Abstract: An image processing system comprises: a reading unit configured to optically read a printed material, on which drawing information of an original image is multiplexed, to acquire read image data; an extraction unit configured to extract the drawing information from the read image data acquired by the reading unit; an acquisition unit configured to acquire original image data representing the original image based on the drawing information extracted by the extraction unit; a correction unit configured to compare the read image data with the original image data, and correct the original image data based on a result of the comparison; and a saving unit configured to save, as a result of reading the printed material, the corrected original image data corrected by the correction unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: a decision unit configured to decide a first color mapping method to a print color gamut for a first partial original based on a pixel value included in the first partial original and the print color gamut of a print unit and decide a second color mapping method to a print color gamut for a second partial original based on a pixel value included in the second partial original and the print color gamut of the print unit; and a color conversion unit configured to perform color conversion of the first partial original by the first color mapping method decided, and perform color conversion of the second partial original by the second color mapping method decided.

Abstract: A controller for an inhalation apparatus, which operates by electric power supplied from a power supply, includes a holding portion configured to hold an atomizer including a heater configured to generate flavored aerosol from a generation source of an aerosol source, a nonvolatile display; and a processor configured to control update of display of the nonvolatile display, wherein the processor determines whether to perform the update in response to occurrence of a factor for changing a remaining amount of the generation source.

Abstract: Provided is a mobile object control device including a storage medium storing a computer-readable command and a processor connected to the storage medium, the processor executing the computer-readable command to: acquire a photographed image, which is obtained by photographing surroundings of a mobile object by a camera mounted on the mobile object, and an input instruction sentence, which is input by a user of the mobile object; detect a stop position of the mobile object corresponding to the input instruction sentence in the photographed image by inputting at least the photographed image and the input instruction sentence into a trained model including a pre-trained visual-language model, the trained model being trained so as to receive input of at least an image and an instruction sentence to output a stop position of the mobile object corresponding to the instruction sentence in the image; and cause the mobile object to travel to the stop position.

Abstract: A coarse crusher includes a coarsely crushing unit configured to coarsely crush a sheet piece having an elongated shape, a hopper configured to feed the sheet piece to the coarsely crushing unit through a feed opening, and a posture adjuster configured to adjust posture of the sheet piece. The hopper includes two guide plates facing each other with the feed opening therebetween and configured to guide the sheet piece to the coarsely crushing unit and two coupling plates coupling the two guide plates. The posture adjuster includes a protrusion disposed on at least one of the coupling plates and protruding toward an inner side of the hopper. The posture adjuster is configured to come in contact with the sheet piece being coarsely crushed to adjust the posture of a portion of the sheet piece that is remote from the coarsely crushing unit.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a power supply that supplies electric power to a heating unit, and a control unit that controls the supply of electric power in accordance with a control sequence consisting of sections including a first section and a second section. The control sequence designates a first time length for the first section and a second time length for the second section. The control unit terminates the first section when the temperature of the heating unit has reached a predetermined temperature and, in a case of terminating the first section earlier than a first time point, continues the second section over a total time of a residual time until the first time point and the second time length.

Abstract: A field device case is a metal field device case where a lead-in part for drawing a cable including an outer shield is provided on a tubular circumferential wall. The field device case includes: a first inner surface which is formed away from an opening end surface of the field device case in an axial direction orthogonal to the opening end surface; a second inner surface which is formed farther away from the opening end surface than the first inner surface in the axial direction; and a cable fixing member which is fixed to the first inner surface and allows the outer shield of the cable drawn by the lead-in part to be in contact with the second inner surface.

Abstract: A web transportation apparatus includes a mesh belt configured to be rotated to transport a web formed of a dry deposited material containing fibers and a striking member configured to strike a return section of the mesh belt to remove the material attached to the mesh belt. The striking member includes a striking bar and a striking lever. The striking bar is reciprocated to strike the mesh belt.

Abstract: A control system comprises a travel control unit configured to cause a moving body to travel to a designated place designated by a dispatch request, in response to the dispatch request from a user. Interactive communication is performed between the user and the moving body via a mobile terminal held by the user, before the moving body reaches the designated place. Image data in which surroundings of the designated place are captured by an imaging unit is acquired, after the moving body has reached the designated place as a result of the interactive communication. Information that has been transmitted from the user in the interactive communication is evaluated, based on the image data that has been acquired.

Abstract: A system including an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a user via a communication device associated with the user, target object data including a feature of a target object selected by the user, an analysis unit configured to analyze whether the target object data that has been acquired by the acquisition unit includes, as the feature, at least one of data of a proper noun or data of a character string related to the target object, and whether the target object data includes data of a color related to the target object, and an estimation unit configured to estimate a distance from the target object to the user, based on an analysis result of the analysis unit, wherein the estimation unit estimates the distance from the target object to the user such that the distance from the target object to the user in a case where the target object data includes at least one of the data of the proper noun or the data of the character string is shorter than the distance from the target object to the user in a ca

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound that is useful for the treatment and prophylaxis of rabies. The present disclosure provides a compound represented by formula XXIIF or formula XXIIB: wherein R1, R2A, R2B, R3, and R4 are defined in the specification, a solvent, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, use of such a compound, solvate, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the treatment or prophylaxis of rabies and cancer, a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound, solvate, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a method for the treatment or prophylaxis of rabies and cancer using the same.

Abstract: A positioning system comprising a camera that captures an image is provided. The system identifies a destination position that is a three-dimensional position of a destination on a basis of the image including a person, and estimates three-dimensional positions of two key points of the person. In a case where an intersection between a line connecting the two key points and a ground is within a predetermined range from the person, the intersection is identified as the destination position. In a case where the intersection between the line connecting the two key points and the ground is not within the predetermined range from the person, a position of an object target existing within a predetermined distance from the line is identified as the destination position, from among object targets identified from the image.

Abstract: This shock absorber includes a first damping force generation mechanism provided in a passage of a piston, and a second damping force generation mechanism provided in a piston rod. The second damping force generation mechanism includes a valve seat member, a sub-valve provided in the valve seat member, and a cap member covering one end side of the second damping force generation mechanism and at least a part of an outer circumference of the valve seat member. A communication passage is formed on one end side of the cap member. A biasing member provided so that one end surface side is in contact with an outer circumferential side of the cap member with respect to the communication passage, and a bendable flexible disc provided so that the other end surface side of the biasing member is in contact therewith.

Abstract: Provided is a lead storage battery provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolytic solution, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and non-woven fabric. The non-woven fabric includes fibers and a filler, and is disposed between the positive electrode and the separator. The separator is provided with a rib formed in a protruding shape from a base portion on the positive electrode side. The relation T/R, which is between the thickness T of the non-woven fabric and the height R from the base portion of the separator taken as a starting point to the top of the rib, is 0.10-11.

Abstract: A thermal analysis apparatus includes: a cylindrical heating furnace extending in an axial direction; a weight detector arranged on a rear-end side in the axial direction of the cylindrical heating furnace and including levers extending in the axial direction to detect a weight; a connecting portion for connecting the cylindrical heating furnace and the weight detector to communicate an internal space of the cylindrical heating furnace with an internal space of the weight detector and positioning the levers from the weight detector into the cylindrical heating furnace; sample holding portions connected to tip ends of the levers and arranged inside the cylindrical heating furnace and holding a sample; resistance heaters arranged to cover the weight detector and energized by an electric current of 6 A or less; and a heater control part for controlling an energization state of the resistance heaters to maintain the weight detector at a constant temperature.

Abstract: A web transportation apparatus includes a mesh belt configured to be rotated to transport a web formed of a dry deposited material containing fibers and a striking member configured to strike a return section of the mesh belt to remove the material attached to the mesh belt. The striking member includes a striking bar and a striking lever. The striking bar is reciprocated to strike the mesh belt.

Abstract: Laminated glass includes: an outer glass plate having a first side and a second side; an inner glass plate that is arranged opposing the outer glass plate and has substantially the same shape as a shape of the outer glass plate; and an intermediate layer arranged between the outer and the inner glass, wherein the intermediate layer has a heat-generating layer including: a first bus bar that extends along an end portion closer to the first side; a second bus bar that extends along an end portion closer to the second side; and a plurality of heating lines arranged so as to connect the first bus bar and the second bus bar to each other, and when a predetermined voltage is applied between the first and second bus bars, an amount of heat generated per unit length of each of the heating lines is 2.0 W/m or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds useful in the treatment and prevention of rabies. The present disclosure provides compounds represented by formula XXIF or XXIB [in the formulas, R1, R2A, R2B, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification], solvates or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, the use of these compounds, solvates or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof to treat or prevent rabies, pharmaceutical compositions including these compounds, solvates or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and a method for treating and preventing rabies using the same.

Abstract: A control device controls a display device capable of displaying visual information for a passenger of a moving body, in two or more display regions. The control device causes adjacent target regions of the display regions to change from a display state in which the information is displayed to a display restricted state in which display is restricted, according to a predetermined order, when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The control device determines the target regions and the order, based on a traveling direction of the moving body at the time when the condition is satisfied or a traveling direction of the moving body that is predicted after the time when the condition is satisfied.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that estimates an instruction position for a moving body used by a user acquires utterance information regarding the instruction position including a visual mark from a communication device used by the user. The information processing apparatus acquires a captured image captured by the moving body and determines an object region in the captured image corresponding to the visual mark included in the utterance information. The information apparatus estimates the instruction position based on the object region.