Abstract: The present invention provides a hard coat film having excellent adhesion to a hard coat layer when a cycloolefin polymer film is used as a base material. The hard coat film of the present invention comprises a hard coat layer containing an ionizing radiation curable resin laminated on at least one surface of a cycloolefin polymer base film through a primer layer. This primer layer contains a modified polyolefin resin in which a polyolefin resin is graft-modified with an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, and a (meth)acrylic acid ester. In this modified polyolefin resin, the graft weight of the ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid or derivative thereof is 0.4 to 7 wt. % when the amount of the modified polyolefin resin is taken as 100 wt. %.

Abstract: A vehicle object detection system for detecting a target object in a detection area located behind and/or lateral of a subject vehicle, that is configured to generate a judgement on whether a target object which has been detected in the detection area is an alert object, to output the judgement to warning means which is configured to output a warning to a driver of the subject vehicle based on the judgement indicating that the target object is an alert object, and to generate the judgement based on: one or more positions of one or more other objects other than the target object being detected to be located between the target object and the subject vehicle, and a time period during which the target object is detected, being smaller than a specified period of time.

Abstract: A vehicle object detection system configured to generate a judgement on whether a target object which has been detected in the detection area is an alert object, and to output the judgement to a warning which is configured to output a warning to a driver of the subject vehicle based on the judgement indicating that the target object is an alert object, wherein system is configured to generate the judgement based on at least one of a comparison of a difference between a relative speed of the target object with respect to the subject vehicle and an absolute speed of the target object in a transverse direction of the subject vehicle with a specified range, and a comparison of an estimated arrival position of the target object, which is a position the target object is estimated to reach in the detection area in a specific period of time.

Abstract: A piezoelectric speaker (10) includes: a piezoelectric film (35); a fixing face (17) for fixing the piezoelectric film (35) to a support; and an interposed layer (40) disposed between the piezoelectric film (35) and the fixing face (17). The interposed layer (40) has a holding degree of 5×108 N/m3 or less.

Abstract: A risk estimation apparatus includes a data acquisition unit that acquires measured data of foot pressures of the left foot and the right foot obtained by sensors that are provided in shoes and measure the foot pressures, a stance phase identification unit that identifies a starting timing and an ending timing of a stance phase of each of the left foot and the right foot from the measured data of the foot pressures, and a risk estimation unit that estimates a risk of abnormality of a lower limb on the basis of asymmetry between the foot pressures of the left foot and the right foot during the stance phase.

Abstract: The present invention facilitates adjustment of the strength of an elastic orthotic that assists the movement of an orthotics user by whom the elastic orthotic is worn. This calculation device for calculating the optimum elastic strength of an elastic includes a storage unit in which elastic strength or kinematic properties established through experiments in which a plurality of people wear elastic orthotics are stored in advance, and a mathematical optimization processing unit that calculates the optimal elastic strength on the basis of a prescribed evaluation index on the basis of the kinematic limitations of an orthotics user and the elastic strength or kinetic properties.

Abstract: A basal metabolism estimation device includes: at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: acquire first measurement data related to a left foot and second measurement data related to a right foot; identify a starting timing and an ending timing of a stance phase of each of the left and right feet based on the first and second measurement data; calculate a stride time for one cycle of movement of one of the feet during walking and a degree of asymmetry between the first measurement data in the stance phase of the left foot and the second measurement data in the stance phase of the right foot; and estimate basal metabolism based on the stride time and the degree of asymmetry.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information based on a sensor attached to a foot of a user, a determination unit configured to make a decision about an abnormality in walking of the user based on an acceleration of the user in a walking direction, acquired by the acquisition unit, and an output unit configured to output information based on a result of the decision made by the determination unit.

Abstract: The curable composition contains an organosilicon compound in which an ultraviolet absorbing moiety and a silane coupling moiety are linked by a urethane bond.

Abstract: An optical member including a plastic substrate and a hard coat layer, wherein the hard coat layer is a cured product of a curable composition including an inorganic oxide and an ultraviolet absorber, and wherein the content of the ultraviolet absorber in the cured product is 0.5 to 15% by mass, a curable composition including an inorganic oxide and an ultraviolet absorber, wherein the content of the ultraviolet absorber is 0.5 to 15% by mass per 100% by mass of the total amount of the active ingredients of the curable composition, and a method for producing an optical member, including a step of coating the curable composition as described in onto a plastic substrate and curing the composition to form a hard coat layer.

Abstract: An optical member including a lens substrate and a hard coat layer, wherein the hard coat layer is a cured product of a curable composition including an inorganic oxide, an ultraviolet absorber, and an antioxidant, and wherein the curable composition contains an inorganic oxide having an absorption edge at a wavelength of 300 to 450 nm, a curable composition including an inorganic oxide, an ultraviolet absorber, and an antioxidant, wherein the curable composition contains an inorganic oxide having an absorption edge at a wavelength of 300 to 450 nm, and a method for producing an optical member, including a step of coating the curable composition as described in onto a lens substrate and curing the composition to form a hard coat layer.

Abstract: An estimation apparatus acquires stance phases of both feet and estimates a risk of abnormality of a lower limb on the basis of the difference between the stance phases of the both feet.

Abstract: A risk estimation apparatus includes a data acquisition unit that acquires measured data of foot pressures of the left foot and the right foot obtained by sensors that are provided in shoes and measure the foot pressures, a stance phase identification unit that identifies a starting timing and an ending timing of a stance phase of each of the left foot and the right foot from the measured data of the foot pressures, and a risk estimation unit that estimates a risk of abnormality of a lower limb on the basis of asymmetry between the foot pressures of the left foot and the right foot during the stance phase.

Abstract: A basal metabolism estimation device includes: at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: acquire first measurement data related to a left foot and second measurement data related to a right foot; identify a starting timing and an ending timing of a stance phase of each of the left and right feet based on the first and second measurement data; calculate a stride time for one cycle of movement of one of the feet during walking and a degree of asymmetry between the first measurement data in the stance phase of the left foot and the second measurement data in the stance phase of the right foot; and estimate basal metabolism based on the stride time and the degree of asymmetry.

Abstract: A determination apparatus acquires a feature amount of a whipping motion of a foot and determines a gait disorder risk on the basis of the feature amount.

Abstract: The present invention facilitates adjustment of the strength of an elastic orthotic that assists the movement of an orthotics user by whom the elastic orthotic is worn. This calculation device for calculating the optimum elastic strength of an elastic orthotic comprises a storage unit in which elastic strength and kinematic properties established through experiments in which a plurality of people wear elastic orthotics are stored in advance, and a mathematical optimization processing unit that calculates the optimal elastic strength on the basis of a prescribed evaluation index on the basis of the kinematic constraint condition of an orthotics user and the elastic strength and kinematic properties.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a pattern forming method includes forming a physical guide including a first predetermined pattern in a first region on a to-be-processed film, and a second predetermined pattern in a second region on the to-be-processed film, forming a block copolymer in the physical guide, forming a self-assembled phase including a first polymer portion and a second polymer portion by causing microphase separation of the block copolymer, removing the second polymer portion, and processing the to-be-processed film, with the physical guide and the first polymer portion serving as a mask. A pattern height of the first predetermined pattern is greater than a pattern height of the second predetermined pattern.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a pattern formation method is disclosed. The method can include forming a foundation film on a patterning film. The foundation film includes a reaction initiator to produce at least one of an acid and a base. The method can include forming an imprint film having an uneven configuration by coating an imprint material onto the foundation film and by causing a template to contact the imprint material. The method can include increasing an etching rate of a first portion of the imprint film higher than a second portion by introducing the at least one of acid and base into the first portion. The first portion is on the foundation film side. The second portion is a portion excluding the first portion. The method can include patterning the patterning film using a protruding portion of the uneven configuration as a mask.