Abstract: An image processing apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes: a skeleton detection unit (11) configured to detect a two-dimensional skeleton structure of a person based on an acquired two-dimensional image; an estimation unit (12) configured to estimate the height of the person when the person stands upright in a two-dimensional image space based on the two-dimensional skeleton structure detected by the skeleton detection unit (11); and a normalizing unit (13) configured to normalize the two-dimensional skeleton structure detected based on the height of the person when the person stands upright estimated by the estimation unit (12).

Abstract: The composite sintered body includes Al2O3, and MgAl2O4. The content of Al2O3 in the composite sintered body is not less than 95.5% by weight. The average sintered grain size of Al2O3 in the composite sintered body is not less than 2 ?m and not greater than 4 ?m. The standard deviation of sintered grain size distribution of Al2O3 in the composite sintered body is not greater than 0.35. The bulk density of the composite sintered body is not less than 3.94 g/cm3 and not greater than 3.98 g/cm3. In the composite sintered body, the ratio of amount of crystal phase of MgAl2O4 to that of Al2O3 is not less than 0.003 and not greater than 0.01.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a dense composite material includes titanium silicide in an amount of 43 to 63 mass %; silicon carbide in an amount less than the mass percentage of the titanium silicide; and titanium carbide in an amount less than the mass percentage of the titanium silicide. In the dense composite material, a maximum value of interparticle distances of the silicon carbide is 40 ?m or less, a standard deviation of the interparticle distances is 10 or less, and an open porosity of the dense composite material is 1% or less.

Abstract: A sintered compact includes an alumina phase as a primary phase, and further includes an amorphous phase containing Si and Mn and a cordierite phase. The sintered compact has a porosity of higher than or equal to 1.1% and less than or equal to 5.0%. Preferably, I1/(I1+I2) is greater than or equal to 0.20 and less than or equal to 0.45, where I1 is the strength of the main peak of cordierite obtained by an XRD method, and I2 is the strength of the main peak of alumina.

Abstract: To improve a future prediction simulation technology in order to more accurately predict the future by enabling a mathematics expression and an operand numerical value to be appropriately corrected, a server executes, as a future prediction simulation apparatus, a future prediction simulation by using mathematics expression data and operand numerical data for specifying a mathematics expression and an operand numerical value, which are recorded in a server recorder and which are to be used in the future prediction simulation. The server includes an interpreting unit, a related information collecting unit, and a determining unit. The interpreting unit reads from the server recorder basis data, which is text data for specifying the basis used by the user to determine the mathematics expression and the operand numerical value, and generates interpretation data. The related information collecting unit collects related information related to the basis data by crawling the Internet using the interpretation data.

Abstract: A stacked structure includes a first structure formed of a composite sintered body that contains AlN and MgAl2O4 as main phases, and a second structure formed of a ceramic sintered body and stacked on and bonded to the first structure. A difference in linear thermal expansion coefficient between the first structure and the second structure is less than or equal to 0.3 ppm/K.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a dense composite material includes titanium silicide in an amount of 43 to 63 mass %; silicon carbide in an amount less than the mass percentage of the titanium silicide; and titanium carbide in an amount less than the mass percentage of the titanium silicide. In the dense composite material, a maximum value of interparticle distances of the silicon carbide is 40 ?m or less, a standard deviation of the interparticle distances is 10 or less, and an open porosity of the dense composite material is 1% or less.

Abstract: The ceramic structure 10 includes a discoid ceramic base 12 and an electrode 14 buried in the ceramic base 12. The ceramic base 12 is a sintered body composed principally of alumina or a rare-earth metal oxide and has a thermal expansion coefficient of 7.5 to 9.5 ppm/K over the range of 40° C. to 1200° C. The electrode 14 is composed principally of metal ruthenium. The electrode 14 may be formed in the shape of a sheet. Alternatively, the electrode 14 may be patterned in the manner of a one-stroke sketch so as to extend over the entire cross section of the ceramic base 12.

Abstract: To improve a future prediction simulation technology in order to more accurately predict the future by enabling a mathematics expression and an operand numerical value to be appropriately corrected, a server executes, as a future prediction simulation apparatus, a future prediction simulation by using mathematics expression data and operand numerical data for specifying a mathematics expression and an operand numerical value, which are recorded in a server recorder and which are to be used in the future prediction simulation. The server includes an interpreting unit, a related information collecting unit, and a determining unit. The interpreting unit reads from the server recorder basis data, which is text data for specifying the basis used by the user to determine the mathematics expression and the operand numerical value, and generates interpretation data. The related information collecting unit collects related information related to the basis data by crawling the Internet using the interpretation data.

Abstract: The composite sintered body includes Al2O3, and MgAl2O4. The content of Al2O3 in the composite sintered body is not less than 95.5% by weight. The average sintered grain size of Al2O3 in the composite sintered body is not less than 2 ?m and not greater than 4 ?m. The standard deviation of sintered grain size distribution of Al2O3 in the composite sintered body is not greater than 0.35. The bulk density of the composite sintered body is not less than 3.94 g/cm3 and not greater than 3.98 g/cm3. In the composite sintered body, the ratio of amount of crystal phase of MgAl2O4 to that of Al2O3 is not less than 0.003 and not greater than 0.01.

Abstract: A ceramic structure 10 includes a heater electrode 14 within a disk-shaped AlN ceramic substrate 12. The heater electrode 14 contains a metal filler in the main component WC. The metal filler (such as Ru or RuAl) has a lower resistivity and a higher thermal expansion coefficient than AlN. An absolute value of a difference |?CTE| between a thermal expansion coefficient of the AlN ceramic substrate 12 and a thermal expansion coefficient of the heater electrode 14 at a temperature in the range of 40° C. to 1000° C. is 0.35 ppm/° C. or less.

Abstract: A container conveyor system includes a first endless conveyor and a second endless conveyor. The first endless conveyor is provided with a plurality of neck grippers that holds the neck of a capped container and conveys the container held by the neck gripper by moving the neck gripper. The second endless conveyor is provided with a plurality of vertical grippers that comprises an upper grip member, which is liftable and abuts against the top of the cap of the container, and a support plate that supports the base of the container. The second endless conveyor conveys the container held by the upper grip member and the support plate by moving the vertical gripper. The container conveyor system conveys the container by transferring the container between the neck gripper and the vertical gripper.

Abstract: A sintered compact includes an alumina phase as a primary phase, and further includes an amorphous phase containing Si and Mn and a cordierite phase. The sintered compact has a porosity of higher than or equal to 1.1% and less than or equal to 5.0%. Preferably, I1/(I1+I2) is greater than or equal to 0.20 and less than or equal to 0.45, where I1 is the strength of the main peak of cordierite obtained by an XRD method, and I2 is the strength of the main peak of alumina.

Abstract: A member for a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention is a member that is to be joined to an aluminum nitride base member. The member is composed of a composite material including principal constituent phases that are aluminum nitride and a pseudopolymorph of aluminum nitride which includes silicon, aluminum, oxygen, and nitrogen. The pseudopolymorph of aluminum nitride has at least one periodic structure selected from a 27R phase and a 21R phase or an X-ray diffraction peak at least at 2?=59.8° to 60.8°. The composite material has a thermal conductivity of 50 W/mK or less at room temperature.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technique that allows transactions to be performed between a user (consumer) and a company without the personal information of the user being disclosed at all until the user concludes a contract with the company. The service providing system according to the present disclosure includes a management server that provides a service site, a portable terminal device that computes the individual rating score of the user and sends the score to the management server, and a server of a company that uploads to the service site of the management server information on services or goods of the company to be provided to the user. In the system, the management server discloses the individual rating score of the user without disclosing the personal information of the user on the service site, and permits access to the individual rating score from the server of the company.

Abstract: A container conveyor system includes a first endless conveyor and a second endless conveyor. The first endless conveyor is provided with a plurality of neck grippers that holds the neck of a capped container and conveys the container held by the neck gripper by moving the neck gripper. The second endless conveyor is provided with a plurality of vertical grippers that comprises an upper grip member, which is liftable and abuts against the top of the cap of the container, and a support plate that supports the base of the container. The second endless conveyor conveys the container held by the upper grip member and the support plate by moving the vertical gripper. The container conveyor system conveys the container by transferring the container between the neck gripper and the vertical gripper.

Abstract: A first bonding material composition according to the present invention is a bonding material composition used when aluminum nitride sintered bodies containing a rare-earth metal oxide are bonded to each other, in which the bonding material composition contains, in addition to an O element-containing aluminum nitride raw material, (a) as a fluorine compound, at least one of a fluorine compound of an alkaline-earth metal and a fluorine compound of a rare-earth metal, or (b) as a fluorine compound, at least one of a fluorine compound of an alkaline-earth metal and a fluorine compound of a rare-earth metal, and a rare-earth metal oxide.

Abstract: A ceramic structure 10 includes a heater electrode 14 within a disk-shaped AlN ceramic substrate 12. The heater electrode 14 contains a metal filler in the main component WC. The metal filler (such as Ru or RuAl) has a lower resistivity and a higher thermal expansion coefficient than AlN. An absolute value of a difference |?CTE| between a thermal expansion coefficient of the AlN ceramic substrate 12 and a thermal expansion coefficient of the heater electrode 14 at a temperature in the range of 40° C. to 1000° C. is 0.35 ppm/° C. or less.

Abstract: A member for a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention is a member that is to be joined to an aluminum nitride base member. The member is composed of a composite material including principal constituent phases that are aluminum nitride and a pseudopolymorph of aluminum nitride which includes silicon, aluminum, oxygen, and nitrogen. The pseudopolymorph of aluminum nitride has at least one periodic structure selected from a 27R phase and a 21R phase or an X-ray diffraction peak at least at 2?=59.8° to 60.8°. The composite material has a thermal conductivity of 50 W/mK or less at room temperature.

Abstract: The ceramic structure 10 includes a discoid ceramic base 12 and an electrode 14 buried in the ceramic base 12. The ceramic base 12 is a sintered body composed principally of alumina or a rare-earth metal oxide and has a thermal expansion coefficient of 7.5 to 9.5 ppm/K over the range of 40° C. to 1200° C. The electrode 14 is composed principally of metal ruthenium. The electrode 14 may be formed in the shape of a sheet. Alternatively, the electrode 14 may be patterned in the manner of a one-stroke sketch so as to extend over the entire cross section of the ceramic base 12.