Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed has a controller configured to execute the processing of accepting a request for retrieving a target vehicle body unit that is laid at a specific place, selecting a chassis unit for retrieval from among chassis units in the state separated from any vehicle body unit, the chassis unit for retrieval being a chassis unit to be used to retrieve the target vehicle body unit, and sending a retrieval command to the chassis unit for retrieval, the retrieval command being a command to retrieve the target vehicle body unit.

Abstract: A moving body control device includes an outside recognition unit configured to acquire recognition data of an outside of a moving body, a reception unit which receives designation of a predetermined parking position from a user of the moving body, and a control unit configured to perform automatic parking control for parking the moving body at the predetermined parking position based on the recognition data of the outside and the predetermined parking position, and register the predetermined parking position as a designated parking position. The control unit is configured to register feature points related to the designated parking position by using a plurality of patterns based on illuminance of the outside calculated from the recognition data of the outside.

Abstract: The present invention includes: an identification code generation unit that generates, from information of a company code including a first code that uniquely identifies a management target in a part of a company in the part of the company and a second code that identifies the part of the company, an identification code including a history of the management target; a hash processing unit that hashes the identification code generated by the identification code generation unit according to a hash function and converts the hashed identification code into a meaningless code; and a reference code generation unit that generates a reference code unified for the entire company based on the meaningless code converted by the hash processing unit.

Abstract: A control device for a moving body includes an outside recognition unit, a parking candidate position detection unit, and a reception unit. The parking candidate position detection unit is configured to be able to execute a first detection process of detecting an unregistered parking candidate position and a second detection process of detecting a registered parking candidate position, start the first detection process based on an operation by the user, stop the first detection process when detecting that a movement speed of the moving body during movement of the moving body becomes equal to or less than a predetermined speed, and start the second detection process based on stopping of the first detection process.

Abstract: The actuator includes a control unit configured to allow a first control capable of driving a drive part with a first driving force and a second control capable of driving the drive part with a second driving force which is stronger than the first driving force, a moving part configured to move in a predetermined direction, an elastic member configured to receive at least one of the first driving force and the second driving force from the drive part and to supply a force for the moving part to move to the moving part, and a detection unit configured to supply a detection signal for detecting a stop of the drive part to the control unit, in which the control unit performs the second control when a stop of the drive part is detected after performing the first control.

Abstract: An information distribution system includes a plurality of monitoring devices that monitor Information Technology (IT) systems associated with respective monitoring devices, and a sharing device that transmits and receives information to and from the monitoring devices, wherein each of the plurality of monitoring devices includes first processing circuitry configured to provide the sharing device with know-how information including at least detection information and handling procedure information, the detection information being information for detecting a failure based on a log message output from the corresponding IT system, the handling procedure information being information in which a log message related to each failure and a handling procedure for the failure are associated with each other, and acquire the know-how information managed by the sharing device, and the sharing device includes second processing circuitry configured to collect the know-how information provided by the plurality of monitoring d

Abstract: An information distribution system includes a plurality of monitoring devices that monitor Information Technology (IT) systems associated with respective monitoring devices, and a sharing device that transmits and receives information to and from the monitoring devices, wherein each of the plurality of monitoring devices includes first processing circuitry configured to provide the sharing device with know-how information including at least detection information and handling procedure information, the detection information being information for detecting a failure based on a log message output from the corresponding IT system, the handling procedure information being information in which a log message related to each failure and a handling procedure for the failure are associated with each other, and acquire the know-how information managed by the sharing device, and the sharing device includes second processing circuitry configured to collect the know-how information provided by the plurality of monitoring d

Abstract: The actuator includes a control unit configured to allow a first control capable of driving a drive part with a first driving force and a second control capable of driving the drive part with a second driving force which is stronger than the first driving force, a moving part configured to move in a predetermined direction, an elastic member configured to receive at least one of the first driving force and the second driving force from the drive part and to supply a force for the moving part to move to the moving part, and a detection unit configured to supply a detection signal for detecting a stop of the drive part to the control unit, in which the control unit performs the second control when a stop of the drive part is detected after performing the first control.

Abstract: A game apparatus for selectively providing motivation to specific users to continue playing a game, which may include a log information retrieval unit that retrieves log information associated with user identification information related to a plurality of registered users, a game processing unit that starts playing a game and progresses the game based on operation information by the registered users, an index value calculation unit that calculates, for each of the registered users, an index value indicating a possibility that the registered users will not perform a predetermined action within a predetermined period based on the log information retrieved by the log information retrieval unit, and a privilege granting unit that grants a predetermined privilege providing an advantage in the game to a specific user of the plurality of registered users based on the index value calculated by the index value calculation unit for each of the registered users.

Abstract: A game apparatus for selectively providing motivation to specific users to continue playing a game, which may include a log information retrieval unit that retrieves log information associated with user identification information related to a plurality of registered users, a game processing unit that starts playing a game and progresses the game based on operation information by the registered users, an index value calculation unit that calculates, for each of the registered users, an index value indicating a possibility that the registered users will not perform a predetermined action within a predetermined period based on the log information retrieved by the log information retrieval unit, and a privilege granting unit that grants a predetermined privilege providing an advantage in the game to a specific user of the plurality of registered users based on the index value calculated by the index value calculation unit for each of the registered users.

Abstract: An optical coupling device including multiple optical fibers each of which includes at least one core; and a self-forming optical waveguide, wherein the optical fibers are arranged facing each other, and the self-forming optical waveguide is provided between the optical fibers, an end portion of the self-forming optical waveguide is optically connected to the core of each optical fiber, the cores of the optical fibers arranged facing each other are optically connected to each other through the self-forming optical waveguide in a linear shape, optical axis directions of the optical fibers optically connected to each other through the self-forming optical waveguide are parallel with each other, and an end portion of each core is diagonally formed with an inclination angle according to a refractive index of each core and a refractive index of the self-forming optical waveguide.

Abstract: An optical connector includes multiple optical fibers; a single multicore fiber; and multiple self-forming optical waveguides, wherein the total number of cores of the multiple optical fibers and the total number of cores of the multicore fiber are identical to each other, the multiple optical fibers and the multicore fiber are arranged facing each other, the self-forming optical waveguides are provided among the multiple optical fibers and the multicore fiber, end portions of the self-forming optical waveguides are optically connected to the cores of the multiple optical fibers and the cores of the multicore fiber, and either the multiple optical fibers or the multicore fiber contacting the end portions of the self-forming optical waveguides is detachable from the self-forming optical waveguides.

Abstract: A game apparatus for selectively providing motivation to specific users to continue playing a game, which may include a log information retrieval unit that retrieves log information associated with user identification information related to a plurality of registered users, a game processing unit that starts playing a game and progresses the game based on operation information by the registered users, an index value calculation unit that calculates, for each of the registered users, an index value indicating a possibility that the registered users will not perform a predetermined action within a predetermined period based on the log information retrieved by the log information retrieval unit, and a privilege granting unit that grants a predetermined privilege providing an advantage in the game to a specific user of the plurality of registered users based on the index value calculated by the index value calculation unit for each of the registered users.

Abstract: A biaxial load test specimen includes a main body and four arms. The main body has a plurality of through-holes aligned along axial directions of two load axes orthogonal to each other. The four arms extend from the main body in the respective axial directions of the load axes. Each of the arms has a plurality of slit grooves extending, on respective extensions of the through-holes aligned in the axial directions, along the respective axial directions.

Abstract: An electronic device having a waterproof structure includes a housing having a sound hole waterproofed by a waterproof membrane; an barometer which is arranged in the housing, determines data variable in response to a state of the waterproof membrane, and outputs the determined data; and a central controller which detects an abnormal state of the waterproof membrane based on atmospheric pressure data outputted from the barometer.

Abstract: An optical branching/coupling device includes a single first port that has an optical fiber; a plurality of second ports each having an optical fiber and arranged at the periphery of the optical axis of the first port, in locations that are removed from the first port in an optical axis direction; a core layer that transmits light between the first port and the second ports; and a cladding layer that covers the periphery of the core layer, wherein the core includes a plurality of optical waveguides, one end side of the optical waveguides being connected to each core of the plurality of second ports, and another end side of the optical waveguides joining together and being connected to a core of the first port, and the optical waveguides are a cured product of a photocuring resin.

Abstract: A lower surface of a board arranged at a working position is supported by a board supporter, and heights of a plurality of portions of the lower surface of the board are measured by a plurality of height measuring instruments attached to the board supporter. A component is installed on the board by control of a height of the installation of the component by an installation head and with respect to the board, which has the lower surface supported by the board supporter, being performed based on the height of the plurality of portions of the lower surface of the board measured by the plurality of height measuring instruments.

Abstract: A component supplier of the present disclosure includes a magazine that stores pallets, a table that is provided in front of the magazine and is provided with a standby tables in multiple tiers in an up-and-down direction, a first lift that moves the table up and down, and a pallet supplier that is provided in front of the table and that includes a supply table which holds at least one of the pallets at a component supply position where the component is supplied. The table has a first placing and withdrawing unit that places and withdraws the pallet between the magazine and the standby tables and a second lift that moves the first placing and withdrawing unit up and down. The pallet supplier has a second placing and withdrawing unit that places and withdraws the pallet between the standby tables and the supply table.

Abstract: A component mounting device that mounts on a board a fitting component to be attached by a mechanical fitting or engagement to a to-be-attached part formed in the board. The component mounting device includes a mounting head which carries out a moving and mounting operation in which the fitting component is taken out from a component supply part by sucking and holding the fitting component, moved and mounted on the to-be-attached part, and pressed by a first load, and a pressing operation in which the fitting component is pressed by a second load larger than the first load, and a head control part which controls the mounting head to suck and hold a neighborhood of a central portion of an upper surface of the fitting component in the moving and mounting operation, and to press a press part corresponding to the to-be-attached part in the pressing operation.

Abstract: Provided is an optical branching/coupling device in which optical transmission quality is improved by preventing a reduction in optical transmission quality, the reduction being due, for example, to an optical waveguide core affecting a light of another optical waveguide core in the vicinity of a joining section of the two optical waveguide cores. This optical branching/coupling device includes: a first optical waveguide that is provided extending from one end side to other end side; a second optical waveguide that is provided extending on a separate route from the one end side to the other end side, the other end side of the second optical waveguide being joined to the other end side of the first optical waveguide; and a cladding layer that covers the periphery of the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide, wherein the first and second optical waveguides comprise a cured product of a photocuring resin.