Abstract: A washing machine includes a damper to reduce a vibration. The damper includes a damper frame and a rod respectively supported by the tub and the housing. The rod may move relative to the damper frame in an axial direction by being inserted into a support portion of the damper frame. A rotation movement member is movable in the axial direction by rotating with respect to the damper frame. A friction member is disposed between the support portion and the rotation movement member and applies a friction force to the rod. A switching unit switches, by rotating the rotation movement member, the damper between a first state in which the friction member is movable together with the damper frame with respect to the rod and a second state in which the friction member is movable together with the rod with respect to the damper frame.

Abstract: Conventionally, it is not possible to acquire appropriate information regarding a blood sugar level or alert a user. With a health support device A that includes a blood sugar level acquisition unit C31 that acquires a blood sugar level of a user; a judgment unit C33 that judges whether or not blood the sugar level satisfies a predetermined output condition; and an output unit C4 that outputs blood sugar level information regarding the blood sugar level when the judgment result indicates that the output condition is satisfied, it is possible to acquire appropriate information regarding the blood sugar level and alert the user.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor that captures a subject image to generate image data; a recorder that records the image data into a recording medium; a controller that controls a moving image shooting operation in which the image data indicating a moving image based on a result of imaging by the image sensor is recorded into the recording medium by the recorder; and a display interface that enables to display a measured value of at least one parameter sequentially for each measurement time, the parameter indicating a factor that hinders the moving image shooting operation.

Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit which acquires use history information indicating a use history of a vehicle for a plurality of items, a derivation unit which derives the output decrease amount for each of the items based on use history information and output decrease characteristic information, a factor-specific output decrease amount estimation unit which estimates the output decrease amount for each of output decrease factors based on the output decrease amount for each of the items and output decrease factor information, and a control unit which executes control to increase a flow rate of a pump when any one of output decrease amounts for each of the output decrease factors is equal to or larger than a threshold value, compared with when where all of the output decrease amounts for each of the output decrease factors are less than the threshold value.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor that captures a subject image to generate image data; an output interface that outputs information to a user; and a controller that controls the output interface, based on recording data and the image data generated by the image sensor, the recording data recording information on a first moving image, wherein the controller causes the output interface to output shooting assist information during shooting of a second moving image with the image sensor, the shooting assist information assisting the user to match the second moving image with the first moving image.

Abstract: A water transmission device and a washing machine including the same. The washing machine includes a water transmission device configured to discharge water in a washing tub, wherein the water transmission device includes a filter case which is disposed under the washing tub and accommodates a filter, and into which the water in the washing tub is introduced, a pump case connected to the filter case and accommodating an impeller configured to suction the water in the filter case and discharge, a motor configured to rotate the impeller, a suction hole through which a side portion of the pump case facing a center of the impeller and a side portion of the filter case, and an outlet which is open downward from a lowest end inside the pump case and communicates with a water discharge pipeline.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a water tub arranged in a case and a damper installed between the case and the water tub for damping vibrations of the water tub. The damper includes a plunger having one end supported on the case; a rod having one end supported on the water tub and the other end movably inserted to the plunger; a housing arranged to wrap around some of the plunger and the rod and including a friction member arranged between the housing and the plunger to contact an outer circumferential surface of the plunger; and a switching device configured to be in a first state in which the rod is coupled to the housing and able to move within the plunger along with the housing and a second state in which the rod is decoupled from the housing and able to move solely within the plunger.

Abstract: In a message processing device processing a message to be sent from a sender to a user, an acceptor accepts a draft message generated by each of a plurality of senders. A registrant registers, in a database, a parts element satisfying a predetermined requirement from among elements included in the accepted draft message. A specifier specifies a non-parts element not satisfying the requirement from among elements included in the accepted draft message generated by a first sender. A display image generator generates a display image by applying a predetermined drawing engine to the specified non-parts element. A comparison image generator generates a comparison image by applying the drawing engine to an element acquired by expanding the registered parts element. A calculator calculates a degree of similarity between the generated display image and the generated comparison image.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor that captures a subject image to generate image data; a recorder that records the image data into a recording medium; a controller that controls a moving image shooting operation in which the image data indicating a moving image based on a result of imaging by the image sensor is recorded into the recording medium by the recorder; and a display interface that enables to display a measured value of at least one parameter sequentially for each measurement time, the parameter indicating a factor that hinders the moving image shooting operation.

Abstract: A first user request which specifies a target document set wherein a first subset of the documents is flagged by a user. A primary flag table is created for the target document set. A first document subset is created matching the first user request. It is determined whether a number of flagged documents exceeds a first threshold. If so, a secondary flag table is created for the first document subset and flag data corresponding to the first document subset is stored in the secondary flag table. The flag data in the secondary flag table is merged into the primary flag table.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus, for capturing a subject image and recording image data on a recording medium, includes: a recording medium connector configured to attach the recording medium detachably; a communication host connected to the recording medium connector via a first communication bus, configured to access the recording medium via the first communication bus to write data to the recording medium or read data from the recording medium; and a processor configured to control power supply, wherein in a case where a period in which the communication host does not access the recording medium is equal to or longer than a predetermined period, the processor stops power supply to the recording medium and the recording medium connector, and stops power supply to the communication host.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing system that can more accurately recognize a subject. There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processing unit configured to specify a distortion of a subject on the basis of position information indicating a position of the subject included in a captured image and direction information indicating a direction of the subject, and identify a shape of the subject on the basis of the specified distortion of the subject. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a face authentication system.

Abstract: In a message processing device processing a message to be sent from a sender to a user, an acceptor accepts a draft message generated by each of a plurality of senders. A registrant registers, in a database, a parts element satisfying a predetermined requirement from among elements included in the accepted draft message. A specifier specifies a non-parts element not satisfying the requirement from among elements included in the accepted draft message generated by a first sender. A display image generator generates a display image by applying a predetermined drawing engine to the specified non-parts element. A comparison image generator generates a comparison image by applying the drawing engine to an element acquired by expanding the registered parts element. A calculator calculates a degree of similarity between the generated display image and the generated comparison image.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes a question creating section 21 configured to create a question for a drinking user to answer; an output section 11 configured to present the user with the question; an input section 11 configured to receive an operation by the user of inputting an answer to the question; and a computation section 22 configured to determine an intoxication degree of the user's on the basis of the answer.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imager configured to capture a subject image to generate image data; a controller that records an image file based on the image data on the recording medium; and an operation interface that inputs a user operation for selecting a file system from first and second file systems different from each other, the file system managing the image file in the recording medium, wherein in accordance with the user operation input in the operation interface, the controller switches a folder for storing the image file between a first folder corresponding to the first file system and a second folder corresponding to the second file system in the recording medium.

Abstract: An internal gear pump includes an outer rotor having internal teeth, an inner rotor rotatably disposed inside the outer rotor and having external teeth engaging with the internal teeth, and a pump housing. The pump housing includes: a holding recess rotatably holding the outer rotor and having a wall on which an outer peripheral face of the outer rotor is to slide; an inlet to take in a fluid into pump chambers defined between the inner rotor and the outer rotor; an outlet to discharge the fluid from the pump chambers; a case groove provided on the wall and to hold the fluid; and a joint groove provided on an upper land face defined between a trailing end of the inlet and a leading end of the outlet and on which the internal teeth and the external teeth are to slide.

Abstract: An optical module that has a structure ensuring reduction in size. The optical module has a structure where a part of a fiber block is protruded from a housing. By including a thin plate, this optical module can avoid entering of dust in the housing, allows a position shift of the fiber block due to a mounting position error of an optical component in the housing, a position shift of an opening portion due to a dimensional error of the housing, or a displacement due to a temperature change, and can reduce the coupling loss due to the optical axis misalignment.

Abstract: [Object] To reduce power consumption even more. [Solution] Provided is a communication control device including a communication necessity information acquisition unit configured to acquire communication necessity information indicating necessity to communicate with an external device, and a drive control unit configured to control drive of a first communication unit and a second communication unit on a basis of the acquired communication necessity information, the first communication unit communicating with the external device using a first communication mode, the second communication unit communicating with the external device using a second communication mode capable of transferring data at a rate higher than the first communication mode.

Abstract: An imaging device is an imaging device in and from which a battery can be fitted, including a USB port and a body controller. The USB port can be connected to an external device via a USB cable and supply power to the imaging device from the external device. The body controller detects whether or not the battery has been removed from the imaging device while the power is being supplied from the external device to the imaging device in a case where the external device is a USB PD-compliant device, and according to the detection, the controller cuts off the power supply from the external device.

Abstract: A fluid handling device of an embodiment of the present invention includes a sample channel configured to carry a sample; a dispersion medium channel configured to carry a dispersion medium; a dispersion liquid generation part connected to the sample channel and the dispersion medium channel and configured to generate dispersion liquid in which a droplet of the sample is dispersed in the dispersion medium by dividing the sample with the dispersion medium; a dispersion liquid channel connected to the dispersion liquid generation part and configured to carry the dispersion liquid; and a dispersion medium collection channel connected to the dispersion liquid channel and configured to collect the dispersion medium from the dispersion liquid flowing through the dispersion liquid channel.