Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a control device configured to execute automatic driving control of a vehicle; an image capturing device configured to capture a surrounding image of the vehicle; and a recording device configured to record the surrounding image. The control device includes: a function classifying unit configured to classify functions of the automatic driving control into a first automatic driving function and a second automatic driving function; a state determining unit configured to determine whether the recording device is in a recordable state; and a function restricting unit configured to permit use of the first automatic driving function in a case where the state determining unit determines that the recording device is in the recordable state, and to prohibit the use of the first automatic driving function in a case where the state determining unit determines that the recording device is not in the recordable state.

Abstract: A musical instrument includes: an acoustic portion that makes sound in response to vibration; an exciter that includes an exciter body and a vibrating portion vibrating with respect to the exciter body, and excites the acoustic portion; and a support portion that is attached to the acoustic portion and supports the exciter body such that the vibration is transmitted from the vibrating portion to the acoustic portion. The support portion supports the exciter body such that the exciter body is elastically displaced with respect to the acoustic portion. A resonance frequency of a vibration system including the exciter body and the support portion is lower than the lowest resonance frequency of the acoustic portion.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a recording device configured to record vehicle information in files. The recording device includes: an event information receiving unit configured to receive information about prescribed events; a tag providing unit configured to provide protection tags to the files, the protection tags being of different types according to magnitude of the events; and an overwriting setting unit configured to prohibit overwriting of the files provided with the protection tags of a same type in a case where the number of the files provided with the protection tags of the same type is within a prescribed upper limit number, and to permit the overwriting of the files provided with the protection tags of the same type in a case where the number of the files provided with the protection tags of the same type exceeds the upper limit number.

Abstract: A displacement sensor includes: a detectable portion: including a first coil; and being disposed on a movable member that is displaceable in response to an operation; and a signal generator: including a second coil that opposes the first coil; and being configured to generate a detection signal based on a relative position between the first coil and the second coil. A first distance from a first end of the first coil to a second end of the first coil in a first direction differs from a second distance from a third end of the first coil to a fourth end of the first coil in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction when the first coil is viewed in plan view.

Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention are to provide a new means of improving the productivity of a target protein. The present inventors have identified a novel protein consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2 through an exhaustive analysis of the nucleotide sequence of chromosomal DNA of a yeast belonging to the genus Komagataella. Activation of a gene encoding the novel protein provides a cell having an improved productivity of a target protein.

Abstract: A musical keyboard instrument includes a key displaceable in response to a playing operation, a detection system including a magnetic body disposed on or in the key, and a coil facing and spaced from the magnetic body and configured to generate a magnetic field in response to receiving a supply of current, wherein the detection system is configured to generate a detection signal with a level that depends on a distance between the magnetic body and the coil, and an electromagnetic shield configured to block electromagnetic waves emitted from the detection system.

Abstract: A sound production control apparatus has a position detector that detects, in accordance with a playing operation of a musical instrument, a position of a key displaceable within a movement range from a start position to an end position. The movement range includes a sounding range including a sounding position and a setting range that is closer to the start position than the sounding range. The apparatus causes a played sound associated with the key to be produced upon the detected position of the key reaching the sounding position, while controlling a characteristic of the played sound depending on a displacement characteristic of the key within the setting range before the key is positioned in the sounding range.

Abstract: A detection system detects a position of each of a plurality of movable members that are displaceable by a playing operation. The detection system includes a controller configured to generate a first signal with a signal that level discontinuously changes over time, a Pi filter configured to convert the first signal to a second signal with a signal level that continuously changes over time, and a signal processor configured to generate, using the second signal, an output signal that depends on a position of each of the plurality of movable members.

Abstract: An operation detection device for a key operation of a keyboard device includes a conductive unit configured to be disposed on each of keys, a substrate configured to be disposed facing each of the keys in a pressing direction of the keys. The substrate is provided with a sensor including at least first and second coils, the sensor being configured to be disposed spaced from one key so that at least one of the first or second coil outputs a signal corresponding to a distance between the one key and the respective sensor. The operation detection device includes a detection unit configured to detect a displacement of the one key in at least one of a yaw direction or a roll direction based on signals output from the first and second coils during a key pressing stroke of the one key.

Abstract: An input device includes a first operating element and a first sensor. The first sensor includes a first conductor, a first coil, and a first magnetic material forming an open magnetic circuit together with the first coil. A positional relationship between the first coil and the first magnetic material is fixed. A first distance between a first end portion of the first magnetic material and the first conductor varies according to the amount of operation on the first operating element. The first sensor outputs a first signal corresponding to the first distance.

Abstract: An information communication system acquires first user information indicating a first user and second user information indicating a second user based on transmission of a message from a first terminal device used by the first user to a second terminal device used by the second user. The information communication system transmits, to the first terminal device, a first advertisement corresponding to an attribute of the first user indicated by the acquired first user information. The information communication system transmits, to the second terminal device, a second advertisement corresponding to an attribute of the second user indicated by the acquired second user information.

Abstract: An information communication system transmits an advertisement to a first terminal device used by a first user based on transmission of a message from the first terminal device to a second terminal device used by a second user. The information communication system causes the first terminal device to display an operation part operable to transmit the advertisement to the second terminal device. The information communication system transmits the advertisement to the second terminal device in response to operation of the displayed operation part by the first user. The information communication system executes processing of giving a reward to the first user based on recognition that the second user takes an action corresponding to a successful result of the advertisement after the second user selects the advertisement.

Abstract: An information communication system transmits an advertisement to a second terminal device used by a second user based on transmission of a message from a first terminal device used by a first user to the second terminal device. The information communication system executes processing of giving a reward to the first user based on recognition that the second user takes an action corresponding to a successful result of the advertisement after the second user selects the advertisement.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel method which is for preparing a DNA fragment for microbial cell transformation, and by which the combinatorial library of a long-chain DNA can be efficiently constructed and confirmation of the genotype of the obtained clone is facilitated.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a control device configured to execute specific automatic driving control; an image capturing device configured to capture a surrounding image of a vehicle; a display device configured to display the surrounding image; and a recording device configured to record the surrounding image. The control device includes: a first determining unit configured to determine whether the vehicle is present on a road where the specific automatic driving control is executable; and a second determining unit configured to determine whether a request to display the surrounding image is present. In a case where the first determining unit determines that the vehicle is present on the road where the specific automatic driving control is executable and the second determining unit determines that the request to display the surrounding image is absent, the recording device records the surrounding image.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a first resonant circuit including a first coil mounted to a movable member; a second resonant circuit including a second coil facing the first coil and generating a magnetic field upon supply of an electric current and outputs a detection signal of a voltage level depending on a relative position of the second coil to a position of the first coil; and a first equivalent circuit equivalent to the second resonant circuit in a case where a distance between the first and second coils is infinite and a second equivalent circuit equivalent to the second resonant circuit in a case where the distance is zero. A processor corrects the detection signal based on an output signal output from the first equivalent circuit and an output signal output from the second equivalent circuit, and calculates, based on the corrected detection signal, a displacement amount of the movable member.

Abstract: Provided is a technique for synthesizing a nicotinamide derivative (NAm derivative) such as a nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) with high efficiency. A genetically modified microorganism is used, which can express, as nicotinamide phosphoribosylt ransferase (NAMPT), NAMPT having a conversion efficiency of 5-folds or more that of human NAMPT.

Abstract: In an acoustic signal separation device (1), a determination unit (6) determines whether or not components from a plurality of sound sources are mixed in each of acoustic signals of respective components regenerated by a signal regeneration unit (5), and when it is determined that a plurality of components is mixed, a series of processes by a feature value extraction unit (2), a data estimation unit (3), a data classification unit (4), and a signal regeneration unit (5) is repeatedly executed until acoustic signals of the components of the respective sound sources are regenerated.

Abstract: In an acoustic signal separation device (1), a determination unit (6) determines whether or not components from a plurality of sound sources are mixed in each of acoustic signals of respective components regenerated by a signal regeneration unit (5), and when it is determined that a plurality of components is mixed, a series of processes by a feature value extraction unit (2), a data estimation unit (3), a data classification unit (4), and a signal regeneration unit (5) is repeatedly executed until acoustic signals of the components of the respective sound sources are regenerated.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a control device configured to execute specific automatic driving control; an image capturing device configured to capture a surrounding image of a vehicle; a display device configured to display the surrounding image; and a recording device configured to record the surrounding image. The control device includes: a first determining unit configured to determine whether the vehicle is present on a road where the specific automatic driving control is executable; and a second determining unit configured to determine whether a request to display the surrounding image is present. In a case where the first determining unit determines that the vehicle is present on the road where the specific automatic driving control is executable and the second determining unit determines that the request to display the surrounding image is absent, the recording device records the surrounding image.