Abstract: An estimating apparatus includes a processor configured to update a state of a first particle group indicating a state of a mobile body, from a current state to a next state through a simulation that is based on a state equation of the mobile body in a space using a particle filter; measure at each update, a distance between the mobile body and an object in the space; generate at each update, a second particle group indicating a state of a specific area in the space; calculate a level of likelihood for each particle of the first particle group and for each particle of the second particle group, based on the measured distance, the updated first particle group, and the generated second particle group; and identify a position of the mobile body in the space, based on the level of likelihood calculated for each particle.

Abstract: A NTC thermistor element that includes a substrate composed of a ceramic material containing Mn, Ni, Fe and Ti; and a pair of external electrodes on the substrate. When the molar amount of Mn in the substrate is a [mol %] and the molar amount of Ni in the substrate is b [mol %], a and b satisfy a+b=100, 44.90?a?65.27 and 34.73?b?55.10. When the molar amount of Fe is c [mol %] and the molar amount of Ti is d [mol %], c and d satisfy 24.22?c?39.57 and 5.04?d?10.18 based on a+b=100.

Abstract: A metal nanonetwork includes metal nanostructures that are joined by metallic bond. The joined part between the metal nanostructures includes a fillet part. In the joined part between the metal nanostructures, the distance between the central axis of one metal nanostructure and the central axis of another metal nanostructure is smaller than the sum of the radii of both metal nanostructures. The metal nanostructure is a metal nanowire. A first method for producing the metal nanonetwork includes a process of forming an oxide film on the outermost surface of the metal nanostructure, and a process of reducing the oxide film at the joined parts of a plurality of the metal nanostructures to thereby join the metal nanostructures.

Abstract: A powder discharge system is installed in a circulating water tank for collecting powder generated when an exhaust gas is treated in an exhaust gas treatment apparatus. The powder discharge system includes at least one eductor provided in the circulating water tank. The eductor has a nozzle configured to throttle a flow of water supplied from a pump for pumping water in the circulating water tank, a suction port configured to suck water in the circulating water tank into the eductor by utilizing a reduction of pressure generated when the flow of water is throttled by the nozzle, and a discharge port configured to eject the water sucked from the suction port together with the water discharged from the nozzle toward a bottom of the circulating water tank.

Abstract: Provided are a sintered ceramic and a ceramic sphere which are inhibited from suffering surface peeling due to fatigue resulting from repetitions of loading and can attain an improvement in dimensional accuracy when subjected to surface processing and which have excellent wear resistance and durability. A ceramic-sphere inspection device is also provided with which a ceramic sphere is inspected for a flaw present in the surface layer and for snow flakes without destroying the ceramic sphere. The device is a ceramic-sphere inspection device (100) in which a ceramic sphere (S) is rotatably supported in a given position and illuminating light emitted from a light projector (110) is detected with a light receiver (120) to evaluate the state of the inner part of the surface layer, and has been configured so that the light receiver (120) does not detect the light emitted from the light projector (110) and reflected at the surface of the ceramic sphere.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus performs a principal component analysis using a plurality of analysis results in an analysis area about thermo-fluid and computes an approximate solution approximate to a final solution by summing analysis patterns obtained by the principal component analysis under a new analysis condition. The information processing apparatus performs a thermo-fluid analysis using the computed approximate solution as an initial state under the new analysis condition.

Abstract: A coating apparatus includes a movable body, a particle feeding portion, a liquid feeding portion, a stimulus giving portion, and a nip portion. The movable body includes a circumferential face capable of rotating. The particle feeding portion feeds solid particles transparent to visible light to the circumferential face of the movable body. The liquid feeding portion feeds a hardenable liquid, in a form of a layer, on the circumferential face of the movable body supplied with the solid particles. The hardenable liquid is hardened by a stimulus given to the hardenable liquid. The stimulus giving portion gives the stimulus to the hardenable liquid fed on the circumferential face. The nip portion nips the hardenable liquid between the movable body and a recording medium.

Abstract: Provided is a boot band that is configured for preventing the occurrence of buckling in the inner-layer portion of a band body. In the boot band, by applying a diameter-reducing tightening force on the band body when an engagement pawl of an inner-layer portion of the band body has entered a top-end engagement hole of an outer-layer portion of the band body, the top-end engagement hole rides over the engagement pawl. Buckling is prevented by providing, at the area of the top-end engagement hole opposite where the engagement pawl enters therein, a guide that faces the engagement pawl.

Abstract: A layer forming device forms a layer of liquid absorbing particles on a surface of a layer of a hardenable solution capable of being hardened in response to a given stimulus so that the liquid absorbing particles absorb liquid drops supplied to the surface of the layer of the hardenable solution.

Abstract: A reciprocating compressor having an aperture control valve for an inlet passage. Sectional area of the inlet passage is maintained near the outlet holes of the aperture control valve, distribution of flow rates of refrigerant gas drawn into the cylinder bores during inlet stroke is even. A cylinder block is provided with cylinder bores, a valve plate opposing one end of the cylinder block having inlet and outlet hole pairs, and a cylinder head forming an annular outlet chamber and a cylindrical inlet chamber radially inside the outlet chamber. The cylinder head has an inlet passage and an outlet passage, and an aperture control valve with an inlet hole connecting with the inlet passage and outlet holes controlling the aperture of the inlet passage. The aperture control valve is disposed in the inlet chamber.

Abstract: Provided is a moving picture decoding apparatus including: a picture memory that stores previously decoded picture data of a picture including macroblocks and macroblock information described on a macroblock basis, in association therebetween; an error judging unit that judges presence or absence of an error for a current picture to be decoded; a picture data replacing unit that replaces, when an error is present, picture data of the current picture to be decoded with that of a previously decoded picture in the picture memory; and a macroblock information replacing unit that replaces macroblock information in association with the current picture to be decoded including an error with macroblock information stored in association with the previously decoded picture, or a macroblock information storage unit that stores information that indicates presence of the error for the current picture to be decoded in association therewith.

Abstract: A compressor includes a cylinder block including cylinder bores and pistons within the cylinder bores. A front housing opposes a first cylinder block end face to form a crank chamber accommodating a piston driving mechanism. A valve plate opposes a second cylinder block end face and includes suction and discharge holes. A rear housing includes suction and discharge chambers and opposes the second cylinder block end face with the valve plate there between. Strap-shaped suction valves on the valve plate end face oppose the cylinder block, thereby opening and closing the suction holes at tip portions. Discharge valves on the valve plate end face oppose the rear housing to open and close the discharge holes. Through-bolts join the front housing, the crank chamber, the cylinder block, the valve plate, and the rear housing. The valve plate includes grooves extending from holes accommodating the through-bolts to portions abutting the suction valves.

Abstract: A thermofluid simulation method includes referring to a storage unit storing a simulation result corresponding to a predetermined analysis range including partial spaces set in a space subject to simulation, and a first reduced order model generated based on the simulation result, generating a second reduced order model derived from the simulation result thus referred to for an analysis range having an arrangement of partial spaces matching an arrangement of the partial spaces of the predetermined analysis range in the space subject to simulation, and storing the generated second reduced order model in the storage unit, and interpolating reduced order models among reduced order models stored in the storage unit based on a boundary condition to form a reduced order model group corresponding to variable ranges of the boundary condition, the reduced order model group including the first, and the second reduced order models.

Abstract: A measuring circuit system in a magnetic field measuring apparatus of the invention has an amplifier and a band-pass filter connected in sequence on an output terminal side of the TMR element, the band-pass filter is a narrow-range band-pass filter such that a peak pass frequency of the filter that is a center is a basic frequency selected from a range of 10 to 40 GHz and a band width centered around the basic frequency is a narrow range of ±0.5 to ±4 GHz; and with the measuring circuit system, an S/N ratio (SNR) of 3 dB or greater is obtained, the SNR being defined by a ratio of an amplitude S of a high-frequency generated signal induced by the TMR element to a total noise N that is a sum of a head noise generated by the TMR element and a circuit noise generated by the amplifier. With such a configuration, an in-plane high-frequency magnetic field generated by a microwave-assisted magnetic head is reliably and precisely measured.

Abstract: A pressurized water reactor comprises a reactor pressure vessel (11), a cylindrical core barrel (13), a core disposed in the core barrel (13), a lower core support plate (17), and a cylindrical porous plate (31). The core barrel (13) is provided in the reactor pressure vessel (11) and forms, with the inner side surface of the reactor pressure vessel (11), an annular downcomer (14) therebetween. The lower core support plate (17) is provided under the core so as to extend horizontally, and a large number of upward flow holes (80) are formed therein. The cylindrical porous plate (31) demarcates a lower plenum (16) and a bottom part of the downcomer (14), and a plurality of inward flow holes (83) that serve as flow paths from the bottom part of the downcomer (14) to the lower plenum (16) are formed therein. The inward flow holes (83) are inclined upward to the lower plenum (16) on the side on which the inward flow holes are open to the lower plenum (16).

Abstract: An image encoding apparatus includes a band division unit configured to perform frequency band division for generating coefficient data of each of a plurality of frequency bands from image data of a block unit and, with regard to the frequency band division, to perform frequency band division of the coefficient data of the low-band component after rearranging a spatial position with respect to coefficient data of a low-band component obtained by frequency band division, and an encoding unit configured to perform encoding of the coefficient data of each of the plurality of frequency bands.

Abstract: An image coding device including: an edge detecting section configured to perform edge detection using an image signal of a reference image for a coding object block; a transform block setting section configured to set transform blocks by dividing the coding object block such that a boundary between the blocks after division does not include an edge on a basis of a result of the edge detection; and a coding processing section configured to generate coded data by performing processing including an orthogonal transform of each of the transform blocks.

Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, at least one of a plurality of images in which an imaging range of one image overlaps at least a part of an imaging range of another image based on a user operation, and a control unit configured to, in a state in which the user operation has been performed, perform control to display a target image to be displayed, and area information indicating an overlapping area where the target image and an image other than the target image overlap.

Abstract: An image coding apparatus includes a significant bit detection processing unit that detects a number of pieces of coefficient data where a significant bit is detected on a higher-order bit plane for each bit plane from coefficient data generated by performing a frequency transform on image data, a coding selection unit that selects a variable-length coding or a fixed-length coding for each bit plane on the basis of the number of pieces of coefficient data and a bit depth of the bit plane, a variable-length coding unit that performs a variable-length coding on the bit plane where the variable-length coding is selected, and a fixed-length coding unit that performs a fixed-length coding on the bit plane where the fixed-length coding is selected.