Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for preventing adhesion of air-borne fine particles, which contains a 2-(meth)acryloyloxyalkyl phosphorylcholine-(meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester copolymer as an antistatic agent, and which is not decreased in the effect of preventing adhesion of air-borne fine particles even if a sufficient amount of an oil component is blended therein. The present invention is characterized by containing (A) 2-(meth)acryloyloxyalkyl phosphorylcholine-(meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester copolymer, (B) a di-long-chain cationic surfactant represented by formula (I) (wherein each R1 independently represents and alkyl group having 12-22 carbon atoms and 0-3 double bonds; each R2 independently represents an alkyl group having 1-3 carbon atoms and no double bond; and Y represents a halogen atom, a methosulfate or a methophosphate), and (C) one or more oil components selected from among hydrocarbon oils, ester oils and silicone oils.

Abstract: The invention provides an inorganic particle dispersion comprising a novel block copolymer capable of improving dispersibility of inorganic particles, particularly an inorganic particle dispersion for a cosmetic.

Abstract: The invention provides a hair cosmetic comprising a novel block copolymer capable of sustainably imparting properties such as slipperiness to hair. The hair cosmetic of the present invention comprises a block copolymer having a hydrophobic segment and a hydrophilic segment, wherein the hydrophobic segment has a monomer unit composed of at least one monomer selected from the following Formula 1 and Formula 2, wherein the hydrophilic segment has a monomer unit composed of a monomer of the following formula 3: where R1 is hydrogen or a methyl group, R2 is hydrogen or fluorine, m is an integer of 1 to 6, and n is an integer of 5 to 15, where R1 is hydrogen or a methyl group, R3 and R4 are each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, m is an integer of 1 to 6, and p is an integer of 5 to 70, where R1 is hydrogen or a methyl group, m is an integer of 1 to 6, and R5 are each independently a functional group that hydrolyzes and cross-links.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel oil thickener that can impart a thickening effect for oils used in cosmetics, and a novel oil-soluble copolymer that can be used as the thickener. The cosmetic oil thickener of the invention is an oil-soluble copolymer having a monomer unit composed of a hydrophilic monomer, a monomer unit composed of an easily-crystallizing hydrophobic monomer, and a monomer unit composed of a poorly-crystallizing hydrophobic monomer.

Abstract: A starting (raw) material, for cosmetics, comprising a core corona type microgel dispersion obtained by radical polymerization of a specific polyethylene oxide macromonomer, a specific hydrophobic monomer, and a specific cross-linking monomer under specific conditions. The purpose of the present invention is to provide the raw material for cosmetics, with which the cosmetic having a high stability provides a good feeling in use and does not cause skin irritation, can be easily produced.

Abstract: An image feature map generating unit (3) generates, on the basis of feature amounts extracted from a plurality of images successively captured by a camera (109), an image feature map which is an estimated distribution of the object likelihood on each of the images. An object detecting unit (4) detects an object on the basis of the image feature map generated by the image feature map generating unit (3).

Abstract: Included are: an image acquiring unit acquiring a determination target image in which a target object to be inspected is captured; a learning result acquiring unit acquiring a result of machine learning of forward domain conversion of an image or inverse domain conversion of an image performed using a normal image in which the target object in a normal state is captured as training data; a determination target image analysis unit obtaining a domain-converted image by sequentially performing forward domain conversion and inverse domain conversion on the determination target image using the result of the machine learning; and a determination unit determining whether or not an abnormality is occurring in the target object captured in the determination target image by comparing the determination target image and the domain-converted image.

Abstract: Copolymers derived from hydrophobic monomers of formula (1), and hydrophilic monomers of formulas (2) and (3), are provided The copolymers are useful as gelling agents for oils used in cosmetics and cosmetic emulsions.

Abstract: A singlet oxygen scavenger includes, as an active component, hexyl diethyl amino hydroxy benzoyl benzoate, 1-(4-methoxy phenyl)-3-(4-tert-butyl phenyl)-1, 3-propanedione, terephthalylidene-3,3?-dicamphor-10,10?-disulfonate, 2-ethyl hexyl 4-methoxy cinnamate, or 2-ethyl hexyl 2-cyano-3,3-diphenyl acrylate; or 2-phenyl benzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid, 4,4?,4?-[(1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triyl) tris (imino)]trisbenzoic acid tris (2-ethyl hexyl), octyl salicylate, or 3,3,5-trimethyl cyclohexyl salicylate; or 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-5-(sodiooxysulfonyl) benzophenone, drometrizol trisiloxane, 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy benzophenone, or 4-methyl benzylidene camphor.

Abstract: The present invention provides an oil-based cosmetic that can easily be washed out with warm water and is excellent in water resistance. The oil-based cosmetic of the present invention is characterized by comprising (a) to (c): (a) 1 to 25 mass % of a block-type alkylene oxide derivative represented by the below-described formula (I) (b) 1 to 15 mass % of a siliconized pullulan and/or trimethylsiloxysilicic acid (c) 10 mass % or less of water R1O—[(EO)p(PO)q(EO)r]—R2??(I) (In the above formula, EO is an oxyethylene group and PO is an oxypropylene group. The symbols p, q, and r are the average addition mole numbers, and they are p?1, r?1, 10?p+r?70, and 10?q?60. R1 and R2 are either identical or different and they are either a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms.

Abstract: An object detection device includes: an optical flow calculator to calculate an optical flow between images captured by the image capturer at different times; an evaluation value calculator to divide the image captured by the image capturer into areas, and calculate, for each divided area, an evaluation value by using the optical flows of pixels belonging to the divided area, the evaluation value indicating a measure of a possibility that the divided area is an object area representing part or whole of the object to be detected; and an area determinator to determine an area in an image, in which the object to be detected exists, by comparing the evaluation value of each divided area calculated by the evaluation value calculator with a threshold value.

Abstract: A cosmetic is characterized by containing a polymer which is produced by polymerizing a fluorine atom-containing monomer represented by formula (I) (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; m is an integer of 0 or 1 to 4; and n is an integer of 1 to 12), (B) a betaine monomer represented by formula (II) (wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R4 and R5 independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; p represents an integer of 1 to 4: and q represents an integer of 1 to 4) and (C) a monomer component containing an alkyl (meth)acrylate represented by formula (III) (wherein R6 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and R7 represents an alkyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms) with one another.

Abstract: Included are a parameter deriving unit (13) for deriving, based on sensor data indicating an object group detected by sensors (401, 402, . . . , 40p) and having information regarding a spatial feature quantity using a real space as a reference, a state parameter indicating a state feature quantity of the object group indicated by the sensor data, and a crowd state predicting unit (14) for creating, on the basis of the state parameter derived by the parameter deriving unit (13), predicted data predicting a state of the object group.

Abstract: An information processing unit (32) collects accident information from a vehicle-mounted device (2) existing in a periphery of a site of an accident indicated by accident information stored in a storage unit (31), by controlling a communication unit (30).

Abstract: An image feature map generating unit (3) generates, on the basis of feature amounts extracted from a plurality of images successively captured by a camera (109), an image feature map which is an estimated distribution of the object likelihood on each of the images. An object detecting unit (4) detects an object on the basis of the image feature map generated by the image feature map generating unit (3).

Abstract: When a randomly-accessible inter picture is encoded, a prediction image generator sets a reference picture from among a plurality of randomly-accessible intra pictures, and performs a motion-compensated prediction using the set reference picture for a prediction process, and a variable length encoding unit 13 encodes both picture position information showing the position of the reference picture, and identification information showing that the randomly-accessible inter picture is randomly accessible, and multiplexes encoded data about both the picture position information and the identification information into a bitstream.

Abstract: An image encoding device includes an encoder that encodes a first field of a specific frame as an intra picture which is predicted by using only an ultra prediction, and that encodes the first field of the above-described specific frame, a second field of the above-described specific frame, a picture whose encoding order is later than that of the first field of the above-described specific frame later and whose display order is earlier than that of the first field, and another picture whose encoding order and also display order are later than those of the first field of the above-described specific frame in order of those pictures, and a multiplexer that multiplexes information showing that the first field of the above-described specific frame is a picture, in a bitstream, at which decoding can be started into the above-described bitstream.

Abstract: An object detection device includes: an optical flow calculator to calculate an optical flow between images captured by the image capturer at different times; an evaluation value calculator to divide the image captured by the image capturer into areas, and calculate, for each divided area, an evaluation value by using the optical flows of pixels belonging to the divided area, the evaluation value indicating a measure of a possibility that the divided area is an object area representing part or whole of the object to be detected; and an area determinator to determine an area in an image, in which the object to be detected exists, by comparing the evaluation value of each divided area calculated by the evaluation value calculator with a threshold value.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus (10) includes an image analyzer (12) that analyzes an input image to detect one or more objects appearing in the input image, and estimates quantities of one or more spatial features of the detected one or more objects; and a descriptor generator (13) that generates one or more spatial descriptors representing the estimated quantities of the one or more spatial features.

Abstract: A cosmetic is characterized by containing a polymer which is produced by polymerizing a fluorine atom-containing monomer represented by formula (I) (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; m is an integer of 0 or 1 to 4; and n is an integer of 1 to 12), (B) a betaine monomer represented by formula (II) (wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R4 and R5 independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; p represents an integer of 1 to 4: and q represents an integer of 1 to 4) and (C) a monomer component containing an alkyl (meth)acrylate represented by formula (III) (wherein R6 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and R7 represents an alkyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms) with one another.