Abstract: An input unit receives a first image that captures a scene in front of a vehicle or a scene in front of a user on board a vehicle at a first point of time. A generator generates a third image showing a result of prediction of the scene in front at the first point of time, based on a second image that captures the scene in front at a second point of time preceding the first point of time. A display controller controls display of information presentation based on a result of comparison between the first image received by the input unit and the third image generated by the generator using a predetermined criterion.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a user equipment, with a processor which upon being triggered by a random access events, determines random access transmission parameters to be used by the UE for transmitting a random access message to its base station. At least part of the random access transmission parameters are determined based on the random access event that triggered the transmission of the random access message and on random access configuration information. The random access configuration information associates each of a plurality of random access events with a set of random access transmission parameters among a plurality of random access transmission parameters usable by the user equipment to transmit a random access message to the base station. A transmitter of the UE transmits the random access message to the base station using the determined random access transmission parameters.

Abstract: A back-up power supply system (1) is configured to supply electric power from an electric storage device (5) to loads (3) when a power supply (2) is defective. The back-up power supply system (1) includes a first voltage conversion circuit (6) configured to convert an output voltage of the electric storage device (5). The loads (3) include a first load (31) and a second load (32). The back-up power supply system (1) is configured to supply power from the electric storage device (5) to the first load (31) not via the voltage conversion circuit (6), and to supply electric power from the electric storage device (5) to the second load (32) via the voltage conversion circuit (6).

Abstract: The present disclosure includes: an infrared sensor configured to detect an infrared ray and output a thermal image; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the infrared sensor; and a processor configured to process output signals of the infrared sensor and the temperature sensor, and the processor is configured to estimate a temperature distribution in a space between the infrared sensor and a background in a detection direction of the infrared sensor from a background temperature of the thermal image and the temperature of the infrared sensor.

Abstract: A refrigerator management method according to one aspect of the present invention includes: obtaining log information including temperature information indicating an interior temperature of a refrigerator and opened and closed information indicating whether or not a door of the refrigerator has been opened and closed; calculating, based on the log information, a timewise change in the interior temperature for when the door is opened and closed in a predetermined period and for when the door is not opened and closed in the predetermined period; and outputting result information indicating a calculation result calculated in the calculating.

Abstract: A power conversion system according to the present disclosure includes a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit. A first internal terminal, a second internal terminal, and a third internal terminal are electrically connected to the same connection unit. The third circuit provides an output voltage across a secondary winding of a transformer via a switching element and the transformer. The secondary winding is electrically connected to the third internal terminal. The output voltage has a waveform including a rising range in which the output voltage changes from a first potential to a second potential, a falling range in which the output voltage changes from the second potential to the first potential, and a flat range in which the output voltage is maintained at either the first potential or the second potential.

Abstract: A blower unit includes at least a blower case that is hollow and a centrifugal fan coupled to a rotational shaft of a motor that is housed in the blower case and has the rotational shaft in an integrally rotatable manner. The blower case includes an outer surface including two side surfaces facing each other at a predetermined interval, and an outer circumferential surface continuous with the two side surfaces. The blower case includes a suction port, an air discharge portion provided with an exhaust port at a distal end, and a wire harness outlet. The exhaust port and the wire harness outlet face in the same direction as viewed from the side surface.

Abstract: In a wireless communication base station device, a modulation unit carries out modulation processing for Dch data after coding to generate a Dch data symbol. A modulation unit carries out modulation processing for Lch data after coding to generate an Lch data symbol. An allocation unit allocates the Dch data symbol and Lch data symbol to each sub-carrier composing an OFDM symbol and outputs the allocated sub-carrier to a multiplex unit. In this case, the allocation unit allocates the Dch data symbol to a plurality of resource blocks where one Dch is arranged at an interval equal to integral multiples of the number of resource blocks composing a resource block group.

Abstract: A distance measurement device includes: an image capturer that captures N segmental images corresponding to N segmental distances into which a distance measurement range is divided; and a range image generator that generates a range image from the N segmental images. The range image generator determines: among segmental pixels included in the N segmental images, a segmental pixel having a maximum signal value from N segmental pixels at the same pixel position among pixel positions; a value indicating a segmental distance of the segmental pixel having the maximum signal value to be a distance value of the pixel position of the range image, when the maximum signal value is greater than or equal to a threshold; and a value indicating a value outside the distance measurement range to be the distance value of the pixel position of the range image, when the maximum signal value is less than the threshold.

Abstract: A delivery plan generating method includes determining a start point that is point where delivery of a delivery object starts, determining an end point where the delivery of the delivery object finishes, determining a transfer point as a destination with reference to the start point, the end point, a position of the first mobile unit, and a position of the second mobile unit, the transfer point being a point where the delivery object is transferred from the first mobile unit to the second mobile unit, and generating a delivery plan for causing the first mobile unit to travel via the start point to the determined transfer point and causing the second mobile unit to travel via the determined transfer point to the end point.

Abstract: An electric movable body transmits a signal including identification information identical to identification information retained in a first power storage pack via near-field communication when the first power storage pack is detached from the electric movable body. A charging device wiredly transmits the identification information received from the electric movable body to a second power storage pack. The second power storage pack transmits via near-field communication a signal including the identification information received from the charging device. The electric movable body collates whether or not the identification information included in the received signal matches the identification information retained in the first power storage pack.

Abstract: Reliability regarding a class determination for an object is improved. Classification system includes first classification part, second classification part, and determination part. First classification part classifies first target data into at least one of a plurality of first classes. Second classification part classifies second target data into at least one of a plurality of second classes. Determination part decides whether to use one or both of a first classification result that is a classification result obtained by first classification part and a second classification result that is a classification result obtained by second classification part, and determines a class of object based on one or both of them. The first target data is image data of object. The second target data is manufacturing data regarding a manufacturing condition of object.

Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes generating a bitstream by encoding subspaces included in a current space including three-dimensional points. In the generating of the bitstream: first information is stored in a first header which is common to the subspaces and included in the bitstream, the first information indicating first coordinates which are coordinates of the current space; and second information is stored in a second header which is provided on a subspace basis and included in the bitstream, the second information indicating a difference between second coordinates which are coordinates of a corresponding subspace among the subspaces and the first coordinates.

Abstract: A method includes acquiring, based on a restaurant ID, menu information indicating dishes provided by a restaurant corresponding to the restaurant ID from a second server related to the restaurant via a network, transmitting identification information stored in an information terminal to a first server, acquiring, from a first server, allergy information related to a user based on the identification information, generating, based on the menu information and the allergy information, a personalized menu arranged for the user according to the allergy information, displaying the personalized menu on a second operation screen for accepting an order of a dish in the restaurant, the second operation screen being displayed on a display of the information terminal of the user, and transmitting ordered-dish information representing the dish selected from the personalized menu to the second server.

Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device includes: a substrate; an n-type drift layer; a p-type blocking layer; a gate opening which penetrates through the blocking layer to the drift layer; an electron transport layer and an electron supply layer provided on an inner face of the gate opening; a gate electrode above the electron supply layer and covering the gate opening; a source opening penetrating through the electron supply layer and the electron transport layer to the blocking layer; a source electrode covering the source opening, the source electrode being connected to the electron supply layer, the electron transport layer, and the blocking layer; and a drain electrode on a side of the substrate opposite from a side on which the blocking layer is located. A bottom face of the gate electrode is closer to the drain electrode than a bottom face of the blocking layer is.

Abstract: A battery includes a power generating element group including multiple laminated power generating elements each of which contains a solid electrolyte, and a first member in contact with a principal surface of a first power generating element that is one among the multiple power generating elements. The principal surface includes a central portion and an end portion with a ring-like shape surrounding the central portion in a plan view. The first member includes a central region overlapping with the central portion of the principal surface in a plan view, and an end region overlapping with the end portion of the principal surface in a plan view. At least one of the central region or the end region is in contact with the principal surface. A Young's modulus of the end region is smaller than that of the central region.

Abstract: An imaging device including a pixel that includes: a photoelectric converter that converts light into a charge; a charge accumulation region to which the charge is input; and an amplifier transistor that includes a gate electrically connected to the charge accumulation region. The amplifier transistor being configured to output a signal that corresponds to a potential of the charge accumulation region. The imaging device further including a detection circuit that is configured to detect a level of the signal from the amplifier transistor, wherein a sensitivity of the pixel is caused to be increased, in a case where the level detected by the detection circuit is greater than a first threshold value.

Abstract: A power storage module includes a plurality of power storage devices and a bus bar electrically connecting the plurality of power storage devices. Each power storage device has a housing and a pair of output terminals disposed on a first surface of the housing. The bus bar has the plurality of terminal connections connected to the output terminals of each power storage device, and a linking part connecting the plurality of terminal connections. Each terminal connection part has a first part connected to each output terminal and a second part continuous from the first part and extending along a second surface spreading in a direction intersecting the first surface of the housing. Each linking part has a third part that connects the second parts of the adjacent terminal connections to each other.

Abstract: A component mounting device is configured to mount, on a substrate, an electronic component having a functional unit. The component mounting device includes a component supply mechanism, a recognition unit, a component mounting mechanism, and a holding position determination unit. The component supply mechanism supplies the electronic component. The recognition unit recognizes a position of the functional unit. The component mounting mechanism holds the electronic component supplied from the component supply mechanism and mounts the electronic component on the substrate. The holding position determination unit determines a holding position of the electronic component by the component mounting mechanism based on the position of the functional unit recognized by the recognition unit.

Abstract: A component mounting system including: a component mounting device group in which a plurality of component mounting devices that mount components supplied to a board transported in from an upstream side by a tape feeder and transport out the board to a downstream side, and cut a carrier tape after supplying the components by a cutter device and discharge scraps of carrier tape, are installed on a floor surface while being arranged in a direction of conveying the board; a main conveyor that is installed along an arrangement direction of the plurality of component mounting devices in a region on the floor surface under the component mounting device group, and transports the scraps of carrier tape discharged from each of the plurality of component mounting devices; and a scraps storage that is installed outside the region and stores the scraps of carrier tape transported by the main conveyor.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved radio resource allocation performed by a vehicular mobile terminal. The vehicular mobile terminal determines whether to determine radio resources based on the location of the vehicular mobile terminal or not, based on information received from an entity of the communication system. In case the radio resources are to be selected based on the location of the vehicular mobile terminal, the vehicular mobile terminal determines the location of the vehicular mobile terminal, and determines radio resources for communication with at least the second mobile terminal, based on the determined location of the vehicular mobile terminal.

Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes an illumination device capable of emitting first light in a first wavelength band and reference light in a reference wavelength band overlapping with the first wavelength band, an imaging device that images an inspection body and outputs a pixel signal, and an image processing device. The illumination device emits the first light and the reference light to the inspection body at different timings in one imaging time. The image processing device calculates a first reflectance that is a reflectance in the first wavelength band of the object based on the pixel signal, and determines physical properties of the object based on the first reflectance.

Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a non-aqueous secondary battery that is able to suppress a decrease in charge-discharge cycle characteristics. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that is a mode of the present disclosure comprises a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer contains a negative electrode active material that contains graphite particles, and an SBR component selected from at least one of a styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber and a modified product thereof, the internal porosity of the graphite particles is 1% to 5%, the porosity due to voids between particles of the negative electrode active material layer is 10% to 20%, and the content of the SBR component is 1.5 mass % to 3 mass % with respect to the mass of the negative electrode active material.

Abstract: A non-personal basic service set control point/access point (non-PCP/AP) communication apparatus includes a reception circuit, an estimation circuit, and a transmission circuit. The reception circuit receives a Directional Multi-Gigabit (DMG) Beacon frame including a sector sweep (SSW) field, the SSW field including a Parameter subfield indicating a value obtained by using a transmission Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of a PCP/AP communication partner apparatus and a reception antenna gain of the PCP/AP communication partner apparatus. The estimation circuit estimates an expected reception power at the PCP/AP communication partner apparatus by using the value of the Parameter subfield, and checks inequality between the estimated expected reception power and a receiver sensitivity value. The transmission circuit transmits a frame for Association Beamforming Training (A-BFT) if the estimated expected reception power is larger than the receive sensitivity value.

Abstract: An electrochemical device includes a pair of electrodes and an electrolytic solution. At least one of the pair of electrodes includes an electrode current collector and an electrode material layer supported by the electrode current collector. The electrode material layer includes at least a conductive polymer. A log differential pore volume distribution of the electrode material layer has at least one peak in a range of a pore diameter of more than or equal to 50 nm.

Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor, a substrate, a motor case, a connector, and a restriction portion. In the motor, a rotor including a rotary shaft extending in an axial center direction rotates about an axial center of the rotary shaft as a rotation center. The substrate is provided with a circuit element constituting a drive circuit for driving the motor. The motor case houses the motor and holds the substrate. The connector includes a connection terminal directly connected to the substrate. The restriction portion restricts displacement of the connector with respect to the substrate by coming into contact with the connector.

Abstract: A solid-electrolyte material includes a crystal phase constituted by Li, M, X, and O. M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, and Sr. X is at least two elements selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including: lithium silicate composite particles including a lithium silicate phase and silicon particles dispersed in the lithium silicate phase, the lithium silicate phase being an oxide phase including Li, Si, O, and M, where M is an element other than the following elements: Group 1 elements of alkali metals, Group 16 elements of oxygen group, Group 18 elements of rare gas, and Si. An amount of each element relative to a total amount of Li, Si and M in the lithium silicate phase is 3 to 55 mol % for Li, 25 mol % or more for Si, and 3 to 50 mol % for M. A carbon material is present inside the lithium silicate composite particles; and an area ratio of the carbon material occupying a cross section of the composite particles is 0.008 to 6%.

Abstract: There is provided a positive electrode material that can be used to manufacture a solid-state battery whose initial resistance is kept low and at which it is difficult for resistance to increase even if charging/discharging are repeated. The positive electrode material of the present disclosure contains a positive electrode active material complex and a sulfide solid electrolyte. The positive electrode active material complex contains: a positive electrode active material, a conductive additive covering at least a portion of a surface of the positive electrode active material, and a solid electrolyte covering at least a portion of the conductive additive. The solid electrolyte contains Li, Ti, X and F. The X is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca, Mg, Al, Y and Zr.

Abstract: A positive electrode that is an example of an electrode for a secondary battery comprises: a positive electrode core material, a conductive adhesive layer disposed on the positive electrode core material, and a positive electrode mixture layer disposed on the adhesive layer, wherein: the positive electrode core material has, at one end in the short direction of the positive electrode core material, an exposed part on which the adhesive layer and the positive electrode mixture layer are not provided; an insulating protective layer containing a resin is disposed on the exposed part at the one end; and the protective layer is in contact with the end surface at one end of the adhesive layer and the positive electrode mixture layer in the short direction.

Abstract: In an information processing system, an estimation as to whether a sound collected by a microphone is steady sound or non-steady sound is executed, sound information estimated to indicate the non-steady sound is transmitted to a server as output sound information when it is estimated that it is the non-steady sound, and the server acquires the output sound information, and estimates an action of a person from a resulting output obtained by inputting the output sound information to a second trained model indicative of a relevance between the output sound information and action information on an action of a user.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a vehicle including an operation device; a first communication device; and a second communication device. In a case in which the first communication device is positioned in a first area containing a position of the vehicle, the vehicle operates in an operation waiting state in which the operation device is allowed to receive an operation. In a case in which the second communication device is positioned in a second area contained in the first area and smaller than the first area, the vehicle operates in the operation waiting state. In a case in which the first communication device is positioned in the first area and the second communication device is positioned in the second area, the second communication device generates a notification indicating that the vehicle is in the operation waiting state.

Abstract: A negative electrode or a separator for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an iron cyanide complex. The iron cyanide complex is, for example, at least one selected from the group consisting of ferrocyanide and ferricyanide. The ferrocyanide is, for example, at least one selected from the group consisting of potassium ferrocyanide, sodium ferrocyanide, calcium ferrocyanide, and ammonium ferrocyanide. The ferricyanide is, for example, at least one selected from the group consisting of potassium ferricyanide, sodium ferricyanide, calcium ferricyanide, and ammonium ferricyanide.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, the positive electrode having improved adhesion, while suppressing variation in battery characteristics. A positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode mixture layer that is formed on the surface of the positive electrode collector; the positive electrode mixture layer contains a positive electrode active material, a conductive agent and a binder; the weight average molecular weight of the binder is 1,300,000 or more; and D10 and D90 in the particle size distribution of the binder satisfy (D90-D10)?100 ?m.

Abstract: A disclosed positive electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive-electrode current collector and a positive-electrode mixture layer on a surface of the positive-electrode current collector. The positive-electrode mixture layer includes a positive-electrode active material, a conductive material, and binders. The binders include a polyvinylpyrrolidone-based compound and a cellulose derivative.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment, wherein a mixture layer of an electrode has a first layer formed on a core body, and second and third layers formed on the first layer. The first, second, and third layers contain a binding agent, and the third layer is formed on at least a part of an end of the electrode. The content of the binding agent in the third layer is higher than the content of the binding agent in the first layer, and is greater than 0.8 mass % and less than 2.0 mass %.

Abstract: A payment terminal includes a magnetic card reader slot having a magnetic head, an IC card reader slot configured to be front of a user, and a first board with a touch area for a contactless payment arranged diagonally upward toward the user. The magnetic card reader slot is arranged toward the user obliquely upward with respect to a direction parallel to the plane. The magnetic card reader slot and the IC card reader slot are arranged, so that a swipe direction of the magnetic card into the magnetic card reader slot and an insertion direction of an IC card into the IC card reader slot are substantially perpendicular to each other. The magnetic card reader slot, the IC card reader slot, and the first board are arranged in this order from the plane in a height direction.

Abstract: A sealed battery comprises: a bottomed tubular outer can accommodating an electrode body; and a sealing body for sealing an opening of the outer can. The present invention is characterized in that: the sealing body includes a current blocking mechanism that seals the electrode body together with the outer can and is activated in response to gas pressure inside the battery, and a cap that forms a sealed space above the current blocking mechanism; and the cap includes an explosion-proof valve that opens in response to the gas pressure inside the battery.

Abstract: An information notification device is configured to: acquire apparatus information on an apparatus; determine an action for the apparatus based on the apparatus information; determine an executor who is to perform the determined action from among multiple users; determine a notification target person to be notified that the executor is to perform the action with reference to relationship information indicating a relationship among the multiple users; and notify the determined notification target person of notification information indicating that the executor is to perform the action.

Abstract: A magnetic sensor unit includes a magnet, a magnetic sensor facing a lower surface of the magnet, a magnetic shield surrounding the magnetic sensor in a lateral direction crossing up and down directions of the magnetic sensor, and a magnetic yoke covering an upper surface and a side surface of the magnet. The magnet includes a first magnetized region magnetized along the up and down direction, and a second magnetized region magnetized in a direction opposite to a direction of magnetization of the first magnetized region. The first and second magnetized regions have first and second magnetic poles provided on the lower surface of the magnet. A distance LA between a center of the first magnetic pole and a center of the second magnetic pole, a distance LB between the magnetic shield and the center of the first magnetic pole, a distance LC between the magnetic shield and the center of the second magnetic pole satisfy a relation of LA<LB+LC.

Abstract: A cleaning route determination apparatus includes a calculation condition inputter that receives a calculation condition including information regarding an inside of a facility, an analyzer that analyzes, on a basis of the calculation condition, behavior of airflow and particles inside the facility, a map generator that generates, on a basis of a result of the analysis, a dust accumulation map indicating dust accumulation areas inside the facility and one or more dust amounts corresponding to the dust accumulation areas, a classifier that selects, on the basis of a certain condition, clusters from among clusters inside the facility, and a route calculator that determines a first route from second routes. Each of the second routes is a route for a cleaner to pass through, within a certain period of time, at least one dust accumulation area included in the clusters selected from among the clusters.

Abstract: A method includes: acquiring, from a store terminal via a network, limited product information indicating a limited product for which a time available for sale in one branch store corresponding to the store terminal is limited; acquiring, from a communication terminal of a user via the network, i) a request for a purchase menu of affiliated stores and ii) a branch store identifier (ID) specifying one branch store corresponding to a device ID specifying a beacon signal transmitter disposed in the one branch store; generating, based on the limited product information, the request for the purchase menu, and the branch store ID, privileged purchase menu information corresponding to the one branch store; and outputting the privileged purchase menu information to the communication terminal.

Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a plurality of light emitting apparatuses. Each of the light emitting apparatuses includes a plurality of light emitting devices each of which has a light emitting area and a non-light emitting area on an emission surface thereof that emits light. At least two light emitting apparatuses of the light emitting apparatuses constitute a light emitting apparatus group disposed such that the emission surfaces of the respective light emitting apparatuses are parallel to each other with a predetermined distance, and that a distance between light emitting areas of the respective light emitting apparatuses when viewed along a direction perpendicular to the emission surfaces of the at least two of the light emitting apparatuses is shorter than a distance between the light emitting areas of the respective light emitting apparatuses when the emission surfaces of the respective light emitting apparatuses are on the same plane.

Abstract: Provided is a control method including: receiving, from first power equipment, first transaction data including, for example, transmitted power amount information indicating the amount of power transmitted to power accumulation equipment; obtaining, from the power accumulation equipment, received power information including, for example, received power amount information indicating the amount of power received from the first power equipment; verifying the first transaction data by referring to the received power information; executing a first consensus algorithm with second servers when the first transaction data is verified successfully; and recording a block including the first transaction data in a distributed ledger of a first server when the validity of the first transaction data is verified through the first consensus algorithm.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle that delivers a package includes a plurality of rotary wings, a plurality of first motors, a main body, a connector, a movable block, and a processor. When the connector is connected to a rail, the processor sets a rotation rate of the plurality of first motors to a rotation rate that is lower than a minimum rotation rate necessary for floating and higher than a minimum rotation rate necessary for propulsion along the rail. Furthermore, the processor causes the movable block to increase the angle formed by the normal direction of an imaginary plane containing the plurality of rotary wings relative to a support direction of the connector.