Abstract: A display method is a display method performed by a display device that operates in conjunction with a mobile object, and includes: determining which one of first surrounding information, which is video showing a surrounding condition of the mobile object and is generated using two-dimensional information, and second surrounding information, which is video showing the surrounding condition of the mobile object and is generated using three-dimensional data, is to be displayed, based on a driving condition of the mobile object; and displaying the one of the first surrounding information and the second surrounding information that is determined to be displayed.

Abstract: A furnace gas supply apparatus configured to supply gas into a drawing furnace, includes: a first flow channel introducing the gas from a predetermined first gas inlet to flow the gas from a predetermined first gas outlet toward a gas storage portion, and a second flow channel introducing the gas stored in the gas storage portion from a predetermined second gas inlet to flow the gas from a predetermined second gas outlet toward a furnace core tube of the drawing furnace, in which the gas storage portion is provided between the first gas outlet and the second gas inlet, and in which an opening position of the second gas inlet is provided at a position different from an opening position of the first gas outlet.

Abstract: A three-dimensional information processing method includes: obtaining, via a communication channel, map data that includes first three-dimensional position information; generating second three-dimensional position information from information detected by a sensor; judging whether one of the first three-dimensional position information and the second three-dimensional position information is abnormal by performing, on one of the first three-dimensional position information and the second three-dimensional position information, a process of judging whether an abnormality is present; determining a coping operation to cope with the abnormality when one of the first three-dimensional position information and the second three-dimensional position information is judged to be abnormal; and executing a control that is required to perform the coping operation.

Abstract: A three-dimensional point cloud densification device includes: an obtainer that obtains a plurality of three-dimensional points, each of which indicates a three-dimensional position of at least one object, and auxiliary information for creating a polygon; and a densifier that: identifies the polygon having, as vertices, at least three three-dimensional points among the plurality of three-dimensional points, based on the auxiliary information; and generates a new three-dimensional point inside the polygon.

Abstract: A video encoding method of performing scalable encoding on input video includes: determining a total number of layers of the scalable encoding to be less than or equal to a maximum layer count determined according to a frame rate; and performing the scalable encoding on the input video to generate a bitstream, using the determined total number of layers.

Abstract: A display method is a display method performed by a display device that operates in conjunction with a mobile object, and includes: determining which one of first surrounding information, which is video showing a surrounding condition of the mobile object and is generated using two-dimensional information, and second surrounding information, which is video showing the surrounding condition of the mobile object and is generated using three-dimensional data, is to be displayed, based on a driving condition of the mobile object; and displaying the one of the first surrounding information and the second surrounding information that is determined to be displayed.

Abstract: A calibrator for a camera includes a controlling circuit, a photographing circuit, a calculating circuit, and an instructing circuit. The controlling circuit is configured to control a movable body to move into a shooting area of the camera. A marker is provided on the movable body for calibration of the camera. The photographing circuit is configured to control the camera to photograph the marker. The calculating circuit is configured to calculate at least one parameter of the camera based on the photographed marker. The instructing circuit is configured to transmit the at least one parameter to the camera to calibrate the camera.

Abstract: An image coding method includes selecting two or more transform components from among a plurality of transform components that include a translation component and non-translation components, the two or more transform components serving as reference information that represents a reference destination of a current block; coding selection information that identifies the two or more transform components that have been selected from among the plurality of transform components; and coding the reference information of the current block by using reference information of a coded block different from the current block.

Abstract: A three-dimensional data creation method includes: creating first three-dimensional data from information detected by a sensor; receiving encoded three-dimensional data that is obtained by encoding second three-dimensional data; decoding the received encoded three-dimensional data to obtain the second three-dimensional data; and merging the first three-dimensional data with the second three-dimensional data to create third three-dimensional data.

Abstract: A filling rate measurement method includes: obtaining a space three-dimensional model generated by measuring a storage through an opening of the storage using a range sensor facing the storage; obtaining a storage three-dimensional model that is a three-dimensional model of the storage; extracting a target part that is a part of a measurement target in the space three-dimensional model; identifying a line segment indicating a shape of the opening on a two-dimensional image of the opening which is generated; estimating a target three-dimensional model that is a three-dimensional model of the measurement target based on the target part and a three-dimensional coordinate system with respect to the position of the opening on a three-dimensional space identified based on the position of the range sensor, the specific direction, and the shape of the opening; and calculating a filling rate of the measurement target with respect to the storage space.

Abstract: A three-dimensional model generation method includes: detecting a first line from each of a plurality of images of a target area shot to detect a plurality of first lines, the plurality of images being shot from a plurality of viewpoints; excluding, from the plurality of first lines detected, a second line that reaches an edge of an image among the plurality of images; and generating a line segment model which is a three-dimensional model of the target area represented by lines, using a plurality of line segments which are the plurality of first lines from which the second line is excluded.

Abstract: A three-dimensional data creation method in a client device includes: creating three-dimensional data of a surrounding area of the client device using sensor information that is obtained through a sensor equipped in the client device and indicates a surrounding condition of the client device; estimating a self-location of the client device using the three-dimensional data created; and transmitting the sensor information obtained to a server or an other client device.

Abstract: An image coding method includes selecting two or more transform components from among a plurality of transform components that include a translation component and non-translation components, the two or more transform components serving as reference information that represents a reference destination of a current block; coding selection information that identifies the two or more transform components that have been selected from among the plurality of transform components; and coding the reference information of the current block by using reference information of a coded block different from the current block.

Abstract: A three-dimensional model distribution method includes: distributing a first model, which is a three-dimensional model of a target space in a target time period, in a first distribution mode; and distributing a second model, which is a three-dimensional model of the target space in the target time period and makes a smaller change per unit time than the first model, in a second distribution mode different from the first distribution mode.

Abstract: A three-dimensional data creation method in a client device includes: creating three-dimensional data of a surrounding area of the client device using sensor information that is obtained through a sensor equipped in the client device and indicates a surrounding condition of the client device; estimating a self-location of the client device using the three-dimensional data created; and transmitting the sensor information obtained to a server or an other client device.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method for producing a (hydro)halocarbon includes a step of purifying the (hydro)halocarbon by reduced-pressure distillation of an azeotropic or azeotropic-like composition containing the (hydro)halocarbon and a compound different from the (hydro)halocarbon. According to another embodiment, a method for producing a (hydro)halocarbon includes a step purifying the (hydro)halocarbon by reduced-pressure distillation of an azeotropic or azeotropic-like composition containing the (hydro)halocarbon and a compound different from the (hydro)halocarbon, wherein standard boiling points of both the (hydro)halocarbon and the compound are 80° C. or lower.

Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: extracting, from first three-dimensional data, second three-dimensional data having an amount of a feature greater than or equal to a threshold; and encoding the second three-dimensional data to generate first encoded three-dimensional data. For example, the three-dimensional data encoding method may further include encoding the first three-dimensional data to generate the second encoded three-dimensional data.

Abstract: A work vehicle transmission includes a first transmission mechanism that changes input motive power to any one of multiple speeds, and a second transmission mechanism that changes the motive power changed by the first transmission mechanism to any one of multiple speeds, the number of speeds of the second transmission mechanism being smaller than that of the first transmission mechanism. Multiple speed change multi-disc clutches of the first transmission mechanism are arranged parallel with multiple deceleration multi-disc clutches of the second transmission mechanism so as to be adjacent in the diameter direction thereof.

Abstract: A device maintenance support system proposes, among a plurality of devices installed, a maintenance target device and a maintenance timing. The device maintenance support system includes an information acquisition unit and a running cost prediction unit. The information acquisition unit acquires, from the devices, device identification information and device information including parameters that change according to performance deterioration of components of the devices. The running cost prediction unit predicts an increase in a running cost due to the performance deterioration of components of the devices. Among combinations of the devices on which maintenance may be performed and the maintenance timing, the maintenance target device and the maintenance timing thereof for which a total cost is lowest are proposed. The total cost is a sum of the increase in the running cost of all the devices and the maintenance cost incurred for the maintenance target device.

Abstract: A three-dimensional model distribution method includes generating a depth image from a three-dimensional model; and distributing the depth image and information for restoring the three-dimensional model from the depth image.