Hitachi, Ltd.

Katayanagi Institute

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

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Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hokuriku Electric Power Company

Isao Karube

Tomokazu Murakami

Hiroaki Ito

Kazuyoshi Yano

Atsunori Hiratsuka

Kenji Yokoyama

Toshifumi Hosoya

Moriyasu Ichino

Koji Sakairi

Tomoko Ishikawa

Masao Gotoh

Hideaki Nakamura

Hiroyuki Adachi

Daisuke Yoshida

Hiroshi Watanabe

Masashi Takahashi

Yoshio Suzuki

Takeo Tanaami

Masaru Takahashi

Nobuyuki Matsumura

Shigeki Nagaya

Taku Nakamura

Yusuke Yatabe

Kunitsugu Tomita

Kazunori Ikebukuro

Tomoaki Yoshinaga

Hideki Kinoshita

Yutaka Unuma

Shingo Kaimori

Yuji Maruo

Kazuhiro Kuwa

Naohiro Furukawa

Ichiji Namatame

Takahiko Kitamura

Satonari Akutsu

Satoshi Koide

Masami Kamibayashi

Ryota Niizeki

Hitoshi Muguruma

Chie Hayashida

Yuto Komatsu

Katsuyoshi Takahashi

Keisuke Usui

Kisho Shiseki

Hiroyuki Fukui

Kouhei Yodoya

Yasuhiro Ogawa

Shuo-Wen Tsai

Keiichi Betsumori

Takashi Matsubara

Hiroshi Saiki

Teru Kato

Hidehiro Iizuka

Takuo Akimoto

A server device for generating and outputting work management information of at least one carrier. The server device comprises a storage device for storing a program for generating work management information, and a controller for reading the program from the storage device and generating work management information by executing the program. The controller performs: a process of acquiring position information about at least one carrier; a process of generating, based on the position information, work type information indicating whether the carrier is performing a predetermined work or moving; a process of calculating a required time for each work type information item of the carrier; a process of comparing the required time for each work type information item and extracting a work element with low work efficiency based on a first rule concerning required time; and a process of outputting the extracted work element with low work efficiency.

Work management system

A farm field management apparatus: in generation of each task plan candidate, selects at least one task that includes harvest task, selects, a resource that is used to carry out each selected task, determines a task time within a predetermined period in which each selected task is carried out, includes the selected task, the selected resource, and the determined task time in each task plan candidate; obtains; information about a harvest impeding factor that is predicted for a harvest time of each task plan candidate; calculate an income from a harvest of each task plan candidate, based on a relevant piece of the harvest impeding factor information, and on the quantity and unit price of each crop; and calculates task cost of each task plan candidate based on a resource utilization period of the resource included in each task plan candidate, and on the utilization cost.

Farm field management apparatus, farm field management method, and storage medium

A motion picture recording apparatus that includes a similar-motion-area setup unit which sets up blocks having a similar motion vector as a similar motion area, the similar motion vector being included in motion vectors calculated by a block-based motion search unit. The recording apparatus also includes a representative-motion-vector calculation unit which calculates a representative motion vector by use of a motion vector provided by each block included in the similar motion area. The recording apparatus further includes a selection unit which selects either the representative motion vector or the motion vector provided by each block, which is to be used for each block in the similar motion area. The recording apparatus also includes an encoder which performs coding processing using the selected motion vector and a prediction picture, for each block in the similar motion area.

Method of and apparatus for recording motion picture, which generate encoded data with higher compression efficiency using a motion vector similarity

An image coding apparatus and an image coding method are provided for reducing arithmetic processing while keeping a high compression ratio. A coding process necessary for the bi-prediction motion search can be effectively reduced by determining a block size for a bi-prediction motion search or a center position for a motion search on the basis of a result of a motion search of a unidirectional prediction. Further, a compression ratio can be also kept as high as possible, because the block size or the center position are obtained on the basis of the result of the motion search of the unidirectional prediction.

Image coding apparatus and image coding method

A biosensor measurement device for providing accurate measurement results within a short period of time by using only a very small amount of sample. The biosensor measurement device includes a power source, which is connected to a voltage regulator, a measurement instrument, and a controller for supplying power. When the biosensor chip is connected to the biosensor measurement device and a voltage is applied, the measurement instrument begins the measurement of a current value for the biosensor. When the measured current value or a measured charge value is greater than a reference value, the measurement is terminated in accordance with an instruction issued by the controller, and when the value is smaller than the reference value, the measurement is continued in accordance with a controller instruction.

Biosensor measurement machine, biosensor measurement system and biosensor measurement method

Transfer of fluid substances, and/or substances comprised in fluid substances, is controlled by introducing a separation medium, which prevents transfer of the fluid substances, and/or the substances comprised in the fluid substances, to an intermediate cavity connecting a first cavity and a second cavity; and introducing a connection medium to replace the separation medium and thereby start substance transfer to the second cavity. Substance transfer may be readily controlled without relying on mechanical means. Based on the present invention, two-dimensional electrophoretic analysis can be readily implemented on a chip.

Method for controlling substance transfer

The methods for producing microchannel chips of the present invention comprise the steps of shielding substrate surfaces on which groove-like channels have been formed, using a mask that exposes the channels, and then forming polymer membranes on the exposed surfaces of the substrates; and the step of laminating cover materials onto the side of the substrate surfaces on which the channels have been formed.

Methods for producing microchannel chips, microchannel chips, methods for separating biomolecules using the microchannel chips, and electrophoretic apparatus having the microchannel chips

The present invention is to provide a sample separation instrument used in a sample separation apparatus which includes: holding means for holding a first medium supporter which supports a first medium; and driving means for moving fixing means or the holding means in a direction parallel or perpendicular to a plane whose sides extend in the first direction and in the second directions. The sample separation instrument includes an insulator for storing a second medium which allows a sample separated in the first medium in the first direction to be further separated in the second direction different from the first direction, wherein: the insulator includes a first opening and a second opening each of which defines the second direction in which the second medium is electrified, and the second opening has a shape which allows the first medium containing the separated sample to be attached to the second medium along the first direction. The present invention realizes automation of the two-dimensional electrophoresis to enhance the convenience of the two-dimensional electrophoresis, to less depend on the operator's skill, and to enhance the reproducibility of the electrophoresis result.

Automated two-dimensional electrophoresis apparatus and instrument constituting the apparatus

The present invention provides an image coding apparatus and an image coding program that execute quantization control so that a generating bit is made close to a target bit. The image coding apparatus according to the present invention includes a generated bit measurement unit, a target bit setting unit, a residual bit computing unit for computing a residual value between the generated bit and the target bit, a remaining video buffer capacity measurement unit, and a quantization parameter computing unit for computing a quantization parameter to set the same to the quantization unit. The quantization parameter computing unit computes a quantization parameter for next image data to be encoded on the basis of at least one of the residual value computed and the remaining video buffer capacity measured.

Video signal encoding apparatus and computer readable medium with quantization control

In the motion search in the inter-frame prediction coding, parameters necessary for the motion search, such as sample-point spacing and sample-point number in the step search, are controlled using a unit for calculating the complexity of an image and a unit for estimating the movement amount of the image. This configuration makes it possible to provide the scheme for searching for the high-speed and high-accuracy motion vector, and the image coding device for performing this motion search.

Image coding device and image coding method

An object detection method which rapidly detects one or more objects existing in an image includes: a primary search step which judges whether an object exists at a predetermined interval by using a simple judgment device requiring a small number of calculation amounts; a range estimation step which estimates a range where an object actually exists from a spatial relationship obtained as a result of the primary search; a secondary search step which performs an object judgment process by using a secondary judgment device capable of performing more detailed judgment than the object judgment device used in the primary search; an object position estimation step which estimates a position where the similarity is maximum in a certain object existing range as an object existing position; and a final search step which judges a final object position.

Object detection method

A method for removing phosphorus is provided in which eutrophic water as a treatment target is supplied to fly ash thereby removing phosphorus contained in the eutrophic water. The fly ash includes about 3% or more calcium oxide as a component. Alternatively, the fly ash consists of a double-structure embedding fine particles in a cavity of a hollow-particle structure having a hole in a part of the surface. Alternatively, the fly ash includes about 3% or more calcium oxide as a component and consisting of a double structure embedding fine particles in a cavity of a hollow-particle structure having a hole in a part of the surface.

Method for removing phosphorus and method for reutilizing recovered phosphorus

A method for detecting nucleic acids wherein the binding activity of a nucleic acid aptamer, which is formed by the hybridization of a target nucleotide sequence and a probe, is detected using the binding with a ligand as an index has been provided. Utilizing a structure such as the three-way junction, whose binding activity significantly changes depending on a mismatch of a single nucleotide, as the nucleic acid aptamer SNP can be detected.

Method for detecting target nucleotide sequences

Device for measuring constituents in the blood

A novel biosensor was accomplished using a plasma-polymerized membrane. The biosensor of the present invention is a high-performance biosensor produced by a simpler method and applicable to a wide range of fields.

Biosensor

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Yokohama, Japan

Isao Karube