Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to provide an incentive to a first user who sells or returns a first vehicle in which a part of a first coating film including an easily peelable layer is not peeled off.

Abstract: A novel antibody that can be used as an anti-tumor agent and an anti-tumor agent that comprises, as an active ingredient, a molecule containing such an antibody.

Abstract: A semiconductor relay device includes a conversion circuit configured to receive an input signal from outside and pass a first current to a first node based on the input signal. A zener diode has an anode coupled to a second node and a cathode coupled to the first node. A resistor is coupled between the second node and a third node. A number n of diodes are serially coupled. A thyristor has an anode coupled to the first node, a cathode coupled to the second node, and a control terminal coupled to the third node. A transistor has a gate coupled to the first node. An anode of a diode at a first end of the n diodes is coupled to the first node, and a cathode of a diode at a second end of the n diodes is coupled to a third node.

Abstract: A voice processing device includes plural microphones arranged so as to correspond to a plurality of positions. The voice processing device includes at least one memory that stores instructions and voice signals from the plural microphones, and a processor. The voice signals collected by the plural microphones, respectively, during a prescribed period before a present time, are repeatedly stored in the at least one memory as buffered voice signals. The processor detects whether a prescribed word is uttered by a speaker based on the voice signals collected by the plural microphones, determines a microphone corresponding to the speaker by referring to the buffered voice signals, and suppresses the voice signals collected by the plural microphones other than the microphone corresponding to the speaker.

Abstract: This voice processing device is provided with: an utterer's position detection unit which specifies, as position microphones of an utterer, microphones that receive a voice signal of WuW on the basis of the characteristics of each voice signal for a prescribed time, when the WuW voice is detected, the voice signal being held in a voice signal buffer unit; and a CTC unit (one example of a voice processing unit) which outputs a voice uttered by the utterer and suppress a voice uttered by an occupant, who is not the utterer, by using the voice signal for the prescribed time, which is held in the voice signal buffer unit, and information relating to the utterer's position microphones.

Abstract: A machining apparatus includes a processor configured to control an actuator to move a tailstock in a first direction at a first speed, to detect a contact between the tailstock and a workpiece based on a change in an input amount to the actuator while the actuator is controlled to move the tailstock at the first speed, to control the actuator to stop moving the tailstock when the contact is detected, to control the actuator to move the tailstock by a first distance in a second direction, to control the actuator to move the tailstock in the first direction at a second speed lower than the first speed, and to control the actuator to stop moving the tailstock, when the input amount to the actuator becomes a value corresponding to the target pressing force while the actuator is controlled to move the tailstock at the second speed.

Abstract: A suspension body for an elevator includes a core having a belt-like shape, and a covering layer. The core includes a load bearing layer. The load bearing layer is formed of an impregnation resin and a plurality of high-strength fibers. The covering layer covers at least a part of an outer periphery of the core. The plurality of high-strength fibers include a plurality of kinds of high-strength fibers.

Abstract: An acoustic noise suppressing apparatus includes a sound pickup circuit, a first and second suppression circuits, and an output signal selection circuit. The sound pickup circuit picks up sound. The first suppression circuit processes the sound, in which the first suppression circuit is configured to calculate a first suppression sound signal in which acoustic noise is suppressed from the sound by using a first algorithm suitable for multiple sound sources. The second suppression circuit processes the audio signal in parallel with the first suppression circuit, in which the second suppression circuit is configured to calculate a second suppression sound signal in which acoustic noise is suppressed from the sound signal by using a second algorithm suitable for a single sound source. The output signal selection circuit outputs only one of the first suppression audio signal and the second suppression audio signal.

Abstract: A control device controls sound of a plurality of speakers. The control device includes: a generation unit acquiring image data and generates display image data from the image data by using conversion processing using shape information indicating a shape of a display surface; a display controller displaying a display image on the display surface by using the display image data; a receiver causing a cursor to be superimposed and displayed on the display image and receives position designation related to the plurality of speakers on the display image from a user who has visually recognized the cursor; and an identification unit calculating a position of the cursor from the position designation by referring to a correspondence relationship between the image data before the conversion processing and the display image data after the conversion processing, and identifying the position of the cursor as a position related to the plurality of speakers.

Abstract: There is provided an analyzer apparatus capable of generating crisp scanned images. In the analyzer apparatus, a sample is scanned with a probe such that a first signal and a second signal are emitted from the sample. The analyzer apparatus comprises: a first detector for detecting the first signal and producing a first detector signal; a second detector for detecting the second signal and producing a second detector signal; and an image processing unit operating (i) to produce a first scanned image and a second scanned image from the first detector signal and the second detector signal, respectively, (ii) to create a filter based on the second scanned image having a higher signal-to-noise ratio than that of the first scanned image, and (iii) to apply the filter to the first scanned image.

Abstract: An acoustic crosstalk suppression device includes a speaker estimation unit configured to estimate a main speaker based on voice signals collected by n units of microphones corresponding to n number of persons (n: an integer equal to or larger than 3); n units of filter update units each of which is configured to update a parameter of a filter configured to generate a suppression signal of a crosstalk component included in a voice signal of the main speaker; and a crosstalk suppression unit configured to suppress the crosstalk component by using a synthesis suppression signal generated by the maximum (n-1) units of filter update units corresponding to reference signals collected by the maximum (n-1) units of microphones.

Abstract: A suspension body for an elevator includes a core having a belt-like shape, and a covering layer covering at least a part of an outer periphery of the core. The core includes a load bearing layer. The load bearing layer is formed of an impregnation resin and a plurality of high-strength fibers. Further, the load bearing layer is divided into a plurality of segment layers arranged apart from each other in a thickness direction of the core. An intermediate layer made of a material different from that for the load bearing layer is interposed between the segment layers adjacent to each other in the thickness direction of the core.

Abstract: An acoustic noise suppressing apparatus includes a sound pickup circuit, a first and second suppression circuits, and an output signal selection circuit. The sound pickup circuit picks up sound. The first suppression circuit processes the sound, in which the first suppression circuit is configured to calculate a first suppression sound signal in which acoustic noise is suppressed from the sound by using a first algorithm suitable for multiple sound sources. The second suppression circuit processes the audio signal in parallel with the first suppression circuit, in which the second suppression circuit is configured to calculate a second suppression sound signal in which acoustic noise is suppressed from the sound signal by using a second algorithm suitable for a single sound source.

Abstract: An acoustic noise suppressing apparatus outputs a first suppression audio signal in which the acoustic noise is suppressed by subtracting a first pseudo noise signal from the picked up audio signal, the first pseudo noise signal being generated based on a first delay signal and a first filter updated by a first algorithm which is valid when a plurality of talkers are talking, and outputs a second suppression audio signal in which the acoustic noise is suppressed by subtracting a second pseudo noise signal from the picked up audio signal, the second pseudo noise signal being generated based on a second delay signal and a second filter updated by a second algorithm which is valid when one talker is talking. The apparatus outputs a suppressed one of the first suppressed audio signal or the second suppressed audio signal.

Abstract: A sound processing apparatus includes n number of microphones that are disposed correspondingly to n number of persons and that mainly collect sound signals uttered by respective relevant persons, a filter that suppresses crosstalk components included in a talker sound signal collected by a microphone corresponding to at least one talker using the sound signals collected by the n number of microphones, a parameter updater that updates a parameter of the filter for suppressing the crosstalk components and stores an update result in the memory in a case where a predetermined condition including time at which at least one talker talks is satisfied, and a sound output controller that outputs the sound signals, acquired by subtracting the crosstalk components by the filter from the talker sound signals based on the update result, from a speaker.

Abstract: A suspension body for an elevator includes a core having a belt-like shape, and a covering layer. The core includes a load bearing layer. The load bearing layer is formed of an impregnation resin and a plurality of high-strength fibers. The covering layer covers at least a part of an outer periphery of the core. The plurality of high-strength fibers include a plurality of kinds of high-strength fibers.

Abstract: This voice processing device is provided with: an utterer's position detection unit which specifies, as position microphones of an utterer, microphones that receive a voice signal of WuW on the basis of the characteristics of each voice signal for a prescribed time, when the WuW voice is detected, the voice signal being held in a voice signal buffer unit; and a CTC unit (one example of a voice processing unit) which outputs a voice uttered by the utterer and suppress a voice uttered by an occupant, who is not the utterer, by using the voice signal for the prescribed time, which is held in the voice signal buffer unit, and information relating to the utterer's position microphones.

Abstract: An acoustic noise suppressing apparatus outputs a first suppression audio signal in which the acoustic noise is suppressed by subtracting a first pseudo noise signal from the picked up audio signal, the first pseudo noise signal being generated based on a first delay signal and a first filter updated by a first algorithm which is valid when a plurality of talkers are talking, and outputs a second suppression audio signal in which the acoustic noise is suppressed by subtracting a second pseudo noise signal from the picked up audio signal, the second pseudo noise signal being generated based on a second delay signal and a second filter updated by a second algorithm which is valid when one talker is talking. The apparatus outputs a suppressed one of the first suppressed audio signal or the second suppressed audio signal.

Abstract: A microphone picks-up voice of a driver. A first echo suppression unit outputs a voice signal after first echo suppression based on a voice signal of the driver and a voice signal after echo suppression in the past (first reference signal) stored in a buffer memory. A second echo suppression unit outputs a voice signal after second echo suppression based on a voice signal of the driver and a voice signal after the echo suppression in the past (second reference signal) stored in a buffer memory. An output signal selector selects one of the voice signals after the first echo suppression or the voice signal after the second echo suppression according to a detection result of the presence or absence of a system variation by a system variation detector, and causes a speaker to output the selected voice signal.

Abstract: An encoding device (200) includes an MDCT unit (202) that transforms an input signal in a time domain into a frequency spectrum including a lower frequency spectrum, a BWE encoding unit (204) that generates extension data which specifies a higher frequency spectrum at a higher frequency than the lower frequency spectrum, and an encoded data stream generating unit (205) that encodes to output the lower frequency spectrum obtained by the MDCT unit (202) and the extension data obtained by the BWE encoding unit (204). The BWE encoding unit (204) generates as the extension data (i) a first parameter which specifies a lower subband which is to be copied as the higher frequency spectrum from among a plurality of the lower subbands which form the lower frequency spectrum obtained by the MDCT unit (202) and (ii) a second parameter which specifies a gain of the lower subband after being copied.