Abstract: An information device operation apparatus includes an image capturing device, an illumination device, a controller, image storage device, operation object extracting device, detection device, and signal output device. The image storage device stores a plurality of images that are acquired by the image capturing device under a plurality of illumination intensity conditions. The operation object extracting device extracts the operation object by comparing the plurality of images. The detection device detects at least one of a predetermined shape and a movement of the operation object that is extracted by the operation object extracting device. The signal output device outputs a signal to the target device, the signal corresponding to the at least one of the predetermined shape and the movement of the operation object detected by the detection device.

Abstract: There are provided a process for producing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device which allow conductivity distribution to be formed without making refractive index distributed even in a material system of a semiconductor difficult to be subjected to ion implantation. The process for producing a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a semiconductor layer containing a dopant; forming a concave and convex structure on the semiconductor layer by partially removing the semiconductor layer; and forming a conductivity distribution reflecting the concave and convex structure in the semiconductor layer by performing heat treatment on the semiconductor layer in which the concave and convex structure has been formed at a temperature at which a material forming the semiconductor layer causes mass transport and filling up a hole of a concave portion of the concave and convex structure with the material forming the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: To provide a food which suitably supply ubiquinol, a substance indispensable to the living body but is liable to be decreased and fall short of the requirements, through ingestion in the same ways as the ordinary foods in daily living. A ubiquinol-enriched oil/fat-containing food.

Abstract: By using a virus having a gene sequence comprising a telomerase promoter and an E1 gene (preferably a sequence comprising E1A gene, IRES sequence and E1B gene) or by using an anticancer agent comprising the virus, the virus replicates in cancer cells to thereby produce an efficient anticancer effect.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a microstructure which enables production of a deep and narrow microstructure in a GaN semiconductor with high precision is provided. The manufacturing method of a microstructure for forming a microscopic structure in a semiconductor has a configuration having a first step of forming a first GaN semiconductor layer on a substrate, a second step of forming a first hole by using etching on the first GaN semiconductor layer formed in the first narrow, and a third step of performing heat-treatment at a temperature from 850° C. to 950° C. inclusive under a gas atmosphere including nitrogen, in order to form a second narrow in which a diameter of the first hole h formed in the second step is made narrower than the diameter of the first hole in an in-plane direction of the substrate.

Abstract: A vehicular manipulation input apparatus for a vehicle includes a manipulation panel, and a display device which displays a position indication image for displaying an indication position on the manipulation panel. It is specified whether a finger state of a hand opposing the manipulation panel is a manipulation intention expression-use finger state. In a condition that the vehicle is in a travel state, a display of the position indication image is permitted when the finger state is specified as the manipulation intention expression-use finger state whereas a display of the position indication image is prohibited when the finger state is not specified as the manipulation intention expression-use finger state.

Abstract: A vehicle climate control apparatus and method realizing a satisfactory drive feeling and in-compartment comfort, at the same time, by estimating the behavioral intention of the driver at an early time are disclosed. The vehicle climate control apparatus comprises an air-conditioning control unit for controlling the air-conditioning state in the compartments by controlling the air-conditioning device, a driving behavior detection unit for detecting the operation amounts of the driver, an estimation unit for calculating the behavioral intention estimating information for estimating the prospective driving behavior of the driver based on the operation amounts detected by the driving behavior detection unit, and a determining unit for estimating the output state of the power source based on the behavioral intention estimating information and giving an instruction to the air-conditioning control unit in accordance with the estimated output state.

Abstract: An operation surface detects a touch point specified by an operator. An imaging area obtains a hand image of the operator. A fingertip detection unit detects a fingertip of the hand image. A display device includes a display screen having coordinates uniquely corresponding to the operation surface and the imaging area. The display device indicates the fingertip and an operation panel specific to an in-vehicle electronic device to be operated. An interface engine having a prescribed interface relationship between an input, which is specified by at least one of the touch point and the fingertip, and an output to be outputted to the in-vehicle electronic device according to a combination of the input and the interface relationship. An alteration unit alters the interface relationship according to a detected traveling state of the vehicle.

Abstract: A user interface device detects a fingertip placed on an imaging range. The imaging range is located or arranged so that a user inserts and place a hand along a predetermined direction. A device detects a tip area corresponding to the fingertip from the imaging range. The device determines whether the detected tip area is a finger or not. The determination can be performed by evaluating a size of the tip area, for example, whether the width is in an appropriate range or not. If the tip area is verified as a finger, a position of the fingertip is calculated. According to the device, it is possible to determine whether it is a finger or not by using a relatively simple algorithm. As a result, it is possible to eliminate objects other than finger and to provide sufficient accuracy for detecting the fingertip.

Abstract: There is provided a control device for an in-vehicle electronic apparatus. The control device includes: a manipulation input element that has a manipulation input region having a predetermined area; an imaging device that has a photographing range covering the manipulation input region, and that captures an image including a hand image region representative of the hand; a hand image region identification section that identifies the hand image region in the image; an area ratio calculation section that calculates a value of hand image area ratio, which is area ratio of the hand image region to the manipulation input region; and an operation input information generation section that generates and outputs operation input information based on the calculated value of the hand image area ratio and a manipulation state of the manipulation input region, the operation input information being directed to the in-vehicle electronic apparatus.

Abstract: To provide a ubiquinone supplementation food which is obtained by adding a composition containing ubiquinone and an oil/fat; an edible oil/fat composition which contains ubiquinone; a process for producing a ubiquinone supplementation food which comprises dissolving ubiquinone in an oil/fat under heating, and adding the obtained mixture to a food material; a method for preventing precipitation and/or localization of ubiquinone in a food which comprises producing a food by dissolving ubiquinone in an oil/fat under heating and adding the obtained mixture to a food material; and a method for supplying ubiquinone which comprises ingesting said foods.

Abstract: A vehicle climate control apparatus and method realizing a satisfactory drive feeling and in-compartment comfort, at the same time, by estimating the behavioral intention of the driver at an early time are disclosed. The vehicle climate control apparatus comprises an air-conditioning control unit for controlling the air-conditioning state in the compartments by controlling the air-conditioning device, a driving behavior detection unit for detecting the operation amounts of the driver, an estimation unit for calculating the behavioral intention estimating information for estimating the prospective driving behavior of the driver based on the operation amounts detected by the driving behavior detection unit, and a determining unit for estimating the output state of the power source based on the behavioral intention estimating information and giving an instruction to the air-conditioning control unit in accordance with the estimated output state.

Abstract: An information device operation apparatus includes an image capturing device, an illumination device, a controller, image storage device, operation object extracting device, detection device, and signal output device. The image storage device stores a plurality of images that are acquired by the image capturing device under a plurality of illumination intensity conditions. The operation object extracting device extracts the operation object by comparing the plurality of images. The detection device detects at least one of a predetermined shape and a movement of the operation object that is extracted by the operation object extracting device. The signal output device outputs a signal to the target device, the signal corresponding to the at least one of the predetermined shape and the movement of the operation object detected by the detection device.

Abstract: A vehicle climate control apparatus and method realizing a satisfactory drive feeling and in-compartment comfort, at the same time, by estimating the behavioral intention of the driver at an early time are disclosed. The vehicle climate control apparatus comprises an air-conditioning control unit for controlling the air-conditioning state in the compartments by controlling the air-conditioning device, a driving behavior detection unit for detecting the operation amounts of the driver, an estimation unit for calculating the behavioral intention estimating information for estimating the prospective driving behavior of the driver based on the operation amounts detected by the driving behavior detection unit, and a determining unit for estimating the output state of the power source based on the behavioral intention estimating information and giving an instruction to the air-conditioning control unit in accordance with the estimated output state.

Abstract: By using a virus having a gene sequence comprising a telomerase promoter and an E1 gene (preferably a sequence comprising E1A gene, IRES sequence and E1B gene) or by using an anticancer agent comprising the virus, the virus replicates in cancer cells to thereby produce an efficient anticancer effect.

Abstract: An image area extract unit includes a modeling unit for generating a pixel evaluation model used for extraction, and an extract unit for extracting a characteristic portion from an original image using the pixel evaluation model. The modeling unit sequentially generates a plurality of partial polynomials according to a modified Group Method of Data Handling using a training image taken under the same condition under which the original image is taken and a supervisory image that designates the characteristic portion of the training image. Each of the generated partial polynomials is outputted to the extract unit in the form of its coefficients only when a square error satisfies a predetermined criterion. The extract unit calculates the feature values for each pixel of the original image using the pixel evaluation model, and defines the extractive area that includes the characteristic portion based on the feature values.

Abstract: A refining agent containing Al, MgO and CaO as main components, wherein dolomite is a MgO source and a CaO source. When the refining agent is supplied into molten iron, Mg vapor is produced due to a reaction in the molten iron, and causes a refining reaction by the Mg vapor.

Abstract: A refining agent contains Al, MgO, and CaO as main components, and uses dolomite as a MgO source and CaO source. When the refining agent is supplied into molten iron, it produces Mg vapor due to a reaction in the molten iron, and causes a refining reaction by the Mg vapor.

Abstract: To provide a ubiquinone supplementation food which is obtained by adding a composition containing ubiquinone and an oil/fat; an edible oil/fat composition which contains ubiquinone; a process for producing a ubiquinone supplementation food which comprises dissolving ubiquinone in an oil/fat under heating, and adding the obtained mixture to a food material; a method for preventing precipitation and/or localization of ubiquinone in a food which comprises producing a food by dissolving ubiquinone in an oil/fat under heating and adding the obtained mixture to a food material; and a method for supplying ubiquinone which comprises ingesting said foods.

Abstract: To provide a food which suitably supply ubiquinol, a substance indispensable to the living body but is liable to be decreased and fall short of the requirements, through ingestion in the same ways as the ordinary foods in daily living.