Abstract: Provided is technology for assessing whether uttered speech detected from input speech is speech suited to a prescribed purpose. A method comprises detecting, from input speech including speech uttered by a speaker and noise, the uttered speech corresponding to the speech uttered by the speaker, extracting an acoustic feature of the uttered speech, generating, from the uttered speech, a speech recognition result set with a recognition score, generating, from the speech recognition result set with the recognition score, a speech recognition result word vector expression set and a speech recognition result part-of-speech vector expression set, generating a target utterance estimation model, providing, using the target utterance estimation model, a probability of the uttered speech being suited to the prescribed purpose, and outputting the uttered speech and the speech recognition result set with the recognition score, the the uttered speech suitable to the prescribed purpose.

Abstract: A highly safe and inexpensive bone repair material that stably exhibits high antibacterial activity for a long time in a living body by supporting a large amount of an iodine ion and is excellent in apatite forming ability and preservability. The material includes a substrate made of titanium or titanium alloy and a titanate film on a surface of the substrate, the film composed of a large number of crystalline masses having a crystal structure and containing a calcium ion and an iodine ion, wherein the mass contains layers having a Ti—O skeleton and the calcium and the iodine ions adsorbed between the layers.

Abstract: A neutron detector having high sensitivity of detection for low energy neutrons is provided. The neutron detector 10 includes a detecting element including a Si semiconductor layer 2, a first electrode 1 formed on one main surface of the Si semiconductor layer 2 and a second electrode 4 formed on the other main surface of the Si semiconductor layer 2, in which the Si semiconductor layer 2 includes a P-type impurity region 2a in contact with the second electrode 4 and an N-type impurity region 2b in contact with the first electrode 1; and a radiator 8 arranged to face the first electrode 1. In addition, a personal dosemeter and a neutron fluence monitor including the same are provided.

Abstract: A dialogue apparatus includes a speech recognition unit (1) configured to perform speech recognition on utterance input to generate a text corresponding to the utterance, a speech waveform corresponding to the utterance, and information regarding a length of sound of the utterance; a language understanding unit (2) configured to grasp contents of the utterance by using the text corresponding to the utterance; a dialogue management unit (3) configured to determine contents of a response corresponding to the utterance by using the content of the utterance; an utterance state extraction unit (4) configured to extract a state of the utterance by using the text corresponding to the utterance, the speech waveform corresponding to the utterance, and the information regarding the length of the sound of the utterance; a response state determination unit (5) configured to determine a state of the response according to the state of the utterance; a response sentence generation unit (6) configured to generate a response

Abstract: A photodiode array is provided and includes insulating substrate; photodiodes arrayed in detection region of insulating substrate, photodiodes configured to output signal in accordance with light incident on photodiodes; first switching elements corresponding to photodiodes and including first semiconductor made of oxide semiconductor; gate lines coupled with first switching elements and extending in first direction; signal lines coupled with first switching elements and extending in second direction intersecting first direction; and gate line drive circuit including second switching element that includes second semiconductor made of polycrystalline silicone, gate line drive circuit being provided in peripheral region outside detection region and configured to drive gate lines, wherein photodiodes includes translucent conductive layer that is cathode, and translucent conductive layer overlaps none of signal lines in plan view.

Abstract: A mounting wiring board, containing a base, an electrode portion disposed on the base, and a heat generation pattern disposed on the electrode portion and to be heated by a standing wave of a microwave, in which an occupation area of the heat generation pattern is smaller than an area of an upper surface of the electrode portion; an electronic device mounting board using the mounting wiring board; a method of mounting the electronic device; a microwave heating method, which contains heating an object to be heated provided via the heat generation pattern; and a microwave heating apparatus.

Abstract: A magnetic-field melting solder that melts by the action of an AC magnetic field is provided. The magnetic-field melting solder includes solder material; and magnetic material composing of ferrite or Ni, a proportion of the magnetic material to the entire magnetic-field melting solder being 0.005% to 5% by weight. A joining method using the magnetic-field melting solder includes providing the magnetic-field melting solder between an electrode on a substrate and an electrode of an electronic component, and joining together the electrode on the substrate and the electrode of the electronic component by generating an AC magnetic field around the substrate and thereby melting the magnetic-field melting solder.

Abstract: A photo detecting device, includes a plurality of photodiodes arranged above a substrate, a lower electrode and a first inorganic insulating film that are provided between the substrate and the photodiodes in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the substrate, and an upper electrode provided above the photodiodes. Each of the photodiodes comprises an active layer, a first carrier transport layer provided between the active layer and the lower electrode, and a second carrier transport layer provided between the active layer and the upper electrode, the first inorganic insulating film is provided between the lower electrode and the first carrier transport layer, and the first inorganic insulating film covers at least an end on an outer edge side of the lower electrode.

Abstract: A resin-integrated fiber sheet 1 for vacuum forming for producing a fiber reinforced resin molded body through vacuum forming includes: unidirectional continuous fibers 2 that are spread fibers of a continuous fiber group and arrayed in parallel in one direction; bridging fibers 3 lying in directions crossing the unidirectional continuous fibers 2; and thermoplastic resin 4 present on part of the surface of the unidirectional continuous fibers 2 to unify the unidirectional continuous fibers 2 and the bridging fibers 3. A fiber reinforced resin molded body of the present invention is a vacuum formed body in which two or more of the resin-integrated fiber sheets 1 are stacked. A method for producing the molded body of the present invention includes subjecting the resin-integrated fiber sheets 1 to vacuum forming from a lower mold with a vacuum line and pressurizing the sheets with compressed air from an upper mold.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lateral-electric-field liquid crystal display device includes a light-emitting display layer including OLEDs and a driving circuit controlling light emission of the OLEDs, a moisture impermeable film provided to be laminated on the light-emitting display layer to prevent infiltration of moisture into the light-emitting display layer, an optical substrate provided separately from the moisture impermeable film and subjecting light from the light-emitting display region to optical processing, a first touch electrode group serving as one electrode group of touch electrodes and provided on a back surface of the optical substrate, and an extraction electrode group formed to be laminated on the moisture impermeable film, the extraction electrode group and the optical substrate have an overlapping part in plan view, and electrodes of the first touch electrode group being electrically connected to electrodes of the extraction electrode group in the overlapping part.

Abstract: The present invention provides a flywheel having a high energy density, a designing method which facilitates the designing of the flywheel, and an energy storage system which can achieve both an increase in storage energy and a reduction in weight by adopting the flywheel. A flywheel A includes: a low-density disk 10 having a low average density; and a high-density outer edge section 11 which is provided on the outer circumference of the low-density disk 10, and has an average density higher than that of the low-density disk 10.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a first processor mounted on a server connected to a local area network of an organization to which a user belongs, and a second processor mounted on an information processing apparatus provided outside the local area network, in which the first processor is configured to in a case of relaying process request information addressed to the information processing apparatus, the process request information including data which is a target of a process, and process information including identification information on the process, information specifying a request source of the process, and identification information on the information processing apparatus which is a request destination of the process, associate the identification information on the process with the identification information on the information processing apparatus included in the process request information to generate processing management information, and register the generated processing management inform

Abstract: A fingerprint detection apparatus comprising: an insulating substrate; a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arrayed in a detection region of the insulating substrate, each of the photoelectric conversion elements configured to output a signal in accordance with light incident on each of the photoelectric conversion elements; first switching element, each corresponding to each of the photoelectric conversion elements and including a first semiconductor made of oxide semiconductor; a plurality of gate lines coupled with the first switching elements and extending in a first direction; a plurality of signal lines coupled with the first switching elements and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and a gate line drive circuit including a second switching element that includes a second semiconductor made of polycrystalline silicone, the gate line drive circuit being provided in a peripheral region outside the detection region and configured to drive the gate lines.

Abstract: A fingerprint detection device includes a substrate, a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements that are provided to the substrate and each output a signal corresponding to light emitted thereto, a plurality of signal lines coupled to the photoelectric conversion elements, a detection circuit that is electrically coupled to the photoelectric conversion elements through the signal lines, and a signal line selection circuit that switches the number of the signal lines to be coupled to the one detection circuit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lateral-electric-field liquid crystal display device includes a light-emitting display layer including OLEDs and a driving circuit controlling light emission of the OLEDs, a moisture impermeable film provided to be laminated on the light-emitting display layer to prevent infiltration of moisture into the light-emitting display layer, an optical substrate provided separately from the moisture impermeable film and subjecting light from the light-emitting display region to optical processing, a first touch electrode group serving as one electrode group of touch electrodes and provided on a back surface of the optical substrate, and an extraction electrode group formed to be laminated on the moisture impermeable film, the extraction electrode group and the optical substrate have an overlapping part in plan view, and electrodes of the first touch electrode group being electrically connected to electrodes of the extraction electrode group in the overlapping part.

Abstract: A magnetic field generator includes a refrigerating machine, a cold head, a superconductor which is formed in a cylindrical shape, a cold head extension portion which extends from the cold head and is brought into thermal contact with the superconductor at its extended end; and a vacuum heat insulating container having an internal space in which the cold head, the cold head extension portion, and the superconductor are received. The superconductor has a room temperature bore space, which is formed on its inner peripheral side along an axial direction of the superconductor, and is spatially isolated from the internal space of the vacuum heat insulating container. The room temperature bore space has both ends communicating to an outside of the magnetic field generator.

Abstract: An oscillator circuit includes a current source, an oscillating section, a first capacitor, and a setting section. The current source is coupled to a connection node and causes a current having a current value based on an input voltage to flow from a first power node to the connection node. The oscillating section is on a current path between the connection node and a second power node. The oscillating section oscillates at an oscillation frequency based on a current flowing through the current path. The first capacitor is between the connection node and the second power node. The first capacitor has a capacitance that varies in accordance with a voltage at the connection node. The setting section that performs variation operation based on the voltage at the connection node. The variation operation is operation of varying an impedance between the connection node and the second power node.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of general formula (I) (wherein R1, R2, and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl and X is an alkali metal cation, ammonium cation, or quaternary ammonium cation). This compound is highly soluble in water, and solutions thereof need not be neutralized when administered to the living body. The compound is useful as a medicine, etc.

Abstract: A golf club comprises a shaft, a golf club head fixed to one of ends of the shaft, and a grip attached to the other of the ends of the shaft and defining a grip end. The golf club head comprises a head main body and at least one weight. The head main body includes a plurality of ports for attaching the at least one weight. Each weight can be attached to and detached from each port so that the position of the center of gravity of the head can be changed by changing the position between the ports. The difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of linear distances from the grip end to the center of gravity of the weights when attached to the respective ports is not more than 20 mm.