Abstract: A conveying vehicle that loads an article thereon and moves includes an attachment fitting portion into which an attachment having a predetermined function is fitted, a memory device that stores determination criteria as to the presence or absence of a restriction on the movement of the conveying vehicle corresponding to the attribute of the attachment, a reception unit that receives information related to the attribute of the attachment from the attachment fitted into the attachment fitting portion, a determination unit that determines whether the restriction on the movement of the conveying vehicle is required, based on the determination criteria corresponding to the attribute of the attachment identified from the information received by the reception unit, and a control unit that controls the movement of the conveying vehicle according to the restriction when it is determined that the restriction is required.

Abstract: A carrier control device estimates an amount of time to complete a picking operation at each of one or more racks which have arrived in a picking point area. The carrier control device adds up the amounts of time to perform picking operations at the racks performed after another rack has newly arrived, to thereby calculate an amount of time to wait for picking operation completion by the rack. The carrier control device compares the amount of time to wait for picking operation completion by the rack, with a previously set threshold, and determines which task the carrier having carried the rack is to perform, either putting down the rack and performing another task, or waiting for completion of an ongoing picking operation with the rack held thereon, depending on whether the time to wait until picking operation completion is larger or smaller than the threshold.

Abstract: Adopted is a decoder, in which on condition that a prediction block shown by vector information extracted from a data stream, and a decode-target block have an overlap where respective pixels overlay each other, pixel information of an already-decoded portion at a distance of an integer multiple of a vector provided by the vector information from the overlap is made a prediction signal instead of the overlap, and the prediction signal is added to difference image data taken from the data stream to generate reproduction image data. The decoder is adopted for an intra-frame decoder, a local decoder of an encoder, and the like. According to a fundamental rule concerning a repetitive pattern of an image, a pixel at a distance of an integer multiple is a like pixel, and therefore the process of decoding can be performed efficiently.

Abstract: In an electronic device, A heat spreader is adhered to a surface of the substrate on a side opposite to the lower surface of the substrate (hereinafter referred to as “upper surface”) by an adhesive sheet. The heat spreader supports a power transistor cooperatively with the substrate. The power transistor which is an electrical element and the heat spreader are adhered to each other by an adhesive sheet on an adhering surface on a side opposite to an adhering surface where the heat spreader is adhered to the substrate. A bus bar and the power transistor are adhered to each other by an adhesive sheet on an adhering surface on a side opposite to an adhering surface where the power transistor is adhered to the heat spreader. The thermistor is connected to a lead which is a conductive line, and is disposed on an upper surface side of substrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate made of metal, a first metal wiring disposed above the substrate, a first semiconductor element and a second semiconductor element disposed above the first metal wiring, and a second metal wiring disposed above the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element. Furthermore, the semiconductor device includes a plurality of projections disposed in at least one of a space between each of the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element, and the first metal wiring, and a space between each of the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element, and the second metal wiring.

Abstract: A controller (1) includes: a transfer area setting unit (11) which, when transferring a transported object from a transfer source vehicle of respective transport vehicles to a transfer destination vehicle of the respective transport vehicles, decides a transfer area at a destination to which the transported object is transported by the transfer source vehicle; a transfer vehicle setting unit (12) which decides the transport vehicle that is the transfer destination vehicle on the basis of position information of the transfer area and the position information of the respective transport vehicles; and an instruction unit (14) which instructs the transfer source vehicle to carry out a task of transporting the transported object to the transfer area, and instructs the transfer destination vehicle to carry out a task of transporting the transported object from the transfer area.

Abstract: A transport vehicle control device of the present invention includes: a storage portion that stores map information in which a state of a cell where a rack is arranged is saved for each cell; a data transceiver that receives the latest state of a cell from a transport vehicle which transports the rack; a map manager that updates the map information, each time the data transceiver receives the latest state of the cell, using the latest state of the cell received; and a route searcher that searches for a route for the transport vehicle transporting the rack based on the map information updated. The transport vehicle control device of the present invention further includes a cell-for-rearranged-rack determiner that determines a cell into which the rack is rearranged on the basis of a usage frequency of articles to be stored on the rack.

Abstract: This picking system comprises a mobile rack that can be moved, an automated guided vehicle (AGV) that transports the mobile rack, an AGV area in which the AGV transports the mobile rack, a picking area that abuts the AGV area and in which workers perform picking, and two or more picking locations that are locations that abut the picking area in the AGV area and in which the mobile rack is placed temporarily. The picking system has a function to detect that the mobile rack from which to pick is placed at the picking location and notify the picking terminal to perform the picking from the mobile rack that picking is possible.

Abstract: When an item as an object is picked from a conveyor conveying a shelf in which items are stored, efficient picking providing fewer errors is achieved. In a picking display device according to the present invention, a controller displays information on an object conveyor in advance, and displays a position of an item to be picked in conjunction with movement of the conveyor.

Abstract: A controller (1) includes: a transfer area setting unit (11) which, when transferring a transported object from a transfer source vehicle of respective transport vehicles to a transfer destination vehicle of the respective transport vehicles, decides a transfer area at a destination to which the transported object is transported by the transfer source vehicle; a transfer vehicle setting unit (12) which decides the transport vehicle that is the transfer destination vehicle on the basis of position information of the transfer area and the position information of the respective transport vehicles; and an instruction unit (14) which instructs the transfer source vehicle to carry out a task of transporting the transported object to the transfer area, and instructs the transfer destination vehicle to carry out a task of transporting the transported object from the transfer area.

Abstract: A character information display device includes: a display format deciding part 2 for deciding that the display format of a character string to be displayed is telop display when the number of characters making up the character string exceeds the number of characters for one line on the screen; a scroll speed setting part 6 for setting the scroll speed of the character string to be displayed at a reference speed in a case where the character string is judged as a character string easy to read, and setting the scroll speed of the character string to be displayed at a slower speed than the reference speed in a case where the character string is judged as a character string difficult to read by a reading difficulty judging part 4; and so on.

Abstract: A compressed dynamic image encoding device is provided, in which a motion vector is generated by searching a reference image for an image area most similar to an image area of a video input signal; a motion-compensated reference image is generated from the motion vector and the reference image; a prediction residual is generated, by subtracting the motion-compensated reference image from the video input signal; the reference image is generated, by adding the motion-compensated reference image and the result of processing performed to the prediction residual; and an encoded video output signal is generated by the processing performed to the prediction residual. The reference image comprises on-screen reference images, located inside a video display screen, and an off-screen reference image located outside the video display screen, and the off-screen reference image is generated based on the positional relationship of plural similar reference images of the on-screen reference images.

Abstract: A compressed dynamic image encoding device is provided, in which a motion vector is generated by searching a reference image read from a frame memory for an image area most similar to an image area of a video input signal; a motion-compensated reference image is generated from the motion vector and the reference image read from the frame memory; a prediction residual is generated, by subtracting the motion-compensated reference image from the video input signal; the reference image to be stored in the frame memory is generated, by adding the motion-compensated reference image and the result of processing of orthogonal transform, quantization, inverse quantization, and inverse orthogonal transform performed to the prediction residual; and an encoded video output signal is generated by the processing of orthogonal transform, quantization, and variable-length encoding performed to the prediction residual.

Abstract: Disclosed is a communication control device for measuring the delivery quality of unicast/multicast video delivery by a user premises device. The communication control device connects a first network to a second network. The first network is connected to a delivery server for delivering data packets containing plural pieces of content. The second network is connected to a plurality of computers for acquiring the data packets from the delivery server. The communication control device acquires control information that is transmitted from the computers to the delivery server, extracts computer identification information and data packet identification information from the acquired control information, and measures the delivery quality of data packets targeted for measurement, which are to be transmitted to the identified computers, in accordance with the extracted computer identification information and the extracted data packet identification information.