Abstract: In a vehicle control device for an autonomous driving vehicle that autonomously travels based on an operation command, a gesture image of a person around the autonomous driving vehicle is acquired, and a stored reference gesture image is collated with the acquired gesture image. At this time, when it is discriminated that the gesture of the person around the autonomous driving vehicle is a gesture requesting the autonomous driving vehicle to stop, it is determined whether a disaster has occurred. When it is determined that the disaster has occurred, the autonomous driving vehicle is caused to stop around the person requesting the autonomous driving vehicle to stop.

Abstract: A home equipment management apparatus includes: an inquiry unit that inquires, in response to a registration request from a user terminal via a wide area network, a house control device that controls a standard-compatible equipment and a vendor-specific equipment connected to a home network about information of the vendor-specific equipment via the wide area network; a registration unit that registers the information of the vendor-specific equipment including at least address information transmitted from the house control device, together with identification information indicating that the equipment is a vendor-specific equipment; a confirmation unit that transmits the information of the vendor-specific equipment registered in the equipment management table to the user terminal and acquires a result of approval, correction, or addition by the user terminal; and an update unit that updates a registered content of the vendor-specific equipment according to the result of approval, correction, or addition by the

Abstract: A home equipment management apparatus includes: an inquiry unit that inquires, in response to a registration request from a user terminal via a wide area network, a house control device that controls a standard-compatible equipment and a vendor-specific equipment connected to a home network about information of the vendor-specific equipment via the wide area network; a registration unit that registers the information of the vendor-specific equipment including at least address information transmitted from the house control device, together with identification information indicating that the equipment is a vendor-specific equipment; a confirmation unit that transmits the information of the vendor-specific equipment registered in the equipment management table to the user terminal and acquires a result of approval, correction, or addition by the user terminal; and an update unit that updates a registered content of the vendor-specific equipment according to the result of approval, correction, or addition by the

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a half mirror configured to form a mirror image of an object existing in space in front of the half mirror; a display placed behind the half mirror; and overlay image generating means for generating an overlay image to be displayed by the display in a size appropriate for the mirror image at a position appropriate for the mirror image.

Abstract: A technology for simulating physiological activity more appropriately is provided. An optimization apparatus according to an embodiment includes an estimation unit, a first calculation unit, a second calculation unit, and an updating unit. The estimation unit estimates a physiological parameter indicating a physiological state using an estimation model. The first calculation unit calculates a first difference value based on a first estimated value of the physiological parameter in a first time interval and an actually measured value of the physiological parameter in the first time interval. The second calculation unit calculates a second difference value based on the first estimated value and a second estimated value of the physiological parameter in a second time interval previous to the first time interval. The updating unit adjusts the estimation model based on the first difference value and the second difference value.

Abstract: Provided is a thermosetting resin composition including an epoxy resin and thermally conductive particles. A thermal conductivity ?200 at 200° C. of a cured product obtained by heating the thermosetting resin composition at 200° C. for 90 minutes is 12 W/(m·K) or higher. In addition, a volume resistivity R200 of the cured product at 200° C. is preferably 1.0×1010 ?·m or more. In addition, a resin sheet using this thermosetting resin composition is provided. Furthermore, a metal base substrate using this thermosetting resin composition is provided.

Abstract: The invention is to provide a sheet for cards which is excellent in terms of all of heat resistance, weatherability, rigidity, punchability, and embossability and which employs a plant-derived resin, and to provide a card. The invention relates to a sheet for cards which has a layer constituted of a resin composition (X) containing, as a main component, a polycarbonate resin (A) that contains structural units (a) derived from a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (1) and that has a glass transition temperature lower than 130° C.

Abstract: A composite structure for application to an impression cylinder or a transfer cylinder includes an ink smear preventing sheet having flexibility as a whole backed by a flexible metal thin plate. The work surface of the ink smear preventing sheet has an ink smear preventing structure in the form of a concave-convex configuration. The ink smear preventing sheet is of a flexible sheet of resin having an adhesive layer thereon in which are partially embedded many small balls to form the concave-convex structure.

Abstract: In relation to a core sheet for card for forming an environment-reactive layered card having a plant raw material plastic as a main raw material, a core sheet for card for forming a novel layered card having excellent heat resistance, impact resistance, as well as adhesiveness between each layer (heat fuse-bonding ability), is provided. A core sheet for card is proposed, which is a core sheet for card (A) to be used together with an over-sheet (B) provided with a structure in which at least one layer is a layer having as a main component resin an aromatic polyester series resin or a polycarbonate series resin or a mixed resin of these both for the purpose of forming a layered card, including one layer or two or more layers that are layered, among which at least one layer is a lactic acid series resin layer having a lactic acid series polymer as a main component resin.

Abstract: The invention concerns a peptidylhydroxyglycine N-C lyase (PHL) catalyzing the reactionR-GlyOH.fwdarw.R-NH.sub.2wherein R represents a peptide residue, and GlyOH represents an .alpha.-hydroxyglycine residue linked to the C-terminus of said peptide R by an amide bond, a recombinant DNA molecule coding for a PHL, a method for the preparation of such a recombinant DNA molecule, processes for the preparation of PHL from a natural source or by means of the said recombinant DNA molecule, and the use of PHL for the preparation of an amidated peptide R-NH.sub.2.