Nec Corporation

Asahi Glass Company, Limited

The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Fujitsu Corporation

Kureha Corporation

Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation

Kyodo Printing Co., Ltd.

Agc Inc.

Kenichi Ishii

Tomoki Osawa

Kouji Tabata

Kenji Kobayashi

Yuzo Senda

Koji Kudo

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto

Shoji Nishimura

Shinya Yamasaki

Gaku Nakano

Shin Tominaga

Shigeki Shinoda

Takayuki Nyu

Masumi Ishikawa

Shota Yamamoto

Hiroo Hongo

Toru Kagoura

Masaharu Kume

Takayasu Hokusho

Kana Takizawa

Eishi Arita

Yoshiyuki Satou

Youtarou Noda

Yoshitaka Higeta

Narumitsu Notomi

Aki Nakamura

Yasuhiro Naka

Hiroshi Yamada

Takashi Yamashita

Kazuyoshi Noda

Junichi Matsuda

Daisuke Ikefuji

Tomoki Ohsawa

Kenji Oda

Shinichi Kuranari

Shinichi Sekine

Kenichiro Shimo

Toshihiko Saitou

Masato Kubota

Hiroki Manabe

Masanobu Ogawa

Shinya Shibata

Yoshiaki Horinouchi

Masaki Izumo

Yoshikazu Amano

Takuzo Hagiwara

Michimasa Watanabe

Mitsuro Watanabe

Ryoji Nakamatsu

Colin Peters

Hiroki Takaki

Daisuke Iketuji

Yasuhito Horie

Shinpei Chihara

Takuji Oikawa

Youichi Fukushima

Yumiko Muto

Kei Kaizuka

Mariko Takesue

Ko Fujii

Satoshi Fukaya

Makoto Hideoka

Tadashi Umetsu

Asako Saeki

Makoto Unino

Takayuki Seki

An image processing apparatus () includes an image processing unit () and a risk information generation unit (). The image processing unit () acquires and processes an image generated by an image capture apparatus (), that is, an image including a plurality of persons. As an example, the image processing unit () sets a person being at least part of the plurality of persons as a reference person and computes a distance (first distance) between the reference person and the closest person to the reference person. By using the first distance, the risk information generation unit () generates infection risk information in a target region being an image capture target of the image capture apparatus ().

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium

An image processing apparatus includes at least one memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to process an image of a target region, and thereby compute a proximity index being an index relating to a proximity state of a plurality of persons captured in the image, and cause a predetermined apparatus to execute predetermined control, when the proximity index satisfies a criterion.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

A secondary battery has a progressively degrading SOC that is an SOC at which the battery performance degrades during storage, and is charged and discharged by a controller. An information processor holds a first threshold value set in advance and lower than the progressively degrading SOC of the secondary battery, and a second threshold value set in advance and higher than the progressively degrading SOC, makes the controller continue an operation to charge the secondary battery from the first threshold value to the second threshold value at the time of charging the secondary battery based on the value of the SOC of the secondary battery detected by the controller, and makes the controller continue an operation to discharge the secondary battery from the second threshold value to the first threshold value at the time of discharging the secondary battery based on the value of the SOC of the secondary battery detected by the controller.

Secondary battery system and charge and discharge method for the same

A secondary battery has a progressively deteriorating SOC in which battery performance deteriorates when the secondary battery is stored, and is charged and discharged by a control device. An information processing device stores a preset first threshold smaller than the progressively deteriorating SOC of the secondary battery and a preset second threshold greater than the progressively deteriorating SOC, and separates the range from the minimum SOC to the maximum SOC of the secondary battery into, at least, two regions by setting the section from the first threshold to the second threshold as a boundary to thereby cause the control device to charge or discharge the secondary battery within any of the above regions.

Secondary battery system and operating method of secondary battery

A power line core in an undersea cable includes a conducting member, an insulating member, a shield layer, a water shielding layer, an anticorrosion layer and the like. The insulating member is provided on an outer periphery portion of the conducting member. The insulating member is made of, for example, crosslinked polyethylene. The shield layer is provided on an outer periphery of the insulating member. The water shielding layer is provided on an outer periphery portion of the shield layer. The water shielding layer includes a multilayer tape in which a metal layer is sandwiched by resin layers. The anticorrosion layer is provided on an outer periphery portion of the water shielding layer. In the cross section of the multilayer tape, the metal layer has a corrugated shape.

Undersea cable, multilayer tape for water shielding layer of undersea cable, and method for improving fatigue characteristics of undersea cable

A center portion () of a V-shaped cutter blade () includes center large teeth () and center middle teeththe tooth height of which is less than the tooth height of the center large teeth (). End portions () of the cutter blade () each include first end teeth () and second end teeth () the tooth height of which is less than the tooth height of the first end teeth (). Tooth tops of the first end teethof each end portion () are located on a straight line (L), which extends through tooth tops of the center large teeth () located on one of the right half and the left half of the center portion ().

Cutter blade for packing container and packing container

In a flexible tube for fluid transport, a resin layer is on the outer periphery of an interlocked tube for shielding the fluid flowing within the interlocked tube. An internal-pressure-resistant reinforcing layer is on the outer periphery of the resin layer for reinforcing primarily against internal pressure, etc. of the fluid flowing within the interlocked tube. An axial-force reinforcing layer is on the outer periphery of the internal-pressure-resistant reinforcing layer for primarily suppressing the interlocked tube from deforming in the axial direction of the flexible tube. The axial-force reinforcing layer is formed from alternately winding two layers of reinforcing strips with a long pitch. The reinforcing strips are each configured from a metal strip, a resin layer that covers the strip, and the like. The resin layer is resin to which a microparticulate sulfide-trapping material has been added.

Flexible tube for fluid transport

Provided are a fluid conveying tube and a fluid leakage detecting system which can convey a cryogenic fluid such as LNG and which can quickly and reliably detect leakage of the fluid within the tube and the position of the leakage. An optical fiber is continuously wound over the entire length of a flexible tube. Leakage information detected by an optical fiber temperature sensor is transmitted via a terminal to an externally provided temperature measurement device. Meanwhile, when similar leakage occurs in the vicinity of a coupling section, the gas pressure inside the heat insulating layer or the like increases due to the pressure of LNG within a corrugated tube or a pressure generated as a result of evaporation of LNG. When the pressure inside the heat insulating layer increases, information representing a change in the gas pressure is transmitted to a terminal via a hollow pipe. A tube or the like is externally connected to the terminal, and is connected to a pressure meter or like.

Fluid conveying tube and fluid leakage detecting system

A base station selecting method of this invention includes the steps of causing each of a plurality of ID transmitters () provided in the communication range of a wireless base station () to transmit location ID information for identifying the installation location of the ID transmitter () by a near field wireless communication scheme, and when a wireless terminal device () has received the location ID information, determining a connection destination wireless base station () based on the received location ID information. This makes it possible to speed up search processing and switch processing of the wireless base station () while suppressing an increase in the cost of the wireless terminal device () and also facilitate coverage design and coverage change of the wireless base station ().

Base station selecting method and wireless terminal device

A positioning system includes an illumination device, a terminal, and a positioning server. The illumination device transmits identification information. The terminal transmits the identification information received from the illumination device, to the positioning server. The positioning server uses the identification information received from the terminal, thereby searching an illumination installation position database registered in advance so as to identify the terminal position. This eliminates power supply for positioning infrastructure and facilitates attachment to a ceiling, thereby realizing the positioning infrastructure at a low cost.

Positioning system, positioning method, and program thereof

There is provided a high frequency glass antenna for automobiles which is capable of having an improved antenna gain without changing the shape of a defogger. A defogger, an antenna conductor, a feeding portion for the antenna conductor, a grounding conductor, and a grounding-side feeding portion for the grounding conductor are disposed in or on a rear window glass sheet for automobiles, the defogger forms at least one portion of the grounding conductor; and the grounding-side feeding portion is electrically connected to the defogger.

High frequency glass antenna for automobiles

A communication control device () is capable of communicating with both a portable telephone terminal () and a location management device () that specifies the location of the portable telephone terminal (). The communication control device () includes: a charge area management storage unit () that holds data regarding fee payment areas in which businesses that differ from the user of portable telephone terminal () pay the communication fees of the portable telephone terminal, a line connection unit () that can connect the portable telephone terminal () and the terminal of a communication partner while making the communication control device side the payer of communication fees of the portable telephone terminal (), and a line connection management unit () that, upon accepting a communication request from the portable telephone terminal (), acquires the location of the portable telephone terminal () from the location management device () and provides connection instructions to the line connection unit () to connect the portable telephone terminal () with the terminal of the communication partner while making the communication control device side the payer of the communication fees of the portable telephone terminal () only when the location of the portable telephone terminal () is contained in a fee payment area indicated by data held in the charge area management storage unit ().

Communication control device, location-dependent charge control system, and location-dependent charge control method

A location system comprises a communication terminal for transmitting a location request specifying a target mobile terminal and a type of location information, and a location network. In response to the location request, the location network produces current location information of the target mobile terminal if the type of location information of the received request specifies current location information and transmits the current location information to the communication terminal and stores the last known location information in a memory as last known location information of the target mobile terminal. If the type of location information specifies last known location information, stored last known location information of the target mobile terminal is copied from the memory and transmitted to the communication terminal if the location request is verified by a privacy check and if the stored information is reusable.

Location system

In a location system, gateways maintain privacy settings of mobile terminals. On receiving a location request from a client terminal, each gateway determines which of the gateways maintains the privacy settings of a target mobile terminal specified in the request, and transmits the location request to a gateway if the latter maintains the privacy settings of the specified target mobile terminal. The gateway performs a first privacy check on a location request received either from the client terminal or from other gateway using the privacy settings of the target mobile terminal, transmits the request to a positioning system to obtain a measurement result indicating the location of the target mobile terminal if the request conforms to the privacy settings, and performs a second privacy check on the measurement result using the privacy settings. A result of the second privacy check is then communicated to the client terminal.

Location system with enhanced security

There is provided a positioning system which generates an appropriate response according to a positioning accuracy request class from a client device. A client devicespecifies the positioning accuracy and the request class thereof that it requests to transmit a positioning request of a mobile stationto a server device. The server devicechecks the positioning accuracy requested by the client device, and, if positioning results which satisfy the requested accuracy exist, responds the positioning results. If the positioning results which satisfy the requested accuracy do not exist, the server devicechecks the accuracy request class, selects the positioning results with the highest positioning accuracy to respond to the client devicein the case of a second class ('Best Effort'), and notifies an error to the client devicein the case of a first class ('Assured').

Positioning system and positioning method in mobile communication network

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Kenichi Ishii