Abstract: A data input device includes: a controller that: acquires position data indicating position coordinates of a facility, estimates, based on the position data, one or more facility candidates, and causes a display to display an input screen showing the estimated one or more facility candidates as options for selection by a user, and creates inspection data relating to gas inspection of the one or more facility candidates selected by the user.

Abstract: An electrical discharge detection system that detects an output of noise superimposed on a voltage or a current of an electric circuit to which a load is connected includes a filter unit capable of extracting an output waveform in a specific frequency band, a division unit capable of dividing a certain time into a plurality of domains, and a determination unit capable of confirming a degree of continuity of domains in which an output of noise has been confirmed or comparing outputs of noise of a domain group in which a plurality of domains is collected.

Abstract: To improve protection performance for a pedestrian colliding with a front portion of a traveling vehicle, a front bumper includes a bumper fascia, a front grill, and decorative member. The disposition position and shape of a bumper reinforcement are set such that the bumper reinforcement is positioned inside an opening of the bumper fascia in a front view. Cross members are arranged at higher and lower positions than the decorative member and extend toward a vehicle-width-direction outer side beyond the bumper reinforcement.

Abstract: To suppress damage on a bonnet at light collision, a vehicle-body structure includes rear-portion crush cans that perform compressive deformation when a first predetermined load is applied, and front-portion crush cans that perform compressive deformation when a second predetermined load smaller than the first predetermined load is applied. A front portion of a bonnet is positioned on a vehicle rear side of front portions of the rear-portion crush cans.

Abstract: A gas inspection management system includes: an inspection information database that stores inspection results and information on links to inspection images for objects of inspection; an access condition receiver that receives an input of an access request and an input of condition specification from a manager; a hardware processor that: selects part or all of the objects from the inspection information database, based on the access request, acquires information on the inspection results and the information on the links for the selected objects, and generates a display image including the information on the inspection results and the information on the links for the selected objects; and a display that displays the display image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resistor including a Ni-based alloy that consists of 15.0 mass %?Cr?25.0 mass %, 1.0 mass %?Al?4.0 mass %, 1.0 mass %?Cu?3.0 mass %, 0 mass %?Si?1.5 mass %, and 0 mass %?Mn?1.5 mass %, with the balance being Ni and inevitable impurities, in which the resistor has a Vickers hardness at 20° C. of 160 Hv or more and 230 Hv or less, a volume resistivity at 20° C. of 125 ??·cm or more and 150 ??·cm or less, and a temperature coefficient of resistance at 20° C. to 155° C. of ?50 ppm/° C. or more and 10 ppm/° C. or less, and relates to a manufacturing method thereof.

Abstract: A spherical body drive type movement device 10 includes rotary bodies 14, 15, and 16 rotating n number of driving spherical bodies 11, 12, and 13 by being rotationally driven in a state of being in contact from two different directions with each of the driving spherical bodies 11, 12, and 13, and moves on a traveling surface G. The rotary bodies 14, 15, and 16 come into contact with the driving spherical bodies 11, 12, and 13 at positions higher than centers P1, P2, and P3 of the driving spherical bodies 11, 12, and 13 in contact and inside a virtual inverted n-gonal pyramid H or, at positions higher than the centers P1, P2, and P3 of the driving spherical bodies 11, 12, and 13 in contact and on lateral faces ?, ?, and ? of the virtual inverted n-gonal pyramid H.

Abstract: There are provided a fixed terminal device, a control method, and a control program capable of transmitting detection data even when a communication destination is outside a communicable area of a private network. A fixed terminal device 100 is used in a communicable range with both the first and second wireless communication networks different from each other. The fixed terminal device 100 includes a sensor device, first and second reading units 130 and 140, a selection unit 601, and a transmission unit. The first and second reading units read authentication information for connecting to the first and second wireless communication networks, respectively. The selection unit selects which of the first wireless communication network and the second wireless communication network to transmit transmission data based on data from the sensor device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a negative electrode active material for a lithium-ion battery, containing a Si phase, a Si—Zr compound phase, and a Sn—X compound phase in which X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ti, Co, Fe, Ni, and Zr, the Sn—X compound phase has a proportion of 0.1 mass % to 18 mass % to the whole, and the Si phase has a proportion of 10 mass % to 80 mass % to the whole.

Abstract: A surgery supporting apparatus is capable of controlling a posture of a surgical instrument that is inserted into a body cavity and mechanically drivable. The apparatus includes a robot arm that can control the posture of the surgical instrument, which is attached to the robot arm via a gimbal mechanism.

Abstract: Provided is a mobile device 10 with a spherical drive system that moves over a travel surface G and comprises four or more rotors 15, 15?, 16, 16?, 17, 17?, 18 and 18? that are rotationally driven by driving sources 20, 22, 24 and 26 while in contact with four driving spheres 11, 12, 13 and 14 from two different directions, thereby causing the driving spheres to rotate, wherein the centers P1, P2, P3 and P4 of the driving spheres are positioned at the side edges S1, S2, S3 and S4 of a virtual inverted hip roof pentahedron H having a base e disposed at a position higher than the center of each driving sphere and a ridge O disposed at a position lower than the center of each driving sphere, respectively.

Abstract: A surgery supporting apparatus capable of performing a manipulation using a surgical instrument to be inserted into a body cavity, comprises a measurement device configured to measure an insertion depth and an insertion angle, with respect to the body cavity, of a shaft of the surgical instrument inserted into the body cavity, as input of the manipulation, wherein the measurement device measures the insertion depth by measuring a sound wave propagating in a space between a transmitter attached to one of the surgical instrument and a position within a predetermined range from a position of insertion to the body cavity, and a receiver attached to the other.

Abstract: A gas inspection management system includes: an inspection information database that stores inspection results and information on links to inspection images for objects of inspection; an access condition receiver that receives an input of an access request and an input of condition specification from a manager; a hardware processor that: selects part or all of the objects from the inspection information database, based on the access request, acquires information on the inspection results and the information on the links for the selected objects, and generates a display image including the information on the inspection results and the information on the links for the selected objects; and a display that displays the display image.

Abstract: A surgery supporting apparatus is capable of controlling a posture of a first surgical instrument that is inserted into a body cavity and mechanically drivable, by using a second surgical instrument to be inserted into the body cavity. The apparatus comprises a robot arm configured to control the posture of the first surgical instrument attached to the robot arm. Instructions stored in a memory cause the apparatus to function as a control unit configured to control the motion of the robot arm such that the posture of the first surgical instrument is controlled in accordance with the posture of the second surgical instrument, in a case of a first mode, and controls the motion of the robot arm in accordance with a manipulation including contact to the robot arm, in a case of a second mode.

Abstract: A data input device includes: a controller that: acquires position data indicating position coordinates of a facility, estimates, based on the position data, one or more facility candidates, and causes a display to display an input screen showing the estimated one or more facility candidates as options for selection by a user, and creates inspection data relating to gas inspection of the one or more facility candidates selected by the user.

Abstract: A surgery assisting apparatus for controlling a posture of a first surgical tool to be inserted into a body cavity and mechanically driven, by using a second surgical tool to be inserted into the body cavity, comprises: a mode switch configured to switch a first mode and a second mode, the second surgical tool being used to control the first surgical tool in the second mode; one or more sensors configured to measure an angle and depth of insertion of a shaft of the second surgical tool into the body cavity; and at least one memory and at least one processor which function as a computing unit configured to determine a target position of a control point that is a point for specifying the posture of the first surgical tool in order to control the posture of the first surgical tool.

Abstract: A spherical body drive type movement device 10 includes rotary bodies 14, 15, and 16 rotating n number of driving spherical bodies 11, 12, and 13 by being rotationally driven in a state of being in contact from two different directions with each of the driving spherical bodies 11, 12, and 13, and moves on a traveling surface G. The rotary bodies 14, 15, and 16 come into contact with the driving spherical bodies 11, 12, and 13 at positions higher than centers P1, P2, and P3 of the driving spherical bodies 11, 12, and 13 in contact and inside a virtual inverted n-gonal pyramid H or, at positions higher than the centers P1, P2, and P3 of the driving spherical bodies 11, 12, and 13 in contact and on lateral faces ?, ?, and ? of the virtual inverted n-gonal pyramid H.

Abstract: A motor controller includes: a rotation speed measurement portion that measures a rotation speed of a motor; and an energization method switching portion that switches an energization method so that the motor is driven by a 120-degree energization method when a rotation speed of the motor measured by the rotation speed measurement portion is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, and the motor is driven by a 150-degree energization method when a rotation speed of the motor measured by the rotation speed measurement portion exceeds the predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A light guide plate guides light from a light source to form an image in a space. A sensor detects an object in the space including an imaging position of the image. Based on an output from the sensor, a controller acquires at least one of a trajectory of a plurality of positions where the object is detected, a duration time of detecting the object, or a number of times the object is detected as an input parameter. The controller identifies an input pattern according to a movement of the object based on the input parameter, and outputs a signal corresponding to the identified input pattern.

Abstract: A drive apparatus of an electric motor which does not include a position detection sensor, the drive apparatus includes drive portion configured to drive the electric motor on the basis of a command value inputted from outside, a number-of-rotations detection portion configured to detect a number of rotations of the electric motor driven by the drive portion, an out-of-phase judgement portion judging that the electric motor is out of phase in a case where the number of rotations detected by the number-of-rotations detection portion is less than a predetermined threshold value, and the predetermined threshold value being configured to be changed on the basis of the command value inputted from outside.