Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to reliably verify irradiation with a particle beam in accordance with a selected irradiation technique. A particle beam therapy system includes a charged particle beam generator accelerating the particle beam, an irradiator irradiating a target with the particle beam accelerated by the charged particle beam generator, and a controller controlling the charged particle beam generator and the irradiator. The controller controls the charged particle beam generator and the irradiator so as to irradiate the target with the particle beam through switching between at least two different irradiation techniques, and furthermore, after switching between the two irradiation techniques, controls the charged particle beam generator and the irradiator to perform tentative irradiation with the charged particle beam in accordance with one of the irradiation techniques switched, to verify the particle beam.

Abstract: This stabilizer material for superconductor includes a copper material, wherein the copper material contains one kind or two kinds or more of additive elements selected from Ca, La, and Ce for a total amount of 3 ppm by mass or more and 400 ppm by mass or less, with the remainder being Cu and unavoidable impurities, and the total concentration of the unavoidable impurities other than O, H, C, N, and S, which are gas components, is 5 ppm by mass or more and 100 ppm by mass or less, and compounds including one kind or two kinds or more selected from CaS, CaSO4, LaS, La2SO2, CeS, and Ce2SO2 are present in the matrix.

Abstract: A key information sharing system includes a delivery device that delivers key information as first information for a control device equipped in an object and a user terminal that receives the first information delivered from the delivery device. The delivery device adds second information that allows the first information to be transferred between the user terminal and a third-party terminal without the delivery device, to the first information to be delivered to the user terminal. The user terminal transmits the first information to the third-party terminal in response to an input operation by a user, when the user terminal receives the first information to which the second information has been added.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of providing address information of a line desired by a user. The information processing apparatus causes the user to select a line corresponding to the address information to be set in the near field wireless communication information, and sets the address information of the selected line in the near field wireless communication information, so as to transmit the near field wireless communication information, in which the address information of the line desired by the user is set, by near field wireless communication.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a hydrogel having a favorable shape stability not only after releasing an anionic drug contained but also in the process of releasing such an anionic drug, compared with the conventional techniques; and an anionic drug-containing ophthalmic device obtained by applying the hydrogel. The objective can be achieved by an anionic drug-containing ophthalmic device comprising: (1) an anionic drug; and (2) a copolymer which comprises a cationic monomer and a monomer capable of copolymerizing with the cationic monomer, wherein the cationic monomer comprises, as a structural component, a condensation product of (meth)acrylic acid with an aminoalkyl quaternary ammonium compound having a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, or a salt of the condensation product; and the like.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of providing address information of a line desired by a user. The information processing apparatus causes the user to select a line corresponding to the address information to be set in the near field wireless communication information, and sets the address information of the selected line in the near field wireless communication information, so as to transmit the near field wireless communication information, in which the address information of the line desired by the user is set, by near field wireless communication.

Abstract: A server device includes a processor configured to i) acquire vehicle information when a delivery request is made; ii) acquire predetermined authentication information for unlocking and locking a door of a vehicle, based on the acquired vehicle information; iii) transmit the acquired predetermined authentication information to a delivery terminal; and iv) to acquire predetermined proof information for proving that a user of the vehicle is a rightful recipient of a delivery article, by communicating with a user terminal. The processor is configured to transmit the acquired predetermined authentication information to the delivery terminal, on a condition that the predetermined proof information is acquired.

Abstract: The present invention is a superconducting wire including: a wire formed of a superconducting material; and a superconducting stabilization material disposed in contact with the wire, in which the superconducting stabilization material is formed of a copper material which contains: one or more types of additive elements selected from Ca, Sr, Ba, and rare earth elements in a total of 3 ppm by mass to 400 ppm by mass; a balance being Cu and inevitable impurities, and in which a total concentration of the inevitable impurities excluding O, H, C, N, and S which are gas components is 5 ppm by mass to 100 ppm by mass.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that controls a movable body that transports a user holding an entertainment ticket to and/or from an entertainment site where an entertainment is performed, the information processing apparatus including a control unit that executes: electronically reading the entertainment ticket held by the user; identifying the entertainment site associated with the entertainment ticket; generating an instruction for causing the movable body to move for transporting the user to the identified entertainment site; receiving picture data transmitted from the identified entertainment site; and providing a picture obtained by decoding the picture data to the user on board the movable body.

Abstract: Provided are an image processing device and the like which implement personal privacy protection while suppressing a reduction in visibility for an image. The image processing device is provided with: a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to: detect a person region that is a region where a person appears in an image captured by a camera device; and perform, on the person region, privacy processing a strength of which differs according to a depth associated with coordinates of the person region or a predetermined index related to the depth.

Abstract: Disclosed is a light distribution controllable touch panel device including: an upper transparent substrate; a lower transparent substrate; one or more lower light distribution control electrodes on a top face of the lower transparent substrate; touch panel electrodes on an underface of the upper transparent substrate; electrophoretic elements sandwiched between the one or more lower light distribution control electrodes and the touch panel electrodes, each of the electrophoretic elements including colored electrophoretic particles and dispersion medium; and a controller. The controller is configured to: provide driving potentials to the touch panel electrodes in measuring capacitances for detecting a touch point; and provide driving potentials to the one or more lower light distribution control electrodes with reference to the driving potentials given to the touch panel electrodes to control a state of the colored electrophoretic particles in the plurality of electrophoretic elements.

Abstract: A server device includes a processor configured to i) acquire vehicle information when a delivery request is made; ii) acquire predetermined authentication information for unlocking and locking a door of a vehicle, based on the acquired vehicle information; iii) transmit the acquired predetermined authentication information to a delivery terminal; and iv) to acquire predetermined proof information for proving that a user of the vehicle is a rightful recipient of a delivery article, by communicating with a user terminal. The processor is configured to transmit the acquired predetermined authentication information to the delivery terminal, on a condition that the predetermined proof information is acquired.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that controls a movable body that transports a user holding an entertainment ticket to and/or from an entertainment site where an entertainment is performed, the information processing apparatus including a control unit that executes: electronically reading the entertainment ticket held by the user; identifying the entertainment site associated with the entertainment ticket; generating an instruction for causing the movable body to move for transporting the user to the identified entertainment site; receiving picture data transmitted from the identified entertainment site; and providing a picture obtained by decoding the picture data to the user on board the movable body.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser diode includes a semiconductor substrate, a laser portion that is provided on the semiconductor substrate and has an active layer, and an optical modulation portion that is provided on the semiconductor substrate and has a light absorption layer configured to absorb laser light from the laser portion. In the semiconductor laser diode, the light absorption layer includes a first light absorption layer and a second light absorption layer. The active layer, the first light absorption layer, and the second light absorption layer are arranged in this order in a light guiding direction. The first light absorption layer has a first wavelength obtained by photoluminescence measurement, the second light absorption layer has a second wavelength obtained by photoluminescence measurement, and the second wavelength is longer than the first wavelength.

Abstract: An operating portion control device that acquires operation amount information of a first operating portion that operates a vehicle; sends first signals representing the operation amount information of the first operating portion, and receives second signals representing operation amount information of a second operating portion that operates the vehicle, the second operating portion being different from the first operating portion; switches between a state of sending the first signals and a state of receiving the second signals; and, on the basis of the second signals received in the state of receiving, actuate the first operating portion in accordance with an operation amount of the second operating portion.

Abstract: This superconducting wire includes: a strand including a superconducting material; and a stabilizer material for superconductor arranged in contact with the strand, wherein the stabilizer material for superconductor includes a copper material which contains one kind or two kinds or more of additive elements selected from Ca, Sr, Ba, and rare earth elements (RE) for a total amount of 3 ppm by mass or more and 400 ppm by mass or less, with the remainder being Cu and unavoidable impurities, the total concentration of the unavoidable impurities other than O, H, C, N, and S, which are gas components, is 5 ppm by mass or more and 100 ppm by mass or less, and compounds including one kind or two kinds or more selected from CaS, CaSO4, SrS, SrSO4, BaS, BaSO4, (RE)S, and (RE)2SO2 are present in the matrix.

Abstract: A server that shares key information to a portable terminal includes processing circuitry configured to deliver the key information to the portable terminal. The key information is associated with an object equipped with a control device, and the control device performs a predetermined control to the object when the control device receives the key information from an external terminal. The key information includes restriction information, where the restriction information sets a restriction content for the predetermined control.

Abstract: The present invention is a superconducting wire including: a wire formed of a superconducting material; and a superconducting stabilization material disposed in contact with the wire, in which the superconducting stabilization material is formed of a copper material which contains: one or more types of additive elements selected from Ca, Sr, Ba, and rare earth elements in a total of 3 ppm by mass to 400 ppm by mass; a balance being Cu and inevitable impurities, and in which a total concentration of the inevitable impurities excluding O, H, C, N, and S which are gas components is 5 ppm by mass to 100 ppm by mass.

Abstract: The present invention is a superconducting stabilization material used for a superconducting wire, which is formed of a copper material which contains: one or more types of additive elements selected from Ca, La, and Ce in a total of 3 ppm by mass to 400 ppm by mass; and a balance being Cu and inevitable impurities and in which a total concentration of the inevitable impurities excluding O, H, C, N, and S which are gas components is 5 ppm by mass to 100 ppm by mass.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a plurality of network interface that are connectable to respective networks differing from each other; at least one memory that stores a set of instructions; and at least one processor that executes the instructions, the instructions, when executed, causing the information processing apparatus to perform operations comprising: setting, based on a user input, a network interface used for a given function, and a communication parameter of each network interface for a case that the each network interface is used for the given function; and executing the given function by using the set network interface by the setting.