Abstract: User identification information for identifying a user of a first terminal connecting to a communication network of a virtual communication operator via a communication network of a first communication operator is specified, and, based on the user identification information, charging for communication of the first terminal and charging for a service that the virtual communication operator is enabled to provide to the user identified by the user identification information are managed.

Abstract: An optical fiber sensing system according to this disclosure includes: a first optical fiber network (10A) configured to detect first sensing information about a monitoring target; a second optical fiber network (10B) configured to detect second sensing information about the monitoring target; a first reception unit (21A) configured to receive a first light signal from the first optical fiber network (10A); a second reception unit (21B) configured to receive a second light signal from the second optical fiber network (10B); and an identification unit (22) configured to identify the monitoring target, based on the first sensing information included in the first light signal, and the second sensing information included in the second light signal.

Abstract: An image processing device includes an image processing unit configured to generate a delivery image in which a first area which is a main image area and a second area which is an image area different from the first area are formed in a screen on the basis of a plurality of input images which are images obtained by imaging an event by a plurality of imaging devices. Furthermore, the image processing device includes a control unit configured to control the image processing unit such that control in a plurality of switching control modes is capable of being executed when the input images included in the delivery image are switched, and the captured image displayed in the second area is capable of being switched on the basis of any of a plurality of the switching control modes.

Abstract: A datacenter, a communication apparatus, a communication method, and a communication control method in a communication system are provided that can enhance the versatility of a datacenter and a virtual network constructed therein. A communication system includes: a communication facility owned by at least one network operator; and a datacenter connected to the communication facility over a network, wherein the datacenter includes: a first virtual network that implements mobile communication functions by using the communication facility; a second virtual network that provides a cloud service; and a communication means, wherein the communication means includes: a reception means for receiving traffic from the communication facility; and a distributing means for distributing the received traffic to either the first virtual network or the second virtual network.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a beverage with an enhanced alcoholic sensation and a method of enhancing an alcoholic sensation of a beverage. The present invention relates to, for example, a beverage containing one or more C8-C18 fatty acids at a total concentration of 100 ppb or more and one or more C12-C18 fatty acid ethyl esters at a total concentration of 100 ppb or more, wherein a concentration of a fatty acid with a highest content among the fatty acids is less than 500 ppb.

Abstract: A sintered material includes a first material and a second material, wherein the first material is partially stabilized ZrO2 in which 1 to 90 volume % of Al2O3 is dispersed in crystal grain boundaries or crystal grains, the Al2O3 is a grain having a grain size of less than or equal to 1 ?m, and the second material is at least one compound selected from a group consisting of a carbide, a nitride, and a carbonitride, and 5 to 95 volume % of the second material is included in the sintered material.

Abstract: User identification information for identifying a user of a first terminal connecting to a communication network of a virtual communication operator via a communication network of a first communication operator is specified, and, based on the user identification information, charging for communication of the first terminal and charging for a service that the virtual communication operator is enabled to provide to the user identified by the user identification information are managed.

Abstract: A method of producing a cubic boron nitride sintered material includes: forming an organic cubic boron nitride powder by attaching an organic substance onto a cubic boron nitride source material powder; preparing a powder mixture including more than or equal to 85 volume % and less than 100 volume % of the organic cubic boron nitride powder and a remainder of a binder source material powder by mixing the organic cubic boron nitride powder and the binder source material powder, the binder source material powder including WC, Co and Al; and obtaining the cubic boron nitride sintered material by sintering the powder mixture.

Abstract: A datacenter, a communication apparatus, a communication method, and a communication control method in a communication system are provided that can enhance the versatility of a datacenter and a virtual network constructed therein. A communication system includes: a communication facility owned by at least one network operator; and a datacenter connected to the communication facility over a network, wherein the datacenter includes: a first virtual network that implements mobile communication functions by using the communication facility; a second virtual network that provides a cloud service; and a communication means, wherein the communication means includes: a reception means for receiving traffic from the communication facility; and a distributing means for distributing the received traffic to either the first virtual network or the second virtual network.

Abstract: The present invention reduces tact time for a pick-and-place operation by an actuator. In a housing of the actuator, an air passage being a passage of air when sucking air from a hollow part of a shaft is provided. Furthermore, a sucking valve that sucks air from the hollow part of the shaft through the air passage and a suction detecting sensor to detect that a workpiece is suctioned onto a tip of the shaft are provided in the air passage. Then, in the housing, the air passage is disposed at a position on a side opposite to a linear motion motor that moves the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft, via the shaft.

Abstract: A first data center includes a first virtual network that provides a communication service in cooperation with at least a part of a communication facility of a first communication operator and a first communication unit that is operable to communicate with a second data center. The second data center includes a second virtual network that provides a communication service in cooperation with at least a part of a communication facility of a second communication operator and a second communication unit that is operable to communicate with the first data center. The first communication unit is operable to transmit to the second communication unit, communication data to be transmitted from a first terminal connecting to the first virtual network via a communication facility of the first communication operator to a second terminal connecting via a communication facility of the second communication operator to the second virtual network.

Abstract: A datacenter, a communication apparatus, a communication method, and a communication control method in a communication system are provided that can enhance the versatility of a datacenter and a virtual network constructed therein. A communication system includes: a plurality of wireless communication facilities owned by a plurality of network operators, respectively; and a datacenter in which a virtual core network is constructed, wherein the virtual core network implements mobile communication functions by using the plurality of wireless communication facilities.

Abstract: A transport device includes a transport path that includes an opening through which a developer flows into the transport path, an opening and closing portion that is provided to be movable along the transport path and that opens and closes the opening, and a transport body that is disposed in the transport path, that includes a blade formed in a spiral shape on an outer periphery of a shaft portion, that transports the developer flowing into the transport path through the opening and moves the opening and closing portion to an opening position with the blade by rotating forward, and that idly rotates with respect to the opening and closing portion moved to the opening position in a case of forward rotation.

Abstract: A monitoring apparatus 10 includes: a monitoring line setting unit 11 that sets a monitoring line in an image acquired from the image capturing unit; and an overlapping detection unit 12 that detects overlapping between an object in the image and the monitoring line. If overlapping is detected by the overlapping detection unit 12, the monitoring line setting unit 11 sets a new monitoring line according to the object.

Abstract: A first data center includes a first virtual network that provides a communication service in cooperation with at least a part of a communication facility of a first communication operator and a first communication unit that is operable to communicate with a second data center. The second data center includes a second virtual network that provides a communication service in cooperation with at least a part of a communication facility of a second communication operator and a second communication unit that is operable to communicate with the first data center. The first communication unit is operable to transmit to the second communication unit, communication data to be transmitted from a first terminal connecting to the first virtual network via a communication facility of the first communication operator to a second terminal connecting via a communication facility of the second communication operator to the second virtual network.

Abstract: A datacenter, a communication apparatus, a communication method, and a communication control method in a communication system are provided that can enhance the versatility of a datacenter and a virtual network constructed therein. A communication system includes: a plurality of wireless communication facilities owned by a plurality of network operators, respectively; and a datacenter in which a virtual core network is constructed, wherein the virtual core network implements mobile communication functions by using the plurality of wireless communication facilities.

Abstract: A management apparatus (10) includes: a storage (103) that stores information indicating a correspondence between at least one virtual network function (VNF) operating on a server and a programmable logic circuit (FPGA) capable of operating at least part of a virtual network function; and a controller (106) that causes first and second servers to perform migration of a virtual network function operating on a programmable logic circuit of the first server to the second server, on the basis of the correspondence information.

Abstract: A data center comprises a first gateway that connects with a terminal using a VPN (Virtual Private Network) through a wireless LAN and a first wide area network, a second gateway that connects to a second wide area network (WAN2), a virtual network connected to the first gateway and the second gateway; and a function block that is provided between the first gateway and the second gateway and that performs filtering of at least one of a packet input from the first wide area network side and a packet input from the second wide area network.

Abstract: An optical fiber sensing system according to the present disclosure includes an optical fiber network (10) that detects sensing data, a communication unit (21) that receives an optical signal from the optical fiber network (10), an identification unit (22) that identifies status information appropriate to a service providing destination from among a plurality of pieces of status information, an analysis unit (23) that analyzes the identified status information, based on sensing data superimposed on the optical signal, by using an analysis method related to the identified status information among a plurality of analysis methods, and a providing unit (24) that provides the identified status information to the service providing destination.

Abstract: A monitoring apparatus 10 includes: a monitoring line setting unit 11 that sets a monitoring line in an image acquired from the image capturing unit; and an overlapping detection unit 12 that detects overlapping between an object in the image and the monitoring line. If overlapping is detected by the overlapping detection unit 12, the monitoring line setting unit 11 sets a new monitoring line according to the object.