Abstract: The technology of the present disclosure is capable of notifying of an implementing item which is considered necessary in a timely manner based on the target person's state and situation. A person recognition unit performs person recognition processing on the obtained captured image by using a learning model. An emotion recognition unit estimates the emotion of the person in the obtained captured image by performing emotion recognition processing on the image of the person. An activity prediction unit predicts the activity of the person by performing activity prediction processing on the obtained captured image. A situation recognition unit recognizes the target person and the situation around that person by using a learning model that has learned. An implementing item determination unit determines one or more implementing items to notify of based on the obtained estimation result and implementing item, implementation conditions, and notification destinations are associated with one another.

Abstract: A saddle riding type vehicle includes a stabilizer arranged to support a pair of wheels arranged at opposite sides of a vehicle body to be movable up and down relative to the vehicle body, and a switching mechanism arranged to switch between a movable state in which the pair of wheels are permitted to move up and down and a locked state in which the pair of wheels are restricted from moving up and down. The switching mechanism includes a coupling pin member arranged to engage with the stabilizer to set the stabilizer to the locked state thereby restricting rotation of the stabilizer relative to the vehicle body, and to disengage from the stabilizer to set the stabilizer to the movable state thereby permitting rotation of the stabilizer relative to the vehicle body, and a solenoid fixed to the vehicle body and arranged to drive the coupling pin member into and out of engagement with the stabilizer.

Abstract: A saddle riding type vehicle includes a balancer beam rotatably mounted on a vehicle body to cause a right wheel and a left wheel to move up and down in opposite directions, and is capable of making turns by leaning the vehicle body. The saddle riding type vehicle also includes a headlight, a drive mechanism arranged to rotate the headlight, a front detector arranged to detect a rotation angle of the balancer beam relative to the vehicle body, and a controller programmed to control the drive mechanism based on a result of detection by the front detector. The rotation angle detected by the front detector corresponds to an angle of the vehicle body leaning sideways relative to a traveling surface (relative lean angle). The controller controls the drive mechanism based on such result of detection by the front detector. The headlight can therefore illuminate directions of movement properly.

Abstract: A status holding circuit includes status holding sections of M stages (M is an integer equal to or more than 2) connected in series. Each of the status holding sections includes: N latches (N is an integer equal to or more than 2) provided for N input signals to N input terminals, respectively; and a switch circuit configured to set a data to a jth latch of the N latches in an ith status holding section of the M-stage status holding sections when a status signal is supplied to a jth input terminal of the N input terminals at an ith timing.

Abstract: A saddle riding type vehicle includes a stabilizer arranged to support a pair of wheels arranged at opposite sides of a vehicle body to be movable up and down relative to the vehicle body, and a switching mechanism arranged to switch between a movable state in which the pair of wheels are permitted to move up and down and a locked state in which the pair of wheels are restricted from moving up and down. The switching mechanism includes a coupling pin member arranged to engage with the stabilizer to set the stabilizer to the locked state thereby restricting rotation of the stabilizer relative to the vehicle body, and to disengage from the stabilizer to set the stabilizer to the movable state thereby permitting rotation of the stabilizer relative to the vehicle body, and a solenoid fixed to the vehicle body and arranged to drive the coupling pin member into and out of engagement with the stabilizer.

Abstract: A status holding circuit includes status holding sections of M stages (M is an integer equal to or more than 2) connected in series. Each of the status holding sections includes: N latches (N is an integer equal to or more than 2) provided for N input signals to N input terminals, respectively; and a switch circuit configured to set a data to a jth latch of the N latches in an ith status holding section of the M-stage status holding sections when a status signal is supplied to a jth input terminal of the N input terminals at an ith timing.

Abstract: A saddle riding type vehicle includes a balancer beam rotatably mounted on a vehicle body to cause a right wheel and a left wheel to move up and down in opposite directions, and is capable of making turns by leaning the vehicle body. The saddle riding type vehicle also includes a headlight, a drive mechanism arranged to rotate the headlight, a front detector arranged to detect a rotation angle of the balancer beam relative to the vehicle body, and a controller programmed to control the drive mechanism based on a result of detection by the front detector. The rotation angle detected by the front detector corresponds to an angle of the vehicle body leaning sideways relative to a traveling surface (relative lean angle). The controller controls the drive mechanism based on such result of detection by the front detector. The headlight can therefore illuminate directions of movement properly.

Abstract: A focus servo method used in an optical disc drive which is capable of accurately recording data to an optical disc just after starting recording of data to the optical disc is provided. The method includes a step of detecting a command signal for recording data to an optical disc; adding a predetermined amount of an offset component to a focus error signal for displacing an objective lens to a proper position for recording the data to the optical disc; starting recording the data to the optical disc after the offset component has been added; and decreasing the amount of the added offset component from the focus error signal after staring the recording of the data to the optical disc. The detecting step and the adding step are sequentially carried out in a region indicated by “B” in FIG. 1 and the step of starting recording of data and the step of decreasing the offset are sequentially carried out in a region indicated by “C” in FIG. 1.

Abstract: Upon calculating a FEM model of a new model vehicle as a structure to be analyzed using that of an existing vehicle as a prototype structure, a computer sets a plurality of corresponding reference points on the outline of the new model vehicle and the FEM model of the existing vehicle, changes a mesh model included in the FEM model of the existing vehicle to the outer shape of the new model vehicle on the basis of that mesh model and the correspondence between these reference points, and merges additional information contained in the FEM model of the existing vehicle and its associated state with respect to the deformed mesh model, thus calculating the FEM model of the new model vehicle.

Abstract: This invention relates to a monolayer sugar-coated tablet which is coated with a sugar-coating liquid containing 30–54% by weight of saccharide, 2–10% by weight of polyethylene glycol and 0.2–2% by weight of polyvinylpyrrolidone, and a process for preparing the same. According to the invention, a monolayer sugar-coated tablet and a process for preparation thereof are provided with very great economical advantages that the skill required for conventional sugar-coating processing is unnecessary and furthermore consumption of sugar-coating material can be reduced and the processing time can be shortened.

Abstract: In an optical pickup unit including a diffraction grating for separating an incident beam from a laser diode into a main beam, first and second sub beams, the diffraction grating separates the incident beam into the first and the second sub beams so that each of the first and the second sub beams has, on an optical disc, an elliptic spot shape which becomes longer in a radial direction of the optical disc and which spans at least two tracks.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser element and a protective wall surrounding the element are provided on the surface of a metal frame of a semiconductor laser device. Circumferential portions are provided on an outer periphery of the metal frame for rotating the optical axis of light originating from a light-emitting point of the semiconductor laser element to a direction along the surface of the metal frame. By way of a guide of an optical pickup base corresponding to the circumferential portions, the semiconductor laser device is mounted on the optical pickup base.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser element and a protective wall surrounding the element are provided on the surface of a metal frame of a semiconductor laser device. Circumferential portions are provided on an outer periphery of the metal frame for rotating the optical axis of light originating from a light-emitting point of the semiconductor laser element to a direction along the surface of the metal frame. By way of a guide of an optical pickup base corresponding to the circumferential portions, the semiconductor laser device is mounted on the optical pickup base.

Abstract: Upon calculating a FEM model of a new model vehicle as a structure to be analyzed using that of an existing vehicle as a prototype structure, a computer sets a plurality of corresponding reference points on the outline of the new model vehicle and the FEM model of the existing vehicle, changes a mesh model included in the FEM model of the existing vehicle to the outer shape of the new model vehicle on the basis of that mesh model and the correspondence between these reference points, and merges additional information contained in the FEM model of the existing vehicle and its associated state with respect to the deformed mesh model, thus calculating the FEM model of the new model vehicle.

Abstract: An optical pickup comprises a lens holder (10), an object lens (31), and focusing and tracking coils (12, 13, 14) for electromagnetically driving the lens holder in focusing and tracking directions (FC, TR), respectively. The focusing and the tracking coils produce driving forces having acting points coincident in location with each other.

Abstract: An oil absorption retarder containing alginic ester and fried foods produced by using the oil absorption retarder. The oil absorption retarder of this invention can efficiently retard oil absorption during frying, which results in providing fried foods with lowered oil contents.

Abstract: In a method of preparing an audio disc by writing music in an additionally recordable optical disc, a specific TOC is first written in a lead in area (LIA) of the additionally recordable optical disc. Thereafter, the music to be recorded is written in a program area of the additionally recordable optical disc.

Abstract: The present invention has been accomplished to provide an earth nut which has an excellent grounding performance, and which is free from the possibility of losing a grounding function even upon application of a high axial force and is low in cost, said earth nut comprises a flanged nut having a flange, which is formed at a lower end of a nut body to be integral with the nut body, a plurality of projections formed at a lower portion of the flange near an outer peripheral edge of the flange for cutting and peeling off a coating film on a seat surface, with which a bottom surface of the nut contacts, and a plurality of longitudinal grooves provided on screw threads of a female thread portion of the nut body to extend axially of the nut body and having edges on one sides of lines of intersection of the screw threads of the female thread portion of the nut and the longitudinal grooves to peel off a coating film adhered to screw threads of a bolt, onto which the nut are screwed.

Abstract: This invention relates to a monolayer sugar-coated tablet which is coated with a sugar-coating liquid containing 30-54% by weight of saccharide, 2-10% by weight of polyethylene glycol and 0.2-2% by weight of polyvinylpyrrolidone, and a process for preparing the same.

Abstract: The present invention has been accomplished to provide an earth nut which has an excellent grounding performance, and which is free from the possibility of losing a grounding function even upon application of a high axial force and is low in cost, said earth nut comprises a flanged nut having a flange, which is formed at a lower end of a nut body to be integral with the nut body, a plurality of projections formed at a lower portion of the flange near an outer peripheral edge of the flange for cutting and peeling off a coating film on a seat surface, with which a bottom surface of the nut contacts, and a plurality of longitudinal grooves provided on screw threads of a female thread portion of the nut body to extend axially of the nut body and having edges on one sides of lines of intersection of the screw threads of the female thread portion of the nut and the longitudinal grooves to peel off a coating film adhered to screw threads of a bolt, onto which the nut are screwed.