Abstract: There is provided a robot device including: a head portion coupled to a trunk; four leg portions on a front left, a front right, a rear left, and a rear right coupled to the trunk; a first indirect portion that tilts the head portion left and right; and a second joint portion that rotates, with respect to the trunk, one of the leg portions on the rear left and the rear right to a front side, and the other to a rear side. It is possible to faithfully reproduce the movement of the four-legged animal by providing the first joint portion and the second joint portion.

Abstract: An electrode structure includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged separately from each other; and a plurality of dielectric layers laminated in a first direction with respect to the plurality of pixel electrodes, in which the plurality of dielectric layers includes: a first dielectric layer that spreads over the plurality of pixel electrodes in a direction intersecting with the first direction; and a second dielectric layer that includes dielectric material having a refractive index higher than that of the first dielectric layer, sandwiches the first dielectric layer together with the plurality of pixel electrodes, and has a slit at a position overlapping space between pixel electrodes adjacent when viewed from the first direction.

Abstract: Disclosed system specifies, based on measurement results of communication times taken for accessing a plurality of external databases, relation between the communication times taken for accessing the plurality of external databases, calculates, when accepting an instruction to execute processing using at least one of the plurality of external databases, a processing load when accessing the at least one of the external databases, based on the relation between the communication times, and controls an access to data included in the at least one of the external databases according to the calculated processing load.

Abstract: An information processing method is provided and includes: acquiring a patient ID for identifying a patient, the patient's attributes, and the patient's answers to medical questions; acquiring a doctor ID for identifying a doctor; transmitting the patient ID, the attributes, and the answers of the patient to a doctor terminal device corresponding to the acquired doctor ID; receiving an input of medical examination data for the patient through the doctor terminal device on which the patient ID, the attributes, and the answers of the patient are displayed; receiving a request to transmit medical data including the patient's attributes and answers and the input medical examination data; outputting a hash value of the medical data to a blockchain system; receiving a request for disclosure of the medical data; and outputting the medical data to a researcher terminal device when the patient's approval for the disclosure request from the researcher is obtained.

Abstract: Disclosed system specifies, based on measurement results of communication times taken for accessing a plurality of external databases, relation between the communication times taken for accessing the plurality of external databases, calculates, when accepting an instruction to execute processing using at least one of the plurality of external databases, a processing load when accessing the at least one of the external databases, based on the relation between the communication times, and controls an access to data included in the at least one of the external databases according to the calculated processing load.

Abstract: A data transmission method for transmitting compressed data is disclosed. The method includes: classifying transmission target files into transmission groups; calculating, for each of the transmission files, a first compression time taken to compress the file by a first compression system and a first transmission time taken to transmit the file after being compressed by the first compression system; and determining, for each of the transmission groups, transmission order of files belonging to the transmission group based on the first compression time and the first transmission time.

Abstract: A data transmission method for transmitting compressed data is disclosed. The method includes: classifying transmission target files into transmission groups; calculating, for each of the transmission files, a first compression time taken to compress the file by a first compression system and a first transmission time taken to transmit the file after being compressed by the first compression system; and determining, for each of the transmission groups, transmission order of files belonging to the transmission group based on the first compression time and the first transmission time.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a mobile communication device that controls in-vehicle devices remotely, a drive controller that controls drive of the vehicle, a communication controller that controls the wireless communication with the mobile communication device, and an auxiliary battery that activates the communication controller and an in-vehicle-device controller controlling the in-vehicle devices. The communication controller includes a stopper that stops the wireless communication if a correlating temperature is lower than or equal to a predetermined temperature, the correlating temperature correlating with the temperature of the auxiliary battery acquired at a first predetermined time after a stop of the drive controller.

Abstract: A power switching apparatus, configured to switch a power supply source that is configured to supply an electric power to an air conditioner that is mounted on a vehicle that can receive a power supply from a plurality of power sources, includes: a selecting unit configured to select the power supply source during execution of pre-air conditioning in which an operation of the air conditioner is started before start of running of the vehicle; and a setting unit configured to set a power supply to be supplied from the power supply source that is selected by the selecting unit, to the air conditioner.

Abstract: A remote control system includes an in-vehicle controller that is installed in a vehicle and controls in-vehicle devices installed in the vehicle; a mobile communication device that remotely controls the in-vehicle devices via the in-vehicle controller; and a wireless communication device that is installed in the vehicle and intervenes and establishes wireless communication between the in-vehicle controller and the mobile communication device, wherein the wireless communication device includes a reception-mode switching unit that switches between a reception standby mode with consumption of a standby current to prepare for reception from the mobile communication device and a reception dormant mode without consumption of a standby current in accordance with a time schedule.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a mobile communication device that controls in-vehicle devices remotely, a drive controller that controls drive of the vehicle, a communication controller that controls the wireless communication with the mobile communication device, and an auxiliary battery that activates the communication controller and an in-vehicle-device controller controlling the in-vehicle devices. The communication controller includes a stopper that stops the wireless communication if a correlating temperature is lower than or equal to a predetermined temperature, the correlating temperature correlating with the temperature of the auxiliary battery acquired at a first predetermined time after a stop of the drive controller.

Abstract: A remote control system includes an in-vehicle controller that is installed in a vehicle and controls in-vehicle devices installed in the vehicle; a mobile communication device that remotely controls the in-vehicle devices via the in-vehicle controller; and a wireless communication device that is installed in the vehicle and intervenes and establishes wireless communication between the in-vehicle controller and the mobile communication device, wherein the wireless communication device includes a reception-mode switching unit that switches between a reception standby mode with consumption of a standby current to prepare for reception from the mobile communication device and a reception dormant mode without consumption of a standby current in accordance with a time schedule.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device controller controlling an in-vehicle device for operating a high-voltage source installed in a vehicle includes a stopping unit stopping control or operation of the in-vehicle device to stop the operation of the high-voltage source when an open/close sensor detects opening of an openable member of the vehicle.

Abstract: A power switching apparatus, configured to switch a power supply source that is configured to supply an electric power to an air conditioner that is mounted on a vehicle that can receive a power supply from a plurality of power sources, includes: a selecting unit configured to select the power supply source during execution of pre-air conditioning in which an operation of the air conditioner is started before start of running of the vehicle; and a setting unit configured to set a power supply to be supplied from the power supply source that is selected by the selecting unit, to the air conditioner.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for production of mirtazapine as a convenient process for obtaining mirtazapine from a reaction mixture obtained by cyclization of 2-(4-methyl-2-phenylpiperazin-1-yl)pyridine-3-methanol with concentrated sulfuric acid, at high purity and in a form suitable for safe use as a drug. The production process for mirtazapine is characterized in that a reaction mixture obtained by cyclization of 2-(4-methyl-2-phenylpiperazin-1-yl)pyridine-3-methanol with concentrated sulfuric acid is diluted with water, the dilution is alkalinized in the presence of propanol, the mirtazapine is extracted with propanol and the mirtazapine is crystallized from the extract.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for production of mirtazapine as a convenient process for obtaining mirtazapine from a reaction mixture obtained by cyclization of 2-(4-methyl-2-phenylpiperazin-1-yl)pyridine-3-methanol with concentrated sulfuric acid, at high purity and in a form suitable for safe use as a drug. The production process for mirtazapine is characterized in that a reaction mixture obtained by cyclization of 2-(4-methyl-2-phenylpiperazin-1-yl)pyridine-3-methanol with concentrated sulfuric acid is diluted with water, the dilution is alkalinized in the presence of propanol, the mirtazapine is extracted with propanol and the mirtazapine is crystallized from the extract.

Abstract: Scrap bars of extruded goods are reclaimed as billets for extrusion. An external force is applied to an aggregate of scraps, in which the scraps are piled in the form of a bundle having a predetermined length, so as to reduce its size in directions perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the scrap bars, thereby forming a billet. The extruded goods produced from the billet have almost no pores and are not inferior to those produced from cast billets.