Abstract: A NOx generation amount control device includes: a cumulative amount calculating part calculating a cumulative NOx amount obtained by adding together a plurality of NOx exhaust amounts calculated for each prescribed time interval; a specifying part specifying a target value of the cumulative NOx amount associated with a movement distance of a moving body or an output value of an engine; an estimating part estimating a predicted NOx amount indicating a predicted cumulative NOx amount based on a rotation speed of the engine and a fuel injection amount; a judging part judging whether the sum of the predicted NOx amount and the cumulative NOx amount exceeds the target value; and a determining part determining a scheduled NOx exhaust amount and determining at least one of an opening degree of the EGR valve and an opening degree of a turbocharger.

Abstract: A control device acquires information regarding a communication quality of a base station that performs a predetermined type of communication, and performs a control for moving a mobile base station to a position associated with the base station in a case where it is determined that the communication quality is lower than a predetermined communication quality.

Abstract: A control device of a mobile object is configured to execute a function using communication. The control device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire communication quality on a planned movement route of the mobile object, and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the acquired communication quality, whether or not the planned movement route includes a position that does not satisfy communication quality required for execution of the function.

Abstract: Provided is a composition with a viscosity in which coating is possible even with a small amount of solvent, has excellent curability, and in which an Si-based pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) (e.g., PSA layer) formed by a curing reaction has a low (e.g., 50° C. or lower) glass transition temperature (Tg) despite having high PSA strength and tack, has favorable wettability, and has favorable mechanical strength and elongation; and an application of the same.

Abstract: A delivery system for delivering a package to a delivery destination using a moving body, including a person information acquiring unit that acquires person information that is information concerning a person located in a space in a vicinity of a storage portion included at the delivery destination; and a judging unit that judges whether delivery of the package to the delivery destination by the moving body is possible, based on the person information acquired by the person information acquiring unit.

Abstract: Provided are a quality inspection method and a quality inspection system for unvulcanized rubber material. A final dielectric constant measurement device detects the dielectric constant of a final rubber material in which a compounding agent of predetermined type is mixed with unvulcanized rubber, and a calculator calculates a compounding ratio of the compounding agent to the final rubber material based on the detected dielectric constant, determines whether or not the calculated compounding ratio is in a preset compounding reference range, displays a determination result on a monitor, and adjusts a ratio of the compounding agent fed into an extruder to the unvulcanized rubber such that the calculated compounding ratio is within the compounding reference range.

Abstract: A control system of a vehicle, the vehicle including a detection unit for detecting external information related to an outside of surroundings of the vehicle, the external information being used to control a driven state of the vehicle is provided. The control system performs a method comprising: obtaining map information of surroundings of a route on which the vehicle travels based on position information of the vehicle, and specifying, from among pieces of detection range information corresponding to the map information, detection range information corresponding to the detection unit; and controlling the driven state of the vehicle based on the specified detection range information and the external information.

Abstract: An information management apparatus, including an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform acquiring an information on a component to be dismantled within a predetermined period, setting a demand value representing a degree of a demand for a predetermined material, determining whether the demand value is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and whether the predetermined material is included in the component based on the information, if it is determined that the demand value is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, and registering the component as an object of a recycle or a reuse, if it is determined that the predetermined material is included in the component.

Abstract: A path setting apparatus that sets a path of a mobile body having a plurality of operation modes is provided. The apparatus includes a quality acquisition unit configured to acquire communication qualities at a plurality of geographical locations, and a setting unit configured to set a path of the mobile body so as to pass through an area that satisfies a requirement of communication quality that is determined according to an operation mode of the mobile body.

Abstract: A control apparatus for remotely operating an operation target is provided. The apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding an object that exists in the surroundings of the operation target, and is not to be operated by the control apparatus, from an information providing unit outside the control apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine a virtual object for representing the object, based on the information regarding the object, and a display control unit configured to display the virtual object at a display position corresponding to a geographical location of the object.

Abstract: A delivery system for delivering a package to a delivery destination using a moving body, including a weather information acquiring unit that acquires weather information including information concerning weather at the delivery destination; and a judging unit that judges whether delivery of the package to the delivery destination by the moving body is possible, based on the weather information acquired by the weather information acquiring unit.

Abstract: A control device for executing travel control of a self-propelled work machine, comprising a turning unit that turns the work machine such that the work machine travels inside a boundary of a work region, an evaluation unit that evaluates complexity of a shape of the boundary in the work region, and a changing unit that changes a turning mode of the work machine when the work machine is turned based on an evaluation result by the evaluation unit.

Abstract: A control device includes: an image acquiring section that acquires image data of an image of a work target of the work machine; a feature recognizing section that recognizes a feature about at least one of (i) a type of the work target of the work machine, (ii) a number or density of the work target, (iii) a shape of the work target and (iv) an appearance of the work target after work, based on the image data acquired by the image acquiring section; and a control parameter deciding section that decides at least either (i) a parameter for controlling travel of the work machine or (ii) a parameter for controlling work of the work machine, based on the feature recognized by the feature recognizing section.

Abstract: A method for assisting the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, comprising: measuring an amount of extracellular vesicles having phosphatidylserine and tetraspanin, or the amount of extracellular vesicles having phosphatidylserine and tetraspanin and an amount of extracellular vesicles having tetraspanin, in a biological specimen derived from a subject; and determining that the subject has Alzheimer's disease using the amount of extracellular vesicles having phosphatidylserine and tetraspanin, or a ratio of the amount of extracellular vesicles having phosphatidylserine and tetraspanin to the amount of extracellular vesicles having tetraspanin as an indicator.

Abstract: A method for assisting the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, including: measuring an amount of extracellular vesicles having phosphatidylserine and tetraspanin, or the amount of extracellular vesicles having phosphatidylserine and tetraspanin and an amount of extracellular vesicles having tetraspanin, in a biological specimen derived from a subject; and determining that the subject has Parkinson's disease using the amount of extracellular vesicles having phosphatidylserine and tetraspanin, or a ratio of the amount of extracellular vesicles having phosphatidylserine and tetraspanin to the amount of extracellular vesicles having tetraspanin as an indicator.

Abstract: A work machine having an autonomous travel function may include: a cutting section that cuts a work target of the work machine; an image-capturing section that captures an image of the work target cut by the cutting section; and a judging section that judges a state of the cutting section based on the image captured by the image-capturing section. The judging section may judge whether maintenance of or a check on the cutting section is necessary or not based on a result of judgment about the state of the cutting section.

Abstract: The communication device collects information regarding the communication quality of communication by the first other communication device and information regarding the type of the first other communication device; and transmits information regarding the communication quality corresponding to at least one of the types along with the information regarding the types to a second other communication device based on the information collected.

Abstract: A display control apparatus comprises a display device that is a display device to be provided in a moving object that can travel, and outputs image information such that a visible direction from the outside of the moving object is restricted. The display control apparatus detects an image information presentation target that is present around the moving object, and controls the visible direction in the display device to a predetermined direction. The display control apparatus controls the predetermined direction such that an output of the display device is visible to the detected image information presentation target.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: an image acquiring section that acquires image data of an image of a plant; a form recognizing section that recognizes at least either (i) a shape of the plant or (ii) an end portion of the plant, based on the image data acquired by the image acquiring section; and a deciding section that decides at least one of (a) a level of water content in a medium of the plant, (b) whether water-supply to the plant is necessary or not, and (c) an amount of water-supply to the plant, based on a feature of at least either the shape of the plant or the end portion of the plant that is recognized by the form recognizing section.

Abstract: Provided is a curable silicone composition for a release agent which can form a release film having a silicone adhesive with a low release force even when thin and which does not reduce the adhesive strength of the silicone adhesive to other substrates upon releasing the release film. A release film and laminate are also provided. The curable silicone composition comprises: (A) a fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane mixture obtained by mixing the following components (A1) and (A2) at a mass ratio of 1/99 to 45/55: (A1) a fluoro(poly)ether modified organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule along with a fluoro(poly)ether-containing organic group; (A2) a fluoroalkyl group-containing organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule along with a fluoroalkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; (B) an organopolysiloxane having at least three silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule; (C) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst; and (D) an organic solvent.