Abstract: A map generation apparatus includes: an in-vehicle detection unit configured to detect a situation around a subject vehicle in traveling; and a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: extracting one or more feature points from a detection data acquired by the in-vehicle detection unit; generating a map using the feature points extracted in the extracting while the subject vehicle is traveling; collating the feature points extracted in the extracting with the map to recognize a position of the subject vehicle on the map when the subject vehicle travels in a region corresponding to the map; and deleting, from the map, a feature point whose result of collation in the recognizing is less than a predetermined degree among the feature points included in the map.

Abstract: The invention provides a skull pin with excellent disposability and the ability to reduce artifacts. The skull pin of the present invention is capable of fixing the head of an animal and comprises a body part of the skull pin having a first reinforced plastic, which includes 30 to 70 wt % of a first reinforcing fiber and 30 to 70 wt % of a first resin, and a tip part fixed to the tip of the body part, which is capable of contacting the head and includes at least one of metal, ceramics, cermet, and a second reinforced plastic.

Abstract: A radio frequency module includes: a first filter circuit disposed on a first path that connects an antenna terminal and a first input/output terminal, and having a passband that is a first frequency band; a second filter circuit disposed on a second path that connects the antenna terminal and a second input/output terminal, and having a passband that is a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band; and a band-elimination filter circuit disposed on the second path and having an attenuation band that is a partial band of a third frequency band that belongs to an unlicensed band ranging from 5 GHz or higher, and is higher than the second frequency band. The second filter circuit is an LC filter circuit that includes an inductor and a capacitor.

Abstract: An operation plan change assistance system includes a determination model generation unit configured to generate an operation plan change determination model that receives information about a train operation content before a certain point in time and information about a change in an operation plan executed before the point in time and outputs information about a change in operation plan to be executed next; and an operation plan change proposal creation unit configured to input information about a train operation content before a point in time designated by a user and information about a change in an operation plan executed before the designated point in time, create change candidates that are candidates for each change in an operation plan to be executed in stages after the designated point in time, specify a change candidate that satisfies a predetermined condition, and create the specified change candidate as an operation plan change proposal.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface, in which a first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region, and a third semiconductor region are arranged in this order in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate. The third semiconductor region is exposed from the first main surface. Trench gates are extended from the first main surface to reach the first semiconductor region beyond the third semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region. The trench gates are spaced from each other in a first direction. A part of the semiconductor substrate located between the trench gates adjacent to each other in the first direction includes a trunk portion extending along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and a branch portion protruding from the trunk portion.

Abstract: In a positioning system configured to perform positioning using N mobile terminals, where N is an integer of two or greater, each of the mobile terminals includes a positioning device, a communication device configured to exchange information with another mobile terminal using wireless communication, and a battery configured to supply power to the positioning device and the communication device. Each of first mobile terminals that are some of the mobile terminals activates the positioning device to perform positioning of a first current position, and a second mobile terminal other than the first mobile terminals reduces at least power to be used by the positioning device, and uses information of the first current position positioned by the first mobile terminal, and the information exchanged with the first mobile terminal by the communication device to perform positioning of a second current position.

Abstract: An exhaust gas analyzer to analyze exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine includes an infrared light source, a photodetector, a CO2 concentration calculation part and an O2 concentration calculation part. The infrared light source irradiates infrared light to the exhaust gas. The photodetector detects infrared light after passing through the exhaust gas. The CO2 concentration calculation part calculates a CO2 concentration in the exhaust gas on the basis of a detection signal obtained by the photodetector. The O2 concentration calculation part calculates an O2 concentration in the exhaust gas from the CO2 concentration by using a fuel combustion reaction equation and an EGR rate in an exhaust gas recirculation system or a value related to the EGR rate.

Abstract: An endoscope observation assistance apparatus includes an image information acquiring part to acquire and display a captured image of a luminal organ captured by the endoscope device on a display, a lesion information acquisition part to detect a predetermined lesion based on the captured image and to acquire lesion information regarding the lesion, a lesion disappearance determination part to track the lesion based on the captured image and the lesion information and to determine whether or not the lesion has disappeared from the captured image, and a notification part to notify a determination result when the lesion disappearance determination part determines that the lesion has disappeared from the captured image. Alternatively, the notification part may notify a lesion detection when a short time period passes after the lesion detection by the lesion information acquisition part.

Abstract: A high-frequency dielectric heating adhesive sheet includes: a first adhesive layer; a second adhesive layer; and an intermediate layer located between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer, the first adhesive layer containing a first thermoplastic resin and a first dielectric filler configured to generate heat in response to a high-frequency wave, the second adhesive layer containing a second thermoplastic resin and a second dielectric filler configured to generate heat in response to the high-frequency wave, the intermediate layer containing no dielectric filler in response to the high-frequency wave.

Abstract: A high-frequency-dielectric-heating-adhesive-sheet includes: a first adhesive layer containing a first thermoplastic resin; a second adhesive layer containing a second thermoplastic resin; and an intermediate layer, a ratio DPM/DP1 of dielectric property DPM of the intermediate layer to dielectric property DP1 of the first adhesive layer and a ratio DPM/DP2 of the dielectric property DPM of the intermediate layer to dielectric property DP2 of the second adhesive layer are each less than one, and the dielectric property DP1, the dielectric property DP2, and the dielectric property DPM are values of dielectric property (tan?/?’r) of the first adhesive layer, the second adhesive layer, and the intermediate layer, respectively. tan? denotes a dielectric dissipation factor at 23° C. and a frequency of 40.68 MHz and ?‘r denotes a relative permittivity at 23° C. and the frequency of 40.68 MHz.

Abstract: An object to allow an automatic discrimination between a super enlarged image and a non-enlarged image in a computer diagnosis assistance system that analyzes a state of an epithelium using an image analysis. An image analyzing device according to this disclosure is the image analyzing device to be connected to an endoscope, and includes a target image determination unit that obtains an image from the endoscope and determines whether or not the image is a target image using a halation region included in the image, and an image analyzing unit that analyzes a state of an epithelium, captured by the endoscope, using the target image when the image is the target image.

Abstract: An HMD is coupled to a smart phone. The HMD displays a first image overlapping an external scene in a left display unit, and displays a second image corresponding to the first image overlapping the external scene in a right display unit. The smart phone includes a display panel displaying a third image, a first detector detecting that at least one of the first image and the second image overlaps the third image, and an adjustment unit adjusting, based on a detection result of the first detector, at least one of the first image and the second image such that the third image is visible.

Abstract: In a positioning system configured to perform positioning using N mobile terminals, where N is an integer of two or greater, each of the mobile terminals includes a positioning device, a communication device configured to exchange information with another mobile terminal using wireless communication, and a battery configured to supply power to the positioning device and the communication device. Each of first mobile terminals that are some of the mobile terminals activates the positioning device to perform positioning of a first current position, and a second mobile terminal other than the first mobile terminals reduces at least power to be used by the positioning device, and uses information of the first current position positioned by the first mobile terminal, and the information exchanged with the first mobile terminal by the communication device to perform positioning of a second current position.

Abstract: Prior art technology has a problem in that when a plant is cultivated for a long period of time on a PVA film having its lower surface positioned in contact with a nutrient fluid, plant roots that have formed penetrate through the film. A plant cultivation system wherein the PVA film has an equilibrium degree of swelling in the range of from 125 to 250% as measured in water at 30° C. and has a loss tangent (tan ?) in the range of from 0.005 to 0.2 as measured in an equilibrium swollen state in water at 30° C., and a method for cultivating a plant by using this plant cultivation system. Plant cultivation can be performed for a long period of time while avoiding infection by bacteria and the like causative of plant diseases. Therefore, the present invention is useful in, e.g., agriculture and the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.

Abstract: A head mounted display capable of controlling maneuver of an unmanned vehicle, the head mounted display including a display section that allows visual recognition of an outside scene, a GNSS information acquisition section that acquires a GNSS information, a communication section capable of performing communication using wireless communication with the unmanned vehicle, and a control section, wherein the control section evaluates whether or not the unmanned vehicle has entered a visual field visually recognizable through the display section in a case where the unmanned vehicle travels in an automatic navigation mode in which the unmanned vehicle moves toward a position indicated by the GNSS information and causes the unmanned vehicle to terminate the travel in the automatic navigation mode but travel in a specific navigation mode different from the automatic navigation mode in a case where the control section determines that the unmanned vehicle has entered the visual field.

Abstract: An HMD is coupled to a smart phone. The HMD displays a first image overlapping an external scene in a left display unit, and displays a second image corresponding to the first image overlapping the external scene in a right display unit. The smart phone includes a display panel displaying a third image, a first detector detecting that at least one of the first image and the second image overlaps the third image, and an adjustment unit adjusting, based on a detection result of the first detector, at least one of the first image and the second image such that the third image is visible.

Abstract: An endoscope observation assistance apparatus includes an image information acquiring part to acquire and display a captured image of a luminal organ captured by the endoscope device on a display, a lesion information acquisition part to detect a predetermined lesion based on the captured image and to acquire lesion information regarding the lesion, a lesion disappearance determination part to track the lesion based on the captured image and the lesion information and to determine whether or not the lesion has disappeared from the captured image, and a notification part to notify a determination result when the lesion disappearance determination part determines that the lesion has disappeared from the captured image. Alternatively, the notification part may notify a lesion detection when a short time period passes after the lesion detection by the lesion information acquisition part.

Abstract: An exhaust gas analyzer to analyze exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine includes an infrared light source, a photodetector, a CO2 concentration calculation part and an O2 concentration calculation part. The infrared light source irradiates infrared light to the exhaust gas. The photodetector detects infrared light after passing through the exhaust gas. The CO2 concentration calculation part calculates a CO2 concentration in the exhaust gas on the basis of a detection signal obtained by the photodetector. The O2 concentration calculation part calculates an O2 concentration in the exhaust gas from the CO2 concentration by using a fuel combustion reaction equation and an EGR rate in an exhaust gas recirculation system or a value related to the EGR rate.

Abstract: An endoscope operation support system includes: an image display unit which, transmits external scenery and allows the user to visually recognize the external scenery, and also displays a virtual image as superimposed on the external scenery and allows the user to visually recognize the virtual image; a control unit which controls the image display unit; an endoscope unit having an image pickup unit at a distal end part inserted in an image pickup target part of an object, the image pickup unit picking up an image inside the image pickup target part; and a position detection unit which detects a position of the distal end part. The control unit causes the image display unit to display a position display image including a pointer image indicating the position of the distal end part detected by the position detection unit, as the virtual image superimposed on the object in the external scenery.

Abstract: Prior art technology has a problem in that when a plant is cultivated for a long period of time on a PVA film having its lower surface positioned in contact with a nutrient fluid, plant roots that have formed penetrate through the film. A plant cultivation system wherein the PVA film has an equilibrium degree of swelling in the range of from 125 to 250% as measured in water at 30° C. and has a loss tangent (tan ?) in the range of from 0.005 to 0.2 as measured in an equilibrium swollen state in water at 30° C., and a method for cultivating a plant by using this plant cultivation system. Plant cultivation can be performed for a long period of time while avoiding infection by bacteria and the like causative of plant diseases. Therefore, the present invention is useful in, e.g., agriculture and the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.