Abstract: Provided is a sample collecting method for collecting a sample of soil at a predetermined depth by excavation on an extraterrestrial body or the earth. The method comprises forming a first borehole 70 that reaches a first depth from a land surface 69 by preliminary excavation of soil, the first depth being less than a predetermine sampling depth from the land surface 69; and forming a second borehole 73 that has a smaller opening than the first borehole and reaches a second depth from the land surface by further excavation of soil in the first borehole, the second depth being equal to or greater than the sampling depth, wherein, while forming the second borehole 73, part of soil present at the sampling depth in the second borehole 73 is transferred to the land surface 69 as a sample for analysis.

Abstract: There is provided a moving body risk assessment device including a moving body detection unit that detects presence or movement of a moving body within an imaging range on the basis of image information imaged in a wavelength region different from a visible region, and a risk assessment unit that assesses a risk to the detected moving body from the image information and a result of the moving body detection obtained by the moving body detection unit.

Abstract: There is provided a moving body risk assessment device including a moving body detection unit that detects presence or movement of a moving body within an imaging range on the basis of image information imaged in a wavelength region different from a visible region, and a risk assessment unit that assesses a risk to the detected moving body from the image information and a result of the moving body detection obtained by the moving body detection unit.

Abstract: A company technical document group analysis supporting device comprises index term extracting means for extracting an index term from a group of documents of a subject company including a technical document group, clustering means for classifying the document group of the subject company under given conditions to acquire multiple clusters, number-of-documents determination means for determining the number of documents belong to each cluster, appearance frequency calculating means for calculating a function value of an appearance frequency of each extracted index term in each cluster, per-cluster keyword point calculating means for calculating the keyword point in each cluster by dividing the function value of the appearance frequency of each index term in each cluster by the number of documents belonging to each cluster, and entire-cluster keyword point calculating means for calculating the total for the entire clusters of the results of the calculation by the per-cluster keyword point calculating means for e

Abstract: A document correlation diagram drawing device includes extracting means (20, 30) for extracting content data and time data of document elements (E) each including one or more documents, dendrogram drawing means (50) for drawing a dendrogram showing a correlation between documents on the basis of the content data of the document elements, clustering means (70) for cutting the dendrogram in accordance with a predetermined rule and extracting clusters, and intra-cluster arranging means (90) for determining an intra-cluster arrangement of the document elements belonging to each cluster on the basis of the time data of the document elements. Accordingly, a dendrogram adequately showing the chronological development in each field can be automatically drawn.

Abstract: Upon selecting the stock portfolio, a plurality of corporate valuation index related data containing an intellectual asset related index is acquired (steps S1 to S6), analysis is performed with the acquired corporate valuation index related data and a company ranking corresponding to at least one prescribed index is created (steps S7 to S13 and S19), a prescribed number of companies is selected from the created company ranking (step S14), an investment ratio is selected in relation to each of the selected companies (step S15), and, based on the obtained distribution result of the investment ratio, a stock portfolio corresponding to the selected company is created and output (steps S16, S17). Therefore, a device for automatically selecting a more preferable stock portfolio based on the results upon performing a comprehensive valuation of companies using a corporate valuation index containing an intellectual asset related index is provided.

Abstract: A keyword extracting device includes high-frequency term extracting means (30) for extracting high-frequency terms which are index terms having a great weight among the index terms in a document group (E) including a plurality of documents (D), the weight including evaluation on the level of an appearance frequency of each index term, clustering means (50) for clustering the high-frequency terms on the basis of a co-occurrence degree C. which is based on the presence/absence of the co-occurrence of each document with the index terms (w) in the document group (E) in each document, score calculating means (70) for calculating a score key(w) of each index term (w) such that a high score is given to the index term among the index terms (w) that co-occurs with the high-frequency term belonging to more clusters (g) and that co-occurs with the high-frequency term in more documents (D), and keyword extracting means (90) for extracting keywords on the basis of the scores.

Abstract: Input of cause-and-effect model information where the coefficients at which three evaluated values, i.e., the evaluated values of business strategy, research-and-development strategy, and intellectual property strategy influence the company evaluated value, the coefficients at which the three evaluated values and the company evaluated value influence the observable indexes respectively, the error variables with which the factors other than the three evaluated values and the company evaluated value give variations to the company evaluated value and the observable indexes respectively are assumed is received. From the inputted the cause-and-effect model information and the observable indexes, the estimates of the coefficients are calculated by covariance structure analysis. From the coefficients and the observable indexes, the three evaluated values and the company evaluated value are calculated. With this, the relationship among the three strategies which are directly nonobservable abstract factors, i.e.

Abstract: [PROBLEMS] A theoretical stock price computing device and so forth for automatically computing an objective theoretical stock price based on the result obtained by synthetically evaluating a company according to company evaluation indexes including intellectual property related indexes are provided.

Abstract: Provided is a device for automatically selecting a more preferable stock portfolio based on the results upon performing a comprehensive valuation of companies using a corporate valuation index containing an intellectual asset related index. Upon selecting the stock portfolio, a plurality of corporate valuation index related data containing an intellectual asset related index is acquired (steps S1 to S6), analysis is performed with the acquired corporate valuation index related data and a company ranking corresponding to at least one prescribed index is created (steps S7 to S13 and S19), a prescribed number of companies is selected from the created company ranking (step S14), an investment ratio is selected in relation to each of the selected companies (step S15), and, based on the obtained distribution result of the investment ratio, a stock portfolio corresponding to the selected company is created and output (steps S16, S17).

Abstract: The present invention has as an object understanding the particular features of the space environment, and as a means of attaining this object, comprises a game site set in a space facility A, game robots x1 and x2 that are accommodated within the game site 1 to serve an operational signal transmitting device 2 that provides an operational signal received from earth B to the game robots x1 and x2, a video device 3 that picks up an image of the game site 1 to serve as a site image, a game signal transmitter 5 that transmits the site image to the earth as a game signal, an operational signal transmitter 8 that is provided on earth B and transmits to the operational signal transmitting device 2 the operational signal input by the operators S1 and S2 of the game robots x1 and x2, a game signal receiver 9 that is provided on earth B and receives the game signal from the game signal transmitter 5, and a broadcast facility 10 that broadcasts the game signal received by the game signal receiver 9.

Abstract: An auto-ejector incorporated in a disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus is driven by a disk driving motor and a head driving motor which are requisite for the apparatus. That is, the ejector is triggered under the power of the head driving motor, and a disk cartridge in which a disk is accommodated is ejected under the power of the disk driving motor. Thus, any device, such as an electromagnetic device, a motor or the like used only for the ejector is not needed.