Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for indicating an at-risk situation for a lung ventilator, comprising a screen (1) that displays at least one fixed-size drawing element (2) representing the lungs being ventilated, in which the shade of the drawing element switches according to predetermined criteria.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a technology capable of estimating a battery condition in conjunction with charging/discharging operations of a battery, without employing dedicated equipment for estimating the condition of the battery. A battery management device according to the present invention identifies a first period and a subsequent second period in a rest period after a battery finishes discharging or charging, and uses an output voltage difference in the second period to estimate the condition of the battery (see FIG. 1).

Abstract: A control device for a human-powered vehicle includes an electronic controller. The human-powered vehicle includes a motor that applies a propulsion force to the human-powered vehicle and a transmission that shifts a transmission ratio of the human-powered vehicle between a plurality of shift stages. The electronic controller is configured to control the motor. The electronic controller is configured to decrease an upper limit value of an output of the motor in an up-shift operation. The electronic controller is configured to decrease the upper limit value in a down-shift operation. The electronic controller is configured to control the motor so that the upper limit value in the up-shift operation performed between two predetermined ones of the shift stages that differ in the transmission ratio by one stage differs from the upper limit value in the down-shift operation performed between the two predetermined ones of the shift stages.

Abstract: In the present disclosure, an appropriate control-target device is caused to carry out an operation without the control-target device being designated. A linking system (7) includes: a linking server (1); a device controlling server (2); one or more devices (4); and an information providing server (5). In a case where the device controlling server (2) has received from the linking server (1) an instruction for carrying out an operation in accordance with a linking rule, the device controlling server transmits (2) a command to carry out the operation to at least one device, the at least one device having been identified by the device controlling server (2) from among the one or more devices (4) in accordance with a user specified in the linking rule. The information providing server (5) transmits, to the linking server (1), notification of a trigger for the operation.

Abstract: A heat storage material composition having a melting temperature utilized for control of an optional management temperature, providing no variation in melting behavior and solidification behavior, and having a constant melting temperature. The heat storage material composition consists primarily of a mixture of a higher alkane having carbon number of 9 to 24 and a higher alcohol having carbon number of 6 to 20, and the mixture has a substantially single melting peak in DSC curve measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC).

Abstract: A dialog content is generated using information that is unique to a user and information that is not unique. The processing executed by a dialog system includes a step of identifying a person based on a dialog with a user, a step of acquiring personal information, a step of analyzing the dialog, a step of extracting an event, a step of searching for a local episode and a global episode based on the personal information and the event, a step of generating dialog data using the search result, a step of outputting a dialog, and a step of accepting user evaluation.

Abstract: The present invention enables making a response that (i) increases a user's motivation to cheer for an event and (ii) motivates the user to visit an event site to cheer. A totalizing system (100) includes a server (3) and a terminal system (10). In a specific mode, the terminal system (i) detects a user's behavior including motion and utterance, (ii) transmits a cheering point calculated with reference to the behavior which has been detected, and (iii) displays a result of totalization obtained. The server makes a totalization of a cheering point obtained and transmits a result of the totalization.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system which allows for a smooth conversation between a caller and a call-responder in a telephone call which has been transferred. The system (i) conducts, on the basis of a result of voice recognition of a speech voice of a user in a telephone call from the user, a search for response content of a response to be given to an inquiry made by the user in the telephone call, (ii) transmits an audio signal indicative of the response content to a user terminal (1), (iii) transfers the telephone call to a terminal (200), and (iv) causes information indicative of content of the inquiry to be displayed on a display section (230).

Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention provide (i) a novel heat storage material composition, (ii) a heat storage material containing the heat storage material composition, and (iii) a transport container including the heat storage material. A heat storage material composition in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention may contain sodium sulfate 10-hydrate, sodium bromide, and sodium chloride, and have a melting point and a solidifying point within a range of 0° C. to 10° C.

Abstract: A home-appliance system is provided that may alleviate user's stress or fatigue. The interactive home-appliance system includes an utterance unit, a voice input unit for accepting input of a reply to voice, a storage unit for storing an assessment criterion for assessing stress or fatigue based on conversation with an utterer and data for outputting voice alleviating stress or fatigue, a determination unit for determining the utterer's stress or fatigue based on the assessment criterion and the reply, and a drive mechanism for performing an operation for assisting in the utterer's life. The utterance unit is configured to output an utterance based on the determination result and the data.

Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention provide (i) a novel heat storage material composition, (ii) a heat storage material containing the heat storage material composition, and (iii) a transport container including the heat storage material. A heat storage material composition in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention may contain sodium sulfate 10-hydrate, sodium bromide, and sodium chloride, and have a melting point and a solidifying point within a range of 0° C. to 10° C.

Abstract: Diversity is provided to an output mode of recommendation information. A terminal apparatus (2) includes a recommendation information acquisition unit (208) that selects a layout at which recommendation information is output, from among a plurality of pieces of layout information (114), and a recommendation screen generation unit (208) that output the recommendation information at the selected layout.

Abstract: A dialog content is generated using information that is unique to a user and information that is not unique. The processing executed by a dialog system includes a step of identifying a person based on a dialog with a user, a step of acquiring personal information, a step of analyzing the dialog, a step of extracting an event, a step of searching for a local episode and a global episode based on the personal information and the event, a step of generating dialog data using the search result, a step of outputting a dialog, and a step of accepting user evaluation.

Abstract: A network system includes a plurality of terminals including at least a first terminal and a second terminal, one or more devices including at least a first device, and a server adapted to refer to group information. The server refers to the group information and determines whether to accept a request for the first device from the second terminal, when in a state of accepting a request for the first device from the first terminal.

Abstract: In the present disclosure, an appropriate control-target device is caused to carry out an operation without the control-target device being designated. A linking system (7) includes: a linking server (1); a device controlling server (2); one or more devices (4); and an information providing server (5). In a case where the device controlling server (2) has received from the linking server (1) an instruction for carrying out an operation in accordance with a linking rule, the device controlling server transmits (2) a command to carry out the operation to at least one device, the at least one device having been identified by the device controlling server (2) from among the one or more devices (4) in accordance with a user specified in the linking rule. The information providing server (5) transmits, to the linking server (1), notification of a trigger for the operation.

Abstract: A coupler system includes: a coupler main body attached to a longitudinal direction end of a carbody of a railcar so as to be rotatable in a yaw direction; a curvature information acquiring portion configured to acquire curvature information of a track, the railcar being located on the track; a control portion configured to determine a target rotation angle of the coupler main body in accordance with the acquired curvature information and output a rotation signal regarding the determined target rotation angle; and a rotation angle changing portion configured to rotate the coupler main body to the target rotation angle based on the output rotation signal. When the railcar is stopped or when the railcar is traveling at a coupling speed, the control portion outputs the rotation signal to start rotating the coupler main body.

Abstract: A home-appliance system is provided that may alleviate user's stress or fatigue. The interactive home-appliance system includes an utterance unit, a voice input unit for accepting input of a reply to voice, a storage unit for storing an assessment criterion for assessing stress or fatigue based on conversation with an utterer and data for outputting voice alleviating stress or fatigue, a determination unit for determining the utterer's stress or fatigue based on the assessment criterion and the reply, and a drive mechanism for performing an operation for assisting in the utterer's life. The utterance unit is configured to output an utterance based on the determination result and the data.

Abstract: A coupler system includes: a coupler main body attached to a longitudinal direction end of a carbody of a railcar so as to be rotatable in a yaw direction; a curvature information acquiring portion configured to acquire curvature information of a track, the railcar being located on the track; a control portion configured to determine a target rotation angle of the coupler main body in accordance with the acquired curvature information and output a rotation signal regarding the determined target rotation angle; and a rotation angle changing portion configured to rotate the coupler main body to the target rotation angle based on the output rotation signal. When the railcar is stopped or when the railcar is traveling at a coupling speed, the control portion outputs the rotation signal to start rotating the coupler main body.

Abstract: A network system includes a plurality of terminals including at least a first terminal and a second terminal, one or more devices including at least a first device, and a server adapted to refer to group information. The server refers to the group information and determines whether to accept a request for the first device from the second terminal, when in a state of accepting a request for the first device from the first terminal.

Abstract: A rolling apparatus including an external member having a raceway surface on an inner peripheral surface thereof, an internal member having a raceway surface on an outer peripheral surface thereof, and a plurality of rolling elements which are rotatably provided between the raceway surface of the external member and the raceway surface of the internal member. A surface of at least one of the internal member, the external member, and the rolling elements is subjected to carbonitriding or nitriding; an area percentage of a nitride containing Si and Mn is 1% or more and 20% or less; surface hardness is HV750 or more. When depth from the raceway surface or depth from a rolling surface of the rolling element is defined as Z and diameter of the rolling element is defined as d, hardness at Z=0.045 d is HV650 to 850, and hardness at Z=0.18 d is HV400 to 800.