Abstract: A tactile reproduction system is made more efficient by achieving a data amount reduction of a tactile signal while ensuring reproducibility of a tactile sense. A decoding apparatus according to the present technology includes a decoding unit configured to decode tactile coded data obtained by performing encoding of compressing an information amount, on a tactile signal using higher-order perception in a tactile sense. Therefore, a data amount reduction of a tactile signal can be performed in accordance with a tactile characteristic of a human.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a transmitting-side relay apparatus, a system, a method, and a program, each adapted to reduce congestions in a network while appropriately using a communication resource for a network-based communication. A transmitting-side relay apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a request rate calculation unit configured to calculate, based on a transmission rate of an input packet, an encoding loss rate at the time of encoding the input packet to generate an encoded packet, and a packet loss rate of the encoded packet in a receiving-side relay apparatus, a request rate of the encoded packet; a permissible rate calculation unit configured to calculate, based on at least one of a delay time indicating a time period from the time of generation of the input packet to the time of reception of the encoded packet.

Abstract: A composition includes polydatin and at least one photoisomerization stabilizer and cosmetically acceptable carrier. The at least one photoisomerization stabilizer confers photostabilization to trans-polydatin by at least about 5%, relative to an otherwise identical composition without the at least one photoisomerization stabilizer.

Abstract: To improve the measurement accuracy. The present technology provides a light receiving device (1) including: a light transmitting part (11) that transmits emitted light emitted from a light emitting device; a light receiver (12) that receives incident light from outside; and a semiconductor substrate (13), in which a non-sensitive region (14) that does not sense light is formed between the light transmitting part (11) and the light receiver (12). Moreover, the present technology provides a manufacturing method for a light receiving device (1) including: stacking a light receiver (12) on one surface of a semiconductor substrate (13); etching a side on which the light receiver (12) is disposed into a ring shape; fixing the semiconductor substrate (13) to a permanent fixing substrate; etching an outer periphery and substantially a center portion of the light receiver (12); and removing the semiconductor substrate (13) from the permanent fixing substrate by laser lift off.

Abstract: Provided are an adhesive resin composition having high adhesiveness and high strength in acid resistance, and a laminate including the same. Provided is an adhesive resin composition including an acid-modified polyolefin resin component (A) having a weight average molecular weight of 30,000 or more and 150,000 or less, a resin component (B) having an epoxy group in a molecule, a resin component (C) having an amino group at a molecular end, and a solvent (S), in which a content of the resin component (B) is 1 part by mass or more and 30 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the acid-modified polyolefin resin component (A), and a content of the resin component (C) is 0.5 parts by mass or more and 15 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the acid-modified polyolefin resin component (A).

Abstract: A method for producing a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery containing lithium-nickel composite oxide, includes: mixing a nickel compound, a lithium compound, and organic compound particles to obtain a lithium mixture; molding the lithium mixture to obtain a molded body; firing the molded body to obtain a fired body; and crushing the fired body to obtain lithium-nickel composite oxide powder.

Abstract: A battery monitoring device includes: a plurality of charged state acquisition units that are provided with respective ones of a plurality of battery modules, acquire charging information of the plurality of battery modules, and are capable of forming an information transmission path for the charging information through radio communication therebetween; a monitoring unit that monitors the plurality of battery modules on the basis of the charging information input via the information transmission path; and a path selection unit that selects a charged state acquisition unit forming the information transmission path to the monitoring unit for each of the plurality of charged state acquisition units capable of forming the information transmission paths on the basis of the charging information.

Abstract: In order to attain the object of making it possible to be applicable to a wide variety of network topologies and to determine a state of a communication module in a suitable manner, a communication state management apparatus (1) includes: a monitoring target link management section (11) that manages the number of monitoring target links relating to one or more communication modules; a connection management section (12) that manages the current number of connected links made by the one or more communication modules; and a state determining section (13) that refers to the number of monitoring target links and the current number of connected links and determines a state of the one or more communication modules.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program that make it possible to provide a video production service that is highly satisfying to a user. There is provided an image processing apparatus including: a processing unit that acquires an image to which metadata is added, selects, on the basis of a time length of video to be produced and the metadata, the image to be used for production of the video from the acquired images, the time length being set on a setting screen, and produces the video using the selected image. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a cloud server that provides a service via the Internet.

Abstract: The back surface of a hub of a compressor wheel mounting structure according to the present invention comprises a recessed surface which is formed from the outer peripheral end of a flat surface to the outer peripheral edge of the back surface.

Abstract: A display device that includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, a first light-absorbing layer having an opening at a position that faces the light-emitting elements, and a second light-absorbing layer that faces the first light-absorbing layer with the light-emitting elements therebetween.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material containing a lithium metal composite oxide composed of secondary particles formed by aggregated primary particles, comprising lithium, at least one metal element and at least one additive element, the lithium metal composite oxide having a crystal structure of layered rock salt structure and the metal element including nickel in a content of 60 to 90 atomic percent and the additive element including boron in content of more than 1.0 atomic percent and 6.0 atomic percent or less, the nickel content and the boron content each with respect to the sum of the metal element and the additive element, the porosity of the secondary particles being 8% or more and 20% or less; a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery containing the positive electrode active material; and a process for producing the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: An information processing method for detecting conditions of a plurality of manufacturing devices respectively used by a plurality of entities includes acquiring sensor value data obtained by detecting physical quantities related to the manufacturing devices; individually storing collected sensor value data in a plurality of databases; generating by machine learning a plurality of learning models based on the stored sensor value data; and calculating a condition of the manufacturing device of one of the entities by inputting sensor value data acquired from the manufacturing device of the one of the entities to the one or more of the learning models selected by the one of the entities.

Abstract: A bearing condition monitoring device is a bearing condition monitoring device for monitoring a condition of a thrust bearing for holding a rotational shaft in a thrust direction. The bearing condition monitoring device includes a first temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the thrust bearing, and an arithmetic device for counting a frequency at which an evaluation index of a thrust load on the basis of a measurement value by the first temperature sensor exceeds an allowable value, and for outputting an abnormality in the condition of the thrust bearing if the counted frequency exceeds a threshold. The arithmetic device may count, as the frequency, only a case where a state in which the thrust load exceeds an upper limit load continues for not less than a predetermined time.

Abstract: An abnormality detection system includes an abnormality detection apparatus that detects an abnormality of a manufacturing device, a control device that performs operation control of the manufacturing device and transmits operating data, and a sensor that detects a physical quantity related to operation of the manufacturing device or a product manufactured by the manufacturing device and outputs sensor value data. The abnormality detection apparatus receives operating data transmitted from the control device, acquires sensor value data output from the sensor, calculates statistics of the sensor value data acquired, determines a presence or an absence of an abnormality of the manufacturing device based on the statistics calculated and a threshold depending on the operating data received, and transmits a determination result and the statistics to the control device.

Abstract: An abnormality detection system includes an abnormality detection apparatus that detects an abnormality of a production device, a control device that performs operation control of the manufacturing device and transmits operating data, a sensor that detects a physical quantity related to operation or a product of the manufacturing device and outputs sensor value data, and a diagnostic apparatus. The abnormality detection apparatus determines a presence or an absence of an abnormality of the manufacturing device based on the operating data transmitted from the control device and the sensor value data output from the sensor and transmits the determination result to the control device. The abnormality detection apparatus further transmits the operating data and the sensor value data to the diagnostic apparatus.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a transmitting-side relay apparatus, a system, a method, and a program, each adapted to reduce congestions in a network while appropriately using a communication resource for a network-based communication. A transmitting-side relay apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a request rate calculation unit configured to calculate, based on a transmission rate of an input packet, an encoding loss rate at the time of encoding the input packet to generate an encoded packet, and a packet loss rate of the encoded packet in a receiving-side relay apparatus, a request rate of the encoded packet; a permissible rate calculation unit configured to calculate, based on at least one of a delay time indicating a time period from the time of generation of the input packet to the time of reception of the encoded packet.

Abstract: It is possible to achieve high analysis accuracy on the whole irrespective of a coverage ratio of a morpheme dictionary. A morpheme prediction section 38 outputs a morpheme label string as a morphological analysis result of input text by inputting a resultant vector generated for each character by a vector combination section 36 into a series predictor and sequentially performing calculation. At this point, there is used the series predictor which is subjected to learning in advance such that a morpheme label string obtained by inputting a resultant vector in which a character vector and a morpheme information vector are combined and which is generated without being combined with the morpheme information vector with a specific probability into the series predictor and sequentially performing the calculation coincides with a morpheme label string of learning data.

Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus that has a structure that is highly productive and suitable for arranging light-emitting elements at a high density, and a method for producing the light-emitting apparatus, are provided. The light-emitting apparatus includes a substrate, a drive element, a light-emitting element, and an interlayer insulation layer. The substrate includes a front surface and a back surface. The drive element is mounted on a first mounting surface on a side of the front surface of the substrate. The light-emitting element is mounted on a second mounting surface on the side of the front surface of the substrate, the second mounting surface being situated at a distance from the substrate front surface; that is different from a distance of the first mounting surface from the substrate front surface. The interlayer insulation layer is made of an insulating material and formed between the drive element and the light-emitting element.

Abstract: Disclosed is a natural language processing technique according to a neural network of high interpretive ability. One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an apparatus including a trained neural network into which first natural language text is input and that is trained to output second natural language text and alignment information, the second natural language text being in accordance with a predetermined purpose corresponding to the first natural language text, and the alignment information indicating, for each part of the second natural language text, which part of the first natural language text is a basis of information for generation; and an analyzing unit configured to output, upon input text being input into the trained neural network, a predicted result of output text in accordance with a predetermined purpose, and alignment information indicating, for each part of the predicted result of the output text, which part of the input text is a basis of information for generation.