Abstract: A bio-electrode composition contains (A) an ionic polymer material. The component (A) is a polymer compound containing: a repeating unit-a having a structure selected from the group consisting of salts of ammonium, sodium, potassium, and silver formed with any of fluorosulfonic acid, fluorosulfonimide, and N-carbonyl-fluorosulfonamide; and a repeating unit-b having a side chain with a radical-polymerizable double bond in a structure selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylate, vinyl ether, and styrene. Thus, the present invention provides: a bio-electrode composition capable of forming a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode to enable signal collection immediately after attachment to skin and prevention of residue on the skin after peeling from the skin; a bio-electrode including a living body contact layer formed of the bio-electrode composition; and a method for manufacturing the bio-electrode.

Abstract: An air conditioning control device includes: an operation pattern acquiring unit to acquire operation patterns indicating an operation target air conditioner in a room; a temperature data acquiring unit to acquire temperature data indicating a temperature measured by a temperature sensor when the air conditioner is in operation: a prediction model generating unit to generate, using a control amount of the air conditioner and temperature data acquired when the air conditioner is in operation as training data, a room-temperature prediction model for predicting the temperature measured by the temperature sensor when the air conditioner are in operation; and an operation pattern selecting unit to provide the control amount of the air conditioner to the room-temperature prediction model to acquire a prediction temperature from each of the room-temperature prediction models, and selects one operation pattern from the operation patterns on the basis of the prediction temperature.

Abstract: A communication system in which a hub station and multiple terminal stations communicate at the same time using the same channel, wherein: the hub station has a modulator that generates a transmission signal including a prescribed known signal, a filter that generates a cancellation signal for cancelling interference, a combiner that combines the transmission signal and the cancellation signal, a transmitter that transmits the combined signal, and an updater that calculates an adaptive filter minimizing a power of an error signal relating to the known signal; each of the terminal stations has a calculator that calculates the error signal, and a transmitter that transmits the error signal; and the filter generates a cancellation signal generates the cancellation signal by performing a filtering process by the adaptive filter on the signal to be transmitted to another of the terminal stations.

Abstract: A communication system in which a hub station and multiple terminal stations communicate at the same time using the same channel The hub station generates a transmission signal, generates a cancellation signal combines the transmission signal regarding the transmission signal and the cancellation signal, transmits the combined signal, and calculates an adaptive filter minimizing a power of an error signal with respect to the known signal. The terminal station calculates the error signal, generates the known signal for a terminal station causing interference in the interference signal, calculates a correction amount of a filter coefficient in the adaptive filter, and transmits the correction amount. The hub station calculates an adaptive filter calculates the filter coefficient based on the correction amount, and generates the cancellation signal by performing a filtering process using the adaptive filter on the signal to be transmitted to the other of the terminal stations.

Abstract: A transfer source action information acquisition unit acquires first action information of the transfer source robot. A transfer destination action information acquisition unit acquires second action information of the transfer destination robot. A correction unit corrects the action information of the transfer source robot by using the second action information and in accordance with a predetermined update formula and thereby generates third action information of the transfer destination robot. The pieces of the second action information of the transfer destination robot are less than the pieces of the first action information of the transfer source robot. The first to third action information includes a set of data indicative of one or more robot joint values and a set of data indicative of a coordinate value of a robot specific part.

Abstract: A defect detection system for detecting a defect of an aircraft component object includes an image processing unit configured to extract, from an original image of the object including a defect point, a defect candidate region based on luminance of the image, and calculate a feature amount of the defect candidate region based on a difference in luminance between the defect candidate region and surrounding regions; a setting unit configured to associate the feature amount for an original image for learning with information about the defect point to set a defect feature amount range or a non-defect feature amount range; and a defect detection unit configured to determine, based on the feature amount for a target original image in which a defect point is not detected yet, the defect and non-defect feature amount ranges, whether the defect candidate region in the target original image is a defect point.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus including inter-class node insertion means for inserting an input vector into a network as an inter-class insertion node. The apparatus further includes a winner node learning time calculation means for incrementing, when an edge is connected between a first winner node and a second winner node, learning time of a node for the first winner node by a predetermined value.

Abstract: A transfer source action information acquisition unit acquires first action information of the transfer source robot. A transfer destination action information acquisition unit acquires second action information of the transfer destination robot. A correction unit corrects the action information of the transfer source robot by using the second action information and in accordance with a predetermined update formula and thereby generates third action information of the transfer destination robot. The pieces of the second action information of the transfer destination robot are less than the pieces of the first action information of the transfer source robot. The first to third action information includes a set of data indicative of one or more robot joint values and a set of data indicative of a coordinate value of a robot specific part.

Abstract: A method of testing a receptor of a wind turbine includes a step of moving an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) close to the receptor of a wind turbine blade mounted to a hub of the wind turbine, and performing an electric continuity test on the receptor.

Abstract: To precisely extract a static feature value from consecutive images taken in a dynamic environment that is crowded by many people. A feature value extraction apparatus includes: a consecutive-image acquisition unit configured to acquire consecutive images that are consecutively taken; a local feature value extraction unit configured to extract a local feature value at each feature point from the consecutive images; a feature value matching unit configured to perform matching between the consecutive input images for the local feature value extracted by the local feature value extraction unit; and an invariant feature value calculation unit configured to acquire, in the local feature values for which matching between a predetermined number of consecutive images has been obtained by the feature value matching unit, an average of the local feature values whose position changes between the consecutive images are equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value as invariant feature value.

Abstract: A transfer source operation information acquisition unit acquires a plurality of pieces of action information about the transfer source robot; a transfer destination operation information acquisition unit acquires a plurality of pieces of first action information about the transfer destination robot; and a correction unit generates a plurality of pieces of second action information about the transfer destination robot by correcting action information about the transfer source robot by a prescribed update formula using the first action information about the transfer destination robot. The number of the pieces of the first action information about the transfer destination robot is smaller than the number of the pieces of the action information about the transfer source robot, and the number of the pieces of the second action information about the transfer destination robot is larger than the number of the pieces of the first action information about the transfer destination robot.

Abstract: To precisely extract a static feature value from consecutive images taken in a dynamic environment that is crowded by many people. A feature value extraction apparatus includes: a consecutive-image acquisition unit configured to acquire consecutive images that are consecutively taken; a local feature value extraction unit configured to extract a local feature value at each feature point from the consecutive images; a feature value matching unit configured to perform matching between the consecutive input images for the local feature value extracted by the local feature value extraction unit; and an invariant feature value calculation unit configured to acquire, in the local feature values for which matching between a predetermined number of consecutive images has been obtained by the feature value matching unit, an average of the local feature values whose position changes between the consecutive images are equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value as invariant feature value.

Abstract: This centrifugal compressor is provided with an impeller mounted on a main shaft rotating around an axis line, and a vane device for adjusting the flow rate of a fluid in an inflow flow path to the impeller. The vane device includes: a plurality of vane main bodies provided at intervals in a circumferential direction, wherein a mounting angle of the plurality of vane main bodies is changed by rotating the shaft portion; a plurality of link members which is rotated along with the shaft portion; a drive ring which is formed with an annular shape centered on the axis line and is moved in a moving direction along a rotation locus of the link member, and a drive mechanism which is connected to the drive ring and transmits a force in a tangential direction to the drive ring.

Abstract: A transfer source operation information acquisition unit acquires a plurality of pieces of action information about the transfer source robot; a transfer destination operation information acquisition unit acquires a plurality of pieces of first action information about the transfer destination robot; and a correction unit generates a plurality of pieces of second action information about the transfer destination robot by correcting action information about the transfer source robot by a prescribed update formula using the first action information about the transfer destination robot. The number of the pieces of the first action information about the transfer destination robot is smaller than the number of the pieces of the action information about the transfer source robot, and the number of the pieces of the second action information about the transfer destination robot is larger than the number of the pieces of the first action information about the transfer destination robot.

Abstract: A method of testing a receptor of a wind turbine includes a step of moving an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) close to the receptor of a wind turbine blade mounted to a hub of the wind turbine, and performing an electric continuity test on the receptor.

Abstract: A place estimation apparatus performs a place estimation process by using position-invariant feature values extracted by a feature value extraction unit. The feature value extraction unit includes local feature value extraction unit that extracts local feature values from each of input images formed from successively-shot successive images, feature value matching unit that obtains matching between successive input images based on the extracted local feature values, corresponding feature value selection unit that selects matched feature values as corresponding feature values, and position-invariant feature value extraction unit that obtains position-invariant feature values based on the corresponding feature values. The position-invariant feature value extraction unit extracts, from among the corresponding feature values, corresponding feature values whose position change is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold as the position-invariant feature values.

Abstract: A movable vacuum welding device (1) includes a vacuum chamber (7) having an edge section (12) opposite to a surface of a welding target (T) and forming a vacuum space between the surface of the welding target (T) and the vacuum chamber (7), a seal section (8) interposed between the edge section (12) and the welding target (T) throughout the entire circumference of the edge section (12), a welding head (9) configured to perform welding on the surface of the welding target (T) in the vacuum space, and a preload unit (10) configured to previously apply a load to the seal section (8). The seal section (8) includes a first seal member (27) formed of an elastic material and extending along the edge section (12), and a second seal member (28) disposed at least a rear side in a relative moving direction in which a welding bead (W) passes and having higher flexibility than the first seal member (27).

Abstract: An information processing apparatus including inter-class node insertion means for inserting an input vector into a network as an inter-class insertion node. The apparatus further includes a winner node learning time calculation means for incrementing, when an edge is connected between a first winner node and a second winner node, learning time of a node for the first winner node by a predetermined value.

Abstract: Performing map construction under a crowded environment where there are a lot of people. It includes a successive image acquisition unit that obtains images that are taken while a robot is moving, a local feature quantity extraction unit that extracts a quantity at each feature point from the images, a feature quantity matching unit that performs matching among the quantities in the input images, where quantities are extracted by the extraction unit, an invariant feature quantity calculation unit that calculates an average of the matched quantities among a predetermined number of images by the matching unit as an invariant feature quantity, a distance information acquisition unit that calculates distance information corresponding to each invariant feature quantity based on a position of the robot at times when the images are obtained, and a map generation unit that generates a local metrical map as a hybrid map.

Abstract: This centrifugal compressor is provided with an impeller mounted on a main shaft rotating around an axis line, and a vane device for adjusting the flow rate of a fluid in an inflow flow path to the impeller. The vane device includes: a plurality of vane main bodies provided at intervals in a circumferential direction, wherein a mounting angle of the plurality of vane main bodies is changed by rotating the shaft portion; a plurality of link members which is rotated along with the shaft portion; a drive ring which is formed with an annular shape centered on the axis line and is moved in a moving direction along a rotation locus of the link member, and a drive mechanism which is connected to the drive ring and transmits a force in a tangential direction to the drive ring.