Abstract: A control device includes: a processor configured to: control a multihop communication path in a wireless network that includes a node group; when a first power storage speed of a target relay node in the node group is negative, calculate a first estimated time that is needed to reach a target power-storage value in a case where the target relay node is in a non-relay operating state; and in accordance with a length of the first estimated time calculated, change a state of the target relay node into the non-relay operating state or a stop state and change a state of another node, which is in the non-relay operating state, into a relay operating state.

Abstract: A data communication method includes registering as a group and by a first data processing device of plural data processing devices, at least one second data processing device capable of communicating with the first data processing device; transmitting by the first data processing device and to the data processing devices, a first reception request for data; transmitting by the first data processing device and to the at least one second data processing device, a second reception request for the data when there is no response to the first reception request from the first data processing devices; and transmitting the data to the second data processing device, by the first data processing device and based on a response from the second data processing device.

Abstract: A communications apparatus is included among a communications apparatus group arranged in a given area and capable of communicating with a nearby communications apparatus. The communications apparatus includes a sensor that detects a given property at a location of the communications apparatus; communications circuitry that receives from the nearby communications apparatus, a detection result that is obtained by another communications apparatus, for the given property at the location of the other communications apparatus; a processor that determines whether a difference between the detection result received by the communications circuitry and a detection result of the sensor is a given amount or less.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus that is installed in plural in an installation area and processes data of each installation site, includes a processor that based on a combination of identification information included in calibration information respectively transmitted by calibration nodes and self-identification generation information that is included in the calibration information and for identifying the data processing apparatus among the plural data processing apparatuses, generates self-identification information; a memory device that retains the self-identification information; and a wireless communications circuit that receives the calibration information from the calibration nodes and performs transmission and reception of the data with an adjacent data processing apparatus provided in the installation area.

Abstract: An electronic computer includes a processor that executes a thread and an interrupt handler, and monitors load of the processor; and an interrupt controller that is configured to determine a notification timing for an interrupt request to call the interrupt handler, the notification timing being determined based on the load and an effect of execution of the interrupt handler on user performance of the thread under execution by the processor; and notify the processor of the interrupt request, based on the notification timing. When the load is higher than a threshold, the interrupt controller sets the notification timing for an interrupt request that does not affect the user performance, to be later than the notification timing for an interrupt request that affects the user performance. Based on notification of the interrupt request, the processor calls and executes the interrupt handler that corresponds to the interrupt request.

Abstract: A data processing method is executed by a processor, and includes detecting an addition request to add a first device to a first group that includes a plurality of devices; registering the first device into a main group in which devices of the first group are registered, the first device being registered when the first device does not belong to a second group that is different from the first group; registering the first device into a subgroup, when the first device belongs to the second group; and performing by the devices registered in the main group, distributed processing that includes a plurality of tasks.

Abstract: An observation system includes a plurality of nodes and an observation apparatus that collects information from the nodes using multi-hop communication for communicating with the nodes. The observation apparatus includes a link quality indicator (LQI) determination section and an output control section. The LQI determination section determines whether an LQI received from a node using the multi-hop communication is larger than a first threshold. When the LQI is larger than the first threshold, the output control section outputs a reduction command to the node associated with the LQI, the reduction command being a command to change the amount of transmission power in the multi-hop communication.

Abstract: A multicore processor system includes core configured to detect a process assignment instruction; acquire a remaining time obtained by subtracting a processing time of interrupt processing assigned to an arbitrary core of a multicore processor from a period that is from a calling time of the interrupt processing to an execution time limit of the interrupt processing, upon detecting the process assignment instruction; judge if the remaining time acquired at the acquiring is greater than or equal to a processing time of processing defined to limit an interrupt in the process; and assign the process to the arbitrary core, upon judging that the remaining time is greater than or equal to the processing time of the processing defined to limit an interrupt in the process.

Abstract: A communication device has: a sensor configured to output sensing data; a count signal communication part configured to count a count signal received from a control device directly or via another communication device and transmit the counted count signal and to store a value of the received count signal; and a data communication part configured to transmit the sensing data outputted by the sensor or the sensing data received from another communication device, in correspondence with the stored value of the count signal.

Abstract: A data processing method is executed by a first data processing apparatus, and includes setting based on a size of data that is for executing a predetermined function, a first division number for dividing the data; producing groups of a second division number, each including N (a positive integer) elements by dividing the first division number; assigning a plurality of data processing apparatuses each capable of communicating with the first data processing apparatus, to the groups of the second division number; and assigning sub-data formed by dividing the data by the first division number, to the groups of the second division number.

Abstract: A bearing steel includes, as a metallographic structure, inclusions which contain complex oxysulfides including Rare Earth Metal, Ca, O, S, and Al, TiN, MnS, Al2O3, and complex oxides including Al and Ca, wherein, a number fraction of the complex oxysulfides in a total number of the inclusions is 50% to less than 100% and a number of complex oxysulfides having a major axis of 5 ?m or more is 0.001 pieces to 2 pieces in an observed section of 1 mm2, and a number of TiN existing independently from the complex oxysulfides and having a major axis of 5 ?m or more is 0.001 pieces to less than 1.0 piece in an observed section of 1 mm2.

Abstract: A data transfer control apparatus includes a transferring unit that transfers data from a transfer source memory to a transfer destination memory, according to an instruction from a first processor; and a first processor configured to detect a process execute by the first processor, determine whether transfer of the data is urgent, based on the type of the detected process, and control the transferring unit or the first processor to transfer the data, based on a determination result.

Abstract: A file sharing method executed by a first terminal, and including selecting from among multiple terminals including the first terminal and based on a remaining battery level of the terminals and a processing time of a shared process, a second terminal to execute the shared process for sharing multiple files among the terminals; and assigning the shared process to the second terminal.

Abstract: Provided is a steel for carbonitrided bearing which excels in hardenability and also excels in toughness, wear resistance, and surface-originated flaking life after quenching and tempering. A steel for carbonitrided bearing of the present embodiment has a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.22 to 0.45%, Si: not more than 0.50%, Mn: 0.40 to 1.50%, P: not more than 0.015%, S: not more than 0.005%, Cr: 0.30 to 2.0%, Mo: 0.10 to 0.35%, V: 0.20 to 0.40%, Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, N: not more than 0.030%, and O: not more than 0.0015%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formulae (1) and (2). 1.20<0.4Cr+0.4Mo+4.5V<2.60??(1) 2.7C+0.4Si+Mn+0.8Cr+Mo+V>2.

Abstract: Provided is a carbonitrided bearing part which has high hardenability and toughness, and is excellent in wear resistance and surface-originated flaking life. A carbonitrided bearing part of the present embodiment has a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.15 to 0.45%, Si: not more than 0.50%, Mn: 0.40 to 1.50%, P: not more than 0.015%, S: not more than 0.005%, Cr: 0.30 to 2.0%, Mo: 0.10 to 0.35%, V: 0.20 to 0.40%, Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, N: not more than 0.030%, and O: not more than 0.0015%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formulae (1) and (2). At surface, C concentration is 0.7 to 1.2%, N concentration is 0.15 to 0.6%, and Rockwell hardness HRC is 58 to 65. 1.20<0.4Cr+0.4Mo+4.5V<2.60??(1) 2.7C+0.4Si+Mn+0.8Cr+Mo+V>2.

Abstract: A given communications apparatus is included among plural first communications apparatuses, among which at least execution results of data processing of the given communications apparatus is communicated by multi-hop communication whereby, the execution results are transmitted to a second communications apparatus that performs a process based on the execution results.

Abstract: A position estimation apparatus acquires, for base devices, the number of hops from a target sensor node to a base device. The position estimation apparatus calculates, for each base device, a distribution of estimated distances corresponding to the total hops, based on the number of hops and a distribution of estimated distances stored in a storage device. The position estimation apparatus calculates, for each base device, a distribution of estimated positions within a given region, based on the distribution of estimated distances, information concerning a range of the given region, and information concerning a position of the base device. The position estimation apparatus calculates an index that indicates a probability of a position of the target sensor node within the given region, based on the sum of distributions of estimated positions concerning the base stations.

Abstract: A communications apparatus includes a reception signal processor that receives a wireless signal; a processor that controls a wait time that the reception signal processor waits for reception of wireless signals that include data to be transmitted and information of transmission paths; extracts from the information of the transmission paths included in the wireless signals received by the reception signal processor during the wait time, information of a common relay point in the transmission paths; determines a network state according to a ratio of transmission paths that include the common relay point, among a total count of the transmission paths; and generates based on the determined network state, a signal that includes information of a relay point; and a transmission signal processor that transmits the generated signal.

Abstract: A synchronization method of multiple threads is executed by a computer. The synchronization method includes determining a type of a synchronization process of a first thread performing the synchronization process for synchronization with a second thread; starting time measurement when the type of the synchronization process of the first thread is a first type; performing the synchronization process of the first thread and a synchronization process of the second thread based on a synchronization process history of the second thread when the measured time exceeds a permitted response period of the first thread; and updating the permitted response period and performing the synchronization processes of the first thread and the second thread based on the synchronization process history of the second thread, when another processing request is received.

Abstract: A thread processing method is executed by a specific apparatus included among a plurality of apparatuses, and includes assigning one thread among a plurality of threads to the apparatuses, respectively; acquiring first time information that indicates a time at which the specific apparatus receives an execution result of a corresponding thread from each of the apparatuses; and setting a priority level of an access right to access shared memory that is shared by the apparatuses and the specific apparatus, the setting being based on the first time information and second time information that indicates a time at which reception of execution results of the threads from the apparatuses ends.