Abstract: A conversion method executed by a computer, the conversion method includes acquiring skeleton information in which each of a plurality of joints included in a human body and coordinates for the plurality of joints is set, and reference posture information in which each of a plurality of joints included in a human body and reference coordinates for the plurality of joints is set, specifying a second joint that corresponds to a first joint set in the reference posture information from the plurality of joints set in the skeleton information, calculating a relative rotation angle from reference coordinates of the first joint to coordinates of the second joint, and converting the skeleton information into hierarchical structure data by setting the relative rotation angle to the hierarchical structure data.

Abstract: An endoscopic treatment instrument can include a coil sheath, a wire, a wire connection portion, and an end effector. The wire is provided in the coil sheath and configured to move in a longitudinal direction of the coil sheath relative to the coil sheath. The wire connection portion is connected to a distal end side of the wire. The end effector is configured to switch between an open state and closed state in response to movement of the wire, when the end effector is in the closed state, a proximal end of the wire connection portion is located proximally relative to a distal end of the coil sheath.

Abstract: This floating-type disc brake device (1) is configured to comprise an inner pad (4), an outer pad (5), a support (2), and a caliper body (3). An overhanging part (32) is provided to substantially the entirety of a portion that is of an outer body part (21) constituting the caliper body (3) and that faces a substrate part (49b) of the outer pad (5) in the axial direction. An axially inner surface of the overhanging part (32) has formed thereon a projecting abutment part (33) where the area of a portion that faces a radially inner half of the substrate part (49b) in the axial direction is greater than the area of a portion that faces a radially outer half of the substrate part (49b) in the axial direction. At the time of braking, only the leading end surface of the projecting abutment part (33) is brought into contact with an axially outer surface of the substrate part (49b).

Abstract: A piezoelectric film device 90 includes a substrate 80 having a lower surface 81 and an upper surface 82 facing opposite directions, a support portion 41 supporting the lower surface 81 and fixed to an installation surface, and a piezoelectric film 12 provided on the upper surface 82 and displaced in a vertical direction together with the substrate 80 in response to application of a bias voltage and a drive voltage, in which the substrate 80 has a first region 81x supported by the support portion 41 and a second region 81y not supported by the support portion 41 as regions of the lower surface 81, and in a state where the bias voltage and the drive voltage are not applied, the substrate 80 is formed to be warped such that the second region 81y is located closer to the installation surface than the first region 81x.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transducer. The transducer includes: a support substrate, having a first cavity; an oscillating device; and a lid, having a second cavity and bonded to the oscillating device by an adhesive. The oscillating device includes a first frame and an oscillating unit. A portion of the oscillating unit is connected to the first frame. When viewed from a connection direction of the oscillating device and the lid, the portion of the oscillating unit other than a connecting portion between the oscillating unit and the first frame is separated from the first frame by a slit penetrating the oscillating device along the connection direction. The lid has a second frame surrounding the second cavity and including a second bonding surface bonded to the first bonding surface by the adhesive. The first cavity and the second cavity are connected by the slit.

Abstract: A floating disc brake device includes: an inner pad; an outer pad; a support; and a caliper body. The support includes an inner guide portion configured to support the inner pad such that the inner pad is movable in an axial direction, and an outer guide portion configured to support the outer pad such that the outer pad is movable in the axial direction, on each of both circumferentially outer side portions. The caliper body includes a cylinder, and includes an inner body portion and an outer body portion. The outer body portion includes a through hole that opens only in the axial direction in at least one of a portion facing the outer guide portion in the axial direction and a portion facing a vicinity of the outer guide portion in the axial direction.

Abstract: An optical laminate includes: a first optical sheet that has a first main surface with a relief structure thereon and a second main surface on the reverse side from the first main surface; and a second optical sheet that has a third main surface disposed on the first main surface side of the first optical sheet. The relief structure of the first main surface includes a plurality of recessed portions and flat portions that are each between two recessed portions adjacent to one another among the plurality of recessed portions. The third main surface and the flat portions of the first main surface are bonded by covalent bonding with a molecular adhesive therebetween.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a discharger and circuitry. The discharger includes liquid-discharge head units to discharge liquid to form an image on a recording medium conveyed in a direction. The circuitry detects displacement in the direction of discharge positions on the recording medium between the liquid-discharge head units depending on a type of the recording medium. The circuitry performs, based on a result of detection of the displacement, a first correction to correct timing of discharge from the liquid-discharge head units to keep the discharge positions of the liquid-discharge head units stable regardless of the type of the recording medium. The circuitry performs, after the first correction, a second correction to correct the timing of discharge from the liquid-discharge head units to align the discharge positions of the liquid-discharge head units, unless the second correction has been completed on the recording medium of another type in past.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute processing includes acquiring time-series data of skeleton information that includes a position of each of portions of a subject, specifying a type of an operation of the subject that corresponds to skeleton information at a first time point in the acquired time-series data, determining a model of a probability distribution that restricts a temporal change in a position of a portion in the skeleton information, generating a graph that includes a node that indicates a position of each portion at each time point, a first edge that couples between nodes, and a second edge that couples between nodes that indicate the positions of the portion at different time points, and in which the determined model is associated with the second edge, and correcting the skeleton information.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an program for causing a computer to execute a process includes acquiring time-series data of skeleton information that includes a position of each of portions of a subject, specifying a portion in an abnormal state regarding a position, for skeleton information at a first time point in the acquired time-series data, determining a model of a probability distribution that restricts a position of the specified portion, in the skeleton information at the first time point, generating a graph that includes a node that indicates a position of each portion at each time point and a first edge that couples between nodes that indicate positions of different portions biologically connected at each time point and in which the model is associated with the node that indicates the position of the portion; and correcting the skeleton information at the first time point in the time-series data.

Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a road image acquired by an image acquisition apparatus mounted on a vehicle; detecting multiple road boundaries in the road image on the basis of the road image; and determining a target road boundary that is dangerous to the vehicle among the multiple road boundaries. In this case, the driving of the vehicle can be controlled more accurately on the basis of the target road boundary.

Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus, and an electronic device, a storage medium, a computer program and a computer program product are provided. The method includes: at least two road image frames are obtained by an image collection assembly, which is arranged on a driving device; by using a phase correlation method, posture change information of the driving device between two road image frames among the at least two road image frames is determined; and posture information of the driving device is determined on based on the posture change information and reference posture information of the driving device.

Abstract: A road boundary detection method and apparatus, and an electronic device, a storage medium and a computer program product are provided. The method includes that: a road image, which is collected by an image collection device arranged on a vehicle is identified, and then a plurality of road boundaries from the road image is determined; and a road boundary inside which the vehicle can travel is selected from the plurality of road boundaries.

Abstract: To provide a resin formed product with a label, for which information can be provided on the label without using ink and the information can be visually recognized from the external appearance even in a condition where the label is adhered. A resin formed product 20 to which a label 10 is adhered, the label 10 being formed by laminating a layer containing a porous base layer A and an adhesive layer B adhered to a surface of the resin formed product. On the label 10, a rough part 11 having a relatively rough surface roughness and a smooth part 12 having a predetermined pattern having a relatively smooth surface roughness are formed, and a cross-sectional porosity of the label of the smooth part 12 is from 0 to 93% relative to the cross-sectional porosity of the label of the rough part 11.

Abstract: A vibrating film has, at a portion of an outer peripheral edge of the vibrating film, a connection portion connected to a supporting body, a cantilever is formed that includes the vibrating film and a portion of a piezoelectric element disposed on the vibrating film and has a fixed end and a free end, an internal wiring with one end portion side being electrically connected to the piezoelectric element and having, at another end portion side, a pad portion for external wiring connection on a supporting body outside the vibrating film and a protective substrate having a wall portion formed such as to surround the cantilever and being fixed to the supporting body are further included, the wall portion has, at a location corresponding to a length intermediate portion of the connection portion, a cutout portion in which the wall portion is not present, and the pad portion is disposed at the cutout portion side with respect to the connection portion.

Abstract: An object is to provide a method for producing methacrolein and/or methacrylic acid from isobutanol, in which methacrolein and/or methacrylic acid are/is obtained at high selectivity with suppressed generation of a by-product, and a method for producing methacrylic acid ester from the methacrylic acid obtained. The object is achieved by a method for producing methacrolein and/or methacrylic acid, including (i) a step of feeding an isobutanol-containing gas to a dehydration catalyst layer, to produce an isobutylene-containing gas 1 by dehydration reaction of isobutanol, and (ii) a step of feeding an isobutylene-containing gas 2 containing at least one portion of the isobutylene-containing gas 1, and an oxygen-containing gas to an oxidation catalyst layer, to produce methacrolein and/or methacrylic acid by oxidation reaction of isobutylene, in which x1/x2 is 0.

Abstract: A control device includes a model generation unit that generates a control model that formulates a task to be executed, and a task processing unit that causes the vehicle to execute the task by performing model prediction control using the control model. Assuming that a first state space is a state space of the control model used at an execution time of the first task, and a second state space is a state space of the control model used at an execution time of the second task, the task processing unit starts to cause the vehicle to execute the second task, after executing a transition process that is a process of making a value of a state variable that is commonly included in both the first state space and the second state space within a predetermined range that is allowed at the execution time of the second task.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a substrate; a wiring layer serving as a topmost layer formed over the substrate; a first protection film formed so as to cover the wiring layer; a planarization film formed on the first protection film; and a second protection film formed on the planarization film. The first protection film and the second protection film are each thicker than the planarization film.

Abstract: A server includes: an interface that acquires a vehicle-mounted camera image from a vehicle traveling toward a target specified by a user; and a control unit that detects the target based on the vehicle-mounted camera image, generates recognition information that makes the target recognizable as an image or visually recognizable based on a detection result of the target, and outputs the recognition information to the vehicle.

Abstract: There is provided a compressor including: a piston that reciprocates inside a cylinder; a valve plate that closes an end portion of the cylinder; a connecting rod that supports the piston; a crankshaft that applies a rotating force to an end portion of the connecting rod; and a crankcase that rotatably supports the crankshaft. The piston is an oscillating piston that reciprocates while oscillating inside the cylinder according to rotation of the crankshaft. An outer peripheral surface of the piston is a curved surface.