Nec Corporation

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited

Nippon Steel Corporation

Lion Corporation

Ryo Hashimoto

Koji Kudo

Eisuke Saneyoshi

Takahiro Toizumi

Hisato Sakuma

Hitoshi Yano

Kosuke Homma

Yuma Iwasaki

Katsuya Suzuki

Kazuhiko Aoki

Yoshiho Yanagita

Shigeru Yoshida

Gen Sakashita

Masaki Honda

Alexander Viehweider

Hiroshi Yamashita

Yoshinori Watanabe

Eiji Ogura

Kenichiro Aoki

Masaaki Yamaoka

Eiki Kitagawa

Takuma Kogo

Yosuke Miura

Suzuka Kondo

Naoyuki Egawa

Masanori Kawai

Tomohiko Amatani

Rie Adachi

Emiko Hashimoto

A communication point determination device for determining a communication point including a communication position being a position of a mobile body which performs close-range wireless communication with a wireless device disposed within a target area including an obstacle which obstructs propagation of radio waves includes: a first acquisition part configured to obtain a radio wave strength map indicating a distribution of a radio wave strength within the target area obtained by numerical analysis based on area shape information of the target area generated on the basis of an outer shape of the obstacle existing within the target area, installation position information of the wireless device within the target area, and radio wave information related to transmission or response of radio waves of the wireless device; and a determination part configured to determine the communication point on the basis of the radio wave strength map.

Communication point determination device, communication point determination method and program, and inspection system

A traveling lane planning device comprises a processor configured to select multiple spaces on an adjacent lane which allow the vehicle to move from the traveling lane, to calculate an evaluation value for each space based on a distance from a current location of the vehicle to a movement completion location where movement to the adjacent lane is to be complete, as determined based on terrain restrictions, a length of the space, a positional relationship between the current location of the vehicle and the space, a size of acceleration or deceleration estimated to take place with the vehicle while it travels from the current location to the location along the space, and a first speed difference between a space speed and a target speed of the vehicle, and to set one space to be a destination from among multiple spaces based on the evaluation value.

Traveling lane planning device, medium storing computer program for traveling lane planning, and traveling lane planning method

A wireless tag for sensor control is connected to a sensor and configured to control execution of measurements using the sensor. The wireless tag for sensor control includes: an antenna for receiving a radio wave or a magnetic field transmitted from an external wireless device; a power generation unit configured to generate electric power based on the radio wave or the magnetic field received by the antenna; and a control unit configured to control the sensor using generated power, which is the electric power supplied from the power generation unit, wherein the control unit includes: a power supply control unit configured to use a portion of the generated power to execute power supply to the sensor; an acquisition unit configured to receive a detection result from the sensor operated by the execution of the power supply; and a transmission processing unit configured to transmit communication information including the detection result to the outside.

Wireless tag for sensor control, mobile object, and inspection system

The apparatus for automated driving includes a processor configured to: determine whether a change of a travel condition or a controller of a vehicle that is being automatically driven is necessary; when the change is necessary, detect a predetermined feature that is visible to a driver, predetermined notification that is recognizable to the driver, or a predetermined situation around the vehicle; and when the feature, the notification or the situation is detected, control the vehicle so as to make the change, or notify the driver of the change with a notifying device.

Apparatus for automated driving with notification timing based on detected features

A detection device includes a detection unit configured to detect a moving object by using a ranging sensor able to detect the presence of a moving object movable in the target area, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the detected moving object is a human being by using a human detection sensor able to detect a human being, and an authentication unit configured to perform authentication of the detected moving object in a case that the detected moving object is determined to be a human being. The authentication unit includes an authentication information request unit configured to request the moving object to transmit authentication information by wireless communication, and an authentication determination unit configured to determine whether or not the moving object has the right of access based on a result of the wireless communication.

Detection device, detection method, robot, and program

A vehicle controller includes: a determination unit configured to determine a preparatory speed of a vehicle in a merging lane based on a relative speed between a first main lane vehicle traveling on a main lane and the vehicle, the first main lane vehicle being detected by a front sensor of the vehicle; a preparation unit configured to adjust speed of the vehicle such that the speed of the vehicle coincides with the preparatory speed; and a merging control unit configured to merge the vehicle into the main lane from the merging lane based on at least a detection result of a side sensor of the vehicle and the speed of the vehicle, when the vehicle is in a situation where the main lane vehicle is recognizable based on the detection result of the side sensor, after the preparation unit starts speed adjustment of the vehicle.

Vehicle controller

A monitoring device () includes a feature amount storage unit () that stores a device feature amount which is a feature amount of each of a plurality of electrical devices installed in a predetermined unit in operation; a measured data acquisition unit () that acquires measured data of the predetermined unit which is at least one of a total current consumption, a total power consumption, and a voltage measured in the predetermined unit; a feature amount extraction unit () that acquires a measurement feature amount which is the feature amount included in the measured data of the predetermined unit; a correction unit () that corrects a first feature amount which is the device feature amount or the measurement feature amount based on unit feature information indicating a feature of the predetermined unit; and a presumption unit () that presumes the electrical device being in operation using the corrected first feature amount, and a second feature amount which is the device feature amount or the measurement feature amount, and a different feature amount from the first feature amount.

Monitoring device, monitoring system, monitoring method, correction information generation device, correction information generation method, and non-transitory storage medium

Provided is a monitoring apparatus including an acquisition unit that acquires first time-series data which is time-series data of a measured value and/or a feature amount regarding an electrical device group, and a registration and updating unit that, when a difference in values between a pre-state-change data value which is any one of a data value at a first point in time in the first time-series data and a statistic of a plurality of data values from a point in time earlier than the first point in time by a predetermined period of time to the first point in time and a post-state-change data value which is any one of a data value at a second point in time later than the first point in time and a statistic of a plurality of data values from the second point in time to a point in time later than the second point in time by a predetermined period of time satisfies a predetermined condition, stores a feature amount extracted from any waveform data of a total current consumption, a total power consumption, and a total input voltage of the electrical device group corresponding to the pre-state-change data value and the post-state-change data value which satisfy the predetermined condition, in a feature amount storage unit.

Monitoring apparatus, monitoring method, and storage medium

To suppress the shape defect at a bite end part of a material to be rolled at a bending rolling stage of a rough rolling step to achieve improvements in productivity such as an improvement in yields and a decrease in crop in production of a steel sheet pile. A production method for producing a steel sheet pile by reducing a raw material in a rectangular cross-section, includes a rough rolling step, an intermediate rolling step, and a finish rolling step, wherein a rolling mill configured to perform the rough rolling step is provided with a caliber configured to perform bending rolling of extending a thickness center line length of the raw material and rolling and shaping the raw material from a rectangular cross-sectional shape to a substantially steel sheet pile cross-sectional shape, and wherein in the bending rolling, rolling that a reduction amount with respect to a predetermined section of a bite end part of the raw material is smaller than a reduction amount with respect to a part other than the predetermined section is performed.

Method for producing steel sheet pile

A problem to be solved is to optimize a storage schedule in which changes in power (W) stored in an energy storage apparatus with time are determined, and an output upper limit (W) of a renewable energy power supply. In order to solve the problem, the invention provides a power control apparatus () that stores in an energy storage apparatus an amount of power exceeding an output upper limit instruction value (W), which is determined by an electricity company in power (W) generated by a power generation apparatus, the power control apparatus () including a decision unit () that decides a storage schedule in which changes in the power (W) to be stored in the energy storage apparatus with time within a predetermined period of time are determined, on the basis of prediction data on changes in the power (W) generated by the power generation apparatus with time within the predetermined period of time and values of various types of power classified on the basis of the output upper limit instruction value (W) within the predetermined period of time.

Power control apparatus, power control system, and power control method

An information processing device receives plan necessary information relating to a first power generation device and a second power generation device having a power generation output that is more susceptible to an external environment than a power generation output of the first power generation device; and generates power generator operation plans, for the first power generation device and the second power generation device, that include a power generation curtailment plan to curtail a power generation output in the second power generation device, based on the plan necessary information and an operating cost in a power system including the first power generation device and the second power generation device; transmits a power generator operation plan for the first power generation device; and transmits a power generator operation plan including a power generation curtailment plan for the second power generation device to a device controlling or managing the second power generation device.

Information processing device, information processing method, and recording medium

A training data generation device () includes: a measurement data acquisition unit () that acquires measurement data including waveform data including at least one of a current consumption waveform, an input voltage waveform, and a power consumption waveform along a time axis of an electrical device and power consumption value data indicating time-series power consumption values of the electrical device; an analysis unit () that analyzes a rate of occurrence of each power consumption value using the power consumption value data; a specifying unit () that specifies one or more specific power consumption value bands including a power consumption value with the higher rate of occurrence than that of a standard power consumption value and having a predetermined power value width; a feature amount extraction unit () that determines a representative power value for each specific power consumption value band and extracts a feature amount using the waveform data; and a storage unit () that stores a pair of the representative power value determined based on each specific power consumption value band and a training feature amount which is the feature amount in association with the electrical device.

Training data generation device, electrical device monitoring system, training data generation method, and non-transitory storage medium

A monitoring device () includes a unit-specific waveform data acquisition unit () that acquires waveform data in a unit in which electrical devices are installed; a first inference unit () that infers change in operation states of at least some of the electrical devices based on a first monitoring difference group including at least one of at least one kind of feature amount extracted from waveform data of a difference between waveform data of a first timing and waveform data of a second timing in the waveform data, and a differences of at least one kind of feature amounts extracted from the waveform data of the first timing and the waveform data of the second timing, and training difference information regarding a difference between a first operation state and a second operation state of each of the electrical devices; and a second inference unit () that infers an operation state of each of the electrical devices based on an inference result of the first inference unit ().

Monitoring device, monitoring system, monitoring method, and non-transitory storage medium

An object of the present invention is to set a demand schedule for performing highly efficient demand-supply adjustment of electric power, to deal with electric power demand. To achieve the object, an energy management apparatus of the present invention is an energy management apparatus for performing demand-supply adjustment of electric power by use of a plurality of chargeable and dischargeable energy storage devices, comprising: a plan management means for acquiring a variation of a load of an electric power grid predicted during a target period; and a demand variation setting means for setting a value of an operational electric energy for charging and discharging of each of the plurality of energy storage devices to be a value corresponding to a halt state or a value between a minimum rated output and a maximum rated output, in a manner to make a difference between maximum and minimum values of the load be smaller than a difference that is predicted, by operation of the plurality of energy storage devices.

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Tokyo, Japan

Ryo Hashimoto