Abstract: A sludge drying apparatus includes a waste fluid bath for storing a waste fluid containing a sludge, an extracting unit for extracting the sludge from the waste fluid stored in the waste fluid bath, a transfer belt for transferring the sludge extracted by the extracting unit, a drying unit for drying the sludge to be transferred by the transfer belt, and a recovering unit for recovering the sludge transferred by the transfer belt and dried by the drying unit. The recovering unit includes a roll brush provided adjacent to the air outlet so as to horizontally extend in the direction perpendicular to the direction of extension of the transfer belt, and a recovery box for recovering the sludge separated from the transfer belt by the roll brush.

Abstract: Communication systems including a case and an accessory are disclosed. In one example, the case supplies electric power. The accessory is connectable to the case with a charging line and a GND line. The charging line transmits and receives a charging signal. The GND line is set to a reference voltage. The accessory includes a requested-operation determination circuit that, based on a voltage level of the charging signal and on a duration time of the voltage level, determines one operation requested of the accessory. In another example, a power management IC is included in the accessory and connected to the case with a charging line and a GND line. The power management IC includes a requested-operation determination circuit that, based on a voltage level of the charging signal and on a duration time of the voltage level, determines one operation requested of the accessory.

Abstract: An image processing device may include a first image input unit to which a first photographed image obtained by photographing a specific part of the subject eye is inputted, a second image input unit to which a second photographed image obtained by photographing the specific part is inputted, and display unit configured to display a synthesized image obtained by synthesizing the first and second photographed image. The synthesized image may be partitioned into at least a first region and a second region by a first boundary line. The display unit may be configured to display, in the first region, at least a portion which is a part of the first photographed image and corresponds to the first region. The display unit may be configured to display, in the second region, at least a portion, which is a part of the second photographed image and corresponds to the second region.

Abstract: A waste liquid treating device includes a holding section that holds an adhesion plate, a vertically moving mechanism that moves the holding section vertically, and a peeling mechanism that peels off water-containing swarf from the adhesion plate held by the holding section. The peeling mechanism includes two air nozzles extending in parallel to each other in a horizontal direction with a spacing therebetween and including jet ports formed to face each other, a valve disposed in a piping providing communication between the two air nozzles and an air source, and a control unit that performs control of opening and closing of the valve and control of the vertically moving mechanism for moving the adhesion plate in the vertical direction in the spacing between the two air nozzles.

Abstract: A motor control device drives a motor based on a vehicle signal including drive assist information and performs vehicle control. The motor control device includes: a first controller and a second controller that perform a calculation operation concerning drive control over the motor. A first microcomputer corresponds to a calculation portion of the first controller. A second microcomputer corresponds to a calculation portion of the second controller. The first microcomputer and the second microcomputer mutually transmit and receive operation results by inter-microcomputer communication, or the first microcomputer unilaterally transmits an operation result from the first microcomputer by the inter-microcomputer communication. The first microcomputer and the second microcomputer synchronize timings to start and end control by performing at least one of three types of arbitration processes including: an AND-start arbitration process; an OR-start arbitration process; and a forced arbitration process.

Abstract: To reduce power consumption in an image pickup apparatus that captures a plurality of pieces of image data. An image pickup apparatus includes a signal processing unit and a control unit. The signal processing unit executes, in accordance with a predetermined control signal, either compound-eye processing for synthesizing a plurality of pieces of image data by carrying out signal processing on each of the plurality of pieces of image data or monocular processing for carrying out the signal processing on any one of the plurality of pieces of image data. The control unit supplies the predetermined control signal to the signal processing unit and causes one of the compound-eye processing and the monocular processing to be switched to the other one of the compound-eye processing and the monocular processing, on a basis of a result of a comparison between a measured predetermined physical amount and a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: In a steering control device, a plurality of control systems is configured to switch a drive mode to a cooperative drive mode when command values calculated by control units of the control systems are not different from each other and to switch the drive mode to an independent drive mode when the command values calculated by the control units of the control systems are different from each other. The control systems are configured to gradually limit the command values respectively calculated by the control units of the control systems when a start switch of a vehicle has been turned off. The control systems are configured to switch the drive mode to the independent drive mode regardless of whether the command values calculated by the control units of the control systems are different from each other when the start switch has been turned off while the vehicle is traveling.

Abstract: A prediction device extracts each predictive feature vector expressing a feature from a peptide that is a target for membrane permeability prediction. The prediction device generates a predicted value of membrane permeability of the prediction target peptide by inputting plural predictive feature vectors into a trained model pre-trained to output a predicted value of peptide membrane permeability.

Abstract: Communication systems including a case and an accessory are disclosed. In one example, the case supplies electric power. The accessory is connectable to the case with a charging line and a GND line. The charging line transmits and receives a charging signal. The GND line is set to a reference voltage. The accessory includes a requested-operation determination circuit that, based on a voltage level of the charging signal and on a duration time of the voltage level, determines one operation requested of the accessory. In another example, a power management IC is included in the accessory and connected to the case with a charging line and a GND line. The power management IC includes a requested-operation determination circuit that, based on a voltage level of the charging signal and on a duration time of the voltage level, determines one operation requested of the accessory.

Abstract: An optical coherence tomographic device may include: an image capturing unit configured to capture a tomographic image of a subject eye; an input device configured to input one or a plurality of examination report types, each of the examination report types indicating an intended examination report form; a memory configured to store a plurality of control programs, each of the plurality of control programs, for corresponding one of the examination report types, is used for causing the image capturing unit to perform capturing for generating an examination report of the corresponding type; and a controller configured to control the image capturing unit, when the plurality of examination report types is inputted, according to a series of control programs generated based on corresponding ones of control programs stored in the memory.

Abstract: A sludge drying apparatus includes a drying unit for drying sludge as it is transferred by a transfer belt. The drying unit includes a box that covers an upper surface of the transfer belt and extends in a direction of extension of the transfer belt, an air inlet formed at one end of the box, an air outlet formed at the other end of the box, a fan provided outside the box for sucking air in the box from the air outlet and thereby intaking outside air from the air inlet into the box, a dividing portion for dividing the air discharged from the fan into two parts, and a return inlet formed between the air inlet and the air outlet for returning one of the two parts of the air divided by the dividing portion into the box.

Abstract: To reduce power consumption in an image pickup apparatus that captures a plurality of pieces of image data. An image pickup apparatus includes a signal processing unit and a control unit. The signal processing unit executes, in accordance with a predetermined control signal, either compound-eye processing for synthesizing a plurality of pieces of image data by carrying out signal processing on each of the plurality of pieces of image data or monocular processing for carrying out the signal processing on any one of the plurality of pieces of image data. The control unit supplies the predetermined control signal to the signal processing unit and causes one of the compound-eye processing and the monocular processing to be switched to the other one of the compound-eye processing and the monocular processing, on a basis of a result of a comparison between a measured predetermined physical amount and a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: An optical coherence tomographic device of polarization-sensitive type may include: an image capturing unit configured to capture a tomographic image of a subject eye, and a display unit configured to display the tomographic image captured by the image capturing unit. The tomographic image may include at least two images selected from a group consisting of: an image showing a tissue in the subject eye by scattering intensity, an image showing a melanin distribution in the subject eye, an image showing a fiber density in the subject eye, an image showing a fiber direction in the subject eye, and an image showing a blood flow in the subject eye. The display unit may be configured to display the at least two images at a same position and on a same cross section such that the at least two images are superimposed on each other.

Abstract: To reduce power consumption in an image pickup apparatus that captures a plurality of pieces of image data. An image pickup apparatus includes a signal processing unit and a control unit. The signal processing unit executes, in accordance with a predetermined control signal, either compound-eye processing for synthesizing a plurality of pieces of image data by carrying out signal processing on each of the plurality of pieces of image data or monocular processing for carrying out the signal processing on any one of the plurality of pieces of image data. The control unit supplies the predetermined control signal to the signal processing unit and causes one of the compound-eye processing and the monocular processing to be switched to the other one of the compound-eye processing and the monocular processing, on a basis of a result of a comparison between a measured predetermined physical amount and a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A waste liquid treating device includes a holding section that holds an adhesion plate, a vertically moving mechanism that moves the holding section vertically, and a peeling mechanism that peels off water-containing swarf from the adhesion plate held by the holding section. The peeling mechanism includes two air nozzles extending in parallel to each other in a horizontal direction with a spacing therebetween and including jet ports formed to face each other, a valve disposed in a piping providing communication between the two air nozzles and an air source, and a control unit that performs control of opening and closing of the valve and control of the vertically moving mechanism for moving the adhesion plate in the vertical direction in the spacing between the two air nozzles.

Abstract: A tomographic image processing device that includes an input unit configured to input a tomographic image of a subject eye; a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, may cause the processor to execute: acquiring a tomographic image of a normal eye; acquiring a tomographic image of an eye having an abnormal portion; extracting a feature amount of the abnormal portion by using machine learning from the tomographic image of the normal eye and the tomographic image of the eye having the abnormal portion; acquiring a tomographic image of the subject eye inputted to the input unit; and determining whether the tomographic image of the subject eye includes an abnormal portion based on the feature amount.

Abstract: To reduce power consumption in an image pickup apparatus that captures a plurality of pieces of image data. An image pickup apparatus includes a signal processing unit and a control unit. The signal processing unit executes, in accordance with a predetermined control signal, either compound-eye processing for synthesizing a plurality of pieces of image data by carrying out signal processing on each of the plurality of pieces of image data or monocular processing for carrying out the signal processing on any one of the plurality of pieces of image data. The control unit supplies the predetermined control signal to the signal processing unit and causes one of the compound-eye processing and the monocular processing to be switched to the other one of the compound-eye processing and the monocular processing, on a basis of a result of a comparison between a measured predetermined physical amount and a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A sludge drying apparatus includes a waste fluid bath for storing a waste fluid containing a sludge, an extracting unit for extracting the sludge from the waste fluid stored in the waste fluid bath, a transfer belt for transferring the sludge extracted by the extracting unit, a drying unit for drying the sludge to be transferred by the transfer belt, and a recovering unit for recovering the sludge transferred by the transfer belt and dried by the drying unit. The recovering unit includes a roll brush provided adjacent to the air outlet so as to horizontally extend in the direction perpendicular to the direction of extension of the transfer belt, and a recovery box for recovering the sludge separated from the transfer belt by the roll brush.

Abstract: A motor control device drives a motor based on a vehicle signal including drive assist information and performs vehicle control. The motor control device includes: a first controller and a second controller that perform a calculation operation concerning drive control over the motor. A first microcomputer corresponds to a calculation portion of the first controller. A second microcomputer corresponds to a calculation portion of the second controller. The first microcomputer and the second microcomputer mutually transmit and receive operation results by inter-microcomputer communication, or the first microcomputer unilaterally transmits an operation result from the first microcomputer by the inter-microcomputer communication. The first microcomputer and the second microcomputer synchronize timings to start and end control by performing at least one of three types of arbitration processes including: an AND-start arbitration process; an OR-start arbitration process; and a forced arbitration process.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a throttle valve, an EGR passage, an EGR valve, a valve mechanism that adjusts opening and closing characteristics of an intake valve or an exhaust valve of the internal combustion engine, and a controller that controls the throttle valve, the EGR valve and the valve mechanism, based on request torque that is requested of the internal combustion engine. The controller is configured to execute evacuation traveling control that operates the throttle valve to fully open, calculates a target intake air flow amount for achieving the request torque based on an effective opening area of the EGR valve which is stuck, and operates the valve mechanism in accordance with the target intake air flow amount, in at least one time period while the request torque is reducing when the EGR valve is stuck in an open state.