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A diagnostic method for a vehicle component of a vehicle, a plurality of vehicles each having the same vehicle component being provided; during the operation of the vehicles, an operating parameter of the respective vehicle component being recorded and, as a function of the recorded operating parameter, a status message corresponding to the status of the respective vehicle component being sent to a server for an evaluation of the status message. A corresponding diagnostic device, a corresponding diagnostic system and a computer program are also described.

A power storage equipment management system has a power storage equipment, and a management server for managing power information of the power storage equipment. The power storage equipment includes a power receiving unit for obtaining power for charging and power information, a power supplying unit for supplying charged power to a load, an information controller for generating power information by charging and discharging of the power receiving unit or the power supplying unit, and a communication unit for transmitting the power information to the management server. The management server includes an information management unit for determining a consideration with respect to the power information transmitted from the power storage equipment by using consideration information which has been set beforehand.

A control for a pressure fluid supply system is described, in particular for the high pressure in a fuel injection system, for example for an internal combustion Diesel engine, by means of which the pressure in a common high-pressure line supplied by a high-pressure pump, i.e. in the common rail, to which individual consumers are connected, is controlled in accordance with the instantaneous pressure fluid requirements. For adapting the pressure in the common high-pressure line to the pressure fluid requirements of the consumers, i.e. the injection nozzles, a device for limiting the amounts of fluids conveyed is associated with the high-pressure pump, which has at least on adjusting element which can be changed by means of an adjusting signal representing the instantaneous pressure fluid supply situation in the common rail. To avoid an elaborate pressure sensor device in the common rail and for the simultaneous improvement of the reaction behavior of the control, in particular when reducing the high pressure in the common rail, the adjusting signal is derived from the amount of fluid throughput in the delivery line of a pressure control valve connected to the common rail. The pre-conveying pressure or the pre-conveying amount available to the high-pressure pump is affected by means of this adjusting signal in the sense of a regulation of the pressure in the common rail.

The present invention aims at proposing a library creation method and a pattern shape estimation method in which it is possible, when estimating a shape based on comparison between an actual waveform and a library, to appropriately estimate the shape.As an illustrative embodiment to achieve the object, there are proposed a method of selecting a pattern by referring to a library, a method of creating a library by use of pattern cross-sectional shapes calculated through an exposure process simulation in advance, and a method for selecting a pattern shape stored in the library.

The servo signal recording device records a servo signal onto a magnetic tape. The device includes a transporting unit for transporting the magnetic tape along its lengthwise direction, a recording unit for recording the servo signal onto the transported magnetic tape, a detecting unit for detecting an edge of the magnetic tape at a time when the servo signal is recorded and an adjusting unit for adjusting a recording position of the servo signal along a crosswise direction of the magnetic tape in accordance with a detection result of the edge of the magnetic tape by the detecting unit. The servo signal verifying device verifies a servo signal recorded onto a magnetic tape. The device includes a reproducing unit for reproducing the servo signal, a detecting unit for detecting an edge of the magnetic tape at a time when the reproducing unit reproduces the servo signal and a calculating unit for calculating a verification result of the servo signal recorded onto the magnetic tape using a reproduction result of the servo signal and a detection result of the edge.

A website analysis system is provided, which is capable of digitizing an effect of “attractiveness of contents or functions for collecting customers” on an access tendency of a user, separately from effects of other elements, based on aggregation results of an access log. The website analysis system includes an aggregating part for dividing log data during an aggregation period in an access log into log data groups in accordance with an aggregation granularity, and obtaining at least an access frequency and an access amount as an index value representing an access state on a user basis with respect to each of the log data groups; and a determining part for comparing the index value obtained by the aggregating part with a boundary condition, thereby calculating an index analysis value representing an effect of contents or functions for collecting customers of a website on an access tendency of a user.

Multiple template images to be evaluated are used to carry out pattern matching with multiple images, correlation coefficients among the multiple template images are computed based on the results of the pattern matchings, and the template images are evaluated based on the computation result. As a result, the template images can be evaluated in the selection of template images used for pattern matching.

In a vehicle information notification device, a crossing form information acquisition unit acquires crossing form information related to a geometric form of a crossing. A safe-condition check operation detection unit detects a right-and-left safe-condition check operation of a driver on an automotive vehicle. A safe-condition check state evaluation unit evaluates a safe-condition check state of the driver before entering the crossing based on both the crossing form information and the safe-condition check operation. Given information for supporting running of the vehicle in the crossing is notified to the driver based on an evaluation result from the safe-condition check state evaluation unit.

An image processing apparatus acquires a tomographic image of an eye to be examined. The image processing apparatus quantifies a distortion in a region determined from the tomographic image. The region includes a photoreceptor layer or a retinal pigment epithelium.

By using a microfabrication technique such as nanoimprinting, a structure for cell culture comprising: a concavo-convex structure having a plurality of successive unit structures each formed in a polygonal shape in a planar direction and having a minimum internal diameter of less than or equal to 3 μm, wherein a width between adjoining unit structures is less than or equal to 3 μm, a concavo-convex depth is greater than or equal to 10 nm, and the concavo-convex structure functions as a cell adherence surface. By culturing cells in this structure or a cell culture vessel comprising this structure integrated therein, a structure having a spheroid or a vessel having a spheroid, in which a spheroid with lamellipodia has been formed, can be obtained. Thus, it is possible to produce the structure or the cell culture vessel in which the shape, size and material of the peak-and-valley structure are controlled. Furthermore, a spheroid suitable for, e.g., screening a drug can be easily cultured within a short period of time at a low cost.

The present invention provides a mechanism that more appropriately evaluates an image defect caused by a specific process in an image forming apparatus. An image forming apparatus of this invention performs colorimetry of a patch image at a spatial resolution corresponding to the spatial frequency of color unevenness caused by a specific process included in an image forming process. A statistic value based on the n-th (n is an integer of 2 or more) order central moment of a specific color component of a colorimetric value obtained by performing colorimetry at the spatial resolution is compared with a reference value, thereby detecting that the color unevenness caused by the specific process has occurred in the patch image.

Disclosed is an imaging apparatus provided with: a light irradiation unit which irradiates a target area with light; a differential image generation unit which generates a differential image between a first image which was taken in synchronization with the irradiation period during which the light irradiation unit irradiates the light and a second image which was taken outside the irradiation period; a transmittance estimation unit which estimates the light transmittance of an object in the target area; and a light exposure adjustment unit which adjusts the exposure based on the estimation result from the transmittance estimation unit. The transmittance estimation unit estimates the transmittance of the object from at least one of the first image, the second image, and the differential image.

An object is to provide a video evaluation apparatus and video evaluation method capable of appropriately evaluating a video consisting of a plurality of frame images, using an objective standard. The object is achieved as follows. A reference characteristic, which is a predetermined spatio-temporal frequency characteristic about a video, is stored, and a video characteristic analyzer 101 calculates a spatio-temporal frequency characteristic of a target video consisting of a plurality of frame images. Then a video evaluation determiner 102 calculates an evaluated value of the target video, based on a relative relation between the calculated spatio-temporal frequency characteristic and the stored reference characteristic. This enables appropriate evaluation of the video.

An index calculating section calculates an edema index value indicating the level of edema at a target portion of the body of a human subject, according to a bioelectric impedance of the target portion. An edema evaluation section identifies the edema stage corresponding to the edema index value calculated by the index calculating section from among a plurality of edema stages indicating the degrees of progress of edema symptoms. A result reporting section reports the edema stage identified by the edema evaluation section to the user.

A mold surface of an upper mold with which a fluid resin comes into contact has an oxide therein. The oxide contains a metal cation and an ion. Field strength is calculated based on a valence of the metal cation and ionic radius of the ion. Based on predetermined relationship established between a value of the field strength and adhesion strength between a cured resin and the mold surface, releasability between the cured resin and the mold surface is evaluated. Thereby, a method of evaluating releasability between the cured resin and the mold surface is established. With this evaluation method, a material with high releasability can readily be provided. Further, if the material with high releasability is used for the mold surface of the upper mold, a mold for molding a resin having excellent releasability can be obtained.

The device comprises a floodlight unit and a receiver unit and a processing unit. The floodlight unit applies an infrared light to the surface of a work piece, and comprises a surface light source and a focusing lens. The receiver unit receives the infrared light reflected from the surface of the work piece, and comprises a receiver sensor and a filter, which passes the infrared light that has the wavelength which contaminants on the surface absorb. The processing unit evaluates the cleanliness of the surface of the work piece according to the absorbance of the infrared light reflected from the surface. And a receiving area of the reflected infrared light from the surface is set smaller than an applying area of the applied infrared light to the surface.

To appropriately evaluate skin spots by grasping a quality (characteristic) of the skin spots. A skin spot evaluation apparatus includes an area extracting unit that extracts skin spot areas corresponding to skin spots from a skin image obtained by photographing a skin of a subject; and an evaluation unit that analyzes, based on the skin spot areas extracted by the area extracting unit, at least one of the number of the skin spots, dimension of each of the skin spots and density of each of the skin spots, and generates data obtained by quantifying characteristic of the skin spots of the skin image using the analyzed result.

A customer service monitoring device for monitoring customer service attitudes of customer service persons, based on voices when providing customer service is configured to include a voice input unit to which voices of conversations between the customer service persons and customer service partners thereof are input as voice signals, a voice data storage unit in which voice data based on each of the voice signals is stored by being linked with position data related to a position where each of the voices is acquired and time data related to time when each of the voices is acquired, and a voice data extractor which extracts voice data corresponding to a position and time designated by a user from the voice data stored in the voice data storage unit.

Vehicle operation diagnosis devices, methods, and programs diagnose a driver's vehicle operation in a vehicle that is provided with an inter-vehicular distance control system. When an inter-vehicular distance between the driver's own vehicle and a vehicle ahead that is moving forward ahead of the driver's own vehicle is within a specified distance, the inter-vehicular distance between the driver's own vehicle and the vehicle ahead is controlled by performing deceleration control of the driver's own vehicle. The devices, methods, and programs acquire a first driving parameter and a second driving parameter and diagnose the driver's vehicle operation based on a difference between the first driving parameter and the second driving parameter.

The present invention provides genetically modified non-human animals which are deficient in at least one or more types of CD3 genes selected from the group consisting of endogenous CD3ε, CD3δ, and CD3γ in its genome and functionally express at least one or more types of human CD3 genes selected from the group consisting of human CD3ϵ, CD3δ, and CD3γ. In the genetically modified non-human animals of the present invention, mature T cell differentiation and production can take place, and immunocompetent cells including T cells can exert their functions. The genetically modified non-human animals of the present invention enable efficient evaluation and screening in the development of therapeutic agents and therapeutic methods that use human CD3-mediated targeted drugs.

Mask generation section generates an evaluating mask, indicative of a degree of dissonance with a target sound per each frequency along a frequency axis, by setting, for each of a plurality of peaks in spectra of the target sound, a dissonance function indicative of relationship between a frequency difference from the peak and a degree of dissonance with a component of the peak. Index calculation section collates spectra of an evaluated sound with the evaluating mask to thereby calculate a consonance index value indicative of a degree of consonance or dissonance between the target sound and the evaluated sound.

A method of evaluating impact force input to a workpiece member with a laser irradiated in laser peening processing is provided. This evaluation method includes a signal acquiring step, an input function calculating step, and an evaluating step. In the signal acquiring step, a detected waveform is acquired. The detected waveform is output during the laser peening processing by an AE sensor that detects an elastic wave generated in the workpiece member. In the input function calculating step, an input function I(t) by laser irradiation is calculated. In the evaluating step, impact force is evaluated using the input function I(t) by the laser irradiation.

An image processing apparatus acquires a tomographic image of an eye to be examined. The image processing apparatus quantifies a distortion in a region determined from the tomographic image. The region includes a photoreceptor layer or a retinal pigment epithelium.

An object is to provide a video evaluation apparatus and video evaluation method capable of appropriately evaluating a video consisting of a plurality of frame images, using an objective standard. The object is achieved as follows. A reference characteristic, which is a predetermined spatio-temporal frequency characteristic about a video, is stored, and a video characteristic analyzer 101 calculates a spatio-temporal frequency characteristic of a target video consisting of a plurality of frame images. Then a video evaluation determiner 102 calculates an evaluated value of the target video, based on a relative relation between the calculated spatio-temporal frequency characteristic and the stored reference characteristic. This enables appropriate evaluation of the video.

An ophthalmic apparatus capable of easily checking opacity of a crystalline lens, and more appropriately evaluating a measurement result on eye refractive power distribution or wavefront aberration, which includes a measurement optical system for projecting measurement light onto a fundus of an examinee's eye and photo-receiving the measurement light reflected from the fundus so as to measure eye refractive power distribution or wavefront aberration, an illumination for an anterior segment, a first image-pickup optical system for picking up an image of the anterior segment, a projection optical system for projecting photographing light onto the fundus, a second image-pickup optical system for photo-receiving the photographing light so as to pick up a diaphanoscopic image, a monitor, a calculation part for obtaining a mapping image based on a result of the measurement, and a control part for displaying the mapping image and the diaphanoscopic image on one screen of the monitor.

A radiation image capturing system includes a first image capturing apparatus for capturing a radiation image of a subject, a second image capturing apparatus for capturing a radiation image of the subject, the second image capturing apparatus having a specification different from that of the first image capturing apparatus, an image correcting device for correcting the radiation image of the subject which is captured by the second image capturing apparatus such that the radiation image of the subject which is captured by the second image capturing apparatus has the same magnification as that of the radiation image of the subject which is captured by the first image capturing apparatus, and a display unit for displaying the corrected radiation image. The radiation images captured by the image capturing apparatus of different specifications are corrected to have the same magnification.

An exercise-effect determining method includes measuring a pulse wave signal and a body motion signal of a user at the time when the user is performing predetermined exercise, calculating a pulse rate during exercise on the basis of the pulse wave signal and the body motion signal, obtaining, on the basis of lactate level information representing a relation between a pulse rate and a blood lactate level of the user acquired in advance and the pulse rate during exercise, an exercise-effect determination result of determination of an effect degree of the predetermined exercise contributing to physical strength of the user, and informing the user of the exercise-effect determination result.