Abstract: Bids on a power trading market can be performed to improve an economic balance of power generation plants and power companies. In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, a plant operation assistance system 10 that assists the operation of a thermal power plant 1101 and a pumped storage power plant 1102, which supply power to a power transmission network A, specifies a power amount that can be bid on a power trading market based on net reserve power of the power plants including another company's power generation plant 3001 when power sales on the power transmission network A drop, transmits bid data including the power amount to a power exchange system 20, and can transmit power from the power generation plant to a power transmission network B if contracted by the power exchange system 20.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable recording medium has an estimation model according to one aspect of the present invention recorded thereon, and the estimation model is included in a program to be executed by a computer and outputs output data estimated based on input data received. In response to receiving, as the input data, a change over time in an intensity of energy emitted from a sealing part of an object subjected to a sealing process through bonding, the estimation model estimates at least one of whether sealing of the object is good or whether the sealing of the object is defective and outputs an estimation result as the output data, the change over time being calculated based on an intensity of energy emitted at each of a first time point and a second time point that is later than the first time point.

Abstract: A determination device includes an imager that captures an image of an object subjected to a sealing process by use of an adhesive and that acquires a distribution of an intensity of energy emitted from the adhesive, and a determiner that calculates a change over time in the intensity of the energy emitted from the adhesive based on a first distribution indicating the distribution acquired from an image captured by the imager at a first time point and a second distribution indicating the distribution acquired from an image captured by the imager at a second time point later than the first time point and that determines the quality of sealing based on the calculated change over time.

Abstract: A device including a detector 200 for detecting position of a positive electrode 24 as a first electrode in terms of a packaged electrode having a bag-shaped separator 40 in which the positive electrode is provided, and stacking unit 112 and 122 for stacking the positive electrode 24 as the first electrode on a negative electrode 30 as a second electrode having a different polar characteristics from that of the positive electrode 24 as the first electrode on the basis of the position of the positive electrode 24 as the first electrode thus detected.

Abstract: An electrode position detection device detects a relative positional relationship between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, when a packaged electrode having the positive electrode disposed inside a bag-shaped separator and the negative electrode are alternately stacked. The device includes a light source, a camera, and a detector. The light source projects light that penetrates the separator and is reflected by the electrodes. The camera receives the light reflected by the positive electrode when the packaged positive electrode is on the uppermost layer and receives the light reflected by the negative electrode when the negative electrode is on the uppermost layer. The detector detects the relative positional relationship between the electrodes based on the results of light reception by the camera when the packaged positive electrode is on the uppermost layer and the results of light reception by the camera when the negative electrode is on the uppermost layer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are for contactless-printing on tablets that are supplied successively at random spacings in the conveyance direction, respectively in plural rows. The apparatus includes a hopper to supply tablets, a distributing unit to distribute the supplied tablets in plural rows, a conveyor to convey the tablets randomly with the random spacings in the conveyance direction and with the rows maintained, a detection camera to detect the tablets during conveyance, an inkjet printer to print on the tablets based on data detected by the detection camera, an inspection camera to check a printing state on the tablets, and a defective tablet rejection unit to reject a defective tablet during conveyance of the tablets based on the check result of the inspection camera.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tablet printing method and apparatus for contactless-printing on a large number of tablets that are supplied successively and randomly in a predetermined plurality of rows. The apparatus includes a hopper 2 to supply tablets, a distributing unit 3 to distribute the supplied tablets in a predetermined plurality of rows, a conveyor 4 to convey the distributed tablets randomly with the plurality of rows maintained, a detection line sensor camera 5 to detect the tablets during conveyance of the conveyor 4, an inkjet printer 6 to print on the tablets during conveyance based on data detected by the detection line sensor camera 5, an inspection line sensor camera 7 to check printing state on the tablets, and a defective rejection unit 9 to reject a defective during conveyance of the tablets in the plurality of rows based on the check result of the inspection line sensor camera 7.

Abstract: An electrode position detection device detects a relative positional relationship between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, when a packaged electrode having the positive electrode disposed inside a bag-shaped separator and the negative electrode are alternately stacked. The device includes a light source, a camera, and a detector. The light source projects light that penetrates the separator and is reflected by the electrodes. The camera receives the light reflected by the positive electrode when the packaged positive electrode is on the uppermost layer and receives the light reflected by the negative electrode when the negative electrode is on the uppermost layer. The detector detects the relative positional relationship between the electrodes based on the results of light reception by the camera when the packaged positive electrode is on the uppermost layer and the results of light reception by the camera when the negative electrode is on the uppermost layer.

Abstract: A device including a detector 200 for detecting position of a positive electrode 24 as a first electrode in terms of a packaged electrode having a bag-shaped separator 40 in which the positive electrode is provided, and stacking unit 112 and 122 for stacking the positive electrode 24 as the first electrode on a negative electrode 30 as a second electrode having a different polar characteristics from that of the positive electrode 24 as the first electrode on the basis of the position of the positive electrode 24 as the first electrode thus detected.

Abstract: A position detecting system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a moving machine capable of moving along a predetermined path, plural storage media configured to store position information and arranged in parallel along the path, and a reading unit provided on the moving machine side and configured to read the position information of the storage media arranged in a reading range corresponding to the reading unit.

Abstract: A position detecting system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a moving machine capable of moving along a predetermined path, plural storage media configured to store position information and arranged in parallel along the path, and a reading unit provided on the moving machine side and configured to read the position information of the storage media arranged in a reading range corresponding to the reading unit.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus has a light source, and a receiving apparatus has a solar battery for converting optical energy into electrical energy to power the receiving apparatus. The transmitting apparatus converts digital data into an optical signal and transmits the optical signal by using the light source. The receiving apparatus converts the optical signal back into the digital data based on an amount of electricity generated in accordance with the optical signal received by the solar battery.