Abstract: A method for manufacturing a forged article, capable of improving the durability of a die for forging is provided. The method, includes forging a steel material, by using a die, by spraying or applying a water-soluble polymer lubricant containing 0.01 to 0.98 mass % of a water-soluble sulfate onto a working surface of the die, the die being made of a raw material having a constituent composition of by mass %, of 0.4 to 0.7% of C, 1.0% or less of Si, 1.0% or less of Mn, 4.0 to 6.0% of Cr, 2.0 to 4.0% of (Mo+½W), 0.5 to 2.5% of (V+Nb), 0 to 1.0% of Ni, 0 to 5.0% of Co, 0.02% or less of N, and a remnant composed of Fe and impurities, and having hardness of 55 to 60 HRC, and the die including a nitrided layer or a nitrosulfidized layer on the working surface thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile robot that can simultaneously absorb an impact received from an uneven road surface while moving and estimate the position or orientation of the mobile robot while functioning. The mobile robot according to the present invention has an operation mechanism having a multi-jointed arm, and a movement mechanism that causes the operation mechanism to move, the mobile robot being characterized in that: the movement mechanism has a first support part and a second support part, which support the weight of the movement mechanism; and the second support part is installed at a position that is nearer to an outer peripheral section, in terms of the movement direction of the movement mechanism, than is the installation position of the first support part.

Abstract: A projector includes a cooling fan, and a processor, and the processor executes, in a case in which the cooling fan is operating in a first revolution speed mode, a control of switching an operation mode of the cooling fan to a second revolution speed mode whose revolution speed is faster than that of the first revolution speed mode in a case in which an obtained temperature detection value reaches a first threshold, and executes, in a case in which the cooling fan is operating in the second revolution speed mode, a control of switching the operation mode of the cooling fan to a revolution speed mode whose revolution speed is slower than that of the second revolution speed mode in a case in which an obtained temperature detection value decreases below a second threshold which differs from the first threshold.

Abstract: A communication apparatus is configured to include first and second cards, and a card-to-card link connecting the cards. Each card is communicably connected to another communication apparatus through a route connected to the card. One of the cards is determined to be a primary card that controls data transmission between the communication apparatus and another communication apparatus, and the other card is determined to be a secondary card controlled by the primary card. The primary card establishes a primary data-path for transmitting primary data, using one of the first and second routes connected to the primary card. The primary card further establishes a secondary data-path for transmitting secondary data, using the card-to-card link, the secondary card, and the other one of the first and second routes connected to the secondary card.

Abstract: When being triggered by a call setting request that has been made, dummy information that is different from information to be transmitted and is information used for creating a path on which encrypted communication is to be performed is generated. The path on which the encrypted communication is to be performed is established by using the generated dummy information. A responding process of responding to the call setting request is performed after the path on which the encrypted communication is to be performed has been established. Thus, in the case where information that is obtained after the responding process of responding to the call setting request is encrypted and transmitted, it is possible to transmit the information while maintaining the real-time characteristics of the information to be transmitted.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a porous material, wherein porosity can be controlled to 50% or higher by means of a freezing method, pore size can be controlled to 10 ?m to 300 ?m, and pore diameter distribution is uniform. The method is a method for producing a porous material, comprising freezing a mixture of water and a raw material comprising at least any of a ceramic material, a resin, a metal, and precursors thereof from a specific portion of the mixture to use ice crystals produced at the time as a pore source and then heat-treating a dry material obtained by removing the ice from the frozen material, wherein the mixture of a raw material and water or the frozen material comprises an antifreeze protein.

Abstract: A packet is transmitted from a transmitting device to an active communication device which transmits a reception history identifying the received packets to the transmitting device. The transmitting device transmits an active-mode request message to a standby communication device when having failed to receive the reception history from the active communication device within a predetermined time period. Then, the standby communication device becomes a new active communication device, and the active communication device becomes an old active communication device. The new active communication device transmits to the transmitting device a switching request message for switching a destination of the packet from the old active communication device to the new active communication device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing the thermal hysteresis activity exhibited by a composition containing an antifreeze protein and water, wherein the method includes incorporating the antifreeze protein and any one or more substances selected from the following additive group A into the water. According to the present invention, the method of further increasing the thermal hysteresis activity inherently possessed by an antifreeze protein can be provided. Additive group A: an organic acid, an organic acid salt, an inorganic salt, an amino acid, an amino acid salt, an ammonium salt, a sugar, a sugar alcohol, urea, guanidine hydrochloride, spermidine, spermine, and N,N-dimethylformamide.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a porous material, wherein porosity can be controlled to 50% or higher by means of a freezing method, pore size can be controlled to 10 ?m to 300 ?m, and pore diameter distribution is uniform. The method is a method for producing a porous material, comprising freezing a mixture of water and a raw material comprising at least any of a ceramic material, a resin, a metal, and precursors thereof from a specific portion of the mixture to use ice crystals produced at the time as a pore source and then heat-treating a dry material obtained by removing the ice from the frozen material, wherein the mixture of a raw material and water or the frozen material comprises an antifreeze protein.

Abstract: A packet is transmitted from a transmitting device to an active communication device which transmits a reception history identifying the received packets to the transmitting device. The transmitting device transmits an active-mode request message to a standby communication device when having failed to receive the reception history from the active communication device within a predetermined time period. Then, the standby communication device becomes a new active communication device, and the active communication device becomes an old active communication device. The new active communication device transmits to the transmitting device a switching request message for switching a destination of the packet from the old active communication device to the new active communication device.

Abstract: When being triggered by a call setting request that has been made, dummy information that is different from information to be transmitted and is information used for creating a path on which encrypted communication is to be performed is generated. The path on which the encrypted communication is to be performed is established by using the generated dummy information. A responding process of responding to the call setting request is performed after the path on which the encrypted communication is to be performed has been established. Thus, in the case where information that is obtained after the responding process of responding to the call setting request is encrypted and transmitted, it is possible to transmit the information while maintaining the real-time characteristics of the information to be transmitted.

Abstract: A first apparatus includes a sending unit which attaches a sequence number which is numbered for each priority of QoS set in a first packet, the sequence number is numbered for each priority of QoS set in the first packet, and sends the first packet with the sequence number. A second apparatus includes a storage unit which stores, for each priority, a history of sequence numbers attached to packets received, a determining unit which receives the first packet from the first apparatus, identifies the sequence number of the first packet, and determines whether the first packet has been previously received by comparing the identified sequence number with the history of sequence numbers according to the priority of QoS set in the first packet stored in the storage unit, and a unit which discards, when the determining unit determines the first packet has been previously received, the first packet.

Abstract: A communication apparatus is configured to include first and second cards, and a card-to-card link connecting the cards. Each card is communicably connected to another communication apparatus through a route connected to the card. One of the cards is determined to be a primary card that controls data transmission between the communication apparatus and another communication apparatus, and the other card is determined to be a secondary card controlled by the primary card. The primary card establishes a primary data-path for transmitting primary data, using one of the first and second routes connected to the primary card. The primary card further establishes a secondary data-path for transmitting secondary data, using the card-to-card link, the secondary card, and the other one of the first and second routes connected to the secondary card.

Abstract: An installation apparatus is comprised of a pair of grasping brackets and an installation jig. The installation apparatus is employed to install a cockpit module in a vehicle body in a manner that the grasping brackets is detachably attached respectively to both end portions of a steering member of the cockpit module and that the installation jig grasps the grasping brackets and conveys the cockpit module to the vehicle body.

Abstract: An installation apparatus is comprised of a pair of grasping brackets and an installation jig. The installation apparatus is employed to install a cockpit module in a vehicle body in a manner that the grasping brackets is detachably attached respectively to both end portions of a steering member of the cockpit module and that the installation jig grasps the grasping brackets and conveys the cockpit module to the vehicle body.

Abstract: An installation apparatus is comprised of a pair of grasping brackets and an installation jig. The installation apparatus is employed to install a cockpit module in a vehicle body in a manner that the grasping brackets is detachably attached respectively to both end portions of a steering member of the cockpit module and that the installation jig grasps the grasping brackets and conveys the cockpit module to the vehicle body.

Abstract: An antifreeze protein is added to a hydrous material when the hydrous material contains water molecules and a substance other than water molecules, and freeze concentration of the substance should be inhibited; when the hydrous material contains a bioactive substance and inactivation of the bioactive substance should be inhibited; or when the hydrous material contains water molecules and a component other than the water molecules, and a frozen product or freeze-dried product in which the component is homogeneously dispersed should be produced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a probe (31) used in a physical property measuring apparatus that measures a complex dielectric constant of a measured object to measure a physical property value of the measured object on the basis of the measured complex dielectric constant, the physical property value being represented by the water content, the probe having an internal electrode (311) and an external electrode (312). An end surface (313) is formed obliquely to an axial direction of the internal electrode (311) in order to accurately measure the complex dielectric constant regardless of whether or not the surface of the measured object has roughness and to set an appropriate electric length.

Abstract: An installation apparatus is comprised of a pair of grasping brackets and an installation jig. The installation apparatus is employed to install a cockpit module in a vehicle body in a manner that the grasping brackets is detachably attached respectively to both end portions of a steering member of the cockpit module and that the installation jig grasps the grasping brackets and conveys the cockpit module to the vehicle body.

Abstract: An installation apparatus is comprised of a pair of grasping brackets and an installation jig. The installation apparatus is employed to install a cockpit module in a vehicle body in a manner that the grasping brackets is detachably attached respectively to both end portions of a steering member of the cockpit module and that the installation jig grasps the grasping brackets and conveys the cockpit module to the vehicle body.