Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an evaluation section that inputs to a first classifier generated by supervised learning that uses a feature amount extracted from text in which a characteristic of a comparison target evaluated to satisfy a predetermined evaluation criteria defined by a combination of multiple sub goals of the predetermined goal is described, a feature amount extracted from the text in which the characteristic of the evaluation target is described, to acquire a similarity between the evaluation target and the comparison target for each of the sub goals. Further, the evaluation section evaluates, in reference to the similarity between the evaluation target and the comparison target for each of the sub goals and an ideal pattern for each of the predetermined evaluation criteria defined by a combination of the multiple sub goals, the similarity between the ideal pattern for each of the predetermined evaluation criteria and evaluation target.

Abstract: A photoelectric fiber includes a fiber including a core through which light is guided; an electrical unit formed continuously with the fiber, the electrical unit being configured to house a photoelectric conversion chip including a photoelectric conversion element; and an external electrode formed on a front surface of at least one of the fiber or the electrical unit, wherein the photoelectric conversion chip is optically connected to the core and electrically connected to the external electrode.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell power generation system that can attain a higher fuel utilization rate and can also attain higher power generation efficiency simultaneously. The fuel cell power generation system includes an oxide-ion-conducting first fuel cell 11 that performs reformation of a fuel containing hydrocarbon and power generation and a proton-conducting second fuel cell 12 that performs power generation by being supplied with hydrogen from the first fuel cell 11. The fuel utilization rate of the first fuel cell 11 can be set to 30% or lower, for example, and the fuel utilization rate of the second fuel cell 12 can be set to 70% or higher, for example. By adopting such a multi-stage configuration, it is possible to increase the power generation efficiency as a whole and to also attain a high fuel utilization rate simultaneously.

Abstract: Provided is a device that uses a high-temperature exhaust gas released from an internal combustion engine to produce a fuel. The present invention relates to the fuel production device including the internal combustion engine, an electrolysis device connected to the internal combustion engine, and a hydrogenation reactor connected to the electrolysis device, wherein the electrolysis device is a device for decomposing high-temperature water vapor contained in the exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine into hydrogen and oxygen, and the hydrogenation reactor is a device for converting the hydrogen resulting from the decomposition to the fuel.

Abstract: The invention provides a cogeneration system capable of adjusting a heat-to-electric power ratio not only in an increasing direction, but also in a decreasing direction. The cogeneration system includes: a power generation device configured to supply electric power; a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between exhaust of the power generation device and water, so as to lower a temperature of the exhaust and obtain steam from the water; a reformer configured to generate a reformed gas by the steam reacting with a fuel; a second heat exchanger configured to cool the reformed gas generated by the reformer by heat exchanging; a reformed gas supply device configured to supply the reformed gas cooled by the second heat exchanger to the power generation device; a distributor configured to supply the steam to at least one of the reformer and a heat utilization device; and a control device configure to adjust a heat-to-electric power ratio by changing a supply destination of the steam in the distributor.

Abstract: Provided is a device that uses a high-temperature exhaust gas released from an internal combustion engine to produce a fuel. The present invention relates to the fuel production device including the internal combustion engine, an electrolysis device connected to the internal combustion engine, and a hydrogenation reactor connected to the electrolysis device, wherein the electrolysis device is a device for decomposing high-temperature water vapor contained in the exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine into hydrogen and oxygen, and the hydrogenation reactor is a device for converting the hydrogen resulting from the decomposition to the fuel.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell power generation system that can attain a higher fuel utilization rate and can also attain higher power generation efficiency simultaneously. The fuel cell power generation system includes an oxide-ion-conducting first fuel cell 11 that performs reformation of a fuel containing hydrocarbon and power generation and a proton-conducting second fuel cell 12 that performs power generation by being supplied with hydrogen from the first fuel cell 11. The fuel utilization rate of the first fuel cell 11 can be set to 30% or lower, for example, and the fuel utilization rate of the second fuel cell 12 can be set to 70% or higher, for example. By adopting such a multi-stage configuration, it is possible to increase the power generation efficiency as a whole and to also attain a high fuel utilization rate simultaneously.

Abstract: To make it possible to take countermeasures against noises of a loudspeaker by means of a simple configuration. A loudspeaker 10 includes: a bobbin 15 that is provided with a voice coil 31; a diaphragm 13 that is connected to the bobbin 15; a frame 11 that supports the diaphragm 13; and a magnetic circuit section 17 that includes a magnet 22. The loudspeaker 10 further includes: a first conductive body 41 that is connected to the voice coil 31 and is led out to the outside of a bobbin 15A; and a second conductive body 51 that is connected to the first conductive body 41 and penetrates the magnet 22.

Abstract: The invention provides a cogeneration system capable of adjusting a heat-to-electric power ratio not only in an increasing direction, but also in a decreasing direction. The cogeneration system includes: a power generation device configured to supply electric power; a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between exhaust of the power generation device and water, so as to lower a temperature of the exhaust and obtain steam from the water; a reformer configured to generate a reformed gas by the steam reacting with a fuel; a second heat exchanger configured to cool the reformed gas generated by the reformer by heat exchanging; a reformed gas supply device configured to supply the reformed gas cooled by the second heat exchanger to the power generation device; a distributor configured to supply the steam to at least one of the reformer and a heat utilization device; and a control device configure to adjust a heat-to-electric power ratio by changing a supply destination of the steam in the distributor.

Abstract: In a headrest including a core member, an acoustic speaker, and an acoustic microphone, the acoustic microphone is provided in a recessed portion provided in the core member, and a sound collection surface of the acoustic microphone is provided in a position rearward of a vibrating surface of the acoustic speaker. An opening at a tip end of the recessed portion can be provided in a position forward of a tip end of the vibrating surface of the acoustic speaker. The recessed portion can be formed into a shape that narrows from the opening toward a bottom surface. Even when the acoustic microphone is provided near to the acoustic speaker, accuracy of voice recognition by the acoustic microphone can be prevented from being reduced.

Abstract: To make it possible to take countermeasures against noises of a loudspeaker by means of a simple configuration. A loudspeaker 10 includes: a bobbin 15 that is provided with a voice coil 31; a diaphragm 13 that is connected to the bobbin 15; a frame 11 that supports the diaphragm 13; and a magnetic circuit section 17 that includes a magnet 22. The loudspeaker 10 further includes: a first conductive body 41 that is connected to the voice coil 31 and is led out to the outside of a bobbin 15A; and a second conductive body 51 that is connected to the first conductive body 41 and penetrates the magnet 22.

Abstract: To make it possible to improve a low-tone reproducing ability with a simple structure in an acoustic device including speakers in a headrest. The acoustic device includes a core material of a closed structure functioning as a core of a headrest main body, acoustic speakers 50, 50 disposed in the core material, and hollow headrest stays 15, 15 that pierce through the core material. The headrest stays 15, 15 circulate the air on the inside of the core material to the outer side via hollow sections.

Abstract: In a headrest including a core member, an acoustic speaker, and an acoustic microphone, the acoustic microphone is provided in a recessed portion provided in the core member, and a sound collection surface of the acoustic microphone is provided in a position rearward of a vibrating surface of the acoustic speaker. An opening at a tip end of the recessed portion can be provided in a position forward of a tip end of the vibrating surface of the acoustic speaker. The recessed portion can be formed into a shape that narrows from the opening toward a bottom surface. Even when the acoustic microphone is provided near to the acoustic speaker, accuracy of voice recognition by the acoustic microphone can be prevented from being reduced.

Abstract: The air cleaner case includes a valve structure capable of opening and closing a dust discharge port. The valve structure includes: a float member which is disposed below the dust discharge port and can float on water due to its buoyancy; a guide member which holds the float member in a state of being spaced downward from the dust discharge port and, at the time of water immersion, guides the float member ascending due to its buoyancy together with the water level toward the dust discharge port; and a valve body which is spaced downward from the dust discharge port together with the float member to open the dust discharge port and, upon ascent of the float member, comes into contact with the outer circumferential side of the dust discharge port of the bottom wall to close the dust discharge port.

Abstract: An ethanol engine system stabilizes components of reformed gas generated by a reformer and a calorific value of fuel supplied to an engine. The ethanol engine system includes a reservoir tank for an aqueous ethanol solution, a first supply device that supplies the aqueous ethanol solution to the reformer, a separator that cools mixed gas fed from the reformer, including the reformed gas, condenses water vapor included in the mixed gas and separates into gas and liquid, a reformed gas supply device that supplies the reformed gas separated by the separator to the engine, a recovery tank that collects a recovery solution separated by the separator, and a first recovery solution supply device that supplies the recovery solution in the recovery tank to the reformer or a second recovery solution supply device that supplies the recovery solution in the recovery tank to a combustion chamber of the engine.

Abstract: An air cleaner includes a housing having an opening and a filter assembly. The filter assembly is installed in and removed from the housing through the opening. When the filter assembly is at an installation position, a sealing portion of a filter element is pressed against a sealing surface of the housing. The frame includes a frame body, which supports the filter element, and a front engaging portion, which projects further forward in the insertion direction than the frame body. The housing includes a projection, which is engaged with the front engaging portion during insertion of the filter assembly. The front engaging portion and the projection are engaged with each other to constitute a guiding structure that guides the filter assembly toward the installation position.

Abstract: There is provided a head rest device 10 that does not impair safety of a seated person even when a secondary battery 35 is accommodated therein. An accommodation space 28 partitioned by a partitioning plate part 25 is provided inside a cushioning core material 12 of a head rest main body, and a secondary battery 35 is accommodated inside the accommodation space 28.

Abstract: To prevent a person from experiencing discomfort when touching portions of a headrest having built-in speakers; to enable the headrest to be formed compactly by arranging the speakers close to the body of the person; and to prevent any decrease in the acoustic pressure and/or acoustic quality of sound from the speakers. Provided are: a plurality of speakers 25a, 25b; fiber pads 15 provided to the front surfaces of the speakers 25a, 25b; a sound-insulating pad 16 provided between the fiber pads 15; and a surface skin 9 for covering the speakers 25a, 25b, the fiber pads 15, and the sound-insulating pad 16, the fiber pads 15 being formed from an elastic material that has a three-dimensional-mesh structure therein, and the sound-insulating pad 16 being formed from an elastic material for minimizing the transmission of sound.

Abstract: To make it possible to provide an acoustic device in a headrest device such that a standard of a shock is satisfied and the performance of the acoustic device can be efficiently exhibited. In the headrest device, a shock resistant surface is formed in a core material of a headrest main body, an opening is formed in the shock resistant surface, and a non-contact type acoustic microphone is disposed on the inner side of the opening.