Abstract: An unsaturated hydrocarbon production apparatus includes: a light collecting device configured to collect sunlight, and to convert the sunlight into solar heat; and a heating furnace configured to heat a raw material gas containing at least any one selected from the group consisting of methane and hydrogen, methane and oxygen, and ethane with the solar heat generated by the light collecting device to 700° C. or more and 2,000° C. or less.

Abstract: A preprocessing device includes processing circuitry configured to acquire coordinate information of respective vertexes of a polygon for inside/outside determination and divide the polygon for inside/outside determination into a plurality of polygons as preprocessing of determination processing of determining whether a coordinate to be determined exists inside or outside the polygon for inside/outside determination, and output coordinate information of respective vertexes of the respective divided polygons for inside/outside determination as divided polygon information.

Abstract: A purification system is for purifying a mixture containing a first solvent, a second solvent, and an impurity. The purification system includes a first membrane separation device including a pervaporation membrane and a second membrane separation device including a filtration membrane. The pervaporation membrane separates the mixture into a first permeated fluid and a first concentrated fluid. The first permeated fluid has a lower concentration of the impurity than that in the mixture, and the first concentrated fluid has a higher concentration of the impurity than that in the mixture. The filtration membrane separates the first concentrated fluid into a second permeated fluid and a second concentrated fluid. The second permeated fluid has a lower concentration of the impurity than that in the first concentrated fluid, and the second concentrated fluid has a higher concentration of the impurity than that in the first concentrated fluid.

Abstract: A tube pump that sends a fluid includes a tube, a roller, and a roller holder. In the roller holder, a guide groove is formed that receives a shaft of the roller and defines a range in which the roller is movable with respect to the roller holder. The roller holder has an inner side surface and an outer side surface as surfaces defining the guide groove in the roller holder. The inner side surface has a protrusion protruding toward the outer side surface.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device that includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire first input data input when first output data is obtained in predetermined processing of obtaining output data with respect to input data, an extraction unit configured to extract second input data related to the first input data acquired by the acquisition unit based on a similarity degree between the first input data and each input history data, which is a history of input data of a case of past execution of the predetermined processing, from the input history data, and a presentation unit configured to present the second input data extracted by the extraction unit.

Abstract: An information processing device (100) includes an acquisition unit (151) that acquires instruction information including an instruction from an operator on a moving direction for a moving body, a transformation unit (154) that transforms the moving direction included in the instruction information acquired by the acquisition unit (151) into a moving direction in a relative coordinate system based on a reference position, which is determined according to a surrounding environment of the moving body, and a relative position of the moving body, and a control unit (156) that controls a moving direction of the moving body on the basis of the moving direction transformed by the transformation unit (154).

Abstract: A chilling unit includes a machine chamber unit formed in an elongated box shape; and air heat exchangers placed on the machine chamber unit. A pair of the air heat exchangers that is located opposite to each other in a short-side direction of the machine chamber unit is inclined such that a spacing between upper end portions of the pair is greater than a spacing between lower end portions of the pair, a machine chamber panel forming a side face of the machine chamber unit in the short-side direction includes a panel body positioned at a central portion of the machine chamber panel, and a fixing portion connected to a periphery of the panel body and fixed in contact with the machine chamber unit, and the panel body is located further outward from the machine chamber unit than is the fixing portion.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus (100) includes: an acquisition unit (153) that acquires a machine learning model trained with reinforcement learning such that, when first state information indicating a first state has been input, the model will output first action information indicating a first action corresponding to the first state, based on a plurality of rewards weighted by a weight of each of the rewards; a reception unit (151) that receives training data being a set of second state information indicating a second state and second action information indicating a second action corresponding to the second state; and a display unit (156) that displays information regarding the weight of each of the rewards estimated by training the machine learning model in which the weight of each of the rewards is defined as a part of a connection coefficient of the machine learning model such that, when the second state information included in the training data and a value based on the weight of each of the rewards h

Abstract: A biological function measurement and analysis system, a biological function measurement and analysis method, and a recording medium storing program code causing a computer to execute the biological function measurement and analysis method. The biological function measurement and analysis system includes an input acceptance unit configured to accept selection of a biological function to be measured, and a measurement and analysis procedure determining unit configured to access a memory in which measurement and analysis procedure data, indicating a combination of measurement and analysis of reaction of a live subject caused by stimulation on a biological-function-by-biological-function basis, is stored to specify measurement and analysis procedure data corresponding to the selected biological function.

Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus, wherein the outdoor unit has a control box and an electrical box accommodated therein, in the control box, devices serving as a controller configured to control refrigeration cycle-related devices are accommodated, and in the electrical box, devices including a thermal relay are accommodated, the devices producing a smaller amount of heat compared to the devices accommodated in the control box, the electrical box being formed separately from the control box.

Abstract: An information processing device (100) includes an acquisition unit (151) that acquires instruction information including an instruction from an operator on a moving direction for a moving body, a transformation unit (154) that transforms the moving direction included in the instruction information acquired by the acquisition unit (151) into a moving direction in a relative coordinate system based on a reference position, which is determined according to a surrounding environment of the moving body, and a relative position of the moving body, and a control unit (156) that controls a moving direction of the moving body on the basis of the moving direction transformed by the transformation unit (154).

Abstract: [Problem] To more easily and effectively absorb a difference in motion characteristic between a simulator model and a real robot. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including a communication unit that receives a movement result of an autonomous moving body based on a control command value, and a parameter approximation unit that approximates a motion characteristic parameter of a simulator model for a movement simulation of the autonomous moving body on the basis of a movement result of the autonomous moving body, in which the parameter approximation unit approximates the motion characteristic parameter on the basis of similarity between a plurality of simulation results acquired on the basis of the different motion characteristic parameters in the movement simulation based on the control command value, and the movement result of the autonomous moving body.

Abstract: This invention provides a cationic electrodeposition paint composition comprising an amino-group-containing epoxy resin (A), a blocked polyisocyanate compound (B), and a modified imidazole (C) having a specific structure, wherein the cationic electrodeposition paint composition satisfies the following (i) or (ii), or both: (i) the cationic electrodeposition paint composition further comprises a rust inhibitor (D) or (ii) a blocking agent (b-2) of the blocked polyisocyanate compound (B) is an oxime-based compound (b-2-1) and/or a pyrazole-based compound (b-2-2).

Abstract: An information processing device (100) according to an embodiment includes: an acquisition unit (132) configured to acquire first input data input when first output data is obtained in predetermined processing of obtaining output data with respect to input data; an extraction unit (134) configured to extract second input data related to the first input data acquired by the acquisition unit based on a similarity degree between the first input data and each input history data, which is a history of input data of a case of past execution of the predetermined processing, from the input history data; and a presentation unit (135) configured to present the second input data extracted by the extraction unit.

Abstract: [Problem] To achieve an optimum operation following purpose change. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including an action value calculation unit configured to calculate an action value that determines behavior of an operation unit, and the action value calculation unit dynamically calculates, based on an acquired purpose change factor and a plurality of first action values learned based on rewards different from each other, a second action value to be input to the operation unit. In addition, provided is an information processing device including a feedback unit configured to determine, based on an operation result of an operation unit that performs dynamic behavior based on a plurality of action values learned based on rewards different from each other, excess and insufficiency related to the action values, and control information notification related to the excess and insufficiency.

Abstract: [Problem] To more easily and effectively absorb a difference in motion characteristic between a simulator model and a real robot. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including a communication unit that receives a movement result of an autonomous moving body based on a control command value, and a parameter approximation unit that approximates a motion characteristic parameter of a simulator model for a movement simulation of the autonomous moving body on the basis of a movement result of the autonomous moving body, in which the parameter approximation unit approximates the motion characteristic parameter on the basis of similarity between a plurality of simulation results acquired on the basis of the different motion characteristic parameters in the movement simulation based on the control command value, and the movement result of the autonomous moving body.

Abstract: A card reader device A1 includes: a housing 11; an openable shutter 311 that allows or disallows passing of a magnetic card C into the housing 11; a magnetic head 511 that reads magnetic data of the magnetic card C received in the housing 11; an interfering magnetic field generator 711 provided on a rear surface side of the shutter 311 to generate an interfering magnetic field in at least a region R between the magnetic head 511 and the shutter 311; an interfering magnetic field control unit 61 that controls generation of the interfering magnetic field; and an interfering magnetic field alleviating unit 81 that alleviates an influence of the interfering magnetic field on the magnetic head 511 so that the interfering magnetic field generated by the interfering magnetic field generator 711 does not interfere the reading of the magnetic data by the magnetic head 511.

Abstract: A biological function measurement and analysis system, a biological function measurement and analysis method, and a recording medium storing program code causing a computer to execute the biological function measurement and analysis method. The biological function measurement and analysis system includes an input acceptance unit configured to accept selection of a biological function to be measured, and a measurement and analysis procedure determining unit configured to access a memory in which measurement and analysis procedure data, indicating a combination of measurement and analysis of reaction of a live subject caused by stimulation on a biological-function-by-biological-function basis, is stored to specify measurement and analysis procedure data corresponding to the selected biological function.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus which can ensure waterproofness or dustproofness when a rectangular electroacoustic transducer is employed, and can prevent both distortion of voice and leakage of sound at the same time. A first casing (101) of the electronic apparatus has sound holes (110). A film member (103) is substantially circular and provided between the sound holes (110) and an electroacoustic transducer (107). A planar member (105) is provided between the film member (103) and the electroacoustic transducer (107) and has second sound holes (111). The electroacoustic transducer (107) is substantially rectangular and generates voice.