Abstract: A charging base includes: a base seat installed on a floor surface; a columnar tower part provided on the base seat; a first support provided on the tower part and capable of supporting a vertical first electric vacuum cleaner; and a second support provided on the tower part and capable of supporting a vertical second electric vacuum cleaner. An electric vacuum cleaner system includes the charging base configured as described above, the vertical first electric vacuum cleaner, and the vertical second electric vacuum cleaner.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: determine a relationship between plural pieces of product manufacturing information included in two-dimensional drawing data and generate, on a basis of the determined relationship, first information indicating the relationship between the plural pieces of product manufacturing information; determine a relationship between a plural pieces of product manufacturing information included in three-dimensional drawing data and generate, on a basis of the determined relationship, second information indicating the relationship between the plural pieces of product manufacturing information; and detect a difference between the first information and the second information by identifying correspondence between the first information and the second information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: determine a relationship between first product manufacturing information and second product manufacturing information included in three-dimensional model data; and generate, on a basis of the determined relationship, information indicating the relationship between the first product manufacturing information and the second product manufacturing information.

Abstract: An information processing system is proposed. A manager manages a workflow defined by combining units of processing and generates a job to execute the workflow. A memory provides the manager to store a status of each unit of processing according to the job. Plural processors each executes a corresponding unit of processing. A processing request storage provides the manager to store a unit of processing as an execution request. A processing result storage provides each processor to store a processing result of a corresponding unit of processing after extracting the unit of processing from the processing request storage and executing the unit of processing. At a predetermined timing or when the information processing system is restarted after an occurrence of an error, an output unit outputs information indicating a status of a corresponding unit of processing, based on storage statuses of the processing request storage and the processing result storage.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire a content serving as a search target and character string data related to the content; extract multiple words from the character string data in accordance with results of morphological analysis performed on the acquired character string data; construct a word knowledge base that associates a word of interest of the extracted words with information indicating a nodal relationship between the word of interest of the extracted words serving as a node and each remaining word of the extracted words serving as a node and having a semantic distance shorter than a predetermined distance; and construct a combined knowledge base that associates with the information indicating the nodal relationship a degree of importance of each of the words present on the word knowledge base from among the words in the content.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a manager, a memory, plural processors, a processing request storage, a processing result storage, and an output unit that are constructed in a distributed manner. The manager manages a workflow defined by combining one or more units of processing with each other in a certain manner, and generates a job to execute the workflow. In the memory, the manager stores a status of each unit of processing according to the job. The plural processors each execute a corresponding unit of processing. In the processing request storage, the manager stores a unit of processing as an execution request. In the processing result storage, the plural processors each store a processing result of a corresponding unit of processing after extracting the unit of processing from the processing request storage and executing the unit of processing.

Abstract: A job execution apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to receive each job; a calculation unit configured to calculate an index value representing a load needed to execute each of a pre-processing sub-job and a post-processing sub-job when each of n jobs (n is a natural number equal to or more than 2) is decomposed into a pre-processing sub-job for generating information, and a post-processing sub-job for causing an output unit to output information generated by executing the pre-processing sub-job; a pre-processing execution unit configured to sequentially execute pre-processing sub-jobs which are respectively included in jobs received by the receiving unit and registered in a pre-processing sub-job queue; and a post-processing execution unit configured to sequentially execute, upon completion of the pre-processing sub-jobs, post-processing sub-jobs which are respectively included in the received jobs and which are registered in a post-processing sub-job queue.

Abstract: A job execution apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to receive each job; a calculation unit configured to calculate an index value representing a load needed to execute each of a pre-processing sub-job and a post-processing sub-job when each of n jobs (n is a natural number equal to or more than 2) is decomposed into a pre-processing sub-job for generating information, and a post-processing sub-job for causing an output unit to output information generated by executing the pre-processing sub-job; a pre-processing execution unit configured to sequentially execute pre-processing sub-jobs which are respectively included in jobs received by the receiving unit and registered in a pre-processing sub-job queue; and a post-processing execution unit configured to sequentially execute, upon completion of the pre-processing sub-jobs, post-processing sub-jobs which are respectively included in the received jobs and which are registered in a post-processing sub-job queue.

Abstract: A job execution apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to receive each job; a calculation unit configured to calculate an index value representing a load needed to execute each of a pre-processing sub-job and a post-processing sub-job when each of n jobs (n is a natural number equal to or more than 2) is decomposed into a pre-processing sub-job for generating information, and a post-processing sub-job for causing an output unit to output information generated by executing the pre-processing sub-job; a pre-processing execution unit configured to sequentially execute pre-processing sub-jobs which are respectively included in jobs received by the receiving unit and registered in a pre-processing sub-job queue; and a post-processing execution unit configured to sequentially execute, upon completion of the pre-processing sub-jobs, post-processing sub-jobs which are respectively included in the received jobs and which are registered in a post-processing sub-job queue.

Abstract: A storage part stores correspondence information on incorporation or change in processing sequence of processing elements. An acquiring part acquires a target processing element group. An extracting part extracts the correspondence information on the processing elements included in the target processing element group. An incorporation determining part determines a set of processing elements to be incorporated in the target processing element group on the basis of the information on the incorporation of the correspondence information. An updating part updates the processing elements included in the target processing element group and the correspondence information of the processing elements included in the target processing element group based on the set of processing elements.

Abstract: A job execution apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to receive each job; a calculation unit configured to calculate an index value representing a load needed to execute each of a pre-processing sub-job and a post-processing sub-job when each of n jobs (n is a natural number equal to or more than 2) is decomposed into a pre-processing sub-job for generating information, and a post-processing sub-job for causing an output unit to output information generated by executing the pre-processing sub-job; a pre-processing execution unit configured to sequentially execute pre-processing sub-jobs which are respectively included in jobs received by the receiving unit and registered in a pre-processing sub-job queue; and a post-processing execution unit configured to sequentially execute, upon completion of the pre-processing sub-jobs, post-processing sub-jobs which are respectively included in the received jobs and which are registered in a post-processing sub-job queue.

Abstract: A storage part stores correspondence information on incorporation or change in processing sequence of processing elements. An acquiring part acquires a target processing element group. An extracting part extracts the correspondence information on the processing elements included in the target processing element group. An incorporation determining part determines a set of processing elements to be incorporated in the target processing element group on the basis of the information on the incorporation of the correspondence information. An updating part updates the processing elements included in the target processing element group and the correspondence information of the processing elements included in the target processing element group based on the set of processing elements.

Abstract: A sender device 1 stores, in header information about image information, information indicating that attribute information and image data rearranged in sequence, and produces image information by means of storing attribute information and image data in a predetermined sequence. The thus-produced image information is sent to a receiver device 2 by way of a network line 3. When receipt of image information is initiated, the receiver device 2 refers to the header information, thereby determining presence/absence, in the header information, of information indicating that attribute information and image data are stored in a predetermined sequence. When it has been determined that attribute information and image data are arranged in a predetermined sequence, image data included in the received image information are immediately decompressed, and the thus-decompressed image data are output in the form of a record or display.

Abstract: In a pipeline process in which plural image processing sections (image processing modules), for example, an image inputting section 131, a histogram producing section 132, and a binarizing section 133 are connected in a pipeline manner, each of the image processing sections 131, 132, and 133 is provided with a function of reinitializing a state to cause each process to be again performed with being started from the beginning of an image, whereby image data to be processed can be reread.

Abstract: In a pipeline process structure having a plurality of processing functions 131-1 to 131-N which are connected to each other in a pipeline mode so as to execute predetermined process operations, while an image information read-skipping unit 132 for skipping a reading operation of a portion of image information to be processed is provided with at least one of these plural processing functions 131-1 to 131-N, when the image information is processed on such a system for requiring/releasing a memory, the image information can be effectively processed and acquired.

Abstract: In a pipeline process in which plural image processing sections (image processing modules), for example, an image inputting section 131, a histogram producing section 132, and a binarizing section 133 are connected in a pipeline manner, each of the image processing sections 131, 132, and 133 is provided with a function of reinitializing a state to cause each process to be again performed with being started from the beginning of an image, whereby image data to be processed can be reread.

Abstract: An image of an original document supplied from a scanner portion or the like is, in an attribute-determining portion, subjected to a process for determining whether each pixel is a character pixel or a picture pixel. Thus, separating information is transmitted to a two-layer separating portion and transmitted to a resolution converting portion as data of a separating information plane. The two-layer separating portion separates the image of the original document into a character information plane and a picture information plane in accordance with separating information. The resolution converting portion has a plurality of resolution converting methods. In accordance with transmission attribute information supplied from outside, a transmission-attribute-information recognizing portion selects a resolution converting method independently for each plane. The resolution converting portion uses the selected resolution converting method to subject each plane to the resolution converting process.

Abstract: A sender device 1 stores, in header information about image information, information indicating that attribute information and image data rearranged in sequence, and produces image information by means of storing attribute information and image data in a predetermined sequence. The thus-produced image information is sent to a receiver device 2 by way of a network line 3. When receipt of image information is initiated, the receiver device 2 refers to the header information, thereby determining presence/absence, in the header information, of information indicating that attribute information and image data are stored in a predetermined sequence. When it has been determined that attribute information and image data are arranged in a predetermined sequence, image data included in the received image information are immediately decompressed, and the thus-decompressed image data are output in the form of a record or display.

Abstract: A flexible joint for an exhaust pipe of a motor vehicle which includes: a cylindrical inner layer which consists of a cloth made of ceramic fibers, the inner layer being expansible in an axial direction thereof; an intermediate layer formed of a heat insulating material, for covering an outer circumferential surface of the inner layer; and a cylindrical outer layer disposed radially outwardly of the intermediate layer and formed of an elastic material.

Abstract: A fluid-filled elastic mount wherein an elastic body elastically connecting a first and a second support partially defines a fluid chamber filled with a non-compressible fluid. The elastic mount further includes an oscillating plate which partially defines the fluid chamber and which is supported by the second support such that the oscillating plate is displaceable relative to the second support, and an electrostrictive/magnetostrictive element for oscillating the oscillating plate to thereby change a pressure of the fluid in the fluid chamber. The second support has a small-diameter cylindrical portion to which the elastic body is secured, and a large-diameter cylindrical portion in which the oscillating plate having a large surface area is accommodated. The electrostrictive/magnetostrictive element is interposed between the oscillating plate and a support member fixed to the second support.