Abstract: A control system for a vehicle includes a camera mounted on the vehicle and configured to take an image of an occupant of the vehicle, and an anti-droplet protective equipment providing device mounted on the vehicle and configured to provide anti-droplet protective equipment to the occupant, a determination unit configured to determine whether the occupant is wearing the anti-droplet protective equipment based on the image of the occupant taken by the camera, and a provision control unit configured to provide the anti-droplet protective equipment to the occupant with the anti-droplet protective equipment providing device when the determination unit determines that the occupant is not wearing the anti-droplet protective equipment.

Abstract: Semiconductor particles are used as a photocatalyst for inducing a water-splitting reaction where water molecules decompose into oxygen molecules and hydrogen molecules by addition of a co-catalyst and light irradiation, the semiconductor particles including strontium titanate doped with scandium. A synthesis method of a semiconductor for the photocatalyst includes a synthesis step of synthesizing the semiconductor particles including strontium titanate doped with scandium by mixing strontium chloride (SrCl2), strontium titanate (SrTiO3), and scandium oxide (Sc2O3) and firing the mixture.

Abstract: A boarding and alighting time informing method includes a determination step for determining, at a stop where a bus stops, whether a person with disabilities is going to board the bus and whether a person with disabilities is going to alight from the bus, a prediction step for predicting a boarding and alighting time at the stop in either one or both of a case when it is determined that a person with disabilities is going to board the bus and a case when it is determined that a person with disabilities is going to alight from the bus, and an informing step for informing at least one of the inside and the outside of the bus about the predicted boarding and alighting time.

Abstract: An information processing device including: a region of interest specifying unit configured to specify a location of a region of interest regarding an image of each frame of a moving image captured of a living organism; a pixel value calculation unit configured to calculate, in an image of a first frame of the moving image, a plurality of first representative values of pixel values of pixels in locations of a plurality of regions of interest specified regarding images of a plurality of second frames including the image of the first frame; a pixel value combining unit configured to calculate a second representative value regarding the first frame by combining the plurality of first representative values; and a pulse wave calculation unit configured to calculate a pulse wave signal from a temporal change in the second representative value.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technique capable of reducing a time required for a process of calculating a pigment concentration in a specific region of a subject based on image data of the subject. A coefficient determination unit determines, based on the image data, an extraction coefficient vector x which is associated with a predetermined imaging device and which is used to calculate a configuration of a desired one pigment in the specific range of the subject. The coefficient determination unit includes a response calculation unit and a coefficient calculation unit. The response calculation unit calculates at least one of an absorption coefficient vector a and a shade vector e. The coefficient calculation unit calculates the extraction coefficient vector x using at least one of the absorption coefficient vector a and the shade vector e.

Abstract: An infection control vehicle includes a floor material. The floor material includes a plurality of holes that is open on an upper end. The holes are configured to capture a droplet. For example, a dimension of each of the holes is set so that the droplet inside the hole remains inside the hole.

Abstract: The hydrogen gas production device includes a water tank in which a hydrogen-side photocatalyst is immersed in water in which a mediator is dispersed and hydrogen gas is generated by irradiation with light, and a mediator is oxidized; a light irradiation means for irradiating the hydrogen side photocatalyst with light; a water tank in which an oxygen-side photocatalyst is immersed in the water in which the mediator is dispersed and oxygen gas is generated by irradiation with light, and a light irradiation means for irradiating the oxygen side photocatalyst with light; and a water circulation unit for circulating water in which a mediator is dispersed between the hydrogen side and the oxygen side water tank, and a light source of the light irradiation means is a light emitting diode.

Abstract: A coefficient determination device determines, based on captured image data obtained by imaging a subject including one or more types of pigments, coefficients included in a function used to calculate a concentration of one desired pigment in a specific region of the subject. The coefficient determination device includes: a response calculation unit configured to calculate at least one of a first response mode indicating a relationship between a change in a component concentration of a pigment other than the desired one pigment and a change in each of the plurality of types of luminance values; and a second response mode indicating a relationship between a change in a shade intensity and a change in each of the plurality of types of luminance values; and a coefficient calculation unit configured to calculate the plurality of coefficients using at least either one of the first and second response modes.

Abstract: A passenger transportation system includes: an abnormality determination unit configured to determine whether or not a passenger feeling unwell is present in a vehicle; a transportation planning unit configured to determine, when it is determined that the passenger feeling unwell is present, a medical facility to which the passenger feeling unwell is transported and a via-point where normal passengers are dropped off; and a vehicle control unit configured to control the vehicle to travel so as to transport the passenger feeling unwell to the medical facility via the via-point.

Abstract: A bus dispatch device includes a vehicle dispatch unit that determines, based on external environment information, a ratio between various classes of in-service buses having different states of a specific amenity.

Abstract: In a photocatalyst which is obtained by adding a co-catalyst to semiconductor particles containing strontium titanate and which causes a water decomposition reaction in which water molecules are decomposed into oxygen molecules and hydrogen molecules according to light emission, the semiconductor particles are doped with barium or additionally with scandium. A method of synthesizing a semiconductor for the photocatalyst includes a process of synthesizing semiconductor particles containing strontium titanate doped with barium by mixing barium titanate or additionally with scandium oxide into strontium chloride or mixing strontium titanate or additionally scandium oxide into strontium chloride and barium chloride and performing firing.

Abstract: In an apparatus producing hydrogen gas by the decomposition reaction of water using photocatalyst, its miniaturization is achieved while suppressing the decrease of production efficiency of hydrogen gas as low as possible or improving the efficiency. The apparatus 1 comprises a container portion 2 receiving water W; a photocatalyst member 3 immersed in the water, having photocatalyst which generates excited electrons and positive holes when irradiated with light, causes a decomposition reaction of the water and generates hydrogen gas; a light source 4 emitting the light irradiated to the photocatalyst member; and a heat exchange device 7 conducting waste heat of the light source to the water in the container portion; wherein the water to be decomposed on the photocatalyst member in the container portion is warmed by the waste heat of the light source by the heat exchange device.

Abstract: An automatic parking system includes an infrastructure sensor that is able to detect a state of a parking lot. A blind spot area that does not allow the state of the parking lot to be detected by the infrastructure sensor is identified in the parking lot, and the state of the parking including the blind spot area, the state of the parking lot being detected by an on-board sensor of a vehicle in the parking lot, is acquired. Based on the state of the parking lot detected by the infrastructure sensor and the state of the parking lot that includes the blind spot area and that is detected by the on-board sensor of the vehicle in the parking lot, a travel route for the vehicle traveling in the parking lot is generated.

Abstract: The sightseeing plan provision system includes a communication terminal and a server. The communication terminal is operated by a user who is traveling for purposes other than tourism. The server includes a processor and a storage device, and presents a sightseeing plan to the user. The processor automatically generates a new sightseeing plan based on the travel route planning information so as to include a desired stop-by spot of the user in response to a request of the user operating the communication terminal. Then, the processor registers the generated new sightseeing plan in the database of the storage device.

Abstract: A parking management device for a parking lot adjacent to a store that provides a product includes a provision time acquisition unit 6 that acquires a provision time of a product ordered by a driver driving the vehicle to the store, a parking location determination unit that determines a parking location of the vehicle entering the parking lot based on the provision time acquired by the provision time acquisition unit, and a guidance information generation unit that generates guidance information for guidance of the vehicle to the parking location determined by the parking location determination unit.

Abstract: A possibility of extracting a signal less affected by a variation factor is increased. A data analysis device includes a data extraction unit, that extracts, as extracted data, a plurality of primary characteristic values corresponding to a plurality of extraction conditions which are different from each other and secondary characteristic values corresponding to the plurality of primary characteristic values, for each of a plurality of pieces of input data, a data identification unit that performs predetermined analysis processing on a plurality of pieces of extracted data, and identifies, based on a result of the predetermined analysis processing, analysis target data, and a data output unit that outputs output data generated based on a plurality of pieces of analysis target data.

Abstract: A measurement device includes the following: an imaging unit configured to image a living organism to acquire an image; a determination-index calculating unit configured to calculate, for a region of interest included in the image, a determination index relating to a pixel count of a target pixel having a pixel value equal to or greater than a predetermined lower limit and equal to or smaller than a predetermined upper limit; and a biological-information calculating unit configured to calculate biological information from the pixel value of a pixel included in a region of interest with the determination index being equal to or greater than a threshold.

Abstract: A method for managing a souvenir supply service is provided. The method includes the step of acquiring map information and information on a sightseeing plan of a user using the souvenir supply service. The information on the sightseeing plan comprises positional information on a sightseeing spot visited by the user and information on a time zone during which the user visits the sightseeing spot. The method also includes the step of sending a mobile vehicle loaded with a souvenir associated with the sightseeing spot to the sightseeing spot in the time zone during which the user visits the sightseeing spot based on the map information and the sightseeing plan information.

Abstract: A control system for a vehicle including a recognition sensor, an information processing device, and a notification device has the following features. The information processing device executes a process of determining whether a notification condition is satisfied based on information of a recognition result by the recognition sensor, map information of an endemic animal distribution area indicating an area in which a region-specific wild animal inhabits, and information of a vehicle's own position, a process of notifying at least an occupant of a warning or an alarm regarding the type of the region-specific wild animal via the notification device when it is determined that the notification condition is satisfied, and a process of executing danger avoidance driving of avoiding a crisis caused by the region-specific wild animal based on a predetermined condition when the detection information of the region-specific wild animal is included in the information of the recognition result.

Abstract: A parking management device includes: a data acquiring unit configured to acquire user identification data for identifying the position of a user moving in a parking lot; a movement route estimating unit configured to estimate a movement route based on the user identification data acquired by the data acquiring unit, the movement route being a route along which the user moves in the parking lot; and a running route deciding unit configured to decide a running route of a vehicle so as to avoid the movement route estimated by the movement route estimating unit, the vehicle being a vehicle running in the parking lot.