Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent core includes: a dispenser for dispensing a fiber; a fiber-stacking drum for stacking the dispensed fiber on the outer circumferential surface while sucking the fiber toward an inside; and a fixed frame for rotatably supporting the fiber-stacking drum. The fiber-stacking drum includes: a rotation shaft; a wheel attached to the distal end of the rotation shaft; and a fiber-stacking ring provided on an outer circumference portion of the wheel for stacking the fiber A suction chamber is fixed to the fixed frame The suction chamber is arranged on an inner side of the fiber-stacking ring and produces a suction force toward an inner circumference of the fiber-stacking ring. The fiber-stacking drum is supported by the fixed frame so as to be slidable in an axial direction of the rotation shaft; and the wheel is removably attached to the distal end of the rotation shaft via a fastener.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first classification unit configured to classify each of a plurality of pixels included in a three-dimensional medical image using a first classifier for classifying each pixel into a plurality of classes including a class representing a first target region, a determination unit configured to determine an image region including the first target region and a second target region from the three-dimensional medical image based on a first classification result, a second classification unit configured to classify each of a plurality of pixels included in the determined image region using a second classifier for classifying each pixel into a plurality of classes including at least either one of a class representing the first target region and a class representing the second target region, and an integration unit configured to integrate the first and the second classification results to acquire a third classification result.

Abstract: A component placing device to place a component on a board, including: a shaft having a lower portion and an upper portion; a component holder that is attached to the lower portion of the shaft in a state of being vertically displaceable and has a suction hole for holding the component by a negative pressure; an elastic body that biases the component holder downward with respect to the shaft; a servo motor that raises and lowers the shaft; and a controller that sets a thrust limit value for limiting a thrust of the servo motor and limits the thrust of the servo motor to be equal to or lower than the thrust limit value when the component holder is lowered toward the board. The thrust limit value is set within a range in which a load is smaller than a force by which the elastic body biases the component holder.

Abstract: An information output control method includes a step of deriving a driving load of a driver, based on a traveling environment or a driving state of the driver, a step of deciding to suggest a content that meets the derived driving load, to the driver, and a step of calculating a degree of acceptance of the suggested content by the driver. In the deciding step, the frequency of suggestion of the content or the type of the content is set based on the calculated degree of acceptance.

Abstract: A parking lot guidance device includes a processor. The processor is configured to cause a communication unit to transmit exit information to a vehicle with the highest priority among other vehicles that are transmission targets. The exit information includes information of a size of a parking section in which a host vehicle is parked, information of a position of the parking section in which the host vehicle is parked, and information of a start of exit of the host vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is a method for removing keratotic plugs capable of sufficiently exhibiting an excellent keratotic plug-removing effect without a burden, such as pain and of irritation, on the skin. The present invention relates to a method for removing keratotic plugs comprising using a composition comprising (X) one or more selected from the group consisting of (X1) 2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol (X2), 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol, and (X3) 2-amino-2-methyl-1,3-propanediol.

Abstract: An information processing method includes a step of obtaining article information including a category of an article which a user wishes to purchase, and a step of outputting a reminder concerning purchase of the article, when a reminding condition is satisfied in a reminding period that is set according to the category of the article obtained.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is configured to extract an object region from an image. The image processing apparatus includes: a setting unit configured to set a plurality of reference points in the image; an obtaining unit configured to obtain a contour of the object region corresponding to each of the plurality of reference points as an initial extraction result based on a characteristic of the object region; and an extraction unit configured to extract the object region from the image based on an integration result obtained by integrating values of pixels in a plurality of initial extraction results.

Abstract: An encoder includes a disc and a sensor. The disc has a circular surface with a central axis and is rotatable around the central axis. The disc has a slit row provided on the circular surface. The slit row includes slits arranged in a circumferential direction of the circular surface around the central axis and in a radial direction of the circular surface. The sensor is provided opposite to the slit row on circular surface. The sensor has a first light receiver and a second light receiver. The first light receiver is configured to output a first light receiving signal as the slit row rotates along the circumferential direction when the disc rotates around the central axis. The second light receiver is configured to output a second light receiving signal as the slit row moves along the radial direction when the disc rotates around the central axis.

Abstract: A component placing device to place a component on a board, including: a shaft having a lower portion and an upper portion; a component holder that is attached to the lower portion of the shaft in a state of being vertically displaceable and has a suction hole for holding the component by a negative pressure; an elastic body that biases the component holder downward with respect to the shaft; a servo motor that raises and lowers the shaft; and a controller that sets a thrust limit value for limiting a thrust of the servo motor and limits the thrust of the servo motor to be equal to or lower than the thrust limit value when the component holder is lowered toward the board. The thrust limit value is set within a range in which a load is smaller than a force by which the elastic body biases the component holder.

Abstract: An encoder includes a scale and a sensor. The scale has first and second absolute patterns. The sensor includes a light source, and first and second absolute light receivers. The first and second absolute light receivers receive light from the first and second absolute patterns, respectively. The first absolute light receiver receives light from the first pattern and includes first and second light receiving elements. Each first light receiving elements outputs a first signal with a first phase. Each second light receiving elements outputs a first signal with a second phase. The first and second light receiving elements are arranged alternately. The second absolute light receiver includes third and fourth light receiving elements. Each third light receiving element outputs a second signal with the first phase. The third and fourth light receiving elements are arranged alternately. Each fourth light receiving element outputs a second signal with the second phase.

Abstract: A driving support device includes a memory and a processor including hardware. When a vehicle is placed inside a rest facility and at least one of parameters indicative of respective states of traffic jams on roads ahead of and behind the rest facility satisfy a predetermined reference, the processor transmits, to a device related to the vehicle, information that proposes a departure from the rest facility.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first extraction unit configured to extract a first target region from an image using a trained classifier, a setting unit configured to set region information to be used in a graph cut segmentation method based on a first extraction result including the first target region, a second extraction unit configured to extract a second target region using the graph cut segmentation method based on the set region information, and a generation unit configured to generate a ground truth image corresponding to the image based on a second extraction result including the second target region.

Abstract: To improve detectivity. In a photoelectric conversion element (10) including an anode (12), a cathode (16), and an active layer (14) provided between the anode and the cathode, wherein the active layer contains a p-type semiconductor material being a polymer compound having an absorption peak wavelength of 800 nm or more, and an n-type semiconductor material, and the active layer has a thickness of 300 nm or more and less than 600 nm.

Abstract: An encoder includes a measurement target and circuitry. The measurement target includes an absolute pattern and is rotatable. The circuitry is configured to generate, via a processing scheme, a signal representing an absolute position of the measurement target based on the absolute pattern. The circuitry is configured to detect, based on the absolute pattern, whether the measurement target rotates or not. The circuitry is configured to change the processing scheme based on whether the measurement target rotates or not.

Abstract: An image processing system includes a first setting unit configured to set, in a learning image, a plurality of mutually different position coordinates belonging to a region of interest presenting a site of interest rendered in the learning image, an extracting unit configured to extract the region of interest by using the plurality of position coordinates, a calculating unit configured to calculate a feature value for determining an attribute of the site of interest from a plurality of extraction results of the region of interest corresponding to the plurality of position coordinates, and a constructing unit configured to construct an identifier for determining the attribute based on a plurality of the feature values corresponding to the plurality of extraction results of the region of interest and a correct answer value of the attribute of the site of interest rendered in the learning image.

Abstract: A driving support device includes a memory and a processor including hardware. When a vehicle is placed inside a rest facility and at least one of parameters indicative of respective states of traffic jams on roads ahead of and behind the rest facility satisfy a predetermined reference, the processor transmits, to a device related to the vehicle, information that proposes a departure from the rest facility.

Abstract: A To-Do management apparatus includes a memory and a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to detect a time in which a driver of a vehicle is freed from driving operations of the vehicle, and provide, in the detected time, the driver with information for promoting accomplishment of a work that is entered in advance, that is not related to the driving operations of the vehicle, and that needs to be executed by the driver. Thus, it is possible to promote the accomplishment of the work that needs to be executed by the driver, at an appropriate timing and without interfering with the driver's driving operations.

Abstract: A parking lot guidance device includes a processor. The processor is configured to cause a communication unit to transmit exit information to a vehicle with the highest priority among other vehicles that are transmission targets. The exit information includes information of a size of a parking section in which a host vehicle is parked, information of a position of the parking section in which the host vehicle is parked, and information of a start of exit of the host vehicle.

Abstract: A driving assistance device includes: a vehicle group search unit that acquires a most frequent vehicle speed of the vehicle and to search for one or more vehicle group, the most frequent vehicle speed being a vehicle speed that is most frequent, the vehicle group traveling at one of the most frequent vehicle speed and a speed close to the most frequent vehicle speed; a distance information generation unit that generates the vehicle group searched for by the vehicle group search unit and distance information on a distance between the vehicle group and an information-receiving vehicle that has sent the most frequent vehicle speed; and a merging assistance unit that sends the distance information generated by the distance information generation unit to a user terminal device and assists the vehicle in merging into one of the vehicle groups searched for by the vehicle group search unit.