Abstract: The backup management system includes a storage device that retains a location management table that stores therein at least one of position specifying information uniquely specifying a location provided by a computer resource in each cloud service and an area specifying information specifying a predetermined area including the location provided without uniquely specifying the location provided, and a processing device configured to perform a process of receiving a designation related to a computer resource as a backup target and a backup requirement, from a user of the cloud service, and a process of specifying as a backup destination a computer resource that has a position relation with the computer resource as the backup target satisfying the backup requirement, based on a designation from the user and at least one of the position specifying information and the area specifying information.

Abstract: There is provided a bobbin for a thermal transfer sheet or an image-receiving sheet which can reduce the number of parts and can have a smooth surface. The bobbin includes a cylindrical bobbin body 11. A gear 12 including a number of teeth 13 is formed in one end surface of the bobbin body 11. The teeth 13 of the gear 12 each have the shape of a trapezoid when viewed from the side. One lateral side 13b of the trapezoid extends in the axial direction of the bobbin body 11.

Abstract: A method upsamples an image using a non-linear fully connected neural network to produce only global details of an upsampled image and interpolates the image to produce a smooth upsampled image. The method concatenates the global details and the smooth upsampled image into a tensor and applies a sequence of nonlinear convolutions to the tensor using a convolutional neural network to produce the upsampled image.

Abstract: A method for denoising a range image acquired by a time-of-flight (ToF) camera by first determining locations of edges, and a confidence value of each pixel, and based on the locations of the edges, determining geodesic distances of neighboring pixels. Based on the confidence values, reliabilities of the neighboring pixels are determined and scene dependent noise is reduced using a filter.

Abstract: A method and system for registering data by first acquiring the data from a scene by a sensor at different viewpoints, and extracting, from the data, three-dimensional (3D) points and 3D lines, and descriptors associated with the 3D points and the 3D lines. A first set of primitives represented in a first coordinate system of the sensor is selected, wherein the first set of primitives includes at least three 3D points. A second set of primitives represented in a second coordinate system is selected, wherein the second set of primitives includes any combination of 3D points and 3D lines to obtain at least three primitives. Then, using the first set of primitives and the second set of primitives, the 3D points are registered with each other, and the 3D points with the 3D lines to obtain registered primitives, wherein the registered primitives are used in a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system.

Abstract: A power-receiving device includes a secondary-side coil which can receive a first alternating current power without contact from a power-sending device having a primary side coil into which first alternating current power is input. The power-receiving device comprises a first power transmission path, a second power transmission path, a common path positioned in common with the first and second power transmission paths, and a voltage regulator arranged on the common path. The voltage regulator rectifies the first alternating current power received by the secondary coil or the second alternating current power from a connecting portion, converts the rectified power to a predetermined specific voltage value, and outputs the power.

Abstract: The backup management system includes a storage device that retains a location management table that stores therein at least one of position specifying information uniquely specifying a location provided by a computer resource in each cloud service and an area specifying information specifying a predetermined area including the location provided without uniquely specifying the location provided, and a processing device configured to perform a process of receiving a designation related to a computer resource as a backup target and a backup requirement, from a user of the cloud service, and a process of specifying as a backup destination a computer resource that has a position relation with the computer resource as the backup target satisfying the backup requirement, based on a designation from the user and at least one of the position specifying information and the area specifying information.

Abstract: A method determines dimensions in a scene by first acquiring a depth image of the scene acquired by a sensor, and extracting planes from the depth image. Topological relationships of the planes are determined. The dimensions are determined based on the planes and the topological relationships. A quality of the dimensions is evaluated using a scene type, and if the quality is sufficient outputting the dimensions, and otherwise outputting a guidance to reposition the sensor.

Abstract: A method upsamples an image using a non-linear fully connected neural network to produce only global details of an upsampled image and interpolates the image to produce a smooth upsampled image. The method concatenates the global details and the smooth upsampled image into a tensor and applies a sequence of nonlinear convolutions to the tensor using a convolutional neural network to produce the upsampled image.

Abstract: The backup management system includes a storage device that retains a location management table that stores therein at least one of position specifying information uniquely specifying a location provided by a computer resource in each cloud service and an area specifying information specifying a predetermined area including the location provided without uniquely specifying the location provided, and a processing device configured to perform a process of receiving a designation related to a computer resource as a backup target and a backup requirement, from a user of the cloud service, and a process of specifying as a backup destination a computer resource that has a position relation with the computer resource as the backup target satisfying the backup requirement, based on a designation from the user and at least one of the position specifying information and the area specifying information.

Abstract: A method and system detects and localizes an object by first acquiring a frame of a three-dimensional (3D) scene with a sensor, and extracting features from the frame. The frame are segmented into segments, wherein each segment includes one or more features, and for each segment, searching an object map for a similar segment, and only if there is a similar segment in the object map, registering the segment in the frame with the similar segment to obtain a predicted pose of the object. The predicted poses are combined to obtain the pose of the object, which can be outputted.

Abstract: A method and system for registering data by first acquiring the data from a scene by a sensor at different viewpoints, and extracting, from the data, three-dimensional (3D) points and 3D lines, and descriptors associated with the 3D points and the 3D lines. A first set of primitives represented in a first coordinate system of the sensor is selected, wherein the first set of primitives includes at least three 3D points. A second set of primitives represented in a second coordinate system is selected, wherein the second set of primitives includes any combination of 3D points and 3D lines to obtain at least three primitives. Then, using the first set of primitives and the second set of primitives, the 3D points are registered with each other, and the 3D points with the 3D lines to obtain registered primitives, wherein the registered primitives are used in a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system.

Abstract: There is provided an electromagnet control apparatus that continuously attracts crushed pieces of metals with the core of a magnetized electromagnet without immediately releasing the attracted pieces in a composite operation of a construction machine. The electromagnet control apparatus includes a control unit that controls a demagnetized state, a magnetized state, or a counter-magnetized state of an electromagnet. Until the end of a first threshold time tth1 from a transition to the demagnetized state from the magnetized state, the control unit ignores a turn-on voltage for turning on first transistors (a first transistor, a fourth transistor) and turns on the first transistors after a lapse of a second threshold time that is shorter than the first threshold time. The demagnetized state and the magnetized state are repeated until the end of the first threshold time tth1 from the transition to the demagnetized state.

Abstract: A method for machining a workpiece by a numerical control (NC) machine constructs a model of a scene from one or multiple images including at least a part of the workpiece and a part of the NC machine and registers a model of the NC machine with the model of the scene to produce a first transformation between a coordinate system of the model of the scene and a coordinate system of the NC machine. The method also detects the workpiece in the model of the scene to produce a second transformation between the coordinate system of the model of the scene and a coordinate system of the workpiece and combines the first and the second transformations to register the coordinate system of the workpiece with the coordinate system of the NC machine. The registered workpiece is machined with a tool of the NC machine.

Abstract: A non-contact power transmission device equipped with a ground-side device and a vehicle-side device. The ground-side device has a primary-side coil to which alternating-current power is input. The vehicle-side device includes a secondary-side coil, a battery, a secondary-side matching device, and a charging device. The secondary-side coil receives alternating-current power from the primary-side coil in a non-contact manner. The secondary-side matching device is provided between the secondary-side coil and the battery, and has a predetermined fixed inductance and fixed capacitance. The charging device has a switching element that performs a switching operation with a prescribed cycle. The charging device adjusts the duty ratio of the switching operation in accordance with the impedance of a load.

Abstract: A hydraulic system, wherein an actuating cylinder and an accelerating cylinder each includes a piston, a rod, and a tube. When the rod of the actuating cylinder extends in an unloaded condition, a circuit is configured such that oil discharged from the bottom-side section of the accelerating cylinder is supplied to the bottom-side section of the actuating cylinder through a bottom line. When the rod of the actuating cylinder extends in a loaded condition, a circuit is configured such that oil supplied to the bottom line without passing through the accelerating cylinder is supplied to the bottom-side section of the actuating cylinder. The circuit for the unloaded condition and the circuit for the loaded condition is switched based on a pressure sensing in the bottom line.

Abstract: There is provided a bobbin for a thermal transfer sheet or an image-receiving sheet which can reduce the number of parts and can have a smooth surface. The bobbin includes a cylindrical bobbin body 11. A gear 12 including a number of teeth 13 is formed in one end surface of the bobbin body 11. The teeth 13 of the gear 12 each have the shape of a trapezoid when viewed from the side. One lateral side 13b of the trapezoid extends in the axial direction of the bobbin body 11.

Abstract: A method reconstructs at three-dimensional (3D) real-world scene from a single two-dimensional (2D) image by identifying junctions satisfying geometric constraint of the scene based on intersecting lines, vanishing points, and vanishing lines that are orthogonal to each other. Possible layouts of the scene are generated by sampling the 2D image according to the junctions. Then, an energy function is maximized to select an optimal layout from the possible layouts. The energy function use's a conditional random field (CRF) model to evaluate the possible layouts.

Abstract: A contactless power transmission device includes a switching unit that switches a power transmission line so that a first power is transmitted through the first line when an AC power supply outputs a first AC power and so that a second power is transmitted through a second line when the AC power supply outputs a second AC power. An impedance conversion unit is arranged on the second line that converts an impedance from an output of the AC power supply to a variable load when the second power is transmitted through the second line to approach an impedance from the output of the AC power supply to the variable load when the first power is transmitted through the first line.

Abstract: A resonance system that receives power from a power source section is configured by at least a primary resonance coil, a secondary resonance coil, and a load. The output frequency fo of the power source section is set to lie within one of the frequency ranges f1?fn?f2, f3?fo?f4, . . . , f2n-1?fo?f2n. The frequencies f1, f2, f3, f4, . . . , f2n-1, f2n (f1<f2<f3< . . . <f2n-1<f2n) are defined such that, if the input impedances of the resonant system at the time of supply of power of the frequencies f1, f2, f3, f4, . . . f2n-1, f2n (f1<f2<f3< . . . <f2n-1<f2n) to the resonant system are represented by Z1, Z2, Z3, . . . , Z2n-1, Z2n, the input impedances satisfy Z1=Z2, Z3=Z4, . . . , Z2n-1=Z2n.