Abstract: There is provided with an image processing apparatus. A captured image of a target object that is captured by an image capturing apparatus is obtained. Information that indicates a deterioration degree of the captured image is obtained for a position in the captured image. A feature of the target object is extracted from the captured image based on the deterioration degree. The feature of the target object and a feature of the three-dimensional model observed when the three-dimensional model is arranged in accordance with a predetermined position and orientation are associated. A position and orientation of the target object with respect to the image capturing apparatus are derived by correcting the predetermined position and orientation based on a result of association.

Abstract: Provided is a remanufacturing method of a developer accommodating unit including a flexible container provided with an opening and configured to accommodate developer, and a frame member configured to accommodate the flexible container. The remanufacturing method includes refilling the developer into the flexible container.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a supporting member supporting multiple cartridges and movable between an inside position inside an apparatus main body and an outside position, in which the cartridges are supported arrayed in a direction of extracting the supporting member from the inside position to the outside position, with the multiple cartridges being detachably attachable at the outside position; a first cartridge; a second cartridge adjacent to the first cartridge; and a third cartridge adjacent to the second cartridge. The first cartridge has a greater protrusion amount from the supporting member compared to the second cartridge and the third cartridge, in a direction orthogonal to the extracting direction and to a longitudinal direction of the cartridges. When viewed from the orthogonal direction, the amount of overlapping between the first cartridge and the second cartridge is greater than the amount of overlapping between the second cartridge and the third cartridge.

Abstract: A medical device includes: a housing; a switch provided on the housing; and a converter provided in the housing. The switch is configured to allow switching between a plurality of states and is configured to output a first signal in response to one of the states to which the switching is performed. The converter is configured to convert the first signal into a second signal of a different system when the converter receives the output of the first signal, and is configured to output the second signal to an outside configured to detect the second signal.

Abstract: A surface treatment solution excellent in stability during storage forming a coating for treatment excellent in waterproofness, solvent resistance, and adhesion with a plated steel sheet and able to provide a surface treated steel sheet with hot-pressing lubricity, chemical convertability after hot-pressing, corrosion resistance after coating, and spot weldability, that is, a surface treatment solution for a plated steel sheet to be hot-pressed comprising a ZnO aqueous dispersion (A) and a water dispersible organic resin (B), wherein the ZnO aqueous dispersion (A) comprises water and ZnO particle size having 50 to 300 nm particles, the water dispersible organic resin (B) has a 5 to 45 mgKOH/g acid value and 5 to 300 nm emulsion particle size, and a mass ratio (WA/WB) of a mass of ZnO particles in the ZnO aqueous dispersion (WA) to a mass of solid content of the water dispersible organic resin (WB) is 30/70 to 95/5.

Abstract: In a cloud computing system having a plurality of computational resources that are connected via a network, a table display section displays, on a terminal used by a user using the cloud computing system, a table showing a list of thumbnail movies of execution screens of applications that can be provided on arbitrary dates and times to the user, the table assigning the thumbnail movies to specified dates and times. A movie selection acceptance section acquires the user's selection from the thumbnail movies shown in the table. An application provision part provides an application, associated with the thumbnail movie selected by the user, to the user.

Abstract: A failure diagnosis circuit configured to diagnose an open-circuit failure in a reverse connection protection transistor includes a power supply unit having a switching transistor electrically connected to a power source and the reverse connection protection transistor and is brought into an on state or an off state in response to a control signal, and in which power is supplied from the power source to the reverse connection protection transistor when the switching transistor is in the on state; a power supply control unit that controls power supply to the reverse connection protection transistor and stop of the power supply by outputting the control signal to the switching transistor; and a diagnosis unit that diagnoses an open-circuit failure in the reverse connection protection transistor on the basis of an output state of the control signal and a detection result of voltage between the switching transistor and the reverse connection protection transistor.

Abstract: Provided is a remanufacturing method of a developer accommodating unit including a flexible container provided with an opening and configured to accommodate developer, and a frame member configured to accommodate the flexible container. The remanufacturing method includes refilling the developer into the flexible container.

Abstract: When switching the combustion mode from a stoichiometric mode to a homogeneous lean mode, a controller starts switching of the combustion mode after switching of the opening angle of a tumble control valve is started. When a target operating point of an internal combustion engine lies outside a predetermined operational region that is set in a range that excludes at least a low intake load factor region and includes at least a medium intake load factor and medium engine speed region, the controller sets the waiting time from the start of switching of the opening angle of the tumble control valve to the start of switching of the combustion mode to be longer than when the target operating point lies in the predetermined operational region.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a current consumption circuit configured to consume current such that a difference between a current consumption during a blanking period and a current consumption during a standby period is reduced.

Abstract: A driving assistance device configured to make an intervention in a predetermined operation of a vehicle comprises a range setter configured to set a predetermined range with regard to a behavior of the vehicle; an acceptable control input range calculator configured to obtain driving action characteristic information indicating a driver's driving action characteristic of the vehicle and to calculate an acceptable control input range of the operation accepted at a present time, in order to cause the behavior of the vehicle estimated using the obtained driving action characteristic information to be kept in the predetermined range over a predetermined estimation interval; a determiner configured to determine whether the operation at the present time is within the acceptable control input range; and an operation intervention executor configured to make the intervention when it is determined that the operation at the present time is out of the acceptable control input range.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photo-curable composition that requires a small mold-releasing force in a method of producing a cured product and also provides a method of producing a cured product with a small mold-releasing force. The method of producing a cured product includes applying a photo-curable composition onto a base material; pressing a mold to the photo-curable composition to form a pattern in the photo-curable composition; irradiating the photo-curable composition provided with the pattern with first light to generate a cured product having the pattern; and releasing the mold from the cured product, wherein a gas-generating region is formed from a gas-generating agent between the cured product and the mold; the gas-generating region is irradiated with second light to generate a gas in the gas-generating region; and the mold is released from the cured product after the generation of the gas or simultaneously with the generation of the gas.

Abstract: An electronic device includes an imaging part configured to acquire an image and a range image in a field of view that includes a photographic subject, a range image extracting part configured to extract a range image of the photographic subject based on the image and the range image, a gloss determining part configured to determine whether the photographic subject is a glossy object based on a data lacking portion included in the range image of the photographic subject, a display part configured to display the image, a top panel, a position detector configured to detect a position of a manipulation input, a vibrating element configured to be driven by a driving signal, an amplitude data allocating part configured to allocate first amplitude and second amplitude, and a drive controlling part configured to drive the vibrating element by using the driving signal.

Abstract: A simulation system includes a display section configured to display an image of an article based on article data representing a shape and coordinates of the article, an operation terminal device including a plurality of dynamic elements which is moved by a user to operate a position of a pointer displayed on the display section, and a data storage section configured to store the article data and vibration data that represents vibration patterns for vibrating the plurality of dynamic elements. Each of the vibration patterns corresponds to a tactile sensation associated with a different part or material of the article. If the pointer has touched the article displayed on the display section, the simulation system drives the plurality of dynamic elements in accordance with a vibration pattern corresponding to a part or a material of the article touched by the pointer.

Abstract: Provided are: a catalyst for dehydration, with which isobutylene is able to be produced with high conversion and high selectivity through a dehydration reaction of isobutanol; and a method for producing isobutylene. This catalyst has a BET specific surface area within the range of from 210 m2/g to 350 m2/g (inclusive) as calculated from N2 adsorption/desorption isotherms. It is preferable that this catalyst is formed of at least one substance selected from among alumina, silica alumina, zeolite, and solid phosphoric acid. It is more preferable that this catalyst contains alumina, and it is especially preferable that this catalyst is formed of alumina. In this method for producing isobutylene, the isobutanol concentration in the starting material gas is preferably 20% by volume or more, more preferably 40% by volume or more, and especially preferably 60% by volume or more. In addition, the temperature of a catalyst layer is preferably from 230° C. to 370° C. (inclusive), and more preferably from 240° C.

Abstract: A simulation system includes a display section configured to display an image of an article, an operation terminal device which is moved by a user to operate a position of a pointer displayed on the display section, a first detecting section configured to detect a position and an orientation of the operation terminal device, a second detecting section configured to calculate first coordinates of the pointer based on the position and the orientation of the operation terminal device detected by the first detecting section, an offset section configured to obtain second coordinates derived by offsetting the first coordinates, and a first determining section configured to make a determination whether the article displayed on the display section has come in contact with a line connecting the first coordinates and the second coordinates.

Abstract: An availability prediction apparatus includes an access section that accesses a storage section and a prediction section. The storage section stores availability specified periods occurred before a present time associated with respective frequencies of the availability specified periods, and the access section acquires the availability specified periods from the storage section. The prediction section predicts at least one target availability specified period within a prediction term, which begins at the present time and ends at a time later than the present time by a predetermined term. The prediction section includes a correlating section that correlates the availability specified periods with candidate periods included in the prediction term, and a selection section that specifies and selects one of the candidate periods having a highest occurrence probability as the target availability specified period.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus predicts, based on a geometric model of an object to be measured, an image degradation of the object in an image in which the object is captured by a capturing device. Furthermore, the information processing apparatus searches a two-dimensional image in which the object is captured by the capturing device for a measurement data feature that corresponds to a model feature of the geometric model, and evaluates, using the two-dimensional image, an image degradation with respect to the found measurement data feature. The information processing apparatus calculates, based on the predicted image degradation and the evaluated image degradation, the accuracy of the correspondence between the model feature and the measurement data feature, and collates, based on this accuracy, the geometric model and the object in the two-dimensional image.

Abstract: Provided is a remanufacturing method of a developer accommodating unit including a flexible container provided with an opening and configured to accommodate developer, and a frame member configured to accommodate the flexible container. The remanufacturing method includes refilling the developer into the flexible container.

Abstract: A steering control device includes a command value setting processing portion configured to set a current command value based on a detection value of steering torque; a feedback processing portion configured to control a voltage applied to a motor so as to control a current flowing through the motor to the current command value, based on an output value of an integral element obtained by using a difference between the current and the current command value; an end determination processing portion configured to determine whether a turning angle of steered wheels has reached a limit angle; and an end-time limit processing portion configured to perform correction to increase a magnitude of the difference, based on a degree of a decrease in a magnitude of a rotational speed of the motor when the end determination processing portion determines that the turning angle has reached the limit angle.