Abstract: An object moving apparatus is provided which is different from coordinated conveyance through real-time information exchange between carriages only by wireless communication and which can move an object reliably and in a more stable manner by coordinated control of carriages without the object falling off. Arranged is a leader carriage A with a carriage body 2 travelable in all directions by travel drivers 1 and a lifter 5 attached to the carriage body via a link mechanism 3 for lifting up a vehicle 4 as object. The leader carriage is movable along a given target track. Further arranged is a follower carriage B with a carriage body 2 travelable in all directions and a lifter 5 attached to the carriage body via a link mechanism 3 for lifting up the vehicle 4. The follower carriage estimates and follows movement of the leader carriage so as to move the vehicle 4 in coordination with the leader carriage.

Abstract: Provided are a hearing aid, signal processing method, and program that enable TV sound to be made easier for a hearing aid user to hear when wishing to watch TV, and a person's voice to be made easier to hear when wishing to converse with that person. A hearing aid (100) is provided with an other-person's speech detection section (150) that detects speech of a speaker other than the wearer using detected sound source direction information, an own-speech detection result, and a TV sound detection result, and a per-sound-source frequency calculation section (160) that calculates the frequency of each sound source using an own-speech detection result, TV sound detection result, other-speaker's speech detection result, and sound source direction information. A scene determination section (170) determines a scene to be a “conversation scene,” “TV viewing scene,” and “‘TV viewing while . . .

Abstract: A conversation detection apparatus uses a head-mounted microphone array to accurately determine whether a speaker in front is a conversing person or not.

Abstract: A call other than a conversion partner call and various sounds are detected by input audio signals from plural microphones without deteriorating a voice recognition precision. A hearing aid apparatus according to the present invention corrects a frequency characteristic of the call voice other than the conversation partner voice based on an arrival direction of the call voice other than the conversation partner voice, which is estimated based on the audio signal converted by the plural microphones, checks a call word standard pattern representing features of a phoneme and a syllabic sound based on other voice data picked up by using the microphones having one characteristic against a call voice other than the conversation partner voice in which the frequency characteristic is corrected by the frequency characteristic correction processing unit to determine whether the call voice is a call word, and forms a directivity in the direction other than the arrival direction of the voice of the conversation partner.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hearing aid system capable of increasing the clearness of sound spoken by a speaker while reproducing the incoming direction of the sound spoken by the speaker without using an inverse mapping rule.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus and signal processing method capable of correctly detecting that a conversation is established even in a daily environment are provided. In signal processing apparatus (100), excitation separation section (130) separates a mixed sound signal in which a plurality of excitations are mixed into the respective excitations. Speech detection section (140) performs speech detection on the plurality of separated excitation signals, judges whether or not the plurality of excitation signals are speech and generates speech section information indicating speech/non-speech information for each excitation signal. Identification parameter extraction section (150) extracts an identification parameter indicating a feature value of a daily conversation based on a plurality of excitation signals or speech section information. Conversation establishment degree calculation section (160) calculates and outputs a degree of establishment of a conversation based on the extracted identification parameter.

Abstract: The invention provides a stable and rapidly disintegrable aqueous oral preparation (liquid or jelly preparation) of amlodipine. The liquid preparation comprises an anionic surfactant having a sulfuric acid group or a sulfonic acid group as a stabilizer in an aqueous solution of amlodipine, at pH 5-7, while the jelly preparation further comprises a gelling agent, a fine powder solid, and a gelling regulator.

Abstract: An object moving apparatus is provided which is different from coordinated conveyance through real-time information exchange between carriages only by wireless communication and which can move an object reliably and in a more stable manner by coordinated control of carriages without the object falling off. Arranged is a leader carriage A with a carriage body 2 travelable in all directions by travel drivers 1 and a lifter 5 attached to the carriage body via a link mechanism 3 for lifting up a vehicle 4 as object. The leader carriage is movable along a given target track. Further arranged is a follower carriage B with a carriage body 2 travelable in all directions and a lifter 5 attached to the carriage body via a link mechanism 3 for lifting up the vehicle 4. The follower carriage estimates and follows movement of the leader carriage so as to move the vehicle 4 in coordination with the leader carriage.

Abstract: A voice output apparatus, enhancing a robustness of an interface between a user and the apparatus by transmitting, information to the user via text message and voice message. The voice output apparatus including a display unit (107) displaying a text message that is apparatus-transmitting information to be transmitted to the user, a delay unit (105), and a voice output unit (106) estimating a delay time necessary for an action taken by the user to visually identify the text message displayed by the display unit (107), and outputting, via voice message, the apparatus-transmitting information, when the delay time (T) passes after the text message is displayed.

Abstract: Mast cell degranulation inhibitors having a carboxyl group have not been developed as external preparations due to the low transdermal permeability thereof. By formulating external preparations thereof, side effects on the internal organs by oral administration can be avoided. Some of the mast cell degranulation inhibitors show drastically inferior photostability, which is also one cause of suppressed development of the drug as an external preparation. The present invention aims at improving the transdermal permeability and photostability of mast cell degranulation inhibitors by forming a salt of the mast cell degranulation inhibitor with an organic amine. Consequently, an external preparation of a mast cell degranulation inhibitor can be provided and the photostability of the mast cell degranulation inhibitor itself, and a preparation containing same can be improved.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an external preparation having enhanced transdermal penetration of a mast cell degranulation inhibitor. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a method for improving the photostability of a preparation containing a mast cell degranulation inhibitor. The present invention provides an external preparation containing a mast cell degranulation inhibitor and a topical anesthetic. Further, the method for enhancing the photostability of a preparation containing a mast cell degranulation inhibitor according to the present invention includes adding a topical anesthetic thereto.

Abstract: In an optical sheet which is used for light control illumination in a backlight unit for a display, in order from an incident side of an illuminating light, there are provided at least a light scattering layer which scatters the illuminating light toward an outgoing surface side, an adhesion layer or an adhesive layer, a light reflection layer which reflects light scattered by the light scattering layer toward the light scattering layer side, and a lens sheet whose flat rear face is fixed to the other side of the light reflection layer, and in which a plurality of unit lenses are disposed on the surface. Opening portions corresponding to the respective unit lenses one-to-one are provided to the light reflection layer, and thickness of the adhesion layer or the adhesive layer is thinner than that of the light reflection layer.

Abstract: The present invention aims at extracting a keyword of conversation without preparations by advanced anticipation of keywords of conversation.

Abstract: There is provided a content tag attachment support device enabling a person to perform both tag attachment work and correction word and suppressing increase of the work time. In this device, audio recognition means (104) recognizes audio inputted. Tag generation means (103) gives data obtained by audio recognition as a tag to the content reproduced by content reproducing means (101). Tag correction means (108) sends tag correction information to the tag generation means (103) and sends tag correction start completion report information to content reproduction control means (109). The content reproduction control means (109) controls the content reproducing means (101) so as to temporarily stop the content reproduction in synchronization with a start of the tag correction work and resume the content reproduction in synchronization with the end of the tag correction work.

Abstract: Provided for use in medical care settings is a gel preparation for oral administration to patients with hyperlipemia or hypercholesterolemia, wherein the ingestibility of an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, also known as a statin-series compound, has been improved in dosage forms of tablets, granules and liquids. A pharmaceutical composition in a gel form, comprising an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a gelling agent, a polymer compound, a buffering agent, a preservative, a sweetening agent, a base and water, wherein the bad tastes of the statin-series compound are disguised, syneresis during storage is less likely, form retention is good, removal from containers is easy, and the ingestibility has been improved.

Abstract: In an optical sheet which is used for light control illumination in a backlight unit for a display, in order from an incident side of an illuminating light, there are provided at least a light scattering layer which scatters the illuminating light toward an outgoing surface side, an adhesion layer or an adhesive layer, a light reflection layer which reflects light scattered by the light scattering layer toward the light scattering layer side, and a lens sheet whose flat rear face is fixed to the other side of the light reflection layer, and in which a plurality of unit lenses are disposed on the surface. Opening portions corresponding to the respective unit lenses one-to-one are provided to the light reflection layer, and thickness of the adhesion layer or the adhesive layer is thinner than that of the light reflection layer.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an external preparation having enhanced transdermal penetration of a mast cell degranulation inhibitor. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a method for improving the photostability of a preparation containing a mast cell degranulation inhibitor. The present invention provides an external preparation containing a mast cell degranulation inhibitor and a topical anesthetic. Further, the method for enhancing the photostability of a preparation containing a mast cell degranulation inhibitor according to the present invention includes adding a topical anesthetic thereto.

Abstract: In an optical sheet which is used for light control illumination in a backlight unit for a display, in order from an incident side of an illuminating light, there are provided at least a light scattering layer which scatters the illuminating light toward an outgoing surface side, an adhesion layer or an adhesive layer, a light reflection layer which reflects light scattered by the light scattering layer toward the light scattering layer side, and a lens sheet whose flat rear face is fixed to the other side of the light reflection layer, and in which a plurality of unit lenses are disposed on the surface. Opening portions corresponding to the respective unit lenses one-to-one are provided to the light reflection layer, and thickness of the adhesion layer or the adhesive layer is thinner than that of the light reflection layer.

Abstract: In an optical sheet which is used for light control illumination in a backlight unit for a display, in order from an incident side of an illuminating light, there are provided at least a light scattering layer which scatters the illuminating light toward an outgoing surface side, an adhesion layer or an adhesive layer, a light reflection layer which reflects light scattered by the light scattering layer toward the light scattering layer side, and a lens sheet whose flat rear face is fixed to the other side of the light reflection layer, and in which a plurality of unit lenses are disposed on the surface. Opening portions corresponding to the respective unit lenses one-to-one are provided to the light reflection layer, and thickness of the adhesion layer or the adhesive layer is thinner than that of the light reflection layer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for speech recognition of the present application has a process to collate, with an input utterance, an acoustic model corresponding to a hypothesis to be expressed by the connection of utterance segments, such as phonemes or syllables, and developed according to a length of an input utterance by an inter-word connection rule thereby obtaining a recognition score. Within a word of the hypothesis, the similar hypotheses high in utterance score within a predetermined threshold from the maximum value of the score are all held to a word end irrespectively of the number of hypotheses. Meanwhile, at a word end of the hypotheses, the hypotheses are narrowed to a predetermined number of upper ranking in the order of higher score.