Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition including a rubber component and cellulose-based fibers and having excellent strength. Namely, the present invention provides a rubber composition including Component (A): a modified cellulose nanofiber, Component (B): a surfactant, Component (C): a polyvalent metal, and Component (D): a rubber component and a method for producing the same. Component (A) preferably includes a carboxy group-containing cellulose nanofiber such as an oxidized cellulose nanofiber and a carboxymethylated cellulose nanofiber.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a rubber composition having sufficient reinforcement and fatigue resistance even when a large strain is applied thereto, and the present invention is to provide a substituted carboxy group-containing modified cellulose nanofiber wherein at least part thereof has at least any one of a substituent represented by Formula (a): —CONH—R1 and a substituent represented by Formula (b): —COO—R1 (in Formulae (a) and (b), R1 is independently a C3-30 hydrocarbon having at least one unsaturated bond), and a rubber composition including the same.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is method for preparing a masterbatch by dispersing chemically modified cellulose nanofibers having carboxy groups under acidic conditions and then mixing the dispersed cellulose nanofibers with rubber latex. More specifically, the present disclosure provides a method for producing a masterbatch, including: (A) a step of introducing a carboxy group to a cellulose-based raw material to prepare a modified cellulose; (B) a step of carrying out defibration treatment and dispersion treatment of the modified cellulose to prepare a cellulose nanofiber; (C) a step of acidifying the cellulose nanofiber to prepare an acid type cellulose nanofiber; and (D) a step of mixing the acid type cellulose nanofiber and a rubber component. The rubber composition having excellent strength such as tensile strength can be provided by using the obtained masterbatch.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition including a rubber component and cellulose-based fibers and having excellent strength. Namely, the present invention provides a rubber composition including Component (A): a modified cellulose nanofiber, Component (B): a surfactant, Component (C): a polyvalent metal, and Component (D): a rubber component and a method for producing the same. Component (A) preferably includes a carboxy group-containing cellulose nanofiber such as an oxidized cellulose nanofiber and a carboxymethylated cellulose nanofiber.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a masterbatch with improved rubber physical properties such as tensile strength at break, rigidity, and fuel economy at high productivity by enhancing the amount of fillers incorporated into rubber and the dispersibility of fillers in rubber, as well as related products. The present invention relates to a method for producing a masterbatch, including: step (1) of mixing a rubber latex having a zeta potential of ?100 to ?20 mV with a filler dispersion having a zeta potential of ?120 to ?10 mV to prepare a latex compound; step (2) of adjusting the zeta potential of the latex compound obtained in step (1) to ?30 to 0 mV; and step (3) of solidifying the coagulum obtained in step (2) with an organic solvent.

Abstract: A disclosed display method includes: projecting data of a space that includes a first display provided by a first display device to a perspective view; causing a second display device to display the perspective view on a second display; accepting a designation of a first position on the second display; converting the first position into a second position on the first display, upon detecting that the first position is inside an area that corresponds to the first display; and operating an image displayed on the first display based on the second position.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a rubber composition having sufficient reinforcement and fatigue resistance even when a large strain is applied thereto, and the present invention is to provide a substituted carboxy group-containing modified cellulose nanofiber wherein at least part thereof has at least any one of a substituent represented by Formula (a): —CONH—R1 and a substituent represented by Formula (b): —COO—R1 (in Formulae (a) and (b), R1 is independently a C3-30 hydrocarbon having at least one unsaturated bond), and a rubber composition including the same.

Abstract: A process for preparing a master batch, comprising: the step of filtrating a dispersion of cellulose nanofibers under pressure or under reduced pressure with a filtration pressure differential of 0.01 MPa or more; and the step of mixing cellulose nanofibers obtained by the filtration step and rubber component is provided. A master batch can be provided to provide a rubber composition with improved mechanical strengths by the invention.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is method for preparing a masterbatch by dispersing chemically modified cellulose nanofibers having carboxy groups under acidic conditions and then mixing the dispersed cellulose nanofibers with rubber latex. More specifically, the present disclosure provides a method for producing a masterbatch, including: (A) a step of introducing a carboxy group to a cellulose-based raw material to prepare a modified cellulose; (B) a step of carrying out defibration treatment and dispersion treatment of the modified cellulose to prepare a cellulose nanofiber; (C) a step of acidifying the cellulose nanofiber to prepare an acid type cellulose nanofiber, and (D) a step of mixing the acid type cellulose nanofiber and a rubber component. The rubber composition having excellent strength such as tensile strength can be provided by using the obtained masterbatch.

Abstract: An information processing method including: storing sequential data relating to movements of a target object over a specified plane, sequentially estimating a plurality of first likelihoods of a position of the target object in a direction of the specified plane based on the sequential data, each of the plurality of first likelihoods associating with each hypothesis on the movements of the target object, sequentially estimating a plurality of second likelihoods of touch of the target object on the specified plain based on the sequential data, each of the plurality of second likelihoods corresponding to each of the plurality of first likelihoods, and updating the plurality of first likelihoods based on the plurality of second likelihoods.

Abstract: A disclosed display method includes: projecting data of a space that includes a first display provided by a first display device to a perspective view; causing a second display device to display the perspective view on a second display; accepting a designation of a first position on the second display; converting the first position into a second position on the first display, upon detecting that the first position is inside an area that corresponds to the first display; and operating an image displayed on the first display based on the second position.

Abstract: A content display control method includes displaying a content image on a screen, detecting reflection light of a beam of light reflected off the screen, the beam of light being emitted from a portable device onto the screen, selecting, based on the detected reflection light, a desired one of modes set in association with states of the reflection light changed in accordance with a distance between the screen and the portable device, detecting a user's operation in a period from selecting the mode to turning off the beam of light, based on the state of the reflection light in association with the selected mode, and controlling display of the content image on the screen based on the detected user's operation.

Abstract: A display control system includes a communication device and a display control device configured to communicate with the communication device, wherein the communication device includes first circuitry configured to detect a specific event, and transmit notification information on the specific event to the display control device, and wherein the display control device includes second circuitry configured to detect drawing processing performed by a user on a screen, determine a window frame on the screen according to the drawing processing, and perform control to display a content in the window frame when the notification information is received, the content being designated as a display object by the communication device that has transmitted the notification information.

Abstract: A content display control method includes displaying a content image on a screen, detecting reflection light of a beam of light reflected off the screen, the beam of light being emitted from a portable device onto the screen, selecting, based on the detected reflection light, a desired one of modes set in association with states of the reflection light changed in accordance with a distance between the screen and the portable device, detecting a user's operation in a period from selecting the mode to turning off the beam of light, based on the state of the reflection light in association with the selected mode, and controlling display of the content image on the screen based on the detected user's operation.

Abstract: A display control method executed by a computer, the display control method including detecting a touch position of an object and a slide locus of the touch position on a display screen displayed by a display device, determining a position of a window and a size of the window based on the slide locus of the touch position, associating the window with a terminal when a first notification is received from the terminal, the first notification being a notification which the computer received for the first time after the determining, and displaying an image received from the associated terminal in the window determined based on the determined position and the determined size of the window.

Abstract: An information processing method including: storing sequential data relating to movements of a target object over a specified plain, sequentially estimating a plurality of first likelihoods of a position of the target object in a direction of the specified plain based on the sequential data, each of the plurality of first likelihoods associating with each hypothesis on the movements of the target object, sequentially estimating a plurality of second likelihoods of touch of the target object on the specified plain based on the sequential data, each of the plurality of second likelihoods corresponding to each of the plurality of first likelihoods, and updating the plurality of first likelihoods based on the plurality of second likelihoods.

Abstract: An information processing terminal connectable to a display terminal through a network is disclosed, and the information processing terminal includes: a display control unit that causes the display terminal to display an image in which a display state is changed in response to a manipulation by a user; a first creating unit that creates command definition information for causing the display terminal to notify the information processing terminal an occurrence of a manipulation on the image when the image is displayed by the display terminal; and a transmitting unit that transmits, to the display terminal, the command definition information and data for indicating the display state of the image to be changed in response to the manipulation.

Abstract: A robot of the present invention moves to a place where a user is, in response to the voice of the user who is calling the robot. Then, when the user presses a switch, the robot recognizes that the user desires to send an urgent call and dials a pre-registered telephone number for sending urgent calls. When a receiver responds, the robot reads out and delivers a predetermined message to the receiver as a voice message, and switches the telephone to the handfree state so that the user can talk without holding the telephone.

Abstract: A robot system is provided and includes an autonomous mobile robot. In the system in which monitoring is performed using the autonomous mobile robot which travels along a predetermined path, an interval between the time when a user requests transmission of images and the time when the user obtains the images may be reduced. The autonomous mobile robot travels along a predetermined path at predetermined times, a camera takes photographs at predetermined locations during the travel along the predetermined path, images taken by the camera are stored, and the stored images are sent to a requesting cell phone in response to a transmission request from the cell phone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a robot system which includes an autonomous mobile robot as well as to the autonomous mobile robot. In the system in which monitoring is performed using the autonomous mobile robot which travels along a predetermined path, the present invention can reduce the interval between the time when a user requests transmission of images or the like and the time when the user obtains the images. The autonomous mobile robot travels along a predetermined path at predetermined times, a camera takes photographs at predetermined locations during the travel along the predetermined path, images taken by the camera are stored, and the stored images are sent to a requesting cell phone or the like in response to a transmission request from the cell phone or the like.