Abstract: Provided are an extract, which is a fractionated component 1 of a water extract of a plant powder, wherein the fractionated component 1 is a fractionated component having a fractionation molecular weight of 12,000 or greater, wherein an ethanol-undissolved component of the fractionated component 1 exhibits a peak attributable to carboxylic acid in a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) measurement and exhibits a peak attributable to cellulose in a gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) measurement, and wherein an ethanol-dissolved component of the fractionated component 1 exhibits a peak attributable to carboxylic acid in the FT-IR measurement and exhibits a peak attributable to a plant protein in the GC-MS measurement, and a water-purifying agent containing the extract.

Abstract: Included are: a basic operation plan creating section 2 configured to create a basic operation plan based on durable years (e.g., 10 years) and a durable operating time (e.g., 40000 hours) of a fuel cell 1, such that the fuel cell 1 is operated within the range of at least one of a first allowable operating time (e.g., 11 hours) per predetermined unit period (e.g., per day) and the number of durable start-ups (e.g., 4000 times) per predetermined unit period; a special operation plan creating section 3 configured to create a special operation plan such that the fuel cell 1 is operated within the range of at least one of a second allowable operating time (e.g., 20 hours) per predetermined unit period (e.g.

Abstract: A hydrogen generator of the present invention includes a reformer (16) for generating a hydrogen-containing gas through a reforming reaction using a raw material; a combustor (102a) for heating the reformer (16); a combustion air supplier (117) for supplying combustion air to the combustor (102a); and an abnormality detector (110a) for detecting an abnormality; and a controller (110) configured to control the combustion air supplier (117) such that the reformer (16) is cooled with a higher rate in an abnormal shut-down process executed after the abnormality detector (110a) detects the abnormality, than in a normal shut-down process.

Abstract: Included are: a basic operation plan creating section 2 configured to create a basic operation plan based on durable years (e.g., 10 years) and a durable operating time (e.g., 40000 hours) of a fuel cell 1, such that the fuel cell 1 is operated within the range of at least one of a first allowable operating time (e.g., 11 hours) per predetermined unit period (e.g., per day) and the number of durable start-ups (e.g., 4000 times) per predetermined unit period; a special operation plan creating section 3 configured to create a special operation plan such that the fuel cell 1 is operated within the range of at least one of a second allowable operating time (e.g., 20 hours) per predetermined unit period (e.g.

Abstract: A fuel cell system (1) comprises a fuel cell unit (10); and a control unit (20); the control unit including: an allowable operation time setting section (22) which sets an allowable operation time (T6) of the fuel cell unit for each unit period (T3); and an operation control section (21) which operates the fuel cell unit such that an actual operation time (T7) of the fuel cell unit per unit period is not more than the allowable operation time; the allowable operation time setting section calculates an accumulated value of reference values (T5) of the allowable operation time for each unit period which correspond to past all unit periods and an accumulated value of values of the actual operation time for each unit period which correspond to past all unit periods, the reference values of the allowable operation time for each unit period being set based on the durable operation time (T2) and the guaranteed usage period (T1); and if a remaining operation time (T9) which is a difference value between the accumulat

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an access control apparatus for lessening the occasions of invading a place where no entry is permitted without setting any separate access condition for a temporary user of a visitor, etc., in a room entering and leaving management apparatus using personal identification information of an IC card, etc. The access control apparatus of the invention sets the master-slave relationship between identification information possessed by a guide and identification information possessed by a visitor and automatically sets the access permission of the visitor in response to the verification result of the guide.

Abstract: A fuel cell power generation system including: a measurement section configured to measure an accumulated energized period; a calendar section configured to specify a time and a date; a memory having stored therein a matrix in which time-of-year segments which are defined by dividing a one-year period are arranged in rows, and energized period segments which are defined by dividing a target value of the accumulated energized period are arranged in columns, wherein the matrix stores, as elements, upper limit values of a power generation period per unit time of a fuel cell stack, and the upper limit values are set such that the sum of power generation periods calculated for all of the elements coincides with a pre-measured life period of the fuel cell stack; a calculation section configured to apply the time and the date and the accumulated energized period to the matrix, and to determine an upper limit value of the power generation period per unit time; and an operation controller configured to set, in conside

Abstract: Provided is a route guidance system that provides a route in premises in order to perform service of route guidance in the premises, which includes: a route guidance apparatus, which is comprised of visible region calculation means that calculates a range where a user can see, signpost extraction means that extracts a signpost to be guided from a visible region, route search means that searches the route from a starting point to a destination, route information generation means that comprises guidance map generation means that generates a map for guidance and guidance sentence generation means that generates the guidance sentence, route leading means that obtains current positional information to send appropriate guidance information to a portable terminal, and position determination means that performs coordinate conversion to information from a position detection apparatus of the user; a portable terminal apparatus including a user interface, which displays an image or a route guidance sentence; a position

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an access control apparatus for lessening the occasions of invading a place where no entry is permitted without setting any separate access condition for a temporary user of a visitor, etc., in a room entering and leaving management apparatus using personal identification information of an IC card, etc. The access control apparatus of the invention sets the master-slave relationship between identification information possessed by a guide and identification information possessed by a visitor and automatically sets the access permission of the visitor in response to the verification result of the guide.

Abstract: A vector block information indicating a plurality of line segment rows is read out from a block map. Each line segment row divides an area of a block from an area of a road in an image drawing region. Each point at which one end of a line segment row contacts with a boundary line of the image drawing region is set as a boundary point. In this case, a road crossing the boundary line of the image drawing region is indicated by a pair of line segment rows having a pair of boundary points close to each other. To determine an area of the road, the pair of boundary points are connected with each other through a connecting line segment. Therefore, a road area in the image drawing region can be automatically extracted from the block map.

Abstract: A vector block information indicating a plurality of line segment rows is read out from a block map. Each line segment row divides an area of a block from an area of a road in an image drawing region. Each point at which one end of a line segment row contacts with a boundary line of the image drawing region is set as a boundary point. In this case, a road crossing the boundary line of the image drawing region is indicated by a pair of line segment rows having a pair of boundary points close to each other. To determine an area of the road, the pair of boundary points are connected with each other through a connecting line segment. Therefore, a road area in the image drawing region can be automatically extracted from the block map.

Abstract: A vector block information indicating a plurality of line segment rows is read out from a block map. Each line segment row divides an area of a block from an area of a road in an image drawing region. Each point at which one end of a line segment row contacts with a boundary line of the image drawing region is set as a boundary point. In this case, a road crossing the boundary line of the image drawing region is indicated by a pair of line segment rows having a pair of boundary points close to each other. To determine an area of the road, the pair of boundary points are connected with each other through a connecting line segment. Therefore, a road area in the image drawing region can be automatically extracted from the block map.

Abstract: A vector block information indicating a plurality of line segment rows is read out from a block map. Each line segment row divides an area of a block from an area of a road in an image drawing region. Each point at which one end of a line segment row contacts with a boundary line of the image drawing region is set as a boundary point. In this case, a road crossing the boundary line of the image drawing region is indicated by a pair of line segment rows having a pair of boundary points close to each other. To determine an area of the road, the pair of boundary points are connected with each other through a connecting line segment. Therefore, a road area in the image drawing region can be automatically extracted from the block map.

Abstract: A map editing apparatus is provided with various sections having respective editing functions which can be selectively specified for operating on one or more user-selected elements of a displayed map, with each editing function serving to automatically execute a specific editing operation, which may utilize one or more predetermined parameters. The apparatus includes a conformity management section having a function for detecting when execution of an editing operation will result in nonconformity in the map, such as mutual overlapping of map elements, and for automatically causing such an editing operation to be executed in a modified form, such as to prevent occurrence of the nonconformity.

Abstract: A system for controlling physical distribution pallets makes it possible to accurately identify status of pallets, to set up an adequate forwarding plan of pallets, and to accomplish physical distribution in smooth manner. The system includes a wireless detector device mounted on pallets and for detecting pallet control information transmitted from transmitting means 21 which stores pallet control information of said pallet and transmits in wireless, a pallet stock data storage for receiving and storing the pallet control information detected by the wireless detector via a wide area communication network, and a pallet status judging device for judging whether the pallet stored in memory of the pallet stock data storage is empty or not based on the pallet control information of said pallet.

Abstract: A first storage in a system for progress management assistance stores production schedule data for a lot including: a production start time of the lot, described with a numerical value and/or a pointer; a production period for the lot, described with a numerical value; and a production finish time for the lot, described with a pointer and/or a numerical value that is obtained by adding the production period to the production start time. A second storage in the system stores an idle period table, in which an idle period between lots allocated to the same facility in the production schedule data is stored as a pair of a production finish time of a preceding lot and a production finish time of a following lot therein.

Abstract: A system for providing information on a route for pedestrians. The system comprises a storage unit, which stores a data on area divided to a non-pedestrian area and a pedestrian area, a data on street, i.e. a region where pedestrians can walk in each of the areas, a data of block where pedestrians cannot walk in each of the areas, an index for searching the block or the street from an address or a name, and a table describing areas belonging to each section on a map, and a pedestrian information processing unit, which comprises an input/output control unit for receiving input from a user, a pedestrian map data searching unit for acquiring a pedestrian map data suitable for inputting from the storage unit, and a pedestrian route searching unit for searching a route for pedestrians using the acquired data. The system can quickly provide the user with pedestrian route information suitable for pedestrians and walking conditions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for controlling physical distribution pallets, by which it is possible to accurately identify status of pallets, to set up an adequate forwarding plan of pallets, and to accomplish physical distribution in smooth manner. The system comprises wireless detecting means 22 mounted on pallets and for detecting pallet control information transmitted from transmitting means 21 which stores pallet control information of said pallet and transmits in wireless, pallet stock data storage means 23 for receiving and storing the pallet control information detected by the wireless detecting means via a wide area communication network, and pallet status judging means 24 for judging whether the pallet stored in memory of the pallet stock data storage means is empty or not based on the pallet control information of said pallet.