Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus, including a control unit, configured to control a control target by a machine learned control model to output an operation amount of the control target according to a state of equipment having the control target provided therein; a prediction unit, configured to predict a future state of the equipment; an adjusting unit, configured to adjust the operation amount based on a predicted result; and an output unit, configured to output an adjusted operation amount to the control target.

Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus comprising a control unit configured to control a control target by a control model machine-learned so as to output an operation amount of the control target according to a state of equipment provided with the control target; a simulation unit configured to simulate, by using a simulation model, the state of the equipment in a case where the operation amount, which is output by the control model, is given to the control target; and a stop unit configured to stop control of the control target by the control model, based on a simulation result.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided, which includes a setting unit for setting an operation content for a manufacturing system configured to manufacture an object to be manufactured, a first acquisition unit for acquiring a posterior state parameter set indicating a state of at least one of the manufacturing system or the object to be manufactured after the operation content is set, and a learning processing unit for executing, by using learning data including the operation content and the posterior state parameter set, a learning process of a control model of the manufacturing system configured to output the operation content that increases a reward value determined by a preset reward function in response to input of a state parameter set indicating a state of at least one of the manufacturing system or the object to be manufactured.

Abstract: A trigger switch used in electric devices such as various types of electric tools may be provided that drives a drive unit, such as a drive motor of the electric device, by pushing a trigger. A trigger switch includes a mode switching lever that switches between a constant speed mode in which the drive unit is driven at constant speed and a shift mode in which the drive unit is driven by an output corresponding to a pushing amount of a trigger. Further, the mode switching lever includes a regulating portion that regulates the pushing amount of the trigger according to the switched mode.

Abstract: There is provided a control apparatus including: a model output acquisition unit configured to acquire an operation model output which is output according to inputting state data indicating a state of a facility, to an operation model trained by machine learning to output an action in accordance with the state of the facility by using simulation data from a simulator that simulates an operation in the facility; an index acquisition unit configured to acquire an index which is calculated by using real data from the facility and which is for monitoring a difference between a behavior of the simulator and an actual operation in the facility; a correction unit configured to correct the operation model output based on the index; and a control unit configured to output a manipulated variable for controlling a control target provided in the facility, according to the corrected operation model output.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus including a supply unit suppling a value of a state parameter to an operation model outputting a recommendation value of a control parameter of a piece of equipment in response to a value of a state parameter relating to the piece of equipment being input; a control parameter acquisition unit acquiring a recommendation value of a control parameter output from the operation model in response to the supply unit supplying a value of a state parameter to the operation model; an acquisition unit acquiring a model evaluation value corresponding to a result of having operated the piece of equipment according to the recommendation value acquired by the control parameter acquisition unit; and an evaluation unit evaluating the operation model, based on the model evaluation value and a reference evaluation value corresponding to a result of having operated the piece of equipment through manipulation by a human.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus including: a first acquisition unit acquiring an operation plan of a piece of equipment, and at least identification information of a parameter among target setting data used for learning of an operation model operating the piece of equipment, the target setting data including identification information of a parameter for which a target range is to be set among parameters relating to the piece of equipment and a target range set for the parameter; and a first learning processing unit performing, by using learning data including the identification information of the parameter and the operation plan acquired by the first acquisition unit, learning processing of a target setting model outputting at least one of the identification information or the target range of the parameter among the target setting data that should be used for learning of the operation model, in response to the operation plan being input.

Abstract: Provided is an operation system including: an evaluation model generation apparatus configured to generate, by machine learning, an evaluation model configured to output an indicator indicating a result of evaluating a state in a piece of equipment with respect to an intended target based on an operation target in the piece of equipment and a state in the piece of equipment; an operation model generation apparatus configured to generate an operation model configured to output an action corresponding to the state in the piece of equipment, by reinforcement learning in which an output of the evaluation model is set as at least a part of a reward; and a control apparatus configured to apply, to a controlled object in the piece of equipment, a manipulated variable based on the action that is output by the operation model according to the state in the piece of equipment.

Abstract: A microswitch includes a contact chamber that accommodates a contact mechanism that opens and closes an electrical circuit; an enclosure that accommodates the contact chamber; and a pressing component that accepts a pressure external to the enclosure. The pressing component may include an insertion part that is inserted into an insertion hole in the contact chamber and acts on the contact mechanism, the insertion part receiving a pressure external thereto and moving from a first side that is outward of the enclosure to a second side that is inward of the enclosure. The pressing component may include a shielding part that shields the insertion hole from the contact chamber side, the shielding part being larger than the insertion hole in a direction orthogonal to an insertion direction to block the insertion hole.

Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus comprising a control unit configured to control a control target by a control model machine-learned so as to output an operation amount of the control target according to a state of equipment provided with the control target; a simulation unit configured to simulate, by using a simulation model, the state of the equipment in a case where the operation amount, which is output by the control model, is given to the control target; and a stop unit configured to stop control of the control target by the control model, based on a simulation result.

Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus, including a control unit, configured to control a control target by a machine learned control model to output an operation amount of the control target according to a state of equipment having the control target provided therein; a prediction unit, configured to predict a future state of the equipment; an adjusting unit, configured to adjust the operation amount based on a predicted result; and an output unit, configured to output an adjusted operation amount to the control target.

Abstract: Provided is a determination apparatus comprising: a state data acquisition unit configured to acquire state data indicative of a state of equipment provided with a control target; an operation amount data acquisition unit configured to acquire operation amount data indicative of an operation amount of the control target; a control model generation unit configured to generate a control model, which outputs the operation amount corresponding to the state of the equipment, by machine learning by using the state data and the operation amount data; a simulation unit configured to simulate, by using a simulation model, the state of the equipment in a case where the operation amount, which is output by the control model, is given to the control target; and a determination unit configured to determine whether control of the control target by the control model is possible, based on a simulation result.

Abstract: A trigger switch that is used in electric devices such as various types of electric tools may be provided that drives a drive unit, such as a drive motor of the electric device, by pushing a trigger. A trigger switch includes a mode switching lever that switches between a constant speed mode in which the drive unit is driven at constant speed and a shift mode in which the drive unit is driven by an output corresponding to a pushing amount of a trigger. Further, the mode switching lever includes a regulating portion that regulates the pushing amount of the trigger according to the switched mode.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided, which includes a setting unit for setting an operation content for a manufacturing system configured to manufacture an object to be manufactured, a first acquisition unit for acquiring a posterior state parameter set indicating a state of at least one of the manufacturing system or the object to be manufactured after the operation content is set, and a learning processing unit for executing, by using learning data including the operation content and the posterior state parameter set, a learning process of a control model of the manufacturing system configured to output the operation content that increases a reward value determined by a preset reward function in response to input of a state parameter set indicating a state of at least one of the manufacturing system or the object to be manufactured.

Abstract: A microswitch includes a contact chamber that accommodates a contact mechanism that opens and closes an electrical circuit; an enclosure that accommodates the contact chamber; and a pressing component that accepts a pressure external to the enclosure. The pressing component may include an insertion part that is inserted into an insertion hole in the contact chamber and acts on the contact mechanism, the insertion part receiving a pressure external thereto and moving from a first side that is outward of the enclosure to a second side that is inward of the enclosure. The pressing component may include a shielding part that shields the insertion hole from the contact chamber side, the shielding part being larger than the insertion hole in a direction orthogonal to an insertion direction to block the insertion hole.

Abstract: A device information providing apparatus includes: a central processing unit (CPU) that: transmits an acquisition request for acquiring a first data to a device installed in a plant; and provides, to a control apparatus for controlling the plant, second data output from the device, wherein the second data is acquired by performing a predetermined process for the first data detected by the device; and a storage that stores the first data output from the device based on the acquisition request. The CPU further provides the first data stored in the storage to outside of the device information providing apparatus based on a use request input from the outside.