Abstract: Provided is an optical waveguide element including spot size conversion means with suppressed optical insertion loss without complicating a manufacturing process.

Abstract: An on-vehicle hands-free apparatus according to the present disclosure enables a hands-free call by being connected to a mobile phone in a wireless or wired manner. The on-vehicle hands-free apparatus includes a memory, and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: cause the mobile phone to execute an outgoing/incoming call using a phone function of the mobile phone based on outgoing/incoming call history data or phone book data stored in the mobile phone, the outgoing/incoming call history data including a phone number transmitted and received by the mobile phone; and acquire the outgoing/incoming call history data including a phone number of a counterpart of a call from the mobile phone when the call is terminated on the mobile phone.

Abstract: A remote driving system includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring operation information related to an operation of a steering wheel by a user who remotely drives the target vehicle; and a control unit for controlling a resolution and a frame rate of each camera mounted on the target vehicle. When an operation amount of the steering wheel is relatively small, at least one of the resolution and the frame rate of a camera that captures an image of a front region of the target vehicle in a traveling direction is maintained or improved. When the steering wheel has been rotated to one of right and left and the operation amount is relatively large, at least one of the resolution and the frame rate of a camera that captures an image of a region of the one of right and left of the target vehicle is maintained or improved.

Abstract: Division determination processing of determining division chronological for an image group captured in an event specific, and user interface control processing of performing control such that, for each time zone divided by the division determined by the division determination processing, division reflection display presented in a state in which all or some of images captured within a time zone are arranged in a first direction and each time zone is arranged in a second direction is performed are performed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cell support including a base material containing a biocompatible substance or a base material having a surface to which the biocompatible substance is imparted, and gelatin particles held by the biocompatible substance of the base material. The cell support can be produced by a method of causing the base material containing a biocompatible substance to hold the gelatin particles. By seeding cells on the cell support and culturing the cells, a cell structure in which a reagent or a drug has been uniformly taken into more cells can be obtained.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cell-supporting body, including: a base material including a biocompatible substance; and a gelatin particle retained on the base material. The cell-supporting body can be manufactured by a method of retaining a gelatin particle on a base material including a biocompatible substance. By seeding a cell on the cell-supporting body and culturing the cell, a cell structure in which a reagent or an agent is uniformly incorporated into more cells can be obtained.

Abstract: In an information processing device, processing of a first connection setting mode of detecting a user input for a plurality of setting items provided on a plurality of setting screens in a process of displaying the plurality of setting screens for communication connection setting with an imaging device in a predetermined order, and processing of a second connection setting mode of displaying a corresponding setting screen on the basis of a designation operation for some of the plurality of setting items and detecting a user input to the setting screen are performed.

Abstract: An information processing device performs: processing of executing list display and individual display as display in which an image can be selected from an image group captured in a specific event, and processing of detecting an archive operation on the image displayed; and processing of storing archive information indicating that an archive setting has been performed in association with the image targeted for the archive operation.

Abstract: An information processing device performs a control process that provides a user interface that allows a designation operation for designating an extraction condition for an image group of images captured at an event related tom marriage, and an extraction process that extracts an image from the image group according to the designated extraction condition.

Abstract: A terminal device is caused to execute an event data management process that performs a process for storing image data received via communication with an imaging device and additional information containing at least rating information corresponding to the image data, both as event data associated with a specific event, and an update process for updating the event data according to operation input, a user interface control process that controls presentation of images and the rating information associated with the event data of the specific event, and detects the operation input, and a communication control process that controls communication for synchronizing the event data of the terminal device with event data of a server device disposed outside, according to storage or update of the event data of the terminal device.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for assessing a differentiation state of cells, capable of assessing a differentiation state of a wide variety of cells, and gelatin nanoparticles and a gelatin nanoparticle set that can be used in the method. The purpose is achieved by a method for assessing a differentiation state of cells, the method including a step of observing expression of an mRNA encoding a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ? coactivator-1? (PGC-1?) or the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ? coactivator-1? (PGC-1?) in cells.

Abstract: A vehicular display device includes: a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire vehicle speed information regarding a vehicle; and display a line image extending toward a vehicle front side and having a base end in a vicinity of the vehicle by displaying the line image in a predetermined display region so as to appear in front of the vehicle, and perform emphasized display further toward a leading end side of the line image as the vehicle speed increases.

Abstract: A remote operation device that drives a vehicle by remote operation exterior to the vehicle, including: an image acquiring section that acquires an image surroundings of the vehicle from the vehicle; a first display portion that displays the image of the surroundings; and second display portions that are provided at peripheral visual field regions, which are other than a central visual field region of the first display portion, at at least one of an upper side or a lower side of the first display portion, and that display objects that move from the central visual field region side toward transverse direction end portions.

Abstract: A remote driving system includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring operation information related to an operation of a steering wheel by a user who remotely drives the target vehicle; and a control unit for controlling a resolution and a frame rate of each camera mounted on the target vehicle. When an operation amount of the steering wheel is relatively small, at least one of the resolution and the frame rate of a camera that captures an image of a front region of the target vehicle in a traveling direction is maintained or improved. When the steering wheel has been rotated to one of right and left and the operation amount is relatively large, at least one of the resolution and the frame rate of a camera that captures an image of a region of the one of right and left of the target vehicle is maintained or improved.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a method which is for assessing the differentiation state of cells and by which the differentiation state of a wide variety of cells can be assessed; and gelatin nanoparticles which can be used in said method. The purpose is achieved by a method for assessing the differentiation state of cells, the method comprising a step for observing the expression of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 (PDK1) or mRNA (Pdk1) encoding pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 in cells. Said method can be carried out by using gelatin nanoparticles which are used for assessing the differentiation state of cells and carry a probe capable of detecting Pdk1 or PDK1.

Abstract: An on-vehicle hands-free apparatus according to the present disclosure enables a hands-free call by being connected to a mobile phone in a wireless or wired manner. The on-vehicle hands-free apparatus includes a memory, and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: cause the mobile phone to execute an outgoing/incoming call using a phone function of the mobile phone based on outgoing/incoming call history data or phone book data stored in the mobile phone, the outgoing/incoming call history data including a phone number transmitted and received by the mobile phone; and acquire the outgoing/incoming call history data including a phone number of a counterpart of a call from the mobile phone when the call is terminated on the mobile phone.

Abstract: A system and method in which metadata associated with content data received from an information processing apparatus is used in determining related content data that includes a similar feature as the content data. The related content data may be determined from a channel in which the content data belongs according to a playback rate determination by the information processing apparatus of give content data used in determining the similar feature as the feature in the content data. The related content data may then be transmitted to the information apparatus, which may selectively playback the content data and the related content data.

Abstract: A file management apparatus includes: a display unit; an operation unit; a storage which stores first files movable to a portable apparatus and second files unmovable to the portable apparatus; an interface to which the portable apparatus is connected and through which the first files are moved between the storage and the portable apparatus; and a control unit which displays a list of the first files on the display unit when the operation unit operates a first operation and displays a list of the second files on the display unit when the operation unit operates a second operation and which generates a graphical user interface to display an operation button, which is used to move the first files to the portable apparatus, on the display unit, when the portable apparatus is connected to the interface.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a content storage portion to store content data, a content playback portion to play back content data, a metadata acquisition portion to acquire metadata describing information about the content data being played back in the content playback portion, a metadata transmission portion to transmit the metadata acquired in the metadata acquisition portion to the distribution server, a content reception portion to receive content data selected in the distribution server based on the information contained in the metadata and distributed from the distribution server, a content acquisition portion to acquire the content data from the content storage portion based on the information contained in the metadata, and a control portion to control the content playback portion to play back the content data distributed from the distribution server and the content data acquired from the content storage portion by the content acquisition portion.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes area image extracting means for extracting, as a telop image, an area displaying a telop in contents, detecting means for detecting a scene change in images of the contents, recording means for converting an image at the time when a scene change is detected by the detecting means to a thumbnail image and recording the thumbnail image, display control means for controlling to arrange and display a plurality of the thumbnail images and a plurality of the telop images chronologically, and playing means for playing the contents from the position corresponding to the selected thumbnail image or telop image.