the first terminal device, and transmitting information regarding the request to the identified second terminal device.

Abstract: A vane pump in which noise can be suppressed is provided. A vane pump (1) includes: a housing (2) having a peripheral wall portion (200), a bottom wall portion (201), and a pump chamber (A); a rotor (3) disposed in the pump chamber (A) to be rotatable; a vane (4) disposed to be slidable in the radial direction with respect to the rotor (3) and partitioning the pump chamber (A) into working chambers (A1, A2); and a reed valve (5) that opens and closes a discharge hole (201a) of the bottom wall portion (201). A position at which the sliding direction of the vane (4) with respect to the rotor (3) is inverted from outward in the radial direction to inward is defined as a reference position (?1), and a section of the pump chamber (A) on the discharge hole (201a) side with respect to the reference position (?1) is defined as a discharge section (AD).

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a first specifying unit that specifies a size of a display region of a video delivered by streaming, the video having a bit rate that is changeable during a playback; a second specifying unit that specifies a data amount of data temporarily stored for a period of the video to be next played back; and a third specifying unit that specifies a bandwidth in reception of the data. The information processing apparatus further includes a determining unit that determines a bit rate of the video that is played back based on the size, the data amount, and the bandwidth that are specified.

Abstract: A service provision method executed by a system including a terminal configured to use a service and a service provision apparatus configured to provide the service, the service providing method includes collecting resource information of an output device coupled to the service provision apparatus when the terminal checks in to the service provision apparatus, providing a first application to the terminal and a second application to the output device from the service provision apparatus when the output device is usable in accordance with the resource information, and providing a third application to the terminal from the service provision apparatus, the third application generated on the basis of the first application and the second application, when the output device is unusable in accordance with the resource information.