Nec Corporation

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.

Nikon Corporation

Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.

Sony Corporation

Felica Networks, Inc.

Mitsbuishi Electric Corporation

Takahiro Sakai

Yasutaka Inanaga

Kazuhiro Watanabe

Hiroshi Yamada

Akira Morikawa

Toshiki Yamanaka

Masaru Takada

Morihiko Sakano

Koji Ota

Yutaka Nagai

Kenji Fujiwara

Hiroshi Tsutsumi

Yasuhiro Tanimura

Kazuya Michikami

Shumpei Sakakibara

Daisuke Fukuda

Yuji Ihara

Junya Murayama

Yoko Fukata

Hiroyuki Nagasawa

Reiji Morioka

Toshiaki Mizushima

Akari Hoshi

Jun Tada

Seiichirou Gotou

Haruhiko Kishi

Zin Sakai

An external recognition device that detects and tracks a moving object includes an object position detection unit that detects a position of the moving object as an observation value, based on an image; a region determination unit that determines a region to which the moving object belongs in the image, based on the observation value; an observation error setting unit that calculates an error to an observation value, based on a determination result; a state prediction unit that predicts a state of the moving object at a current time, based on the observation value up to a previous time that is a time earlier than the current time and the error; an association unit that associates the state of the moving object at the current time with the observation value; and a state update unit that updates the state of the moving object, based on a result of the association.

External recognition device

A position estimation apparatus includes: an image information calculation unit that extracts each of image feature points from a plurality of images which are sequentially captured and associates the image feature points with each other between the plurality of images; a travel amount calculation unit that estimates the position of the mobile object; a three-dimensional image feature point calculation unit that estimates a three-dimensional position of the image feature point in a real space on the basis of a result of associating the image feature points with each other and the position of the mobile object; a position correction unit that corrects the three-dimensional position and the position of the mobile object so as to reduce a position error between a position of the three-dimensional position, when the three-dimensional position is reprojected onto any one of the plurality of images, in the relevant image and the image feature point; a route regeneration judgment unit that judges whether or not to regenerate the route on the basis of a result of comparison between the corrected position of the mobile object and the route.

Position estimation apparatus

A travel amount estimation apparatus includes a vehicle travel amount calculation unit, a sensor travel amount calculation unit, an error cause determination unit, and a vehicle travel amount correction unit. The vehicle travel amount calculation unit acquires vehicle information and calculates a vehicle travel amount based on the vehicle information. The sensor travel amount calculation unit acquires sensor information from an external sensor and calculates a sensor travel amount based on the sensor information. The error cause determination unit determines an error cause of the vehicle travel amount. The vehicle travel amount correction unit corrects the vehicle travel amount by using the sensor travel amount in accordance with the error cause and estimates a travel amount of the vehicle on which it is mounted.

Travel amount estimation apparatus

Provided are an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that can propose makeup that brings parts constituting a user's face closer to an ideal arrangement. A user's face image is captured, parts of the user's face image are recognized on the basis of the face image, and a best balance face image in which the parts are optimally arranged and have optimum sizes. Makeup on the user's face image is closer to the best balance face image is set, and a recipe image displaying a process of the makeup is generated and displayed.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

A lens barrel including a first lens, an actuator that drives the first lens, a first barrel that holds a first cam follower and the actuator and moves in an optical axis direction, a second lens, and a second barrel that holds a second cam follower and the second lens and moves in the optical axis direction, the second barrel having a first hole portion in which the first cam follower is disposed.

Lens barrel and imaging device

A humidifier includes: a electrode; a water absorbing humidification member configured to serve as a counter electrode for the electrode; a power supply for applying a voltage to the electrode; a water supply unit for supplying humidification water to the water absorbing humidification member; and a blower for causing air to flow through an air passage formed in a space between the electrode and the water absorbing humidification member, the electrode being configured to generate, by receiving a voltage applied thereto, ion wind flowing from the electrode to a direction normal to a surface of the water absorbing humidification member, and the ion wind is caused to impinge on the water absorbing humidification member to humidify the air in the air passage.

Humidifier and air-conditioning apparatus including humidifier

When mineral components such as calcium carbonate and magnesium are contained in humidifying water and a humidification plate has holes and high humidifying efficiency, scales may be locally generated at an end or vicinities of the holes on a windward side. When minute voids in the humidification plate are clogged due to the scales, water absorption capability at a scale generation region is significantly reduced. A problem can arise requiring to replace the humidification plate even when a region other than the end and the vicinities of the holes is satisfactory, whereby replacement cycles are shortened. To address the problem, plural openings in a plate thickness direction are distributed on a flat plate surface of a water absorbing humidifying material. Thus, in an airflow direction of air sent from end sides of the water absorbing humidifying material, opening areas of the plural openings on one end side are increased.

Humidifier and air-conditioning apparatus

A humidifier includes: a water supply portion (supply pipe, supply part, and nozzle) to supply water; a flat-shaped diffusing member that is provided below the water supply portion, and diffuses the water supplied from the water supply portion in a plane direction and in a thickness direction; a humidifying member that is fixed and has a top surface in contact with and the diffusing member, and evaporates the water supplied from the diffusing member via the top surface; and fixing parts that apply pressure to at least a part of a portion of contact between the diffusing member and the humidifying member.

A humidifier that suppresses formation of a slime, a scale, and a dew bridge in a lower portion of a humidifying member thereby preventing degradation in humidifying performance. The humidifier includes one or more porous metal bodies serving as the humidifying member and including therein a plurality of voids, a fan that blows air to the porous metal body, a water-supplying device (a supply pipe, a reservoir, and a nozzle) that supplies water to the porous metal body, and the porous metal body includes a tip portion formed in a lower end portion, in a protruding shape or a pointed shape.

Humidifier and air-conditioning apparatus with humidifier

A humidifier, including: a flat humidification member formed of a water absorbing member and arranged in an upright posture; a nozzle serving as a water supply unit configured to supply water to the humidification member; and an airflow direction changing plate arranged with a clearance secured between the airflow direction changing plate and the humidification member. On a flat surface of the airflow direction changing plate opposed to the flat humidification member, an airflow direction changing portion is arranged to project toward the flat humidification member, the airflow direction changing portion being configured to change a direction of an air current flowing between the flat humidification member and the airflow direction changing plate.

Humidifier and air-conditioning apparatus including the same

A corona discharge device includes a charging-section high-voltage electrode unit including a plurality of charging-section high-voltage electrodes, and a charging-section ground electrode unit includes a plurality of charging-section ground electrodes formed by flat plates. The plurality of charging-section high-voltage electrodes are arranged at intervals in a direction intersecting an airflow in an air path, and are connected to one another at at least one longitudinal end by a conductive frame portion. The plurality of charging-section ground electrodes are disposed between the charging-section high-voltage electrodes in an orientation such that flat surfaces thereof are substantially parallel to the airflow in the air path, and are connected at at least one longitudinal end by a conductive frame portion. The plurality of charging-section high-voltage electrodes and the plurality of charging-section ground electrodes are alternately stacked in the direction intersecting the airflow in the air path to be spaced apart from each other.

Corona discharge device and air-conditioning apparatus

A humidifier includes a first electrode that is a porous metal body having a three-dimensional porous structure, a second electrode that is a conductor electrode arranged opposite to the first electrode with a space of a predetermined distance from the first electrode, a power supply that forms an electric field in the space between the first electrode and the second electrode, a water supply unit that supplies water to the first electrode, and a fan that sends air to the space to evaporate and disperse the water that is supplied from the water supply unit to the first electrode and retained by the first electrode.

Humidifier

An apparatusincludes an air path housing, a charging-unit high-voltage electrodeto charge airborne microorganisms introduced in the air path housing, a charging-unit ground electrodedisposed so as to face the charging-unit high-voltage electrode, a hydrophilic filterto capture the airborne microorganisms charged by the charging-unit high-voltage electrode, a capturing/inactivating-unit high-voltage electrodeto polarize the hydrophilic filter, and a capturing/inactivating-unit ground electrodedisposed so as to face the capturing/inactivating-unit high-voltage electrode

Apparatus and method for capture and inactivation of microbes and viruses

A mounting structure of a flexible printed circuit board and a sliding-type electronic device is provided by which a too large increase in thickness of devices can be avoided and a pair of housings can be slid relatively in a bending and slanting direction. In the mounting structure, an upper housingand a lower housingcoupled in a freely slidable manner are electrically connected to each other by a flexible printed circuit board folded back to be routed between slide facing surfacesandof both the housings and the height of a side wall surfaceandof the upper housing and lower housing changes in a bending manner along the direction of freely sliding and, in the slide facing surfaces of the upper housing and lower housing, concave space portionsandto accommodate the change in curvature and in position of a folding-back portioncaused by sliding motion between the upper housing and lower housing are disposed.

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Tokyo, Japan

Takahiro Sakai