Abstract: Hydrocarbon-type refrigerants tend to dissolve in refrigerating machine oils, which may result in a decrease in the viscosity of the refrigerating machine oils and cause excessive wear of the sliding portions inside the compressors. An air conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion valve, and an indoor heat exchanger are sequentially connected and a refrigerant is circulated. The compressor includes a sliding portion including a first bearing metal or an Oldham ring. At least one of two members slidable with each other in the sliding portion is formed of aluminum or aluminum alloy. The refrigerant circulating through the refrigerant circuit is a hydrocarbon-type refrigerant. A refrigerating machine oil used in the compressor has a refrigerant solubility of 30% or less at a pressure of 1.9 MPa and at a temperature of 60° C.

Abstract: A signal generation device that generates a waveform signal to cause a target object to generate a vibration according to a phenomenon. The device includes an envelope information acquisition unit that acquires first envelope information indicative of a first envelope of a first waveform signal corresponding to a first phenomenon, and second envelope information indicative of a second envelope of a second waveform signal corresponding to a second phenomenon. The device also includes a synthesis unit that generates a composite envelope obtained by synthesizing the envelopes based on the first envelope information and the second envelope information; and a modulation unit that modulates a force wave by the composite envelope to generate the waveform signal.

Abstract: The haptic device includes a housing and a vibration body accommodated in the housing. The haptic device includes a control device capable of presenting at least one of a tactile sensation and a force sensation to a user by controlling a vibration pattern of the vibration body. In addition, the haptic device includes a band including a first portion that is fixed to an outer surface of the housing. In the haptic device, a body of the user is able to be attached between an abutting portion of the band that is a portion different from the first portion, and a contact surface that is a part of the outer surface of the housing.

Abstract: A compressor includes a casing, a compression mechanism, and an insulating member. A refrigerating machine oil is stored in the casing. The compression mechanism is housed within the casing. The compression mechanism compresses a refrigerant. The insulating member is housed within the casing. The insulating member is formed of a polymer having an ester bond. The refrigerant includes a hydrocarbon as a main component. The refrigerant has a saturated water content of less than 0.3% by weight. The refrigerating machine oil has a saturated water content of 1.8% by weight or more. A refrigeration apparatus includes the compressor.

Abstract: A compressor is a compressor for a refrigeration cycle apparatus that performs a refrigeration cycle using a refrigerant containing a hydrofluoroolefin and a refrigeration oil containing a polyol ester or a polyvinyl ether. The compressor includes a sliding portion. The sliding portion is formed of an aluminum alloy containing from 5 wt % to 25 wt % of silicon. The refrigeration oil contains an acid scavenger or an oxygen scavenger and satisfies the following relational formula: total content (wt %) of acid scavenger and oxygen scavenger in refrigeration oil?(2.3+2.6×(hydrofluoroolefin content (wt %) in refrigerant)?1.6×(silicon content (wt %) in sliding portion))/100.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for a refrigeration machine capable of reducing a friction coefficient in friction between sliding members in a refrigeration machine, and a composition kit for a refrigeration machine for providing the composition for a refrigeration machine. A composition for a refrigeration machine of the present disclosure includes a refrigeration machine oil, nanodiamond particles dispersed in the refrigeration machine oil, and a dispersant. The refrigeration machine oil preferably contains a polyvinyl ether, a polyol ester, a polyalkylene glycol, an alkylbenzene, or a mineral oil. The composition kit for a refrigeration machine of the present disclosure includes a refrigeration machine oil (A) containing a base oil and nanodiamond particles dispersed in the base oil, and a refrigerant (B).

Abstract: A signal generation device that generates a waveform signal to cause a target object to generate a vibration according to a phenomenon. The device includes an envelope information acquisition unit that acquires first envelope information indicative of a first envelope of a first waveform signal corresponding to a first phenomenon, and second envelope information indicative of a second envelope of a second waveform signal corresponding to a second phenomenon. The device also includes a synthesis unit that generates a composite envelope obtained by synthesizing the envelopes based on the first envelope information and the second envelope information; and a modulation unit that modulates a force wave by the composite envelope to generate the waveform signal.

Abstract: A tactile sense is provided that gives an impression closer to a psychological impression intended to be given by the tactile sense. In an aspect, a signal generation device acquires external parameters including parameters indicative of sensory characteristics, and generates a waveform signal based on the external parameters to cause an object to vibrate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for force wave determination. A method includes receiving both first candidate information indicating a first candidate force wave as a candidate of a force wave and second candidate information indicating a second candidate force wave as a different candidate of the force wave; modulating the first candidate force wave and the second candidate force wave by the envelope based on the first candidate information and the second candidate information, respectively, to generate a first waveform signal and a second waveform signal; configuring the target object to generate a first candidate vibration based on the first waveform signal and a second candidate vibration based on the second waveform signal, respectively; receiving a selection of one of the first candidate vibration and the second candidate vibration; and determining the force wave based on the selection.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a konnyaku product in which scum causing smell and unpleasant taste is effectively reduced and that does not require a pretreatment for removing them, a production method therefor, and an alkaline coagulant suitable for the production of such a konnyaku. The object can be achieved by using, as an alkaline coagulant for konnyaku production, an alkaline solution containing non-reducing sugar, calcium hydroxide as an alkaline component for coagulation, and water, in which the non-reducing sugar and the calcium hydroxide are dissolved in the water.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a konnyaku product in which scum causing smell and unpleasant taste is effectively reduced and that does not require a pretreatment for removing them, a production method therefor, and an alkaline coagulant suitable for the production of such a konnyaku. The object can be achieved by using, as an alkaline coagulant for konnyaku production, an alkaline solution containing non-reducing sugar, calcium hydroxide as an alkaline component for coagulation, and water, in which the non-reducing sugar and the calcium hydroxide are dissolved in the water.

Abstract: Provided are: tofu-like food and soy milk containing fibrous material, each of which has good texture and flavor and enables simultaneous intake of almost all of nutritional components in soybeans, such as proteins, lipids, glucides, fibrous material, minerals, vitamin components, and isoflavone compounds. Also provided is a process for producing soy milk containing fibrous material, which comprises the steps of: (A) dissolving and dispersing dehulled soybean powdery material having a nitrogen solubility index of 75 to 90, a lipoxygenase value of 30 to 120, an n-hexanal content of 0.5 ppm to 2 ppm, and a peroxide value of 0.2 meq/kg to 3.0 meq/kg in water to obtain dispersion; (B) subjecting the dispersion to heat treatment at 120° C. to 160° C. for 1 to 600 seconds; and (C) after the step (B), cooling the dispersion to 100° C. or lower and subjecting the resultant dispersion to emulsification and dispersion treatment under a pressure of 25 MPa to 200 MPa to produce soy milk containing fibrous material.

Abstract: This technique relate to an image processing device, an image processing method, an imaging device, an electronic equipment, and a program which can provide a technique to execute a highly accurate global motion search process which is robust to a local moving subject, an illumination intensity change, and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a decode processing apparatus including, a plurality of decode processing section configured to decode moving picture data in units of a predetermined processing block, a distribution section configured such that when supplied with encoded moving picture data, the distribution section splits each of screens formed by the moving picture data into vertical bands in units of the processing block as the smallest unit in keeping with the number of the plurality of decode processing section, the distribution section further distributing the moving picture data belonging to each of the split vertical bands to a different one of the decode processing section, and a formation section configured to form the picture data of one screen when supplied with the decoded moving picture data from the plurality of decode processing section.

Abstract: This technique relate to an image processing device, an image processing method, an imaging device, an electronic equipment, and a program which can provide a technique to execute a highly accurate global motion search process which is robust to a local moving subject, an illumination intensity change, and the like.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a global motion estimation apparatus that performs global Motion Estimation on current and reference images and then outputs a Motion Vector, wherein the global motion estimation apparatus includes a motion estimation processing unit that has a function of executing an LK method two or more times across a whole screen to perform the global motion estimation between the current and reference images; and the motion estimation processing unit obtains a set of motion vectors based on at least information about pixel value variations and information in which a calculation result of an arbitrary calculation expression is added across a whole screen in first motion estimation, and determines whether to perform addition on each pixel according to a set condition when obtaining the at least information, and obtains and outputs a new set of motion vectors as a result of a second LK method when the condition is satisfied in second motion estimation.

Abstract: Provided are: tofu-like food and soy milk containing fibrous material, each of which has good texture and flavor and enables simultaneous intake of almost all of nutritional components in soybeans, such as proteins, lipids, glucides, fibrous material, minerals, vitamin components, and isoflavone compounds. Also provided is a process for producing soy milk containing fibrous material, which comprises the steps of: (A) dissolving and dispersing dehulled soybean powdery material having a nitrogen solubility index of 75 to 90, a lipoxygenase value of 30 to 120, an n-hexanal content of 0.5 ppm to 2 ppm, and a peroxide value of 0.2 meq/kg to 3.0 meq/kg in water to obtain dispersion; (B) subjecting the dispersion to heat treatment at 120° C. to 160° C. for 1 to 600 seconds; and (C) after the step (B), cooling the dispersion to 100° C. or lower and subjecting the resultant dispersion to emulsification and dispersion treatment under a pressure of 25 MPa to 200 MPa to produce soy milk containing fibrous material.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a global motion estimation apparatus that performs global Motion Estimation on current and reference images and then outputs a Motion Vector, wherein the global motion estimation apparatus includes a motion estimation processing unit that has a function of executing an LK method two or more times across a whole screen to perform the global motion estimation between the current and reference images; and the motion estimation processing unit obtains a set of motion vectors based on at least information about pixel value variations and information in which a calculation result of an arbitrary calculation expression is added across a whole screen in first motion estimation, and determines whether to perform addition on each pixel according to a set condition when obtaining the at least information, and obtains and outputs a new set of motion vectors as a result of a second LK method when the condition is satisfied in second motion estimation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a decode processing apparatus including, a plurality of decode processing section configured to decode moving picture data in units of a predetermined processing block, a distribution section configured such that when supplied with encoded moving picture data, the distribution section splits each of screens formed by the moving picture data into vertical bands in units of the processing block as the smallest unit in keeping with the number of the plurality of decode processing section, the distribution section further distributing the moving picture data belonging to each of the split vertical bands to a different one of the decode processing section, and a formation section configured to form the picture data of one screen when supplied with the decoded moving picture data from the plurality of decode processing section.

Abstract: A method of producing packed tofu that is easily released from the container, in which an aqueous ethanol solution or an aqueous solution of a magnesium salt and/or a calcium salt is previously applied to the inside of the container to be filled with soybean milk, or impact is given to a sealed container having tofu packed therein.