Abstract: This signal analysis device provides information to assist determining the state of a time series signal. An identification unit (120) identifies events included in the time series signal, and a ranking generation unit (140) generates a ranking among multiple event types.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a map matching apparatus includes a map information acquisition unit configured to acquire map information expressed by a plurality of links, a movement information acquisition unit configured to acquire movement information of a moving body on a predetermined route, and a matching unit configured to specify a link string, which is a string of the links corresponding to the route, based on the map information and the movement information, in which the matching unit is configured to generate a physical network, which is a road network, based on the connection relationship and the map information, generate a hierarchical logical network in which the physical network is duplicated in a plurality of layers and configured in a hierarchical manner, and specify the link string indicating a minimized cost in the hierarchical logical network.

Abstract: A control apparatus (10) includes a signal detection unit (110) and a data acquisition unit (120). The signal detection unit (110) acquires operation signals relating to an operation of a processing apparatus (20) that processes food and drink, and detects a specific operation signal relating to a specific operation from among the operation signals. The data acquisition unit (120) determines, based on a detection timing of the specific operation signal, a data acquisition period of an odor sensor (30) provided in the processing apparatus (20), and acquires output data being output from the odor sensor (20) during the data acquisition period.

Abstract: An object is to provide a technique capable of appropriately notifying a driver of information on an estimated destination even when the estimated destination is relatively far from the current position. The notification control apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a control unit. The acquisition unit acquires passage probability information and current position information. The control unit makes the notification unit notify of a content within a range defined by a distance previously associated with a probability of the passage probability information and a current position of the current position information based on the passage probability information and the current position information acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: A maintenance monitoring apparatus includes: a maintenance management part that manages, based on a monitoring result of a current or power of a vending machine that provides a beverage by extracting the beverage from a raw material, whether an operation performed on the vending machine is a predetermined maintenance operation and whether the maintenance has been executed at an appropriate time interval and as many times as necessary; and a notification part that notifies that a maintenance has been executed or not.

Abstract: Provided a method comprising: obtaining waveform data sets of a periodic electric waveform signal, with a length set to one cycle time; calculating a frequency spectrum for each waveform data set; extracting and separating odd and even frequency harmonics to create odd and even frequency harmonic matrices on which a canonical correlation analysis (CCA) being applied to obtain CCA features; performing linear transformation on the CCA features to obtain linear transformed features; generating a model based on the linear transformed features; performing magnitude quantization of frequency spectrums of waveform data sets to identify normal and anomalous waveform signals.

Abstract: An equipment monitoring system includes an abnormality/abnormality indication detecting means, a coping method database, a coping method extracting means, a visual confirmation availability determining means, a priority setting means, and a coping method notifying means. The abnormality/abnormality indication detecting means detects an abnormality or an abnormality indication of equipment. The coping method database stores a coping method for the abnormality or the abnormality indication, the coping method including visual confirmation. The coping method extracting means extracts the coping method for the detected abnormality or the detected abnormality indication from the coping method database. The visual confirmation availability determining means determines whether the extracted coping method includes visual confirmation. When there is a plurality of extracted coping methods, the priority setting means sets a high priority to the coping method including visual confirmation.

Abstract: A maintenance monitoring apparatus includes: a maintenance management part that manages, based on a monitoring result of a current or power of a vending machine that provides a beverage by extracting the beverage from a raw material, whether an operation performed on the vending machine is a predetermined maintenance operation and whether the maintenance has been executed at an appropriate time interval and as many times as necessary; and a notification part that notifies that a maintenance has been executed or not.

Abstract: An object is to provide a technique capable of appropriately notifying a driver of information on an estimated destination even when the estimated destination is relatively far from the current position. The notification control apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a control unit. The acquisition unit acquires passage probability information and current position information. The control unit makes the notification unit notify of a content within a range defined by a distance previously associated with a probability of the passage probability information and a current position of the current position information based on the passage probability information and the current position information acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: A system includes an activity measuring device that measures an activity of a person existing in an area; an output measuring device that measures an output generated by the activity of the person; an activity real state detection unit that detects a current activity state of the person, based on a measurement result by the activity measuring device; an activity optimum state detection unit that detects an optimum activity state from among a plurality of past activity states of the person causing the output to be generated, based on past measurement results by the activity measuring device and the output measuring device; and an activity state mapping unit that generates an analysis result in which the detected current activity state of the person is associated with the optimum activity state.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a recommended-drive-pattern generation device that generates a recommended drive pattern with low energy consumption in consideration of actual drive of the user. A recommended-drive-pattern generation device of the present invention includes: a reference drive pattern generating unit that generates as a reference drive pattern a drive pattern in a past drive route from a drive history of a moving body; a speed limit point setting unit that sets a speed limit point within the drive route based on at least one of the reference drive pattern and road information of the drive route; and a recommended-drive-pattern generating unit that generates a recommended drive pattern for the drive route in which the speed limit point is passed at a speed not higher than a speed limit defined by the speed limit point.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a drive-pattern evaluation device for appropriately evaluating energy-saving performance of a drive pattern. A drive-pattern evaluation device of the present invention is a drive-pattern evaluation device which evaluates a past actual drive pattern of a moving body based on energy consumption, the device including: an energy-saving drive pattern generating unit that generates an energy-saving drive pattern in consideration of energy consumption with respect to an evaluation section of the actual drive pattern; an energy consumption estimating unit that estimates energy consumption by the energy-saving drive pattern as an estimated energy-saving consumption; and an eco-score calculator that compares energy consumption by the actual drive pattern in the evaluation section and the estimated energy-saving consumption, to evaluate the actual drive pattern based on the comparison result.

Abstract: To provide a charging power control method which charges a storage battery and in which an “limit value” and a “requested power” are set in advance, the charging power control method including: a step of measuring an effective value of power used by the storage battery being charged; a step to determining whether or not the measured effective value monotonically decreases; a step of, when the effective value monotonically decreases, resetting the limit value and the value of the requested power to, for example, a value equal to the effective value; a step of storing the reset limit value and the reset requested power; a step of, thereafter, continuing the charging of the storage battery at the reset limit value; a step of performing the limited charging during charging of the storage battery; and a step of, after finish of the limited charging, resuming charging by setting the limit value to the stored value of the requested power.

Abstract: A charging state management method includes A1: information gathering step of gathering at least data of available power (for example, 100 kW) in a charging facility and data of minimum charging power (for example, 10 kW) for charging one electric vehicle, and A2: determining step of determining whether a standby-state charger is operable with the minimum charging power (for example, 10 kW) or more, assuming a case in which another electric vehicle is further added during charging of one or more electric vehicles, based on at least a value obtained by multiplying the number of all vehicles including the added vehicle (for example, n+1) by the minimum charging power (for example, 10 kW) and a value of the available power (for example, 100 kW).

Abstract: To optimize balance of supply and demand by making a demand amount of electric power as the whole of a plurality of charging apparatuses fluctuate while reflecting an idea of a manager of the charging apparatuses. A power supply/demand adjustment system 1 has a store information management server 220 configured to store information relating to power utilization at stores 300, power management servers 310 provided for each of the stores 300 and configured to manage operation of quick chargers 350, or the like, and an operation management server 210. The operation management server 210 receives a demand response, replaces the received demand response with a commit type demand response set for each of the stores 300 by utilizing at least one piece of information stored in the store information management server 220, and transmits the replaced commit type demand response to the power management server 310 of the respective stores 300.

Abstract: The present rapid charging method for electric vehicles includes the steps of A1: measuring charging power for an electric vehicle that is being charged, A2: determining whether the measured charging power decreases monotonically for a certain period of time, A3: determining whether a difference between a maximum value of the measured charging power and a value of the current charging power is equal to or higher than a certain value, A4: calculating a state of charge of the electric vehicle and determining whether a current state of charge is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and A5: stopping temporarily and restarting a charging if (a) the charging power does not decrease monotonically for the certain period of time, (b) the difference between the maximum value of the charging power and the current value of the charging power is equal to or higher than the certain value, and (c) the current state of charge is equal to or less than the predetermined value.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to effectively use an electric power without impairing the convenience for a user. A power management system 1 has a plurality of quick chargers 350 to which the electric power is supplied from the common electric power system, and a power management server 310 which manages electric power supplies to the quick chargers 350 from the electric power system. The quick charger 350 charges an electric vehicle with a constant-current/constant-voltage charging method.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a recommended-drive-pattern generation device that generates a recommended drive pattern with low energy consumption in consideration of actual drive of the user. A recommended-drive-pattern generation device of the present invention includes: a reference drive pattern generating unit that generates as a reference drive pattern a drive pattern in a past drive route from a drive history of a moving body; a speed limit point setting unit that sets a speed limit point within the drive route based on at least one of the reference drive pattern and road information of the drive route; and a recommended-drive-pattern generating unit that generates a recommended drive pattern for the drive route in which the speed limit point is passed at a speed not higher than a speed limit defined by the speed limit point.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a drive-pattern evaluation device for appropriately evaluating energy-saving performance of a drive pattern. A drive-pattern evaluation device of the present invention is a drive-pattern evaluation device which evaluates a past actual drive pattern of a moving body based on energy consumption, the device including: an energy-saving drive pattern generating unit that generates an energy-saving drive pattern in consideration of energy consumption with respect to an evaluation section of the actual drive pattern; an energy consumption estimating unit that estimates energy consumption by the energy-saving drive pattern as an estimated energy-saving consumption; and an eco-score calculator that compares energy consumption by the actual drive pattern in the evaluation section and the estimated energy-saving consumption, to evaluate the actual drive pattern based on the comparison result.

Abstract: A variable optical attenuator comprising a separation/combination birefringent element, fixed polarization rotation means, a convex lens, variable polarization rotation means, and a mirror which are arranged in that order. The fixed polarization rotation means has a compensation film Faraday element placed in a cylindrical permanent magnet, and the variable polarization rotation means has a base film Faraday element that is placed outside the cylindrical permanent magnet, and an electromagnet applying a variable magnetic field thereto. Thereby, both the Faraday elements are magnetized in directions different from each other.