Abstract: A vehicle loads at least one of a plurality of upper units having space to store a person or an object on an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels in the vehicle. The vehicle includes an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels and the at least one of the plurality of upper units loaded on the under unit. The under unit includes a loading unit, on which the at least one of the plurality of upper units as described above can be loaded. Each of the plurality of upper units includes a joint that joins to a different upper unit that is adjacently loaded.

Abstract: An array generating unit (15b) divides a sequence of acoustic features for each frame of an acoustic signal into segments of a predetermined length and generates an array in which a plurality of divided segments in a row direction are arranged in a column direction. A learning unit (15d) generates by learning, using the array, a speaker diarization model (14a) for estimating a speaker label of a speaker vector of each frame.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preventing transmission of influenza, wherein said method comprises administering an effective amount of a compound to a patient having an influenza virus infection, herein referred to as “index patient”, wherein the compound has one of the formulae (I) and (II), or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. The compound to be used in the present invention reduces infectivity of the influenza virus of the index patient, and therefore, reduces the risk of the index patient to trigger an influenza epidemic or an influenza pandemic as compared to a control patient.

Abstract: Based on schedule information indicating one or more events to be occurred and information relating to a location associated with each of the one or more events, a navigation method estimates an area and time at which congestion may be likely to occur in the vicinity of the location. Furthermore, the navigation method presents to a moving body information which is based on the estimated result of the area and the time, and which is related to a movement plan when moving using the moving body.

Abstract: A mobile robot includes at least two first reflection parts, each of the at least two first reflection parts having a first reflection surface on a side surface thereof, the first reflection surface being configured to reflect electromagnetic waves. For each of the at least two first reflection parts: a cross-sectional shape obtained by being cut in a first direction perpendicular to a reference axis is symmetrical and continuous with respect to points passing through the reference axis, the first direction being parallel to a top surface of the first reflection part or a bottom surface of the first reflection part; and a reflection surface angle defined by the points passing through the reference axis and both ends of the first reflection surface is 90 degrees or more to 360 degrees or less when the first reflection part is viewed along the reference axis.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes: a reaction tube provided in a processing container; a boat that holds a substrate, and is carried into and out from the reaction tube in order to form a film on the substrate; a plasma generation tube that communicates with the reaction tube, and generates plasma from a gas; a gas supply that supplies the gas to the plasma generation tube; electrode installation columns provided to sandwich the plasma generation tube therebetween, and including electrodes, respectively; an RF power supply that is connected to the electrodes, and supplies a radio frequency to the electrodes; a coil provided to be spaced apart from the electrodes in the electrode installation columns; and a DC power supply that is connected to the coil, and supplies a direct current to the coil.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing method that includes: acquiring record content recorded by a first mobile unit and first position information indicating a position of the first mobile unit while the record content is recorded; storing the first position information in association with the record content; and transmitting a part or all of the record content to a second mobile unit based on a distance between a position of the second mobile unit and the position of the first mobile unit indicated by the first position information.

Abstract: Provided is a moving vehicle which enables a user to easily recognize that the moving vehicle is stopped due to the user's own clothing or the like being determined as an object, thereby enabling the user to cancel the stopped state and return to a moving state. A moving vehicle on which a person rides and which stops moving if the distance to an object is equal to or less than a first predetermined value, said moving vehicle comprising: a sensor (124) for detecting the distance; a determiner (125) for determining, if the distance is equal to or less than a second predetermined value smaller than the first predetermined value, a state in which the field of view of the sensor (124) is blocked due to the clothing covering the sensor (124); and a notifier (128) that, if said state is determined by the determiner (125), issues a notification.

Abstract: An ignition method in a plasma processing apparatus includes: applying a first radio frequency from a radio-frequency power supply to an electrode of a plasma generator, thereby igniting plasma from a gas, the radio-frequency power supply being capable of applying a radio frequency of a variably controlled frequency to the electrode of the plasma generator; and applying a second radio frequency different from the first radio frequency to the electrode of the plasma generator after a predetermined time is elapsed after applying the first radio frequency to the electrode of the plasma generator.

Abstract: A mobile body configured so that multiple mobile robots can travel along the same track in formation even when an obstacle is present on the travel path of the mobile robots, and a method of controlling the mobile body. This mobile body (100) includes: a map storage (6) that stores travel path information; and an intelligence processor (10) that recognizes whether or not an object in the periphery is a mobile body to be followed (101). When the object is the mobile body to be followed (101) and the mobile body to be followed (101) does not exist on a travel path (16) indicated by the travel path information, the intelligence processor (10) sets a position on the travel path (16) in which the mobile body to be followed (101) is projected, as a temporary destination (17).

Abstract: A position estimation system includes a prior map creator that creates a plurality of environmental maps using a first capture, and a position recognizer that estimates a position of a moving body based on a plurality of feature points included in the plurality of environmental maps and a feature point included in image information from a second capture provided in the moving body, in which the first capture includes a plurality of first imaging devices, a pair of adjacent first imaging devices among the plurality of first imaging devices is disposed so that parts of imaging visual fields of the adjacent first imaging devices overlap, and the second capture includes a second imaging device having a same imaging visual field as an imaging visual field of at least one first imaging device among the plurality of first imaging devices.

Abstract: A plasma generating apparatus includes: an electrode pair including a first plasma electrode and a second plasma electrode that are arranged to face each other; an RF power supply that supplies an RF power to the electrode pair; and a matching unit provided between the RF power supply and the electrode pair. The matching unit includes: a first variable capacitor and a second variable capacitor that are connected in parallel with respect to a load between the electrode pair; a coil connected in series with the first plasma electrode; and a capacitor connected in series with the second plasma electrode.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle with which it is possible to realize stable platoon travel. This vehicle (100) travels autonomously by following a leading vehicle while maintaining a prescribed distance between vehicles, wherein the vehicle (100) has: a detection unit (110) that detects moving bodies present around the vehicle; and a control unit (160) that determines an entering moving body, among the moving bodies detected by the detection unit (110), that may enter an area between the vehicle and the leading vehicle, and causes the vehicle to accelerate or decelerate on the basis of the distance between the entering moving body and the area.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a cylindrical processing chamber with a sidewall having an opening, to accommodate substrates on respective stages. The plasma processing apparatus includes a plasma compartment wall with an outer surface, the plasma compartment wall being hermetically provided at the sidewall of the processing chamber to close the opening of the sidewall of the processing chamber, and the plasma compartment wall defining a plasma formation space. The plasma processing apparatus includes a first plasma electrode pair consisting of first electrodes, the first electrodes being arranged opposite each other, on opposite sides of the outer surface of the plasma compartment wall. The plasma processing apparatus includes a second plasma electrode pair consisting of second electrodes, the second electrodes being arranged opposite each other, on the opposite sides of the outer surface of the plasma compartment wall.

Abstract: A mobile body configured so that multiple mobile robots can travel along the same track in formation even when an obstacle is present on the travel path of the mobile robots, and a method of controlling the mobile body. This mobile body (100) includes: a map storage (6) that stores travel path information; and an intelligence processor (10) that recognizes whether or not an object in the periphery is a mobile body to be followed (101). When the object is the mobile body to be followed (101) and the mobile body to be followed (101) does not exist on a travel path (16) indicated by the travel path information, the intelligence processor (10) sets a position on the travel path (16) in which the mobile body to be followed (101) is projected, as a temporary destination (17).

Abstract: A method of culturing cells including: dividing a culture area into a center area and a plurality of peripheral areas, and designating the center area and the plurality of peripheral areas as measurement positions; calculating: a confluent rate at each of the measurement positions designated; and an average confluent rate which is an average of sum of the confluent rates at the measurement positions designated, the confluent rate being defined as a proportion of an area occupied by cells in a designated area; and determining a timing to perform a subculture of the cells, based on the confluent rate, wherein the determining of the timing further includes determining when the average confluent rate is smaller than a first threshold value, the confluent rate of the center area is larger than a second threshold value, and the second threshold value is larger than the first threshold value.

Abstract: A robot and a method for controlling the robot are provided, each of which prevents the robot from hitting an obstacle when autonomous movement of the robot is controlled using an OSS. The method for controlling a robot including a plurality of rangefinder sensors, the robot being configured to autonomously move based on a map created using one or more measurement data portions of the plurality of rangefinder sensors. The method includes: deleting some of the one or more measurement data portions of the plurality of rangefinder sensors; integrating the one or more measurement data portions remaining after the deleting into an integrated measurement data portion; and determining the integrated measurement data portion to be a measurement data portion of one or more virtual rangefinder sensors which are fewer in number than the number of the plurality of rangefinder sensors.

Abstract: A non-limiting example game system comprises a main body apparatus, and a left controller and a right controller are attachably and detachably attached to the main body apparatus. Each of the left controller and the right controller is provided with a plurality of operation buttons, an analog stick and a vibrator. A player character is provided with a radar object, and a rod-like determination object having one end that is located at a center of the character object is rotated within a plane parallel to a horizontal plane in a virtual space. When the determination object touches an enemy character, the vibrator of the left controller or/and the right controller is caused to vibrate.

Abstract: Based on schedule information indicating one or more events to be occurred and information relating to a location associated with each of the one or more events, a navigation method estimates an area and time at which congestion may be likely to occur in the vicinity of the location. Furthermore, the navigation method presents to a moving body information which is based on the estimated result of the area and the time, and which is related to a movement plan when moving using the moving body.

Abstract: According to a control method for an electric vehicle of the present invention, when an electric vehicle (100) moves at a first velocity and approaches an object (200) on the basis of instructed information, the electric vehicle (100) is temporarily stopped at a position at which the distance between the electric vehicle (100) and the object (200) is a first stopping distance, after which the velocity is switched to a second velocity that is slower than the first velocity, the electric vehicle (100) is caused to approach the object (200), and the electric vehicle (100) is stopped at position at which the distance between the electric vehicle (100) and the object (200) is a second stopping distance that is shorter than the first stopping distance.