Abstract: A work support apparatus, which assigns an operator to an operation performed in a workplace, includes a communication device used for the operation in the workplace, and holds information on a relationship between a process, an operation, and each of divided areas of the workplace and the communication device used for the operation, information on a predicted communication throughput by the communication device in each of the divided areas, and information on an operator-requested communication throughput for a combination of the operation and an operator. For each operation corresponding to the process, the apparatus determines assignment of an operator to the operation, referring to the predicted communication throughput by the communication device and the operator-requested communication throughput, and outputs a result of the operator assignment.

Abstract: A document search device includes a processor, and a memory storing program instructions that cause the processor to search for an input keyword in a document database in which document information including text data extracted by using a character recognition process from document image data generated by imaging a paper document is stored, select a similar keyword in accordance with a degree of similarity to the input keyword from a group of wildcard strings generated from the input keyword and search for the similar keyword in the document database, the degree of similarity being determined by comparing each character of the input keyword with a corresponding character of a wildcard string in the group of wildcard strings, and output a search result obtained by searching for the input keyword in the document database and a search result obtained by searching for the similar keyword in the document database.

Abstract: A document retrieval apparatus includes a processor which receives an input of a keyword, acquires an author's name and a document file from a digital document database which stores document files of text data obtained by performing a character recognition process with respect to document image data of handwritten documents, and names of authors who wrote the handwritten documents, references an associating keyword database which stores information associating the authors' names, keywords, and associating keywords, to acquire an associating keyword of the input keyword, from the received input keyword and the acquired author's name, searches the acquired document file, using the input keyword and the acquired associating keyword, and outputs a search result of the searching.

Abstract: An information processing device includes an analyzing unit configured to analyze text data representing claims included in patent document data to identify constituent components of an invention for each claim included in the claims, and a display control unit configured to cause a display device to display texts indicating each claim in the claims, in a form in which the texts indicating each claim are partitioned into the constituent components.

Abstract: A document search device includes a document search unit configured to search for an input keyword in a document database in which document information including text data is stored, the text data being extracted, by using a character recognition process, from document image data generated by imaging a paper document, a similar keyword selecting unit configured to select a similar keyword in accordance with a degree of similarity to the input keyword, from a group of wildcard strings generated from the input keyword, and cause the document search unit to search for the similar keyword in the document database, and an output unit configured to output a search result obtained by searching for the input keyword in the document database and a search result obtained by searching for the similar keyword in the document database.

Abstract: The system stores process information including information on processes before starting at a manufacturing site, and management information that manages radio performance estimation methods usable for each of applications and information for determining a processing time of each of the radio performance estimation methods. The process information includes information on applications used in each process of the processes and information on a time associated with each process. The system refers to the process information and the management information so as to determine radio performance estimation methods usable in each process, and refers to the process information and the management information so as to select a wireless communication method, through which radio performance estimation processing is completed by a time associated with each process, from the radio performance estimation methods usable in each process.

Abstract: The present invention is designed to improve the accuracy of machine learning. The present invention provides: a first classification unit configured to classify data into classifiable data and initially-unclassifiable data based on a first learning model; a first annotation unit configured to annotate the classifiable data with a label; a second classification unit configured to classify the initially-unclassifiable data based on a second learning model; a label acquiring unit configured to acquire a label with which the initially-unclassifiable data is to be annotated; a second annotation unit configured to annotate the initially-unclassifiable data with a label; and a second learning model updating unit configured to update the second learning model based on the initially-unclassifiable data that is annotated with the label based on a result of classification by the second classification unit and the label acquired by the label acquiring unit.

Abstract: A work support apparatus, which assigns an operator to an operation performed in a workplace, includes a communication device used for the operation in the workplace, and holds information on a relationship between a process, an operation, and each of divided areas of the workplace and the communication device used for the operation, information on a predicted communication throughput by the communication device in each of the divided areas, and information on an operator-requested communication throughput for a combination of the operation and an operator. For each operation corresponding to the process, the apparatus determines assignment of an operator to the operation, referring to the predicted communication throughput by the communication device and the operator-requested communication throughput, and outputs a result of the operator assignment.

Abstract: To improve a determination accuracy when determining each particle contained in an image of an object. An image analysis apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a shape determination unit configured to determine a shape of a particle included in a particle image that is extracted from an image of an object, so that an OK particle image which is a particle image of an OK particle that satisfies a predetermined standard for shape and a provisional NG particle image which is a particle image of a provisional NG particle that does not satisfy the predetermined standard, are obtained; a pseudo image generation unit configured to generate a pseudo image; and a similarity determination unit configured to determine whether the provisional NG image and the pseudo image are similar.

Abstract: A material design apparatus is provided that can derive an optimal solution of a design condition of a polymer that satisfies desired and required physical properties.

Abstract: A material design system includes an expert terminal capable of using a model learning interface for performing machine learning of a model that inputs and outputs a correspondence between a design condition and a material property value of the material to be designed, and a plurality of general-purpose terminals configured to use a material design interface for estimating the material property value based on the design condition or estimating the design condition based on the material property value, by using a learned model that is created by the expert terminal and is for the material to be designed.

Abstract: Provided is a server load prediction system that predicts a server load on a server connected to an apparatus installed in a production process including an apparatus requirement specification storage unit that stores a requirement specification of each apparatus for a server, a server specification storage unit that stores a server specification indicating a capability held by each server, an input information creation unit that receives an input of a calculation condition and creates an input parameter required to execute a simulation for calculating the server load, a server load calculation unit that calculates the server load caused by the apparatus used in a process designated under the calculation condition by executing the simulation, and an output unit that outputs the calculation result.

Abstract: A document retrieval apparatus includes an input reception unit configured to receive an input of a keyword, a document acquisition unit configured to acquire an author's name and a document file from a digital document database which stores document files of text data obtained by performing a character recognition process with respect to document image data of handwritten documents, and names of authors who wrote the handwritten documents, a keyword acquisition unit configured to reference an associating keyword database which stores information associating the authors' names, keywords, and associating keywords, and acquire an associating keyword of the input keyword, from the input keyword received by the input reception unit and the author's name acquired by the document acquisition unit, a document search unit configured to search the document file acquired by the document acquisition unit, using the input keyword and the acquired associating keyword, and a search result output unit configured to output a

Abstract: A material design device derives the optimal solution for a design condition satisfying a desired material property. A design condition setting unit for setting a specified range of a design condition of a material to be designed. A comprehensive prediction point generation unit generates a plurality of comprehensive prediction points within the specified range set by the design condition setting unit. A design condition-material property table stores data sets in which each point of the comprehensive prediction points is associated with a material property value calculated by inputting the comprehensive prediction points generated by the comprehensive prediction point generation unit, to a learned model. A required property setting unit sets a specified range of a required property of the material. A design condition extraction unit extracts, from the design condition-material property table, a data set satisfying the required property set by the required property setting unit.

Abstract: A document search device includes a document search unit configured to search for an input keyword in a document database in which document information including text data is stored, the text data being extracted, by using a character recognition process, from document image data generated by imaging a paper document, a similar keyword selecting unit configured to select a similar keyword in accordance with a degree of similarity to the input keyword, from a group of wildcard strings generated from the input keyword, and cause the document search unit to search for the similar keyword in the document database, and an output unit configured to output a search result obtained by searching for the input keyword in the document database and a search result obtained by searching for the similar keyword in the document database.

Abstract: Provided is a server load prediction system that predicts a server load on a server connected to an apparatus installed in a production process including an apparatus requirement specification storage unit that stores a requirement specification of each apparatus for a server, a server specification storage unit that stores a server specification indicating a capability held by each server, an input information creation unit that receives an input of a calculation condition and creates an input parameter required to execute a simulation for calculating the server load, a server load calculation unit that calculates the server load caused by the apparatus used in a process designated under the calculation condition by executing the simulation, and an output unit that outputs the calculation result.

Abstract: The invention is intended to, even in a situation where there are many candidate wireless base stations (WBSs) to which a mobile terminal (MT) may connect, get information of communication conditions between the MT and each of those WBSs and determine an WBS to which the MT should connect in a shorter time. A coverage area of the first WBS is overlapped partially at least by a coverage area of the second WBS. The MT transmits a signal for connection using a predetermined frequency. Upon receiving the signal for connection, the second WBSs each notify the WBS communication manager of their reception results of the signal for connection. The WBS communication manager selects a second WBS to communicate with the MT based on the reception results and notifies the selected second WBS to transmit a response signal to the signal for connection to the MT.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of controlling the selection of a cell in a radio communication system for increasing the capacity of the system by effectively utilizing a small cell base station and a base station apparatus for realizing it. At least one base station of a macrocell base station and a small cell base station is provided with plural antennas, and the base station selects a cell and adjusts a criterion for reselection by generating processing gain using the plural antennas by signal processing and performing a cell selection bias correcting process using the processing gain using the plural antennas.

Abstract: A base station is provided with a plurality of radio units that communicate with a terminal, and a control device connected to the plurality of radio units. When there is a large number of terminals positioned at a boundary of the communication areas of a first radio unit and a second radio unit among the plurality of radio units, the control device makes a first cell ID of the first radio unit and a second cell ID of the second radio unit being identical.

Abstract: Radio communication system and radio station which enable efficient use of radio resources while coping with a sudden change in radio communication quality are to be provided. Radio communication system includes plural radio stations. At least one of the plural radio stations allocates a part of an allocatable communication resource as one or more individual resources in which a source radio station and a destination radio station are individually set, and allocates another part of the allocatable communication resource as one or more shared resources which are used in common by plural source radio stations or plural destination radio stations. Each of the radio stations encodes a transmission signal using a systematic code, sends the transmission signal before being encoded, using the individual resource allocated to each of the radio stations, and sends a parity portion of the encoded transmission signal, using the shared resource allocated.