Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to perform appropriate communication quality control even when a terminal out of management of a controller is connected to an access point. The present disclosure is a control system for controlling traffic of a wireless network, the control system including: a terminal and an access point that mutually transmit a packet via the wireless network; and a controller that performs transmission control with respect to the terminal and the access point, in which the controller notifies the access point of information of a terminal under management of the own device, and the access point collates information of the terminal a notification of which has been given with information of a terminal connected to the own device, and suppresses notification of transmission permission to an unmanaged terminal different from a terminal under management of the controller.

Abstract: A inhaler includes a piezoelectric element substrate having an IDT constructed by use of a pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes, a liquid supplier for supplying liquid, which is to be atomized, to a front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate on which the pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes is positioned, a sensor, which includes at least a pair of detection parts which are opposite to each other, for detecting liquid supplied to the front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate, and a controller for controlling, based on result of detection by the sensor, the liquid supplier in such a manner that the liquid supplier supplies a certain quantity of the liquid to the front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate.

Abstract: An image reading device includes a DC motor, a roller driven by the DC motor, a reading unit configured to read an image from a document conveyed by the roller, and a control unit configured to control driving of the DC motor. The control unit is configured to detect a power load value of the DC motor. The control unit is configured to determine that the power load value of the DC motor exceeds a first threshold value in a state in which the control unit controls the DC motor to convey the document at a first conveyance velocity, and then, control the DC motor to convey the document at a second conveyance velocity lower than the first conveyance velocity.

Abstract: A ranging device includes: a pulse generator; a controller that controls the pulse generator according to n (n is an integer greater than or equal to 4) types of packet generation codes indicating whether or not to expose or emit light in each of unit segments corresponding to distance segments into which a ranging range is divided; a light source; a solid-state image capturer; and a distance calculator that calculates the distance based on n types of signal values per unit segment obtained from the solid-state image capturer.

Abstract: An imaging device includes: a solid-state image sensor that is exposed to reflection light from an object and accumulates signal charges; and a control arithmetic device that controls irradiation by an infrared light source and exposure of the solid-state image sensor. The solid-state image sensor includes: photoelectric converters that convert the reflection light from the object into the signal charges; and charge accumulators that accumulate the signal charges. The imaging device performs, within one frame period, m types of exposure sequences (m is an integer greater than or equal to four) for controlling the irradiation and the exposure; assigns the charge accumulators exclusively to the m types of exposure sequences; accumulates, into the charge accumulators, the signal charges obtained from n (n is an integer greater than or equal to three) of the photoelectric converters in at least one type of exposure sequence among the m types of exposure sequences.

Abstract: An inhaler includes a first liquid storage unit; a second liquid storage unit; an atomizing unit which includes a piezoelectric element substrate having an IDT constructed by use of a pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes and is constructed to atomize liquid by a surface acoustic wave generated by applying a high-frequency voltage to the pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes; and a mouthpiece for guiding aerosol which is generated by atomizing the liquid in the atomizing unit. The atomizing unit is constructed to atomize first liquid supplied from the first liquid storage unit and second liquid supplied from the second liquid storage unit, respectively.

Abstract: A neural network construction device includes: an obtainer which obtains resource information related to a computational resource of an embedded device and performance constraints related to processing performance of the embedded device; a setting unit which sets scale constraints of a neural network on the basis of the resource information; a generator which generates a model of the neural network on the basis of the scale constraints; and a determination unit which determines whether or not the model generated meets the performance constraints, and outputs data based on the result of the determination.

Abstract: A controller for controlling an atomizing unit, wherein the atomizing unit includes a piezoelectric element substrate including an IDT including a pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes, and a liquid supplier configured to supply liquid, which is to be atomized, to the piezoelectric element substrate; wherein the piezoelectric element substrate is configured to atomize the liquid by use of a surface acoustic wave generated by applying a high-frequency voltage to the pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes; and the controller is configured to periodically change amplitude and/or a frequency of the high-frequency voltage applied to the pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes.

Abstract: A inhaler includes a piezoelectric element substrate having an IDT constructed by use of a pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes, a liquid supplier for supplying liquid, which is to be atomized, to a front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate on which the pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes is positioned, a sensor, which includes at least a pair of detection parts which are opposite to each other, for detecting liquid supplied to the front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate, and a controller for controlling, based on result of detection by the sensor, the liquid supplier in such a manner that the liquid supplier supplies a certain quantity of the liquid to the front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate.

Abstract: An inhaler includes an atomizing unit including a piezoelectric element substrate having a first IDT including a pair of interlocking comb-shaped electrodes. The atomizing unit is configured to atomize liquid by a surface acoustic wave generated by applying a high-frequency voltage to the pair of interlocking comb-shaped electrodes, and a controller is configured to monitor a resonant frequency of the pair of interlocking comb-shaped electrodes and apply a voltage to the pair of interlocking comb-shaped electrodes at a frequency determined based on the monitored resonant frequency.

Abstract: A predicted value shaping system is provided for calculating a highly accurate control value by shaping of a predicted value. A prediction governor for calculating a control value (v) for controlling a controlled object includes: a result value acquisition unit that acquires a previous target value of the controlled object, that is, a result value (r(t?1)); a predicted value acquisition unit that acquires a predicted value (r^(t)) obtained by predicting the target value of the controlled object; and a control value calculation unit that calculates a control value (v(t)) for controlling the controlled object by applying the result value (r(t?1)) and the predicted value (r^(t)) to a predicted value shaping algorithm (G) to correct the predicted value (r^(t). The predicted value shaping algorithm (G) uses parameters of a control model (P) of the controlled object.

Abstract: A predicted value shaping system is provided for calculating a highly accurate control value by shaping of a predicted value. A prediction governor for calculating a control value (v) for controlling a controlled object includes: a result value acquisition unit (22) that acquires a previous target value of the controlled object, that is, a result value (r(t?1)); a predicted value acquisition unit (21) that acquires a predicted value (r (t)) obtained by predicting the target value of the controlled object (12); and a control value calculation unit (23) that calculates a control value (v(t)) for controlling the controlled object (12) by applying the result value (r(t?1)) and the predicted value (r (t)) to a predicted value shaping algorithm (G) to correct the predicted value (r?(t). The predicted value shaping algorithm (G) uses parameters of a control model (P) of the controlled object (12).

Abstract: The image input device for processing an imaging signal outputted from a solid-state imaging device for imaging a subject includes: first and second noise reduction sections for performing signal processing for removing or reducing a noise signal contained in the imaging signal; an illumination color temperature measurement section for measuring the illumination color temperature of the subject using the output signal of the second noise reduction section; and a YC processing section for processing an imaging signal outputted from the first noise reduction section based on a supplied video processing correction parameter that is generated based on the measured result from the illumination color temperature measurement section.