Abstract: Provided is a technique for improving a cooked-rice food product. A cooked-rice food product is improved by using the following component (A): (A) Bacillus licheniformis-derived ?-amylase.

Abstract: A management device allows: an information acquisition unit to acquire information that identifies an unmanned aerial vehicle that is an investigation target; a flight position determination unit to determine a flight position of the unmanned aerial vehicle that is the investigation target at a certain point in time; a search unit to search for one or more other unmanned aerial vehicles having a photographing function and positioned around the unmanned aerial vehicle that is the investigation target at the certain point in time; and an acquisition assist processing unit to assist acquisition of photographed data taken by the one or more other unmanned aerial vehicles that are searched for. Further, the management device may perform the above processing using communications through a blockchain network to cooperate with the blockchain network.

Abstract: In an information management system that manages encrypted personal information on a user stored in a storage device, a personal information appropriateness/inappropriateness determination section determines whether or not the personal information stored in the storage device is appropriate when access permission information is received from a user terminal used by the user, the access permission information instructing that a requesting entity requesting the personal information be permitted to access the personal information. A personal information access management section enables the requesting entity to access the personal information stored in the storage device when it is determined by the personal information appropriateness/inappropriateness determination section that the personal information stored in the storage device is appropriate.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle uses a calculation unit to calculate a distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and a controller, uses a search unit to search for an available moving body communication line when the distance exceeds a predetermined threshold in a case where the unmanned aerial vehicle and the controller are directly communicating with each other, and uses a communication continuation processing unit to perform predetermined processing for continuing the communication depending on a search result. The unmanned aerial vehicle, the controller, and the management device may be linked to a block-chain network by communication via the block-chain network in association with processing.

Abstract: Appropriately sharing user information. An information sharing system includes: a specific information acquisition unit that acquires specific information of each terminal from a plurality of user terminals which are carried by users; a user information acquisition unit that acquires user information from the plurality of user terminals; an information management unit that encrypts the user information that is acquired by the user information acquisition unit on the basis of the specific information that is acquired by the specific information acquisition unit; a state acquisition unit that acquires the specific information of a user terminal that accesses a network including a sharing device from the sharing device that is a terminal other than the user terminals; and a sharing unit that shares the user information by decoding the user information that is encrypted by the information management unit with the specific information that is acquired by the state acquisition unit.

Abstract: Determination related to an occupant of a moving body is performed in more detail. A determination device includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires facility-side access information that includes specific information of each terminal that accesses a network in a facility; a second acquisition unit that acquires moving body-side access information that includes specific information of each terminal that accesses a network in a moving body; and a determination unit that compares the specific information included in the facility-side access information, and the specific information included in the moving body-side access information to determine whether or not a plurality of the terminals which access the network in the moving body are terminals having a predetermined correlation.

Abstract: In an information management system that manages encrypted personal information on a user stored in a storage device, a personal information appropriateness/inappropriateness determination section determines whether or not the personal information stored in the storage device is appropriate when access permission information is received from a user terminal used by the user, the access permission information instructing that a requesting entity requesting the personal information be permitted to access the personal information. A personal information access management section enables the requesting entity to access the personal information stored in the storage device when it is determined by the personal information appropriateness/inappropriateness determination section that the personal information stored in the storage device is appropriate.

Abstract: A management device allows: an information acquisition unit to acquire environmental data acquired by an unmanned aerial vehicle during flight, the environmental data enabling determination of a three-dimensional position of a certain environment; a path determination unit to determine the three-dimensional position of the certain environment on the basis of the environmental data and to determine a recommended flight path of another unmanned aerial vehicle on the basis of the three-dimensional position determined; and an information management unit to provide information on the recommended flight path determined to a controller of the unmanned aerial vehicle.

Abstract: A management device allows: an information acquisition unit to acquire information that identifies an unmanned aerial vehicle that is an investigation target; a flight position determination unit to determine a flight position of the unmanned aerial vehicle that is the investigation target at a certain point in time; a search unit to search for one or more other unmanned aerial vehicles having a photographing function and positioned around the unmanned aerial vehicle that is the investigation target at the certain point in time; and an acquisition assist processing unit to assist acquisition of photographed data taken by the one or more other unmanned aerial vehicles that are searched for. Further, the management device may perform the above processing using communications through a blockchain network to cooperate with the blockchain network.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle uses a calculation unit to calculate a distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and a controller, uses a search unit to search for an available moving body communication line when the distance exceeds a predetermined threshold in a case where the unmanned aerial vehicle and the controller are directly communicating with each other, and uses a communication continuation processing unit to perform predetermined processing for continuing the communication depending on a search result. The unmanned aerial vehicle, the controller, and the management device may be linked to a block-chain network by communication via the block-chain network in association with processing.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes epitaxially growing a carrier-transport layer of a first conductivity type on a substrate of silicon carbide; irradiating the carrier-transport layer with a first light having a wavelength equal to or less than an absorption-edge wavelength of silicon carbide at a temperature of less than 400 degrees Celsius so as to expand a stacking fault originating from a basal plane dislocation which are propagated from the substrate to the carrier-transport layer; heating the carrier-transport layer in which the stacking fault has expanded so as to shrink the stacking fault, at a shrinking temperature of 400 degrees Celsius or more and 1000 degrees Celsius or less; and forming a carrier-injection region of a second conductivity type on the carrier-transport layer, the carrier-injection region injects carriers into the carrier-transport layer.

Abstract: Provided is an onboard terminal including a vehicle data reception part configured to receive a failure code for identifying a failure occurred in a vehicle, a current position of the vehicle, and vehicle operation information from the vehicle, a failure information recording part configured to record failure information including at least one position of the conveyance before timing of occurrence of the failure and at least one position of the conveyance after the timing of the occurrence of the failure and the vehicle operation information, and a failure information providing command part configured to give a command, in accordance with an operation of the user, to a data server managing the failure information to provide the failure information to a repairer undertaking a repair of the vehicle through an electric communication line.

Abstract: An accommodation facility management system includes a power use mode recognizing section that recognizes a power use mode in a private accommodation facility by a user of the private accommodation facility, and an electricity use plan selecting section that selects an electricity use plan of the private accommodation facility for a period of use of the private accommodation facility by the user, based on the power use mode recognized by the power use mode recognizing section.

Abstract: A vehicle condition recognition module recognizes conditions of a plurality of rental candidate vehicles. An expected utilization mode recognition module recognizes an expected utilization mode that is a utilization mode of a rental vehicle that a user expects. A rental vehicle selection module selects one of rental candidate vehicles that can be used according to the expected utilization mode based on the conditions of the plurality of rental candidate vehicles recognized by the vehicle condition recognition module as a rental vehicle for the user.

Abstract: A desired get-on condition acquisition module acquires a desired get-on condition including a first area and a first time at which a user desires to get on a public service vehicle. A desired get-off condition acquisition module acquires a desired get-off condition including a second area and a second time at which the user desires to get off the public service vehicle. An applicable public service mobile body extraction module extracts an applicable public service vehicle based on operation information of the public service vehicle, the desired get-on condition and the desired get-off condition, the applicable public service vehicle being a public service mobile body scheduled to operate in such a manner that the user can get on the public service mobile body at the first time within the first area and can get off the public service mobile body at the second time within the second area.

Abstract: Provided is an onboard terminal including a vehicle data reception part configured to receive a failure code for identifying a failure occurred in a vehicle, a current position of the vehicle, and vehicle operation information from the vehicle, a failure information recording part configured to record failure information including at least one position of the conveyance before timing of occurrence of the failure and at least one position of the conveyance before the timing of the occurrence of the failure and the vehicle operation information, and a failure information providing command part configured to give a command, in accordance with an operation of the user, to a data server managing the failure information to provide the failure information to a repairer undertaking a repair of the vehicle through an electric communication line.

Abstract: A car data management system is configured to include an on-vehicle terminal that transmits collected data collected from a car to a data server which transmits data encrypted in a decryptable manner, a user terminal, a demander terminal that inquires the user terminal about permission/non-permission for decryption of the encrypted collected data, and an ID management terminal that manages a decryption key for the collected data. When permission for decryption in response to the inquiry about permission/non-permission for decryption is inputted to the user terminal, the ID management terminal transmits the decryption key to the demander terminal.

Abstract: A data delivery control device is configured to comprise: a user data management unit which manages collected data containing information concerning a car and information on a user's act of the car; a demand value management unit which manages a demand value for the collected data which is demanded for by a demander; a data comparison unit which compares the collected data with the demand value; a provision permission/non-permission acquisition unit which, if demand-matched data which matches with the demand value is included in the collected data, obtains the user's permission/non-permission to provide the demand-matched data; and a data transmission control unit which transmits the demand-matched data to allow the demander to obtain the demand-matched data according to the user's permission/non-permission.

Abstract: Determination related to an occupant of a moving body is performed in more detail. A determination device includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires facility-side access information that includes specific information of each terminal that accesses a network in a facility; a second acquisition unit that acquires moving body-side access information that includes specific information of each terminal that accesses a network in a moving body; and a determination unit that compares the specific information included in the facility-side access information, and the specific information included in the moving body-side access information to determine whether or not a plurality of the terminals which access the network in the moving body are terminals having a predetermined correlation.

Abstract: Appropriately sharing user information. An information sharing system includes: a specific information acquisition unit that acquires specific information of each terminal from a plurality of user terminals which are carried by users; a user information acquisition unit that acquires user information from the plurality of user terminals; an information management unit that encrypts the user information that is acquired by the user information acquisition unit on the basis of the specific information that is acquired by the specific information acquisition unit; a state acquisition unit that acquires the specific information of a user terminal that accesses a network including a sharing device from the sharing device that is a terminal other than the user terminals; and a sharing unit that shares the user information by decoding the user information that is encrypted by the information management unit with the specific information that is acquired by the state acquisition unit.