Abstract: A vehicle management device includes one or more processors configured to: manage a plurality of vehicles to be provided for users in a car sharing service; manage, as a plurality of first vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to an on-demand use in which the users use the car sharing service without reservation; manage, as a plurality of second vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to a reservation use in which the users use the car sharing service with the reservation; and change at least one of the second vehicles to the first vehicles when the number of the first vehicles is less than a first predetermined number.

Abstract: An information processing device manages vehicles used for a car sharing service. A control unit of the information processing device acquires information requesting use of the vehicles from a user as either request information for reservation use or request information for on-demand use, the request information for reservation use being information requesting reservation use in which the user makes an advance reservation of the vehicles, and the request information for on-demand use being information requesting on-demand use in which the user requests to use the vehicles parked in an on-demand waiting area. The control unit manages a usage schedule of the vehicles by the same number of reservation tables as the number of vehicles. For the on-demand use, the control unit determines which reservation table is to be linked to a vehicle among the vehicles parked in the on-demand waiting area, when a request for the on-demand use is accepted.

Abstract: A processor is configured to: acquire either reservation use information or on-demand use information as request information for use of vehicles from a user, the reservation use information being information on reservation use in which the user makes an advance reservation of the vehicles, and the on-demand use information being information on on-demand use in which use of the vehicles parked in an on-demand waiting area by the user is accepted; manage a usage schedule of the vehicles by the same number of reservation tables as the number of the vehicles; and when the processor acquires the reservation use information, determine, at a time point, which vehicle is designated as a vehicle to be used for the reservation use in a reservation table corresponding to the reservation use, the time point being a predetermined time before start time of the reservation use.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to send information to another device and receive information from the other device. The controller is configured to select an available model based on a reservation status for each model of vehicles stored at a first storage location, the available model being a model with a longer available time than other models. The controller is configured to send, to a first vehicle of the available model, a command to move to an on-demand waiting area.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus manages a vehicle used for a car-sharing service. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to acquire, from a user, as application information for using the vehicle, one of application information for reservation use for making a reservation in advance and application information for on-demand use for accepting use of a vehicle stopped at an on-demand stand-by station. The same vehicle can be used for both the reservation use and the on-demand use.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus manages a vehicle used for a car-sharing service. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to acquire, from a user, as application information for using the vehicle, one of application information for reservation use for making a reservation in advance and application information for on-demand use for accepting use of a vehicle stopped at an on-demand stand-by station, calculate a usable time of the vehicle using a different method depending on whether the application information is for the reservation use or for the on-demand use, and transmit the information on the calculated usable time to a terminal of the user.

Abstract: In a method and a device for correcting meandering of a strip material in an apparatus that performs conveyance of the strip material at a non-contact state by floating a continuously traveling strip material by a floater group, the strip material is tilted by forcibly changing a height position in the widthwise direction of the strip material in at least one of a zone between the most upstream floater in the floater group and a conveyance roll located immediately upstream of such a floater, a zone between two adjacent floaters, and a zone between the most downstream floater in the floater group and a conveyance roll located immediately downstream of such a floater, whereby the height position in the widthwise direction of the strip material above the floater is changed and a static pressure applied to the strip material above the floater is changed to correct meandering thereof.

Abstract: A determination is made of an explanatory variable with respect to an objective variable. A subset of data from data to be analyzed is created, in response to setting the objective variable to be analyzed to perform analysis. Association analysis is applied to analysis results, in response to a number of analysis runs exceeding a predetermined number. An association rule is derived for the explanatory variable from a result of the association analysis. An explanatory variable having a relevance value greater than a threshold value with the objective variable in the data to be analyzed is selected. The selected explanatory variable is scored as an input using the association rule to determine whether the explanatory variable is to be added or removed.

Abstract: A vehicle seat belt device including: a buckle that is positioned so as to face a corner formed by a seat cushion and a seat back those constitute a rear center seat, and to which a tang of a seat belt is detachably attached; a webbing that connects the buckle to a lower floor; a loop portion formed on a side surface part of the buckle; and a first band that is inserted into the loop portion, is engaged with the buckle at one extending end, and is fixed to the seat back at the other end, is provided.

Abstract: A seat belt device for a vehicle includes: a seat provided with a seatback and a seat cushion, and mounted on a floor panel; a buckle arranged at a lower edge of the seatback and coupled to a tongue member of a seat belt; a webbing having a base end thereof fixed to the floor panel, and a tip end thereof coupled to the buckle through between the seatback and the seat cushion; and a fixing band member arranged along a seat surface of the seatback. The fixing band member is provided with an auxiliary band member having the loop through which the webbing, coupled with the buckle at the tip end of the webbing, is inserted. The buckle inserted through the loop is held at an initial position by the auxiliary band member.

Abstract: In an approach to improving accuracy through weak model aggregation, one or more computer processors generating a plurality of hyperparameter sets, wherein each hyperparameter set in the plurality of hyperparameter sets contains one or more hyperparameters varied to increase over-training in one or more models, wherein over-training includes overfitting or underfitting. The one or more computer processors create a plurality of weak models utilizing a created bootstrap dataset in a plurality of created bootstrap datasets, a corresponding extracted explanatory variable set, and a corresponding hyperparameter set in the generated plurality of hyperparameter sets, wherein each weak model in a created plurality of weak models shares at least the created bootstrap dataset, the extracted explanatory variable set, the generated hyperparameter set, a machine learning technique, or a model architecture.

Abstract: Reducing noise during association analysis is provided. An association model is generated having a support value with respect to original data greater than a predefined minimum support value threshold level. A number of association rules corresponding to the association model are identified. It is determined whether the number of association rules corresponding to the association model is less than a predefined maximum number of association rules. In response to determining that the number of association rules corresponding to the association model is greater than the predefined maximum number of association rules, inverted data of the original data is generated. Another association model is generated having the support value with respect to the original data and the inverted data greater than the predefined minimum support value threshold level.

Abstract: Provided is a device for correcting meandering of a strip material capable of correcting meandering caused in the strip material and conducting stable conveyance even when the meandering amount is small.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a partial oxidation catalyst that causes a light hydrocarbon partial oxidation reaction to proceed readily with high activity and high selectivity and a high-yield carbon monoxide production method using the same. The present disclosure further relates to a light hydrocarbon partial oxidation catalyst containing a zeolite supporting cobalt and rhodium.

Abstract: The present invention provides a solid state image sensor, an image capturing apparatus, and an image capturing method that can realize a wide dynamic range while suppressing an increase in a signal amount. A solid state image sensor includes a sensor that issues pulses at a frequency corresponding to a frequency at which photons are incident; and a counter circuit that thins out the pulses issued from the sensor at a thinning ratio corresponding to the number of pulses issued from the sensor, and counts the pulses.

Abstract: An image sensor comprises: a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a light-receiving portion that outputs an electrical signal obtained by photoelectrically converting incident light and an A/D converter that AD-converts the electrical signal, the plurality of pixels configured to be capable of AD-converting a signal output from the light-receiving portion of a first pixel, among a predetermined plurality of pixels, using the A/D converter of another pixel, every predetermined plurality of pixels; and a selection circuit that selects a pixel to AD-convert the electrical signal output from the light-receiving portion of the first pixel, every predetermined plurality of pixels. The A/D converters of the predetermined plurality of pixels carry out the AD conversion in parallel.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a fully new method for molten metal coating treatment coating treatment, as a method for treating surfaces of a metal strip by molten metal coating, by which inherent issues in conventional immersion coatings and spray coatings are avoided. In the disclosed method for molten metal coating treatment, a surface of a metal strip is coated by discharging a droplet of a molten metal toward the surface of the metal strip, using a nozzle system configured to discharge the droplet of the molten metal from a nozzle due to an action of the Lorentz force generated on the molten metal by sending an electric current to the molten metal in a chamber, the chamber being applied with magnetic flux in a given direction, while the electric current sent in a direction perpendicular to the given direction.

Abstract: A reference voltage generator circuit generates a reference voltage corresponding to a power supply voltage. A current/voltage converter circuit converts a photocurrent output by a photoreceiver into voltage, and outputs a voltage obtained by adding the converted voltage and the reference voltage. A sample and hold circuit holds a voltage of a capacitor in response to a sample and hold signal, the capacitor having the voltage input at one end and the reference voltage input at another end. An amplifier circuit outputs an output signal where a voltage held by the sample and hold circuit is amplified with the reference voltage as a reference.

Abstract: Compositions having an increased amount of an effective component retained in the composition for a pump foamer are provided. A composition for external use is described which contains: 1) an N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone and/or a diester carbonate; and 2) a surfactant. The composition is in a foam state upon use.

Abstract: In an approach to improving accuracy through weak model aggregation, one or more computer processors generating a plurality of hyperparameter sets, wherein each hyperparameter set in the plurality of hyperparameter sets contains one or more hyperparameters varied to increase over-training in one or more models, wherein over-training includes overfitting or underfitting. The one or more computer processors create a plurality of weak models utilizing a created bootstrap dataset in a plurality of created bootstrap datasets, a corresponding extracted explanatory variable set, and a corresponding hyperparameter set in the generated plurality of hyperparameter sets, wherein each weak model in a created plurality of weak models shares at least the created bootstrap dataset, the extracted explanatory variable set, the generated hyperparameter set, a machine learning technique, or a model architecture.