Abstract: A washing machine includes a washing tub, a dewatering tub arranged rotatably in the washing tub, a housing to accommodate the washing tub, a suspension to suspend the washing tub from the housing substantially in a vertical direction, and a damper to connect the washing tub to the housing. The damper includes a translational damper to apply a damping force in a direction of translation, and a first rotational damper and a second rotational damper respectively connected to opposite ends of the translational damper while securing a degree of freedom substantially in the vertical direction of the translational damper, and to respectively apply the damping force in a rotating direction. The first rotational damper is arranged on a lower portion of the housing to be rotatable about a first rotary axis substantially in the vertical direction. The second rotational damper is arranged on a bottom of the washing tub to be rotatable about a second rotary axis substantially in the vertical direction.

Abstract: Provided is a quality management apparatus for cooked rice coated with a coating agent and conveyed. The quality management apparatus includes: a multispectral camera imager whose imaging wavelength range includes at least a near-infrared region; and a hardware processor. The multispectral camera imager captures a multispectral image of the cooked rice conveyed. The hardware processor acquires and analyzes light absorption information of a plurality of wavelengths related to moisture absorption of the cooked rice from the captured multispectral image of the cooked rice to calculate information indicating a two-dimensional distribution of a moisture content of the cooked rice conveyed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that make it easy to use an application program to which XR technology is applied in a plurality of client devices. When local maps generated by client devices are combined to generate a global map, and SLAM initialization processing for the global map is executed in a server, and, in a case where the combination of the local maps fails, the server transmits guide information for solving the failure of the combination according to a cause of the failure to the client device and presents the guide information to a user. The present disclosure is applicable to an application program using XR technology.

Abstract: To perform map synchronization in a manner more intuitive for a user.

Abstract: A wear-condition-sensing device includes an element configured to generate voltage based on deformation of a tread portion during tire rotation, a voltage detection unit configured to detect the voltage generated by the element, a storage area configured to store waveform data over time of the voltage detected by the voltage detection unit, a calculation unit configured to calculate an index value of voltage change based on the waveform data stored in the storage area, and a determination unit configured to determine a progress condition of wear of the tread portion by comparing the index value calculated by the calculation unit with reference information.

Abstract: A wear state detection device includes an element configured to generate voltage based on deformation of a tread portion during tire rotation, a voltage detection unit configured to detect the voltage generated by the element, a speed detection unit configured to detect vehicle speed or tire rotation speed, a storage area configured to store waveform data over time of the voltage detected by the voltage detection unit together with the vehicle speed or the tire rotation speed detected by the speed detection unit, a calculation unit configured to calculate frequency of exceedance of a predetermined threshold value based on the waveform data in a predetermined speed range and a predetermined time period stored in the storage area, and a determination unit configured to determine a progress condition of wear of the tread portion based on the frequency of exceedance of the predetermined threshold value calculated by the calculation unit.

Abstract: A composite piezoelectric element includes a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric substance layer disposed on the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer disposed on the piezoelectric substance layer, and, in plan view, a measuring unit including the first electrode layer, the piezoelectric substance layer, and the second electrode layer and a buffer portion in which the piezoelectric substance layer is not provided.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus to more easily estimate a position and a posture of an imaging camera. The information processing apparatus includes: a position estimation unit configured to estimate a position and a posture of an imaging camera configured to image an image displayed on a display device as a background by using a plurality of markers existing on a display surface of the display device; and a marker control unit configured to control display or non-display of each of the markers on the basis of a viewing angle of the imaging camera determined from the position and the posture of the imaging camera.

Abstract: An electronic device 10 includes: a setting unit 231 that sets an association between a first game medium that is selected by a player and that serves as an operation target in the game and a second game medium that is selected by the player; a skip-processing-procedure deciding unit 232 that decides, on the basis of priorities respectively associated with skill-related processing procedures of the first game medium and the second game medium, the skill-related processing procedure that becomes a skip target; and a skill-processing-procedure executing unit 233 that executes skill processing procedures respectively associated with the first game medium and the second game medium on the basis of a player input, wherein the skill-processing-procedure executing unit 233 skips the decided skill-related processing procedure when the skill processing procedures associated with the first game medium and the second game medium are executed.

Abstract: A rotating electric machine system is equipped with a rotating electric machine including a rotating shaft and a permanent magnet, and a housing in which the rotating electric machine is accommodated. A bearing is interposed between the housing and the rotating shaft. The bearing is retained by a hollow tubular shaped bearing holder. The bearing holder includes a cover member that covers the bearing from an outer side in a diametrical direction of the rotating shaft. An insulating element is interposed between an outer circumferential surface of the bearing and an inner circumferential surface of the cover member.

Abstract: A tire deterioration inferring (estimating) method uses a tire deterioration inferring device placed on the inner surface of a tire. The method has: a deformation velocity measurement step of measuring a tire deformation velocity, which is the deformation velocity of the tire while the tire is rotating, and obtaining time-series changes in the tire deformation velocity; a calculation step of calculating peak values of the tire deformation velocity from the time-series changes in the tire deformation velocity; and an inference step of inferring the degree of the deterioration of the tire by using a first peak value, which is a peak value of the tire deformation velocity before and at the stepping of the tire or at and after the kicking of the tire, the first peak value being in the time-series changes in the tire deformation velocity.

Abstract: Provided is an image diagnostic system that diagnoses a medical image using an artificial intelligence function. The image diagnostic system includes: a control unit; a diagnosis unit that estimates a diagnosis result using a machine learning model on the basis of an input image; a diagnosis result report output unit that outputs a diagnosis result report on the basis of the diagnosis result; a selection unit that selects a part of a diagnostic content included in the diagnostic result report; and an extraction unit that extracts determination basis information that has affected estimation of the diagnosis content selected, in which the control unit outputs the determination basis information. The image diagnostic system further includes a correction unit that corrects the determination basis information, in which the determination basis information corrected is used for relearning of the machine learning model.

Abstract: A tire position identification device is provided as a device that can identify the positions of wheels to which tires are attached by using information about other than air pressure. The tire position identification device has: deformation detection units, each of which can detect deformation of the relevant tire; a turn detection unit that can detect whether a vehicle having the tires and wheels has made a turn and can also detect the direction of the turn; a speed detection unit that can detect the speed of the vehicle, and a control unit that infers the positions of the wheels to which the tires are attached according to the deformation of the tires, the direction of the turn of the vehicle, and its speed.

Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and a trained model that perform analysis using information that is difficult to handle deductively with human reasoning. An information processing apparatus includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires a-posteriori information related to a predetermined target; an extraction unit that extracts a feature from the a-posteriori information; and an analysis unit that analyzes the target based on the feature.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute: transmitting request information to an external device in response to an input of a request operation from an operation section; updating a play state on the basis of at least a game play situation; receiving invitation information from the external device in the case where the play state is a permitted state; reporting reception of the invitation information when receiving or after receiving the invitation information; receiving an input of a prescribed participation operation when reporting or after reporting the reception of the invitation information; and executing a communication game with other player terminals when the participation operation is input and a prescribed start condition is satisfied.

Abstract: Making it possible to improve accuracy of machine learning. A determination support device includes: a derivation unit (100) that derives an estimation result of determination on a first pathological image obtained by imaging a biological sample, the derivation being performed using a multi-stage trained model in which class classification can be set in each stage.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: obtain image data; obtain information including at least one of setting information set in advance for optical character recognition processing by plural apparatuses capable of communicating with the information processing apparatus or attribute information of each of the plural apparatuses; and based on the obtained image data and the obtained information, determine an apparatus used for optical character recognition processing of the image data from among the plural apparatuses.

Abstract: A hydraulic control apparatus including a first and second control valves switched to exert hydraulic pressure on a piston to press toward first position, a third and fourth control valves switched to exert hydraulic pressure on the piston to press toward second position and, a CPU. The CPU performs executing a first process controlling the control valves so that hydraulic pressure is exerted by switching of the first, second and third control valves or a second process controlling the control valves so that hydraulic pressure is exerted by switching of the second control valve and determining that the first control valve is failed when movement of the piston to the first position is not detected through the first process and determining that the third control valve is failed when movement of the piston to the first position is not detected through the second process.

Abstract: A wear-condition-sensing device includes an element configured to generate voltage based on deformation of a tread portion during tire rotation, a voltage detection unit configured to detect the voltage generated by the element, a storage area configured to store waveform data over time of the voltage detected by the voltage detection unit, a calculation unit configured to calculate an index value of voltage change based on the waveform data stored in the storage area, and a determination unit configured to determine a progress condition of wear of the tread portion by comparing the index value calculated by the calculation unit with reference information.