Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having a first outlet and a second outlet, a first channel communicating with the first outlet, a second channel communicating with the second outlet, a tank unit configured to hold water for cooling first air and second air, the first air flowing through the first channel, the second air flowing through the second channel, a cooling unit configured to cool the first air by heat of vaporization of water held in the tank unit, a water supply channel for supplying water held in the tank unit to the cooling unit, and a water recovery channel for collecting water remaining in the cooling unit to the tank unit.

Abstract: A technique of estimating, based on a camera image captured from a mobile object, the position coordinates of an ambient object or the mobile object itself is offered. A plurality of camera images that are captured at different geographical locations and contain at least one identical stationary object are acquired; position coordinates of the imaging locations of the corresponding camera images are acquired; and the position coordinates of the stationary object are estimated based on the position coordinates of the imaging locations and gaze vectors oriented from a camera to the stationary object in each of the camera images.

Abstract: A lane pricing technique for charging a mobile body traveling on a road for use of a lane is provided. A lane pricing device according to one embodiment is configured to: acquire from a mobile body traveling on a road, at least one of position information of a mobile body measured based on a positioning signal, and/or a camera image that is acquired by capturing an image from the mobile body and includes a part of a lane in which the mobile body is moving; specify, based on at least one of the position information and/or the camera image, a lane in which the mobile body is moving; acquire lane identification information for identifying a specified lane along with time information indicative of time when the mobile body is moving; and determine and output a toll to be charged to the mobile body in units of lanes based on the lane identification information and the time information.

Abstract: A data processing method according to an embodiment acquires data including a plurality of records, divides the data based on external condition identification information such as a user ID to generate data sets Di for respective external conditions, divides each of the data sets Di based on label information indicating whether the record corresponds to a positive label indicating that a predetermined event has occurred or a negative label indicating that the predetermined event has not occurred to generate two data sets Di+ and Di? for the respective label information, generates difference data for a combination of a record included in one data set of the two data sets and a record included in the other data set, combines the generated difference data to generate integrated data Dnew, performs statistical analysis using Dnew, and outputs a result of performing the statistical analysis.

Abstract: A sidewalk information generation device includes a thinning unit configured to perform thinning processing for extracting, from image data indicating an area of a sidewalk, a centerline in a width direction of the area of the sidewalk, a segmentation unit configured to perform segmentation processing for dividing the centerline extracted by the thinning unit in a longitudinal direction to generate a plurality of lines, and a vectorization unit configured to convert each of the plurality of lines generated by the segmentation unit to vector data indicating a coordinate sequence of a plurality of line segments.

Abstract: A sidewalk network information generation device in an embodiment includes a sidewalk centerline data storage device configured to store sidewalk centerline data indicating a plurality of sidewalk centerlines, a detection unit configured to detect an end point and a corner point of each of the plurality of sidewalk centerlines from the sidewalk centerline data stored in the sidewalk centerline data storage unit, and a link information generation unit configured to select, from among the end points and the corner points of the plurality of sidewalk centerlines detected by the detection unit, first coordinates indicating an end point or a corner point of a first sidewalk centerline and second coordinates indicating an end point or a corner point of a second sidewalk centerline within a certain distance from the first coordinates, and generate link information for linking the plurality of sidewalk centerlines on the basis of the selected first and second coordinates.

Abstract: A technology is provided whereby a lane can be correctly estimated without relying on lane markers. A shape indicating a road region is extracted from image data obtained by capturing images in the progression direction of a vehicle 6 and, on the basis of information indicating the shape, the angle of inclination for one contour line, the center-of-gravity coordinates for a diagram indicating the shape of the road region, the angle between two consecutive contour lines across one vertex of the diagram indicating the shape, and the area of the diagram indicating the shape are calculated as feature values for the shape of the road region. In addition, the lane in which the vehicle 6 is traveling can be estimated by determining whether or not the calculated feature values are included in a threshold value range preset for each lane.

Abstract: The traffic flow estimation apparatus acquires images and position information and speed information, the images being captured at different timings by a first moving object that is in motion in a target area and including a second moving object around the first moving object, the position information and speed information being of the first moving object at the timings; estimates a lane in which the second moving object is in motion; and estimates a traffic flow for each lane in the target area based on the speed information of the first moving object, the information indicative of a change over time of positions of the second moving object, and the lanes in which the first moving object and the second moving object are in motion.

Abstract: A stretchable raised electrode having a stretch property that can be used as a biological electrode for collecting biological signals while being pressed against a body is provided, and a method of manufacturing the stretchable raised electrode is provided. This raised electrode is a raised electrode formed by raising a surface of a sheet material having the stretch property. This raised electrode includes: a resin layer configured to be stretchable to follow the surface of the sheet material; and a plurality of conductive fibers each having an inserted portion, one end of which is inserted into the resin layer. The conductive fibers that are adjacent to one another are electrically in contact with one another at non-inserted portions into the resin layer, and the conductive fibers are formed in the resin layer so as to have such a density as causing an in-plane isotropic electric conductivity of an electrode region of the sheet material in which the conductive fibers are formed.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet-shape electrostatic sound pressure-electrical signal conversion device that is three-dimensionally deformable and has a low drive voltage. The sound pressure-electrical signal conversion device includes a polymer sheet sandwiched between a pair of electrodes facing each other, the polymer sheet is a dielectric film, at least one of the electrodes includes an insulating flexible substrate having a plurality of through-holes and a plurality of conductive fibers having one end fixed to the flexible substrate with a pressure sensitive adhesive, electrical conduction in an in-plane direction is formed by contact between the conductive fibers, the conductive fibers are vibrated by giving an electrical signal to the pair of electrodes or the conductive fibers are vibrated by receiving sound pressure to cause the pair of electrodes to output an electrical signal.

Abstract: The traffic flow estimation apparatus acquires images and position information and speed information, the images being captured at different timings by a first moving object that is in motion in a target area and including a second moving object around the first moving object, the position information and speed information being of the first moving object at the timings; estimates a lane in which the second moving object is in motion; and estimates a traffic flow for each lane in the target area based on the speed information of the first moving object, the information indicative of a change over time of positions of the second moving object, and the lanes in which the first moving object and the second moving object are in motion.

Abstract: According to one aspect, an information processing apparatus includes: a terrain data processing unit which performs a terrain data process of calculating a terrain coordinate group based on terrain data in which a position and a shape of an object are represented by a plurality of nodes or are represented by a plurality of nodes and a link between the nodes; and a selection processing unit which selects nodes adjacent or close to each other, indicated by the terrain coordinate group calculated by the terrain data processing unit, and selects a node suitable to calculate a width of the object from other nodes based on a positional relationship between the selected nodes and the other nodes.

Abstract: A stretchable contractible wiring sheet includes: stretchable contractible first elastomer sheet; stretchable contractible second elastomer sheet facing and bonded on the first elastomer sheet, and lead that has a transverse section having any cross-sectional shape selected from circular shape, elliptical shape, and track shape, and is plastically deformed in wavy shape periodically curving along longer direction, the lead being interposed between the first elastomer sheet and the second elastomer sheet in a manner that height direction of waves in wavy shape is along in-plane direction of facing surfaces of the first elastomer sheet and second elastomer sheet. The wiring sheet that can be produced easily at low costs, has high flexibility and durability, and undergoes small resistance value change along with stretching and contracting, and stretchable contractible touch sensor sheet.

Abstract: A crosswalk detection device according to an embodiment includes a processor, and the processor configured to perform image scanning processing for scanning aerial image data in unit of window, multiple line segment creation processing for creating a plurality of line segments corresponding to a distance based on a dimension of a crosswalk in any direction within a region scanned in the aerial image data, first calculation processing for calculating an absolute value of a first derivative value indicating a difference in brightness between both ends of the line segment and calculating an average value of the absolute value of the first derivative value for each angle, second calculation processing for calculating an absolute value of a second derivative value indicating a difference between a difference in brightness between a first end and an intermediate point of the line segment and a difference in brightness between the intermediate point and a second end of the line segment and calculating an average val

Abstract: A driving assistance device according to an embodiment includes a hardware processor and a memory, in which the hardware processor is configured to execute: acquiring image data captured in a vehicle and sensor data relating to a driving operation; converting an image in each frame included in the image data into an image feature amount indicated by the image; combining the image feature amount and the acquired sensor data; performing, based on the combined data, a learning process for a driving assistance information learning model used when a target value relating to the driving operation by a driver of the vehicle is generated from the image feature amount included in the combined data; and generating, when new image data captured in the running vehicle is acquired, the target value relating to the driving operation based on the image feature amount converted from the acquired new image data and the driving assistance information learning model.

Abstract: A technique of estimating, based on a camera image captured from a mobile object, the position coordinates of an ambient object or the mobile object itself is offered. A plurality of camera images that are captured at different geographical locations and contain at least one identical stationary object are acquired; position coordinates of the imaging locations of the corresponding camera images are acquired; and the position coordinates of the stationary object are estimated based on the position coordinates of the imaging locations and gaze vectors oriented from a camera to the stationary object in each of the camera images.

Abstract: A lane pricing technique for charging a mobile body traveling on a road for use of a lane is provided. A lane pricing device according to one embodiment is configured to: acquire from a mobile body traveling on a road, at least one of position information of a mobile body measured based on a positioning signal, and/or a camera image that is acquired by capturing an image from the mobile body and includes a part of a lane in which the mobile body is moving; specify, based on at least one of the position information and/or the camera image, a lane in which the mobile body is moving; acquire lane identification information for identifying a specified lane along with time information indicative of time when the mobile body is moving; and determine and output a toll to be charged to the mobile body in units of lanes based on the lane identification information and the time information.

Abstract: A technology is provided whereby a lane can be correctly estimated without relying on lane markers. A shape indicating a road region is extracted from image data obtained by capturing images in the progression direction of a vehicle 6 and, on the basis of information indicating the shape, the angle of inclination for one contour line, the center-of-gravity coordinates for a diagram indicating the shape of the road region, the angle between two consecutive contour lines across one vertex of the diagram indicating the shape, and the area of the diagram indicating the shape are calculated as feature values for the shape of the road region. In addition, the lane in which the vehicle 6 is traveling can be estimated by determining whether or not the calculated feature values are included in a threshold value range preset for each lane.

Abstract: A technology for allowing a facility highly likely to accept a request from a user to be more efficiently selected is provided.

Abstract: A sidewalk information generation device includes a thinning unit configured to perform thinning processing for extracting, from image data indicating an area of a sidewalk, a centerline in a width direction of the area of the sidewalk, a segmentation unit configured to perform segmentation processing for dividing the centerline extracted by the thinning unit in a longitudinal direction to generate a plurality of lines, and a vectorization unit configured to convert each of the plurality of lines generated by the segmentation unit to vector data indicating a coordinate sequence of a plurality of line segments.