Abstract: The invention provides a modified liquid diene polymer that allows a rubber composition to give a crosslinked product which contains a filler in a dispersed state ideal for attaining enhanced properties and which also exhibits excellent properties such as wet grip and abrasion resistance. The invention also provides a rubber composition including the modified liquid diene polymer, a crosslinked product thereof, and a tire which includes a portion including the composition or the crosslinked product. The modified liquid diene polymer is a product of modification, with a specific silane compound, of a liquid diene block copolymer including a polymer block (b?1) or (b?1) containing butadiene units and a polymer block (b?2) or (b?2). The modified liquid diene polymer has a functional group derived from the silane compound, and satisfies specific conditions.

Abstract: A biometric information authentication device includes a control unit, wherein, when a first biometric authentication is successfully completed based on biometric information acquired from an operator and registered biometric information preliminarily registered by a registered person and an operation for registering new registered biological information is subsequently performed, the control unit permits registration upon a successful second biometric authentication based on biometric information acquired again and the registered biometric information preliminarily registered by the registered person.

Abstract: A biometric information authenticating device includes a biometric information sensor to detect contact of an operating finger with a reading surface and to read biometric information of the operating finger, an illumination unit including at least one light source, and a control unit to indicate completion of reading of the biometric information by an illumination pattern including a combination of turning on and off of the at least one light source.

Abstract: It provides the measurement data of each portion of the target object with a high accuracy. The measurement data calculation apparatus 1020 includes an obtaining unit 1024A, an extraction unit 1024B, a conversion unit 1024C, and a calculation unit 1024D. The obtaining unit 1024A obtains the image data in which the target object is photographed and the full length data of the target object. The extraction unit 1024B extracts the shape data indicating the shape of the target object from the image data. The conversion unit 1024C converts and silhouettes the shape data based on the full length data. The calculation unit 1024D uses the shape data converted by the conversion unit 1024C to calculate the measurement data of each portion of the target object.

Abstract: Provided are a control apparatus, a control system, and a control method for controlling a work machine which reduce inadvertent contact during operation of the work machine and inhibit a decrease in operating rate. A control apparatus for controlling a work machine having a movable part includes: an acquisition means of acquiring state information indicating a posture of the work machine, action information indicating an action of the work machine, and surrounding information indicating an arrangement of a surrounding object around the work machine; a specification means of specifying, based on the state information and the action information, a safe distance that is set between the movable part and the surrounding object; and an action control means of controlling an action of the work machine in accordance with the safe distance and the surrounding information.

Abstract: A movable part of a work machine is moved to an intended region with higher accuracy. A control apparatus (10) for controlling a work machine having a movable part includes: a movement control section (11) of controlling the work machine to move the movable part to a destination region; and a correction control section (12) of detecting a positional relation between the destination region and the movable part with reference to a detection value of a sensor to control the work machine to correct a position of the movable part.

Abstract: A bladder for tire vulcanizing containing a crosslinked fluoroelastomer obtained by peroxide-crosslinking a fluoroelastomer composition including a peroxide-crosslinkable fluoroelastomer (A), a carbon black (B), and a peroxide cross-linking agent (C), wherein the crosslinked fluoroelastomer has a hardness at 25° C. of 60 to 90, a number of foreign particles selected from the group consisting of lumps of carbon and carbon grit having an aspect ratio of 1.1 or less and a Heywood diameter of 5 ?m or more present on a fracture surface obtained by tensile fracture of the crosslinked fluoroelastomer at 170° C. is 10/mm2 or less, and the fluoroelastomer (A) includes a vinylidene fluoride (VdF) fluoroelastomer.

Abstract: A filtering device is configured to estimate the characteristics of noise superposed on measurement data relating to the status of a controlled machine based on the status information representing the status of a controlled machine, thus adjusting the filtering to eliminate noise based on the estimated noise characteristics.

Abstract: The present invention provides an excavation system capable of improving the work efficiency at a worksite. An excavation device (20) excavates an object (80) treated as an excavation target at an excavation spot. A first detection device (2) is installed at an excavation spot away from the excavation device (20). The first detection device (2) detects information related to the object (80) at the excavation spot. A control device (10) transmits, to the excavation device (20), control information related to operations of the excavation device (20) based on target location data indicating the position of the object (80), which corresponds to information related to the object (80). The excavation device (20) executes operations for excavation in accordance with the control information.

Abstract: A wireless communication system according to the present invention includes a transmission control device and a reception control device configured to communicate with each other via at least one wireless link established in a wireless network, the transmission control device including a composite signal generation unit configured to select at least one signal from a predetermined number of signals to generate a composite signal and a multipath control unit configured to transmit the composite signal via the at least one wireless link, the reception control device including a multipath control unit configured to receive the composite signal from the at least one wireless link and a signal recovery unit configured to accumulate the received composite signal and to recover the predetermined number of signals from the predetermined number or more of the composite signals, the predetermined number being 1 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a block body that makes it possible to quickly produce a dental prosthesis with a good accuracy. A material of the block body including SiO2 in an amount of 60.0 mass % to 80.0 mass %, Li2O in an amount of 10.0 mass % to 20.0 mass %, Al2O3 in an amount of 5.1 mass % to 10.0 mass %, wherein the block body is formed in a column, and a main crystalline phase of the block body is lithium disilicate.

Abstract: A base station apparatus is connected to a plurality of transmission/reception points each switching a transmission scheme according to reception environment of wireless terminal and providing service to wireless terminal.

Abstract: A base station apparatus is connected to a plurality of transmission/reception points each switching a transmission scheme according to reception environment of wireless terminal and providing service to wireless terminal.

Abstract: A communication load estimation system is provided with a load estimation means 501 for estimating a communication load of a wireless base station to be an object of estimation, using at least: a network parameter which is a parameter concerning the number of antennas used for signal transmission of the wireless base station; a first quality measurement value which is a measurement value concerning a quality of communication with the wireless base station and which includes at least total reception power; and a second quality measurement value which is a measurement value concerning a quality of communication with the wireless base station and which includes at least a signal to interference noise ratio of a reference signal.

Abstract: A fluoroelastomer composition, and a crosslinked fluoroelastomer obtained by crosslinking the fluoroelastomer composition. The fluoroelastomer composition contains 10 to 60 parts by mass of a carbon black (B) and 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a peroxide cross-linking agent (C) per 100 parts by mass of a peroxide-crosslinkable fluoroelastomer (A). The carbon black (B) has a number of foreign particles of 30/mm2 or less measured as described herein.

Abstract: Disclosed is an acrylic thermoplastic resin composition containing an acrylic multilayer structure polymer particle (A) and an acrylic block copolymer (B). The component (A) has, as an inner layer, a rubber component layer (I) of a copolymer of 50-99.99 mass % of an acrylic acid ester monomer unit, 49.99-0 mass % of an additional monofunctional monomer unit, and 0.01-10 mass % of a polyfunctional monomer unit, and has, as an outermost layer, a thermoplastic resin component layer (II) of a copolymer of 40-100 mass % of a methacrylic acid ester monomer unit and 60-0 mass % of an additional monomer unit and having Mn of 30,000 or smaller. A layer (I)/layer (II) mass ratio is 30/70 to 90/10. An average particle size of the component (A) is 150 nm or smaller. The component (B) has Mw of 32,000 to 300,000. A mass ratio of (A)/(B) is 1/99 to 99/1.

Abstract: Provided is a radio base station, etc. that realize transmission control in view of QoE. According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a radio base station that receives a packet(s) transmitted from a packet transmission apparatus via a network and transmits the received packet(s) to a wireless terminal(s), the radio base station including: acquisition means that acquires a packet type(s) or a packet identifier(s) set in the packet(s) by the packet transmission apparatus; and control means that performs transmission control to change a transmission order of the packet(s) based on the packet type(s) or the packet identifier(s).

Abstract: Provided is a block body that makes it possible to quickly produce a dental prosthesis with a good accuracy. A material of the block body including SiO2 in an amount of 60.0 mass % to 80.0 mass %, Li2O in an amount of 10.0 mass % to 20.0 mass %, Al2O3 in an amount of 5.1 mass % to 10.0 mass %, wherein the block body is formed in a column, and a main crystalline phase of the block body is lithium disilicate.

Abstract: Provided is a method for quickly producing a dental prosthesis with a good accuracy. The method for producing a dental prosthesis including: a melting step of melting a material including no less than 60.0 mass % and no more than 80.0 mass % of SiO2, no less than 10.0 mass % and no more than 20.0 mass % of Li2O, and no less than 5.1 mass % and no more than 10.0 mass % of Al2O3; a glass blank production step of cooling to solidify the molten material to obtain a glass blank; a lithium disilicate blank production step of heating the glass blank to obtain a lithium disilicate blank whose main crystalline phase is lithium disilicate; and a processing step of processing the lithium disilicate by machining.

Abstract: Disclosed is an acrylic thermoplastic resin composition containing an acrylic multilayer structure polymer particle (A) and an acrylic block copolymer (B). The component (A) has, as an inner layer, a rubber component layer (I) of a copolymer of 50-99.99 mass % of an acrylic acid ester monomer unit, 49.99-0 mass % of an additional monofunctional monomer unit, and 0.01-10 mass % of a polyfunctional monomer unit, and has, as an outermost layer, a thermoplastic resin component layer (I1) of a copolymer of 40-100 mass % of a methacrylic acid ester monomer unit and 60-0 mass % of an additional monomer unit and having Mn of 30,000 or smaller. A layer (I)/layer (II) mass ratio is 30/70 to 90/10. An average particle size of the component (A) is 150 nm or smaller. The component (B) has Mw of 32,000 to 300,000. A mass ratio of (A)/(B) is 1/99 to 99/1.