Abstract: A diagnosis assisting apparatus includes a region extraction section configured to extract, from among fluorescence images obtained by picking up images of fluorescence emitted from a desired object, a reference region to be handled as a reference for a fluorescence generation state and a region of interest to be handled as a comparison target of the fluorescence generation state, respectively, a calculation processing section configured to acquire a reference value corresponding to a luminance value of each pixel included in the reference region and calculate a calculation value obtained by dividing the luminance value of the region of interest by a representative value, a storage section configured to store the calculation value calculated by the calculation processing section, and an image processing section configured to cause a display apparatus to display information indicating a variation over time of the calculation value stored in the storage section.

Abstract: A novel carbon black can improve rubber properties (e.g., degree of reinforcement and heat buildup). The carbon black has an aggregate void modal diameter Dmp determined by mercury porosimetry of 25 to 60 nm, and has a ratio (?Dmp/modal diameter Dmp) of a half-width ?Dmp of an aggregate void diameter distribution determined by mercury porosimetry to the aggregate void modal diameter Dmp of 0.30 to 0.56.

Abstract: Provided is an obstacle-information-managing device for determining, with high precision, the presence of an obstacle around a vehicle. The obstacle-information-managing device is provided with an obstacle-information-acquiring means, an obstacle-detection-possibility-information-acquiring means, and an obstacle-presence-determining means. The obstacle-information-acquiring means acquires obstacle information pertaining to an obstacle around each of a plurality of vehicles including a host vehicle, said obstacle being detected using environment sensors mounted on the vehicles.

Abstract: A dielectric composition contains a complex oxide represented by the formula of xAO-yB?O-zB?2O5 as the main component, wherein A represents at least one element selected from the group made of Ba, Ca and Sr, B? represents at least one element selected from the group made of Mg, Zn and Ni, B? represents at least one element selected from the group made of Nb and Ta, and x, y and z meet the following conditions, x+y+z=1.000, 0.375?x?0.563, 0.250?y?0.500, and x/3?z?x/3+1/9. An electronic component using the dielectric composition is also provided.

Abstract: A display device includes an image processing unit that performs image processing on image data input from the outside, and performs display output corresponding to the image data on which image processing is performed by the image processing unit. The image processing unit includes a first processing circuit that simply replaces colors of an image to limit the number of colors used for the image to a predetermined number equal to or smaller than 16, a second processing circuit that performs image processing including arithmetic processing for improving luminance of a plurality of pixels constituting the image displayed on the display device corresponding to the image data; and a switching unit that causes the second processing circuit to perform image processing, and causes the first processing circuit to perform image processing when performing the image processing while saving more power than the second processing circuit.

Abstract: A dielectric composition containing a complex oxide represented by the formula of xAO-yBO-zC2O5 as the main component, wherein A represents at least one element selected from the group including Ba, Ca and Sr, B represents Mg, and C represents at least one element selected from the group including Nb and Ta, and x, y and z meet the following conditions, x+y+z=1.000, 0.000<x?0.281, 0.625?y<1.000, and 0.000<z?0.375.

Abstract: A dielectric composition containing a complex oxide represented by the formula of xAO-yBO-zC2O5 as the main component, wherein A represents at least one element selected from the group including Ba, Ca and Sr, B represents Mg, and C represents at least one element selected from the group including Nb and Ta, and x, y and z meet the following conditions, x+y+z=1.000, 0.198?x?0.375, 0.389?y?0.625, and x/3?z?x/3+1/9.

Abstract: An evaluation system includes a network device, a gateway device, a policy evaluation device, and first and second control devices. The network device copies a packet received from the first control device and transmits to the gateway device and the policy evaluation device. The gateway device receives the copied packet, performs a first filtering based on the policy stored in a first policy storage unit, transmits the packet to the second control device while storing the result of the first filtering, and transmits the result of the stored first filtering to the policy evaluation device. The policy evaluation device receives the copied packet, performs a second filtering based on the policy stored in a second policy storage unit, stores the result of the second filtering, and evaluates the policy stored in the second policy storage unit based on the results of the two filterings.

Abstract: Disclosed is a water-repellent film 102 including a substrate 100, and a water-repellent organic material provided on the substrate 100, in which a plurality of regions having different concentrations of the water-repellent organic material are formed, and each of the regions having different concentrations continuously exists in a film thickness direction from a boundary surface with respect to the substrate to a surface of the water-repellent film. Preferably, in the regions having different concentrations, a region having a relatively higher concentration 102a is formed into the shape of a column, and a region having a relatively lower concentration 102b than that of the columnar region exists around the columnar region.

Abstract: Carbon black is used as a component of a rubber composition, ensures that the resulting rubber exhibits improved processability, is reinforced in an improved manner, and exhibits low heat buildup, and may suitably be used for a rubber member (e.g., tire tread) and the like for which high abrasion resistance is required. The carbon black includes primary particles having an average particle size of 15 to 35 nm, and forms aggregates having a Stokes mode diameter measured using a centrifugal sedimentation method of 140 to 180 nm, and having a spherical shape when observed using a transmission electron microscope.

Abstract: A dielectric composition contains a complex oxide represented by the formula of xAO-yB?O-zB?2O5 as the main component, wherein A represents at least one element selected from the group made of Ba, Ca and Sr, B? represents at least one element selected from the group made of Mg, Zn and Ni, B? represents at least one element selected from the group made of Nb and Ta, and x, y and z meet the following conditions, x+y+z=1.000, 0.375?x?0.563, 0.250?y?0.500, and x/3?z?x/3+1/9. An electronic component using the dielectric composition is also provided.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, a third sub-pixel; and a fourth sub-pixel. A signal obtained based on at least an input signal for the first sub-pixel and an extension coefficient is supplied to the first sub-pixel. A signal obtained based on at least an input signal for the second sub-pixel and the extension coefficient is supplied to the second sub-pixel. A signal obtained based on at least an input signal for the third sub-pixel and the extension coefficient is supplied to the third sub-pixel. A signal obtained based on at least the input signal for the first sub-pixel, the input signal for the second sub-pixel, the input signal for the third sub-pixel, and the extension coefficient is supplied to the fourth sub-pixel. The extension coefficient varies based on at least a saturation of the input signals.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes an image display panel on which pixels each including sub-pixels for displaying a first color, a second color, a third color, and a fourth color are arranged, and a signal processing unit that converts an input value of an input signal for an input HSV color space into an output signal for an extended HSV color space. The signal processing unit divides the extended HSV color space into a plurality of spaces, sets limit proportion values different from each other with respect to at least two spaces of the divided spaces respectively, calculates an extension coefficient ? with respect to the input signal by using the input signal and a limit proportion value set with respect to a space according to the input signal, and calculates the output signal based on at least the input signal and the extension coefficient ?.

Abstract: A hydraulic shovel includes: a storage unit which stores an operation history of a target component of the shovel targeted for life span estimation, a discrimination threshold value used for classifying usage of the target component into a plurality of usage modes based on the operation history, and a usage mode-specific estimated life span indicative of an estimated life span of the target component in each of the usage modes; and an arithmetic and control unit which calculates an operating time of the target component in each of the usage modes in accordance with the operation history and the discrimination threshold value, and estimates the life span of the target component based on the operating time calculated for each of the usage modes and on the usage mode-specific estimated life span.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: an image display panel; a color conversion device including a signal processing unit and a signal output unit; a planar light-source device; and a light-source-device control unit. The signal processing unit includes a color conversion circuit that converts an input signal in a reference color area into a converted input signal generated in a definition color area where a chromaticity point of at least one of a first color, a second color, and a third color is inside of a reference color area, and a four-color generation circuit that generates an output signal and a light-source-device control signal from the converted input signal. The signal output unit outputs the drive signal to each sub-pixel based on the output signal. The light-source-device control unit outputs a drive voltage for emitting white light on the planar light-source device based on the light-source-device control signal.

Abstract: A display device includes an image display panel and a control device. The image display panel includes first sub-pixels, second sub-pixels, third sub-pixels, and fourth sub-pixels in which a specified sub-pixel column including the third sub-pixels and the fourth sub-pixels and at least one other sub-pixel column arranged next to the specified sub-pixel column are periodically arranged. The control device performs column inversion driving to apply a voltage having the same polarity to signal lines of a first specified sub-pixel column belonging to the specified sub-pixel columns and the other sub-pixel column adjacent to the first specified sub-pixel column, apply a voltage having the same polarity as the first specified sub-pixel column to one of the signal lines of a second specified sub-pixel column and a third specified sub-pixel column adjacent to the first specified sub-pixel column, and invert the polarities of the voltages to be applied at predetermined cycles.

Abstract: A display device includes an image processing unit that performs image processing on image data input from the outside, and performs display output corresponding to the image data on which image processing is performed by the image processing unit. The image processing unit includes a first processing circuit that simply replaces colors of an image to limit the number of colors used for the image to a predetermined number equal to or smaller than 16, a second processing circuit that performs image processing including arithmetic processing for improving luminance of a plurality of pixels constituting the image displayed on the display device corresponding to the image data; and a switching unit that causes the second processing circuit to perform image processing, and causes the first processing circuit to perform image processing when performing the image processing while saving more power than the second processing circuit.

Abstract: A dielectric composition contains major components that are an A-group containing major components that are at least two selected from the group consisting of Ba, Ca, and Sr and a B-group which contains a major component that is selected from Zr and Ti and which contains at least Zr. The dielectric composition contains an amorphous substance containing the A-group and the B-group and a crystalline substance containing the A-group and the B-group. In the dielectric composition, the inequality 0.5???1.5 holds, where ? is the molar ratio of the A-group to the B-group.

Abstract: The invention is related to a system and a method to determine whether a target equipment deviates from a normal state. If it is determined that the target equipment to be diagnosed deviates from the normal state, the degree of deviation of each parameter from the normal state as the reference is calculated as an abnormal contribution ratio. A failure cause is estimated from a similarity ratio between the calculated abnormal contribution ratio and the abnormal contribution ratio of each of the failure causes collected in the past and including failure phenomena and failure parts.

Abstract: A construction machine diagnosis system is provided. A diagnosis device 10 acquires diagnostic data from a diagnostic data storage device 30, extracts data characteristics from the information contained in the diagnostic data, acquires from a diagnostic knowledge storage device 20 any diagnosing techniques considered to be effective for the data characteristics, and presents to a user the diagnosing techniques along with respective degrees of effectiveness. The user uses the presented degrees of effectiveness to select a desired diagnosing technique and conduct a diagnosis. In addition, in order to make effective use of the diagnostic knowledge stored within the diagnostic knowledge storage device 20, a diagnostic knowledge generating section 107 classifies common data characteristics by elements of diagnosing techniques and stores the classified data characteristics and the elements of the diagnosing techniques, as new diagnostic knowledge.