Tokiwa Corporation

Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Ihi Corporation

Hirose Electric Company, Ltd.

Joled Inc.

Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Incorporated

Shimizu Construction Co., Ltd.

Asahi Seimitsu Kabushiki Kaisha

Masahiro Tanaka

Katunaga Konoshima

Toshihiro Tanaka

Kenji Harada

Jun Yamaguchi

Yuichiro Nakamura

Shinji Shimizu

Yoshinori Deguchi

Yoshihiro Kashiba

Kentaro Torisawa

Shigeki Maekawa

Chikara Hashimoto

Kenji Hirai

Yukikazu Ishida

Toru Ito

Ryo Neyama

Hatsuo Mori

Megumi Takemoto

Jonghoon Oh

Jun Koreishi

Fumiaki Tsuchiya

Tadashi Ono

Shigeru Takada

Canasai Kruengkrai

Haruyuki Hasegawa

Julien Kloetzer

Masakazu Terauchi

Kohei Taya

Katsunori Shimizu

Isao Asaka

Tetsushi Kiyokawa

Satohiro Hirano

Yoshiyuki Hisamatsu

Takao Ishibashi

Takumi Ohyama

Yu Hirata

Akihiko Hirayama

Takeshi Takaki

Seiji Ichii

Yutaka Katsura

Takafumi Komori

Takashi Inoue

Yoshiaki Uehara

An apparatus for collecting data for map generation includes a processor configured to determine whether the current state of a vehicle is suitable for collection of collection target data to be used for generating or updating a map, based on suitability data received from the vehicle with a communication device. The suitability data indicates suitability of the vehicle or surroundings thereof for the collection. The processor is also configured to instruct, with the communication device, the vehicle to collect the collection target data when determining that the current state of the vehicle is suitable for the collection.

Apparatus and method for collecting data for map generation, and vehicle

A causality recognizing apparatus includes a candidate vector generating unit configured to receive a causality candidate for generating a candidate vector representing a word sequence forming the candidate; a context vector generating unit generating a context vector representing a context in which noun-phrases of cause and effect parts of the causality candidate appear; a binary pattern vector generating unit, an answer vector generating unit and a related passage vector generating unit, generating a word vector representing background knowledge for determining whether or not there is causality between the noun-phrase included in the cause part and the noun-phrase included in the effect part; and a multicolumn convolutional neural network learned in advance to receive these word vectors and to determine whether or not the causality candidate has causality.

Causality recognizing apparatus and computer program therefor

Servomotor

A valve actuator is a valve actuator that drives opening and closing of a poppet valve and includes a motor and a transmission mechanism that transmits a drive force of the motor to the poppet valve. The transmission mechanism includes a booster mechanism. The booster mechanism is a three-dimensional toggle mechanism that includes a cylinder, an input disc that rotates about an axis in the cylinder, an output disc that reciprocates along an axial direction in the cylinder, and a link that connects the input disc and the output disc.

Valve actuator for an electrically actuated poppet valve including a continuously variable transmission and a power free latching mechanism

An organic electro-luminescence (EL) element includes a first electrode, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode layered in this order above a substrate. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a light transmissive electrode. The light transmissive electrode includes a base metal layer and a silver thin film. The base metal layer is a metal layer including an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal as a material. The silver thin film is silver or a silver alloy including silver as a main component, and is disposed on and in contact with the base metal layer.

Organic EL element, organic EL display panel, and organic EL display panel manufacturing method

A cosmetic container with application body, a liquid cosmetic accommodated in the container being supplied to an application body provided to a tip of the container through an intermediate core, the liquid cosmetic being applied by the application body, in which the application body is disc-shaped, rotatably provided at an outlet of the liquid cosmetic at the tip of the container, and in contact with the intermediate core.

Application-body-equipped cosmetic container

The invention protects an application body as well as reducing a remaining amount of a liquid cosmetic. A bag-like container accommodates liquid cosmetic therein and provides an opening neck portion to communicate the inner side and the outer side thereof, a pipe portion in the opening neck portion extends to the bag portion bottom side. The pipe portion peripheral surface has an opening for the liquid cosmetic going into an internal portion. An application body in a lid portion goes into the pipe portion by installing the lid portion to the opening neck portion to reach the opening position. If a user pushes and squeezes the bag portion, the liquid cosmetic goes into the pipe portion through the opening, the application body dips into the liquid cosmetic to run short of the liquid cosmetic and to protect the application body by the pipe.

Liquid cosmetic container

A vertical-type semiconductor device for controlling a current flowing between electrodes opposed against each other across a semiconductor substrate, including: a semiconductor substrate having first and second surfaces opposed against each other; a first electrode formed in the first surface; a second electrode formed in the second surface through a high-resistance electrode whose resistance is Rs; and a third electrode formed along at least a part of the outer periphery of the second surface, wherein a potential difference Vs between the second and third electrodes is measured with a current I flowing between the first and second electrodes, and the current I is detected from the resistance Rs and the potential difference Vs.

Semiconductor device

To improve a quality without deteriorating feeding function, a stick-shaped cosmetic material cartridge is structured such that, a rear inner tube () is received in an outer tube () to be rotatable and immobile in an axial direction, a front inner tube () is coupled to the rear inner tube () to be mobile in the axial direction and non-rotatable and is energized rearward by an energizing means () to be received in the outer tube (), and a male thread () of a thread stick () supporting a stick-shaped cosmetic material (M) and provided with the male thread () is engaged with a female thread () in an inner portion of the front side inner tube (), whereby the cosmetic material (M) rises and sets smoothly and, even if an impact is applied, is well protected from being loosened off and broken.

Stick-shaped cosmetic material cartridge

To prevent container breakage, the stick-shaped cosmetic material feeding container comprises a screw rod () where a core chuck () holding a cosmetic material () is provided in a leading end, and a male screw () is formed in an outer periphery, a tubular sleeve () with an inner portion supporting the screw rod () non-rotatably and slidably in an axial direction, and a tubular main body () connected to the sleeve () from a rear side rotatably and provided with a female screw () engaging with the male screw () in an inner periphery, the sleeve () and the main body () are relatively rotated to feed the cosmetic material (), and a first rod-like member () and a second rod-like member () of the screw rod () are connected via a connecting means () allowing a synchronous rotation by a normal torque and allowing an idle running by an excessive torque.

Stick-shaped cosmetic material feeding container

An electrical connector () comprises an insulating housing (), a plurality of contact elements () provided in a widthwise direction of the insulating housing, at least one guide portion) provided at a position where no contact element is present and guiding the connector to a position for plugging with a mating electrical connector (), and a lock portion () provided at a top of the guide portion. The lock portion has a shape of a substantially sphere or a shape of a polyhedron having a top view of a substantially circle and locks a plugging condition between the electrical connectors.

Electrical connector

A probe card for testing a semiconductor integrated circuit is provided with a plurality of probes for inputting/outputting an electric signal for verifying the operation of a semiconductor integrated circuit to/from bonding pads of the semiconductor integrated circuit. The probes are formed by depositing a conductive film on a surface of a plurality of convex portions formed on a surface of an insulating substrate

Probe card for testing semiconductor integrated circuit and method of manufacturing the same

A system and method suitable for inspecting a semiconductor device whose terminals are formed from solder balls and protrude from a package is provided, thus enabling high-speed inspection of a semiconductor device having a plurality of pins. Metal protuberances corresponding to respective terminals projecting from the bottom of a package of a semiconductor device are provided on an interface substrate. Contact sections corresponding to the respective metal protuberances are provided within each of a plurality of slide sections. The semiconductor device is set on the slide section such that the terminals are disposed opposite the respective metal protuberances. The slide sections are slid over the interface substrate, thereby bringing the side surfaces of the terminals of the semiconductor device into contact with the contact sections. Each of the contact sections is formed from a conductive contact plate, an elastic film, and a slide guide having rigidity.

System and method for inspecting a semiconductor device with contact sections that slide over the terminals of the semiconductor device

The invention provides a treating process of cacao beans, and more particularly cacao powder rich in polyphenols, a process for the preparation thereof and a prepared cacao composed of the cacao powder. According to the invention, the polyphenol contained in the cacao beans is allowed to remain as much as possible, by setting initial water content in the roasting treatment to 3-10% by weight. Although polyphenols have various favorable biological functions of anti-oxidating action, anti-dental cariesing action, action for preventing arteriosclerosis and so on, but those are unfavorable from the view point of taste because of astringency and bitterness. In a conventional process for preparing cacao powder, therefore, an operation for removing polyphenols has been carried out, but in the invention, the astringency and bitterness are inhibited by setting water content of the cacao nib to 3-10% by weight in the alkali treatment prior to the roasting treatment. Therefore, the invention provides a high functional cacao powder with good taste.

Cocoa powder rich in polyphenols, process for producing the same and modified cocoa containing the same

A resilient wave reducing structure which reduces waves propagating on liquid surface from propagating over the reducing structure and a method of constructing the wave reducing structure. The wave reducing structure of the present invention may be used to form a calm water surface region for harbors, for areas where construction work is being done or for areas where marine sports are to be performed etc. The resilient wave reducing structure includes at least one energy absorbing device having a resilient body constructed on a bottom of the liquid bounding the region where waves have to be reduced and filled with surrounding ambient liquid. This reduces the amplitude of waves passing over it by consuming the wave energy while it deforms according to the pressure distribution change caused by the waves and by radiating its kinetic energy into the liquid and the ground surrounding it. Because the wave reducing structure is resilient and deeply submerged under water, it does not hinder ships from passing over it. Therefore, it becomes possible to create a calm region on a liquid surface without hindering a navigation of ships and without creating a danger of wrecking the ships.

Submerged flexible wave restraining structure and a method of

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Masahiro Tanaka