Abstract: A method executed by an information processing device includes setting a virtual space of which positional information is linked with that of a real space, setting a game event in the virtual space in association with a location in the virtual space corresponding to positional information of a predetermined facility in the real space, acquiring a prediction value of an electric power demand in a target area in the real space, and starting the game event based on the prediction value.

Abstract: A method executed by an information processing device includes setting a virtual space of which positional information is linked with that of a real space, setting a game event in the virtual space in association with a location in the virtual space corresponding to positional information of a predetermined facility in the real space, acquiring a prediction value of an electric power demand in a target area in the real space, and starting the game event based on the prediction value.

Abstract: A charging and discharging management system according to the present disclosure is a system for, in regard to a vehicle on which a battery capable of being charged and discharged is mounted, charging and discharging the battery, the charging and discharging management system including: an information collection unit configured to collect boarding information indicating an aircraft which a driver of the vehicle plans to board, the vehicle being parked in a parking lot in an airport; a parking period acquisition unit configured to acquire a parking period of the vehicle based on the boarding information pieces collected by the information collection unit; and a determination unit configured to determine a timing at which the battery mounted on the vehicle is charged and discharged based on the parking period acquired by the parking period acquisition unit.

Abstract: An energy management system for enabling an airport including a power storage facility to prepare an electric power purchase plan in order to purchase a predetermined amount of electric power from an electric power company for a predetermined period and to cover electric power to be used at the airport. The energy management system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire arrival and departure information and information about climate change, a prediction unit configured to predict a fluctuation in the demand for the electric power at the airport based on the arrival and departure information and the information about climate change, and a determination unit configured to determine the predetermined amount of electric power and the predetermined period based on the fluctuation in demand for electric power and a power storage capacity of the power storage facility.

Abstract: An advertisement display management system includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a terminal device at a client company, an amount of electricity to be purchased for a prescribed period from the electricity generating facility where a renewable energy source is used and which is installed at an airport and data of an advertisement to be displayed at the airport during the prescribed period; a calculation unit configured to calculate an emission reduction amount of CO2 equivalent to the amount of electricity to be purchased; and a display unit installed at the airport and configured to display the data of the advertisement, the amount of electricity to be purchased, and the emission reduction amount of CO2.

Abstract: To provide a workload calculation system capable of suppressing the possibility of the cargo handling work not being performed as planned in the work schedule at the arrival airport. A workload calculation system according to the present disclosure includes: an image pick-up unit configured to acquire an image of a cargo loaded aboard an airplane prior to the arrival of the airplane at an arrival airport; a characteristics detection unit configured to detect characteristics of the cargo by recognizing the image of the cargo acquired by the image pick-up unit; and a workload calculation unit configured to calculate a workload required to convey the cargo at the arrival airport by checking the characteristics of the cargo detected by the characteristics detection unit against pre-recorded workload information.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle according to the present disclosure is an automotive vehicle deployed at an airport, the automotive vehicle including: an information collection unit configured to collect arrival and departure information of an aircraft which a user boards; a derivation unit configured to derive a boarding place and a boarding time for the user to board the aircraft based on the arrival and departure information pieces; a user recognition unit configured to recognize the user; a distance measurement unit configured to measure a distance between the automotive vehicle and the user; and a traveling control unit configured to control traveling of the automotive vehicle. The traveling control unit controls the automotive vehicle to travel to the boarding place by the boarding time while guiding the user and preventing the automotive vehicle and the user from being spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance or more.

Abstract: An energy management system capable of optimizing a distribution of energy storage between a battery and a hydrogen energy storage system is provided. An energy management system includes a collection unit configured to collect arrival and departure information and information about weather, a prediction unit configured to predict a demand fluctuation in an amount of electric power used in an airport based on the information collected by the collection unit, and a determination unit configured to determine a distribution of energy storage between a battery and a hydrogen energy storage system based on the demand fluctuation predicted by the prediction unit.

Abstract: A charging system according to the present disclosure is a charging system for charging a battery of a vehicle including a power reception unit configured to be able to receive power in a non-contact manner and a battery charged by the power received by the power reception unit. The charging system according to the present disclosure includes: a charging apparatus including a plurality of power feed units that are arranged along a predetermined route, each of the power feed unit being configured to be able to feed electric power to the power reception unit in a non-contact manner; a detection unit configured to detect a current position of the vehicle; and a charging control unit configured to feed electric power from the power feed unit to the power reception unit in a non-contact manner based on the current position of the vehicle detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: A charging management system according to the present disclosure is a system for charging a plurality of batteries that are respectively mounted on a plurality of electric automobiles connected to a charging facility, the charging management system including: a collection unit configured to collect charging characteristics of the plurality of batteries; and a determination unit configured to determine a distribution of an amount of charging power to be supplied to the plurality of batteries from the charging facility based on the charging characteristics collected by the collection unit. The determination unit determines to supply the batteries having the same charging characteristics as each other with the same amount of charging power as each other, and determines to supply the batteries having charging characteristics different from each other with amounts of charging power different from each other.

Abstract: A charging and discharging management system according to the present disclosure is a system for, in regard to a vehicle on which a battery capable of being charged and discharged is mounted, charging and discharging the battery, the charging and discharging management system including: an information collection unit configured to collect boarding information indicating an aircraft which a driver of the vehicle plans to board, the vehicle being parked in a parking lot in an airport; a parking period acquisition unit configured to acquire a parking period of the vehicle based on the boarding information pieces collected by the information collection unit; and a determination unit configured to determine a timing at which the battery mounted on the vehicle is charged and discharged based on the parking period acquired by the parking period acquisition unit.

Abstract: A charging management system capable of reducing congestion of charging electric vehicles in an airport and improving the working efficiency in the airport is provided. A charging management system includes: a collection unit configured to collect departure and arrival information and information regarding amounts of loads of departing and arriving flights; a planning unit configured to create a working plan of electric vehicles working in the airport based on the information collected by the collection unit; and a determination unit configured to determine charging timings of the respective electric vehicles based on the working plan created by the planning unit.

Abstract: An airport logistics management system capable of reducing working resources in logistics in an airport is provided. The airport logistics management system includes: a collection unit configured to collect departure and arrival information, information regarding accommodation capacities of departing and arriving flights, and information regarding a record of past amounts of loads; a prediction unit configured to predict a workload in logistics at the airport based on the information collected by the collection unit; and a determination unit configured to determine an amount of working resources that are necessary based on the workload predicted by the prediction unit.

Abstract: Included are reproduction processing unit that reproduces a content distributed as carried on broadcasting waves, display unit that displays an image making distinguishable the content that is in a reproducing process by the reproduction processing unit, request accepting unit that accepts a purchase request for the content corresponding to the image displayed on the display unit, and code generating unit that generates a predetermined code readable by a mobile terminal on the basis of unique identifying information contained in the content having the purchase request accepted by the request accepting unit.

Abstract: An updating system able to easily and cheaply update the content of a music database in a terminal having a music database, including (i) a transmission apparatus 20 including a transmission use music database 21 for storing music database information comprised of identification information and corresponding music information and a broadcast function unit 23 for broadcasting the music database information from the database 21 multiplexed on a broadcast wave and (ii) a terminal 30 including a reception function unit 33 for receiving the broadcast wave from the broadcast function unit 23, an extraction function unit 34 for extracting the music database information from the received broadcast wave, and an update function unit 32 for storing the extracted music database information in the reception side music database.

Abstract: In an optical gain equalizer according to the present invention, a plurality of etalon filters 1 and one ore more fiber gratings 2 or dielectric multilayer filters 3 are arranged in line, and a beam of light externally applied is passed through the etalon filters 1 and the fiber gratings 2 or dielectric multilayer filters 3 and outputted to the outside, and the etalon filters 1 have sinusoidal wave loss characteristic of the same amplitude and period as those of the term obtained by Fourier series expansion of the loss wavelength characteristic for gain flattening, and the one or more fiber gratings 2 or dielectric multilayer filters 3 compensate the ripple component remaining as the difference between the loss wavelength characteristic for gain flattening and the loss wavelength characteristic owing to the etalon filters 1. An optical amplifying device 14 is constituted by combining an optical amplifier 5 with the optical gain equalizer 4.

Abstract: A method for generating a local oscillation signal comprising two separate frequency converters, of which one frequency converter includes an output unit for generating an internal output signal to be used for its frequency conversion, and the other frequency converter employs the same internal output signal from the output unit as the local oscillation signal.

Abstract: A process for the production of a carbonyl compound such as acetic acid by reacting a carbonylatable compound such as methanol with a carbon monoxide in the presence of a carbonylation catalyst containing a noble metal complex supported on a porous, cross-linked vinylpyridine resin at a temperature of 140-250.degree. C., a carbon monoxide partial pressure of 7-30 kg/cm.sup.2 and a hydrogen partial pressure of 0.1-5 kg/cm.sup.2 to obtain a liquid product containing the carbonyl compound and an unreacted CO-containing gas product. The water content and the carbonylation degree of the liquid product within the reactor are maintained at 0.5-10% by weight and 0.5-0.9, respectively, The carbonyl compound is separated from the liquid product in a flasher and/or a distillation tower formed of titanium or a titanium-palladium alloy. The liquid product is introduced into a pressure reducing valve and then mixed with the CO-containing gas product before being fed to the flasher and/or distillation tower.

Abstract: An antenna switching device of the present invention includes: a transmitting terminal for receiving a transmitting signal; a first antenna terminal connected to a first antenna; a second antenna terminal connected to a second antenna; a receiving terminal for outputting receiving signals received at the first antenna terminal and the second antenna terminal; a selecting unit for selecting one mode among a first mode for outputting a signal corresponding to the transmitting signal to the first antenna terminal, a second mode for outputting the receiving signal received at the first antenna to the receiving terminal, and a third mode for outputting the receiving signal received at the second antenna to the receiving terminal.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising a non-peptide type angiotension II receptor antagonist is useful for the treatment of hyperuricemia.