Abstract: A calculation method includes acquiring point groups of a target at each time point, that are measured using a plurality of sensors, executing a process of, based on a first point group and a second point group, calculating a distance value between a center of the first point group and a center of the second point group, and calculating an error value that indicating a degree of deviation between a surface of a sphere and the first point group and the second point group, specifying an exclusion target point group indicating a point group to be excluded, from the point groups of the target, based on the distance value and the error value calculated for each time point, and calculating first information indicating a positional relationship between the plurality of sensors by using a target point group which obtained by excluding the exclusion target point group from the point groups.

Abstract: A topographic feature estimation processing that includes: classifying a plurality of measurement points, acquired by three-dimensional measurement of a scene and respectively including measurement information, into a plurality of point group sub-regions, each of which corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of classification vectors; and estimating topographic features of the scene by: for each of the plurality of point group sub-regions that have been classified for each of the measurement points included in the point group sub-region corresponding to a reference plane, taking a distance from the reference plane to each of the measurement points as a height of each of the measurement points, and by applying a progressive morphological filter to each of the plurality of point group sub-regions, removing a measurement point corresponding to a non-ground object from the plurality of measurement points acquired by the three-dimensional measurement.

Abstract: An information providing method includes: measuring a static object three-dimensionally in an environment, by a processor; sequentially measuring a position of a dynamic object in the environment, by the processor; transmitting measurement data of the static object measured to a predetermined information processing apparatus through a communication network; transmitting measurement data of the dynamic object measured to the information processing apparatus through a communication network; receiving support data rem the information processing apparatus based on an environment grasping image that is generated from the measurement data, of the static object and the measurement data of the dynamic object by the information processing apparatus; and presenting the received support data to the environment at predetermined timing, by the processor.

Abstract: An information providing method includes: measuring a static object three-dimensionally in an environment, by a processor; sequentially measuring a position of a dynamic object in the environment, by the processor; transmitting measurement data of the static object measured to a predetermined information processing apparatus through a communication network; transmitting measurement data of the dynamic object measured to the information processing apparatus through a communication network; receiving support data rem the information processing apparatus based on an environment grasping image that is generated from the measurement data, of the static object and the measurement data of the dynamic object by the information processing apparatus; and presenting the received support data to the environment at predetermined timing, by the processor.

Abstract: A detection device including: a sensor configured to emit a light and detect an object by detecting the light reflected from the object, and a processor configured to determine, when the object is detected in a first region that is narrower than a range where the light reaches, a motion of the object to be a gesture input for the detection device.

Abstract: An information reading system includes a passive-type IC tag that identifies a device installed on side of an environment, a tag reader that reads identification information of the passive-type IC tag, a sensor unit that detects a touch operation performed with respect to the passive-type IC tag, and a reading control unit that, when the sensor unit detects a touch operation, activates the tag reader and controls timing of reading the passive-type IC tag.

Abstract: A measuring apparatus includes a memory configured to store a program, and a processor configured to execute the program and perform a process including acquiring a first measured value from a first sensor that measures a weight of a subject, judging whether the first measured value satisfies a condition in which a change in the first measured value within a predetermined time is a threshold value or less, acquiring a second measured value from a second sensor that is other than the first sensor and detects biometric information of the subject other than the weight, in a case in which the judging judges that the first measured value satisfies the condition, and recording the first measured value satisfying the condition and the second measured value in correspondence with each other.

Abstract: A shock absorber includes a shock absorbing member being to be rotated around an axis and having an outer circumferential surface being in contact with an end portion of a member that moves back and forth with respect to the shock absorbing member, the shock absorbing member having at least one of elasticity and viscosity against an movement of the member, each of the elasticity and viscosity changing in accordance with a rotation angle of the shock absorbing member around the axis, and a device that changes the rotation angle of the shock absorbing member to adjust at least one of the elasticity and the viscosity against the member.

Abstract: An information reading system includes a passive-type IC tag that identifies a device installed on side of an environment, a tag reader that reads identification information of the passive-type IC tag, a sensor unit that detects a touch operation performed with respect to the passive-type IC tag, and a reading control unit that, when the sensor unit detects a touch operation, activates the tag reader and controls timing of reading the passive-type IC tag.

Abstract: A shock absorber includes a shock absorbing member being to be rotated around an axis and having an outer circumferential surface being in contact with an end portion of a member that moves back and forth with respect to the shock absorbing member, the shock absorbing member having at least one of elasticity and viscosity against an movement of the member, each of the elasticity and viscosity changing in accordance with a rotation angle of the shock absorbing member around the axis, and a device that changes the rotation angle of the shock absorbing member to adjust at least one of the elasticity and the viscosity against the member.

Abstract: The present invention provides an oil-in-water type emulsion for light-exposing food having photodegradation-resistance, which has good taste and flavor with less deterioration such as off-taste and off-flavor even when irradiating light from a fluorescent lamp, etc. The first embodiment thereof is an oil-in-water type emulsion for light-exposing food containing fat and nonfat milk solids, wherein the fat is non-milk fat, or non-milk fat and milk fat, and the non-milk fat has such a constituent fatty acid composition that the total amount of lauric acid and palmitic acid is not less than 40%, the total amount of oleic acid, linoleic acid and linolenic acid is not more than 50% and the total amount of linoleic acid and linolenic acid is not more than 5%; and the ratio of milk fat/total fat is not more than 0.95.

Abstract: A first swinging member is connected to a rack mount unit for swinging movement around a first horizontal axis. A second swinging member is connected to a rack for swinging movement around a second horizontal axis. The second swinging member is coupled to the first swinging member around a third horizontal axis extending in parallel with the first horizontal axis. The rack mount unit is pulled out forward from the rack along a horizontal plane. The first horizontal axis follows the forward movement of the rack mount unit. The second horizontal axis is prevented from moving, since the second horizontal axis is connected to the rack. The first and second swinging members expand around the third horizontal axis. The holding members of the first and second swinging members hold a wire on the first and second swinging members. The wire is thus prevented from tangling.

Abstract: Disclosed is a foamable oil-in-water emulsion which has excellent feeling in the mouth, meltability in the mouth, and flavor and taste when whipped into a whip cream and also has high emulsion stability and whipping property. The foamable oil-in-water emulsion comprises an oil-and-fat component, a non-fat milk solid and water, in which the content of S2L-type triglyceride (wherein S means stearic acid and palmitic acid and L means linoleic acid) in the oil-and-fat component is 0.8 to 18% and is smaller than 8/900×(X?45)2+8 (wherein X represents the percentage of the oil-and-fat component, provided that it falls within the range of 10 to 45), and the content of S2L-type triglyceride in the foamable oil-in-water emulsion is as small as several percent or less, and the SFC of the oil-and-fat component falls within the range of 50 to 95 at 10° C.

Abstract: An ejector that attaches a unit to and ejects the unit from an electronic apparatus, the unit including a unit body and a case that covers the unit body includes a lever that is attached foldably and unfoldably to the case, a force being applicable to the lever to attach the unit to and eject the unit from the electronic apparatus, and an engagement member that is movable along a surface of the case between a lock position at which the engagement member is engaged with is engaged with the lever folded onto the case and locks the lever at a folding position, and an unlock position at which the engagement member unlocks the lever and allows the lever to unfold from the case.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus that can be ejectably mounted in a rack mount apparatus that includes a first housing and a mechanism adapted to project from the first housing includes a second housing that is fixed onto the mechanism, and mounted in the first housing so that the second housing can be drawn from the first housing; and a provisional fixture member that is attached to the second housing and engageable with the mechanism.

Abstract: The invention relates to an enclosure structure of electronic equipment such as a rack-mount disk array apparatus, and its object is to increase the number of apparatus units to be mounted and facilitate replacement thereof. The enclosure structure of electronic equipment of the invention having an enclosure mounted in a rack in a withdrawable manner, is arranged such that it comprises a plurality of wiring panel portions that partition the inner space of the enclosure in the fore-and-aft direction, the plurality of wiring panel portion being disposed spanning over the inner surface portions of the enclosure; and a movable frame portion that rotationally moves apparatus units connected to the wiring panel portions together with the wiring panel portions, the movable frame portion providing a support to the apparatus units in such a manner as to be attachable to and detachable from the wiring panel portions.

Abstract: A first swinging member is connected to a rack mount unit for swinging movement around a first horizontal axis. A second swinging member is connected to a rack for swinging movement around a second horizontal axis. The second swinging member is coupled to the first swinging member around a third horizontal axis extending in parallel with the first horizontal axis. The rack mount unit is pulled out forward from the rack along a horizontal plane. The first horizontal axis follows the forward movement of the rack mount unit. The second horizontal axis is prevented from moving, since the second horizontal axis is connected to the rack. The first and second swinging members expand around the third horizontal axis. The holding members of the first and second swinging members hold a wire on the first and second swinging members. The wire is thus prevented from tangling.

Abstract: A vibration damping unit includes a rack-mounted support body removably mounted on a rack. A mass is supported on the support body for movement along an imaginary plane. An elastic member is coupled to the support body and the mass. The support body is removable from the rack. The vibration damping unit can be mounted on an existing rack in a facilitated manner without any change in the design of the rack. Workers can be released from troublesome works, such as moving the rack, even when the vibration damping unit is applied to the rack. The means for preventing sway or vibration can be applied to the rack even when an electronic apparatus, including a disk array apparatus and the like, is in operation inside the rack.

Abstract: The present invention provides an oil-in-water type emulsion for light-exposing food having photodegradation-resistance, which has good taste and flavor with less deterioration such as off-taste and off-flavor even when irradiating light from a fluorescent lamp, etc. The first embodiment thereof is an oil-in-water type emulsion for light-exposing food containing fat and nonfat milk solids, wherein the fat is non-milk fat, or non-milk fat and milk fat, and the non-milk fat has such a constituent fatty acid composition that the total amount of lauric acid and palmitic acid is not less than 40%, the total amount of oleic acid, linoleic acid and linolenic acid is not more than 50% and the total amount of linoleic acid and linolenic acid is not more than 5%; and the ratio of milk fat/total fat is not more than 0.95.

Abstract: An ejector includes a block attached rotatably to a unit, the block including first and second compression members, each of which compresses an electronic apparatus so as to release an electric connection between the unit and the electronic apparatus, and an arm rotatable with the block and attached to the unit so that the arm displaces relative to the block, the arm including third and fourth compression members, each of which compresses an electronic apparatus so as to electrically connect the unit and the electronic apparatus to each other, wherein the block and the arm compress the electronic apparatus via different compression members as a displacement state and a rotational direction of the arm change.