Abstract: A method of notifying estimated QoEs (Quality of Experiences) for applications between a. mobile terminal and a plurality of application servers that provide services of the applications, may measure first QoEs for the applications between the apparatus and the mobile terminal, measure second QoEs for the applications between the apparatus and the application server, estimate the estimated QoEs for the applications, based on the first and second QoEs for the applications, and notify the estimated QoEs to the mobile terminal.

Abstract: A vibrator includes a vibrating part including a pair of vibrating plates and a piezoelectric material provided between the pair of vibrating plates, a supporting part including a pair of supporting plates and an interplate portion provided between the pair of supporting plates, and a wire provided in the vibrating part and the supporting part, wherein the wire is exposed from the supporting part.

Abstract: A finger joint driving device is provided on a hand and causes a finger joint to be turned. The finger joint driving device includes a first base portion that is mounted on the hand, a first link portion that is turnably provided on the first base portion, a second link portion that is turnably provided on the first link portion, a second base portion that is mounted on the end side of a finger from the first base portion in the hand and is provided on the second link portion so as to relatively approach with respect to and to be separated from the first base portion, and a driving unit that drives the second link portion to be turned.

Abstract: A piezoelectric actuator includes a vibrating plate having a piezoelectric material, and a contact part provided in an end portion of the vibrating plate in contact with a driven part, wherein the contact part has a first portion in contact with the driven part and a second portion provided between the first portion and the vibrating plate and having lower rigidity than the first portion. Further, a width of the second portion in a direction crossing an arrangement direction of the first portion and the second portion is smaller than a width of the first portion in the crossing direction.

Abstract: A method of notifying estimated QoEs (Quality of Experiences) for applications between a mobile terminal and a plurality of application servers that provide services of the applications, may measure first QoEs for the applications between the apparatus and the mobile terminal, measure second QoEs for the applications between the apparatus and the application server, estimate the estimated QoEs for the applications, based on the first and second QoEs for the applications, and notify the estimated QoEs to the mobile terminal.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores an operation process creation program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including extracting a candidate operation manipulation component to be combined with an operation process following an operation manipulation component that has been determined to be arranged, when creating the operation process by arranging a plurality of the operation manipulation components on a screen, the candidate being extracted based on previously set relevance information indicating relevance between operation manipulation components and usage frequency information indicating usage frequencies of operation manipulation components in past instances of creating the operation processes; and displaying the extracted candidate operation manipulation component on the screen, by combining the extracted candidate operation manipulation component with the operation manipulation component that has been determined to be arranged.

Abstract: A piezoelectric actuator includes a first piezoelectric element that outputs a first signal when being driven, a second piezoelectric element that outputs a second signal when being driven, a signal combining part that delays phase of the second signal and outputs a composite signal by combination of the second signal and the first signal, and a drive state determination part that determines respective drive states of the first piezoelectric element and the second piezoelectric element based on the composite signal.

Abstract: A piezoelectric driving device includes a vibrating plate, and a piezoelectric vibrating body including a substrate, and piezoelectric elements provided on the substrate. The piezoelectric element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric body, and the first electrode, the piezoelectric body, and the second electrode are laminated in this order on the substrate. The piezoelectric vibrating body is installed on the vibrating plate so that the piezoelectric element is interposed between the substrate and the vibrating plate. A wiring pattern including a first wiring corresponding to the first electrode and a second wiring corresponding to the second electrode is formed on the vibrating plate, the first electrode and the first wiring are connected to each other through a first laminated conducting portion, and the second electrode and the second wiring are connected to each other through a second laminated conducting portion.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including obtaining, for each of a plurality of job flows to which coincident input data is inputted, data excluded from the coincident input data of each of the plurality of job flows by a data extraction process or information specifying the excluded data, each of the plurality of job flows defining a plurality of processes including the data extraction process to be executed, and determining whether the plurality of job flows whose output data are coincident each other are aggregated or not based on the excluded data or the information specifying the excluded data.

Abstract: A piezoelectric driving device includes: a substrate including a fixed portion, and a vibrating body portion which is provided with a piezoelectric element and is supported by the fixed portion; and a contact portion which comes into contact with a driven body, and transmits movement of the vibrating body portion to the driven body, the contact portion is provided at an end portion in the longitudinal direction of the vibrating body portion, and a difference between a distance between the end portion when the contact portion is not pressed against the driven body and a tip end of the contact portion, and a distance between the end portion when the contact portion is pressed against the driven body and the tip end, is smaller than a total amplitude in the longitudinal direction in a case where the vibrating body portion is driven.

Abstract: A piezoelectric driving device includes a vibrating plate, and a piezoelectric vibrating body including a substrate, and piezoelectric elements provided on the substrate. The piezoelectric element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric body, and the first electrode, the piezoelectric body, and the second electrode are laminated in this order on the substrate. The piezoelectric vibrating body is installed on the vibrating plate so that the piezoelectric element is interposed between the substrate and the vibrating plate. A wiring pattern including a first wiring corresponding to the first electrode and a second wiring corresponding to the second electrode is formed on the vibrating plate, the first electrode and the first wiring are connected to each other through a first laminated conducting portion, and the second electrode and the second wiring are connected to each other through a second laminated conducting portion.

Abstract: Implementations and techniques for outputting information about estimated QoEs on a terminal on which plural applications can be executed are generally disclosed. The estimated QoEs may be obtained by performing QoE estimation on an application basis.

Abstract: A piezoelectric actuator includes two substrates, piezoelectric elements that are arranged between the two substrates, and a cladding portion that covers at least a part of a surrounding area of the piezoelectric elements.

Abstract: A piezoelectric drive device includes: a piezoelectric vibrating portion including a vibrating body, a piezoelectric element disposed on at least one surface of the vibrating body, and a support portion supporting the vibrating body; an elastic member pressing the vibrating body against a driven member; and a heat conducting member disposed so as to be capable of changing a mutual positional relationship with the elastic member while maintaining a surface-to-surface contact state therewith.

Abstract: A piezoelectric drive device includes a vibrating body, a support portion formed integrally with the vibrating body, and a piezoelectric element formed of a first electrode film, a piezoelectric body film, and a second electrode film on at least one surface of the vibrating body.

Abstract: An object can be displayed on a screen of a two-dimensional coordinate system based on xyz-coordinate values of the object in a three-dimensional coordinate system, operation information of a two-dimensional coordinate system with respect to the object can be received from an input device, and whether the operation information is in accordance with a predetermined rule or not is determined. If the operation information is not in accordance with the predetermined rule, xy-coordinate values of the object can be updated in accordance with the operation information. If the operation information is in accordance with the predetermined rule, a z-coordinate value of the object can be updated in accordance with the operation information.

Abstract: An apparatus manages job flows in an information processing system. In response to a request from a monitoring terminal, the apparatus creates, based on attribute information of jobs included in job flows to be managed, classification information in which the jobs are classified by attributes thereof. The apparatus groups the jobs into groups according to the attribute information by using the classification information and information on transition relationships between the jobs, and creates job-execution-schedule display information with which a transition relationship between a first job and a second job subsequent to the first job is displayed when the first and second jobs belong to different groups, and with which an execution interval of jobs in each group is displayed in association with that of jobs in another group, based on the number of jobs that have been sequentially executed from a starting job to each job in a job flow.

Abstract: Implementations and techniques for outputting information about estimated QoEs on a terminal on which plural applications can be executed are generally disclosed. The estimated QoEs may be obtained by performing QoE estimation on an application basis.

Abstract: Implementations and techniques for outputting information about estimated QoEs on a terminal on which plural applications can be executed are generally disclosed. The estimated QoEs may be obtained by performing QoE estimation on an application basis.

Abstract: A piezoelectric drive device includes multiple piezoelectric drive units that drive a driven member. Each of the multiple piezoelectric drive units has a vibrating plate, a piezoelectric vibrating body which is disposed in the vibrating plate, and a contact member which can come into contact with the driven member. The multiple piezoelectric drive units belong to a first piezoelectric drive unit group and a second piezoelectric drive unit group. The respective contact members of the multiple piezoelectric drive units belonging to the first piezoelectric drive unit group are arranged at a position which is symmetrical to a movement center axis or a movement center line of the driven member. The respective contact members of the multiple piezoelectric drive units belonging to the second piezoelectric drive unit group are arranged at a position which is symmetrical to a movement center axis or a movement center line of the driven member.