Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat mounted in a vehicle. The vehicle seat of the present disclosure includes a seat body, a seat frame forming a framework of the seat body, a first load absorber provided to a back of the seat frame, and a second load absorber provided lower than the first load absorber on the back of the seat frame.

Abstract: A method of correcting a position of a robot includes: a correction step of rotating an arm around a first axis to detect a rotation angle around the first axis when a target blocks detection light, and locating the first axis, a third axis, and the target on an identical straight line by rotating the arm and/or a hand around the first axis, a second axis, and/or the third axis based on a detection result; and a correction amount arithmetic step of obtaining rotation angle correction amounts of the second axis and the third axis based on the rotation angle of each rotation axis acquired after the correction step in a first posture.

Abstract: A position correction method includes: a step of opposing a hand to a target by moving the hand such that the hand becomes in a predetermined first initial posture; a first position detection step of detecting a position of the target from a rotation angle of a rotation axis when the target blocks a detection light by swinging the hand; a step of opposing the hand to the target by moving the hand such that the hand becomes a predetermined second initial posture different from the first initial posture; a second position detection step of detecting a position of the target from the rotation angle of the rotation axis when the target blocks the detection light by swinging the hand; and a correction amount arithmetic step of obtaining rotation angle correction amounts of the second axis and the third axis based on a difference between the position of the target acquired in the first initial posture and the position of the target acquired in the second initial posture.

Abstract: A method for controlling an information terminal, including: (a) causing a display of the information terminal to display a first screen that includes a message recommending an action that leads to a reduction in a power consumption amount of a facility; and (b) causing the display to display a second screen that prompts an operator to execute an input operation for adjusting the frequency at which (a) is executed, in which, when the input operation is executed, (a) is executed at the frequency adjusted according to the input operation.

Abstract: A method of teaching a robot, the robot including a first and second end effector that are mounted to a robotic arm wrist, the first and second end effector being rotatable about a same rotational axis independently of each other. The method includes: a first step of, in a state where rotational positions of the first and second end effectors about the rotational axis coincide with each other, attaching a relative motion preventing device to the first and second end effector, the relative motion preventing device preventing the first and second end effector from moving relative to each other; and a fourth step of generating a teaching point of the second end effector based on: a teaching point of the first end effector; and rotational position information about the first and second end effector that are stored in a storage unit in association with each other in a third step.

Abstract: Provided is a balance-unbalance converter including: a substrate; an unbalanced line; a first balanced line; and a second balanced line on the substrate. The unbalanced line has a first end at which an unbalanced signal is input, and an opened second end. The first balanced line is in parallel with a line portion of the unbalanced line from the first end to a midpoint of the unbalanced line, and has a midpoint-side third end at which a balanced signal is output, and a grounded fourth end. The second balanced line is in parallel with a line portion of the unbalanced line from the second end to the midpoint, and has a midpoint-side fifth end at which the balanced signal is output, and a grounded sixth end. The unbalanced line is bent at the midpoint toward an opposite side of the first and second balanced lines.

Abstract: An information terminal control method includes: (a) predicting whether an amount of power consumption in a shop exceeds a target value; (b) when the amount of power consumption in the shop is predicted to exceed the target value, causing a display of an information terminal to display a screen displaying a time period during which the amount of power consumption in the shop is predicted to exceed the target value; and (c) causing the display to display a screen displaying a message that presents an action to reduce the amount of power consumption in the time period.

Abstract: A bus control device (401a) includes a storage (408) that stores a transmission order of data pieces transmitted from a first node (402) to each second node (403); a sorter (413) that receives data pieces transferred from each second node toward the first node and refers to a predefined sorting rule to determine a sorting destination of each data piece; a buffer (409) that stores the sorted data pieces while classifying the sorted data pieces by the second node as a transmission source; and a connection controller (410) that refers to change permission/rejection information indicating whether or not an order is permitted to be changed while the data piece is transferred from each second node to the first node, and transmits data pieces, the order of which is not changed, from the buffer to the first node in the same order as the transmission order stored on the storage.

Abstract: An exemplary interface apparatus includes: a header generator which receives, in a first order, a plurality of request headers extracted from a plurality of request packets, generates response headers associated with the request headers, and then stores the response headers so that the response headers are read in the first order; and a header order controller which controls the header generator so that if the plurality of request data have been transmitted to the memory in a second order, the respective response headers are read in the second order.

Abstract: In the bus system, bus interface apparatuses and routers are connected together through packet exchange buses which have been established on the integrated circuit. The bus interface apparatuses are respectively connected to transmission nodes which transmit data of mutually different numbers of bits in one cycle of operation of the bus system. Each of the bus interface apparatuses generates and transmits a packet based on data received from the transmission node connected and header information including size information indicating the number of bits with respect to the transmission node connected. The router analyzes the packet, gets the size information from the header information, determines how to allocate a space in the buffer for storage by reference to the size information gotten, and stores the received packet in the buffer.

Abstract: A bus control device (401a) includes a storage (408) that stores a transmission order of data pieces transmitted from a first node (402) to each second node (403); a sorter (413) that receives data pieces transferred from each second node toward the first node and refers to a predefined sorting rule to determine a sorting destination of each data piece; a buffer (409) that stores the sorted data pieces while classifying the sorted data pieces by the second node as a transmission source; and a connection controller (410) that refers to change permission/rejection information indicating whether or not an order is permitted to be changed while the data piece is transferred from each second node to the first node, and transmits data pieces, the order of which is not changed, from the buffer to the first node in the same order as the transmission order stored on the storage.

Abstract: A substrate conveyance robot has an end effector provided to a robot arm and including a substrate holding unit configured to hold a substrate, arm drive unit configured to drive the robot arm, a robot control unit configured to control the arm drive unit, and a holding force detection unit configured to detect a substrate holding force exerted by the substrate holding unit. The robot control unit controls the arm drive unit based on an upper limit value of at least one of acceleration and speed of the end effector which are determined in accordance with the substrate holding force detected by the holding force detection unit.

Abstract: A bus system (100) for a semiconductor circuit transmits data on a networked bus between a first node and at least one second node via a relay device (250) arranged on the bus. The bus system (100) includes a first bus of a low delay and a second bus of a high delay. The first node generates a plurality of packets by attaching, to the data stored in a buffer (202), information specifying a priority of transmission. The relay device (250) converts a priority based on a priority conversion rule, which is determined based on a transmission delay of the high-delay bus, allocates a buffer of a destination relay device to which each packet is to be sent, based on the converted priority, and sends packets in a descending order. The relay device (250) stores packets in a buffer (252) based on the priority.

Abstract: A bus control device (401a) includes a storage (408) that stores a transmission order of data pieces transmitted from a first node (402) to each second node (403); a sorter (413) that receives data pieces transferred from each second node toward the first node and refers to a predefined sorting rule to determine a sorting destination of each data piece; a buffer (409) that stores the sorted data pieces while classifying the sorted data pieces by the second node as a transmission source; and a connection controller (410) that refers to change permission/rejection information indicating whether or not an order is permitted to be changed while the data piece is transferred from each second node to the first node, and transmits data pieces, the order of which is not changed, from the buffer to the first node in the same order as the transmission order stored on the storage.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a water-solubilizing preparation that is obtained by convenient steps without use of a special apparatus such as a high-pressure homogenizer, does not impair the original properties of a water-based material even after being added to the material, has high dispersibility and transparency and excellent heat resistance and acid resistance, and can maintain stability. The water-solubilizing preparation of the present invention is a biologically active substance-containing water-solubilizing preparation comprising 1 to 50% by weight of an oily ingredient (A) containing a biologically active substance and oil, 10 to 98% by weight of a polyglycerin fatty acid ester (B) having an HLB value of 12.5 or larger, and 1 to 40% by weight of a surfactant (C) having an HLB value of 7 to 11.8.

Abstract: A power distribution control apparatus includes a power source switcher that switches a power source for supplying electric power to a plurality of load groups between a commercial power source and a battery, control circuitry that controls the power source switcher and a plurality of switches provided in power supply paths between the power source switcher and each of the load groups, and a memory that stores positions of the plurality of switches in the order of priority. When the power source switcher switches to the commercial power source and a power saving time zone in which commercial power consumption is to be reduced is reached, the control circuitry controls the switches to be in a non-conducting state, switches the power source from the commercial power source to the battery using the power source switcher, and sequentially controls the switches in a conducting state in the order of priority.

Abstract: In this system, regarding an conveyance object placed on a rotary table, based on positions temporarily set previously as a taking position of the disk-shaped conveyance object in a storing container and a reference position of the rotary table, information of the taking position of the conveyance object in the storing container and of the reference position of the rotary table is acquired based on information of the deviation of the conveyance object placed on the rotary table with respect to the reference position of the rotary table acquired by a sensor portion so as to teach a conveying operation of the conveyance object from the storing container to the rotary table by the robot based on the acquired position information.

Abstract: A power control apparatus includes the following elements. A measure measures a value of a current to be supplied from a power supply source to a load set. A switch is disposed on a power supply path from power supply source to a load set. A setter sets a first maximum current value in the case of a normal state in which the load set receives power from a main power supply source and sets a second maximum current value when the load set receives power from the sub power supply source. Control circuitry turns OFF the switch when the value of the measured current exceeds the first maximum current value in the case of the normal state and turns OFF the switch when the load set receives power from the sub power supply source and the value of the measured current exceeds the second maximum current value.

Abstract: A communication device includes: a receiving terminal; a storage device which stores a rule in which a condition regarding a bus system operation environment and an error tolerance scheme are associated with each other, and information regarding a path length; an error processor which determines the error tolerance scheme by utilizing the condition regarding the bus system operation environment and the rule so as to generate error tolerance information corresponding to the received data according to the determined error tolerance scheme; and a sending terminal for sending at least one packet including the error tolerance information and the data to the bus. The operation environment-related condition is a condition for granting an error tolerance for a transmission path of which a bus path length to another communication device, which is a destination of the data, is greater than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A method of teaching a robot includes: a swinging step of causing a hand to swing about a predetermined pivot, which is on an axis perpendicular to an optical axis of a sensor beam, to scan a target in a horizontal direction of the sensor beam; a determining step of determining whether or not the target has coincided with a position along a central axis of the hand in its longitudinal direction based on a detection signal of a mapping sensor, the detection signal having changed owing to the swinging of the hand; and a shifting step of, if it is determined in the determining step that the target has not coincided with the position, calculating an offset amount of the hand based on the detection signal of the mapping sensor, the detection signal having changed owing to the swinging of the hand, and causing the hand to shift to either right or left along the optical axis of the sensor beam in accordance with the calculated offset amount.