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The invention provides a sheet determination apparatus characterised in that: a thickness sensor with a plurality of thickness detection elements arranged over an entire width of a transport passage for detecting a thickness of sheets, which pass the transport passage, is provided, profile data representative of sheets is extracted from detection waveform detected by every thickness detection element, the number of sheets is determined by comparing and judging the extracted profile data with profile basic data as a reference stored in a storage means. Thereby, even in abnormal transport states such as overlaying transport, slope transport or the like, and in transport process of the sheets in which the transported sheets having various states of bending, breakage, damage and the like, the number and type of sheets can be accurately determined, hence, a high reliable sheet determination apparatus can be realized.

A location system for use in a mobile communication network includes base stations which transmit known signals at predetermined times for use in deriving location data; a first transmitting and receiving units; a unit for determining times of arrival of the known signals from each base station at each of the first transmitting and receiving units; a unit for determining times of arrival of the known signals from each base station at a second transmitting and receiving unit at an unknown location; a comparing unit for comparing timing differences between the known signals received at the first transmitting and receiving units and the second transmitting and receiving unit; and location determining unit for determining the location of the second unit. Each of the first transmitting and receiving units includes a unit for deriving its location from a further set of received signals such as GPS signals.

To provide a position measurement device capable of accurately detecting the position of a target within a wide measurement area. A mobile station M is moved close to a mobile terminal 20 that is a target. In ST1, the absolute position of the mobile station M within absolute coordinates (Abs) set in a measurement area is calculated. In ST2, the relative position of the mobile terminal 20 within relative coordinates (Rel) set by the mobile station M is detected. In ST3, the orientation of the mobile station M in the absolute coordinates (Abs) is detected. In ST4, the relative coordinates (Rel)are rotated. In ST5, the absolute position of the mobile terminal 20 in the absolute coordinates (Abs) is specified.

The invention provides a method for detecting BCR-ABL inhibitor resistance-related mutations, and a data acquisition method for predicting resistance to BCR-ABL inhibitor using said method. The objective of the present invention is to detect, with a higher degree of accuracy, mutations related to resistance to BCR-ABL inhibitors in chronic myeloid leukemia and the like. This method comprises: a step in which, using a biological sample taken from a subject, regions that include fusion sites contained in BCR-ABL fusion genes and mutation sites involved in resistance to BCR-ABL inhibitors are amplified; and a step in which, using nucleic acid amplified in the aforementioned step, the genotype of the mutation site that is involved with resistance to BCR-ABL inhibitors is determined.

The invention provides a monitoring and diagnostic device of an apparatus. Even if the monitoring and diagnostic device is unmatched with the apparatus at first in an operation stage, the monitoring and diagnostic device is capable of detecting defective operation conditions and highly precisely determining the apparatus which has deep relation with it. The monitoring and diagnostic device monitors the operation of machines which parallel form a region energy supply system of a workshop. The monitoring and diagnostic device is provided with a part which measures and stores process amounts during operation of devices and ON / OFF states of the devices in operation and performs grouping according to functions of water sending, cold and heat supplying, heat exchanging and so on. The monitoring and diagnostic device is also provided with a grouping / classification part which judges groups to which the functions of the targeted workshop belong and display process amounts and relations of the grouping in all function units according to processing amounts and ON / OFF states collected in a certain period.

The present invention improves the accuracy in identifying a portable terminal possessed by the driver among portable devices that are brought into the cabin. An information identification device which is capable of communicating with portable terminals and sensors mounted in a vehicle is configured such that when communication signals transmitted from the portable terminals that have been brought into the cabin and output signals output from the sensors are detected, the portable device of the driver is identified on the basis of information pertaining to those signals.

In order to accurately specify a character region from image data including portions with different gradation contrasts, the character region extracting device receives image data obtained by photographing a subject, binarizes the entire image data using a first threshold, and Separation into reflective areas where the number of pixels is saturated and non-reflective areas where the number of pixels is not saturated. Next, the reflection area is binarized and separated into a character area and a background area by using a second threshold. Similarly, the non-reflection area is binarized and separated into a character area and a background area by using the third threshold. The respective character areas of the reflective area and the non-reflective area are combined, and position information of the character areas in the image data is determined.

The invention discloses an experimental water tank sediment bed surface leveling method and an experimental water tank sediment bed surface leveling device. The experimental water tank sediment bed surface leveling device at least comprises a glass water tank (6) filled with sediments and water, a laser (13) arranged at the outer side of one end of the glass water tank (6), a horizontal I-shaped blade (3) with adjustable height, arranged in the glass water tank (6) and a level gauge (4) connected with the horizontal I-shaped blade (3). According to the method, the horizontal I-shaped blade with adjustable height is used to level the sediment bed, and level laser is used for locating and calibrating the flatness of the sediment bed, and therefore, a flat sediment bed surface having high consistency can be acquired. According to the device and the method, the water level of the sediment bed can be precisely determined, and the error range of the flatness of the sediment bed can be controlled to be up to 1mm; and besides, the horizontal I-shaped blades having different widths can be produced according to different water tank widths, and thus have wide applicability to the experimental water tank.

Disclosed is a vehicle malfunction cause identifying device. A cause for a malfunction in a vehicle is identified using a preset malfunction cause identifying model indicating a relation between the cause for the malfunction identified based on a detection value of an experimental vehicle sensor such as an oil pressure sensor, which is a detection value allowing the cause for the malfunction to be identified more easily than a detection value of an in-vehicle sensor group that is the same as an in-vehicle sensor group equipped in the vehicle, and the detection value of the in-vehicle sensor group, and the detection value of the in-vehicle sensor group when the malfunction has occurred in the vehicle. Therefore, in the case where the vehicle is not equipped with the experimental vehicle sensor, it is possible to improve the accuracy of the identification of the cause for the malfunction in the vehicle.

The invention provides an information processing apparatus, a storing medium and an information processing method. The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires, fromplural pieces of first information viewed by a user, content information being information of contents described in the first information, an extraction unit that extracts a location in which the user has performed editing, from second information as a target of the user working, and a specifying unit that specifies the first information viewed during a period in which the user performs editing at the location or viewed before and after the editing among the plural pieces of first information from the content information.

A cellular phone includes an X-axis magnetic sensor for outputting a first value corresponding to a component of an external magnetic field along the direction of a transverse axis of the main body, and a Y-axis magnetic sensor for outputting a second value corresponding to a component of the external magnetic field along the direction of a longitudinal axis of the main body. The cellular phone includes a ROM which stores a conversion table defining the relation between the first and second values and values of azimuth and inclination angle of the longitudinal axis of the main body. The cellular phone determines the azimuth and inclination angle on the basis of the first and second values actually output from the X-axis and Y-axis magnetic sensors and with reference to the conversion table.

The position detection device includes a position estimation unit, an update unit, and a position correction unit. The position estimating unit estimates the position of the mobile body based on the absolute position of the mobile body and the position change of the mobile body obtained by the autonomous navigation method. The update unit updates a plurality of pieces of information for each area, based on at least one of the estimated position of the mobile object and the motion of the mobile object, that is, presence probability information indicating that the mobile object has a higher probability as it exists more frequently. The position correcting unit corrects the estimated position of the moving object based on the updated existence probability information so that the moving object exists at a position with a high probability.

The present invention can determine the type and shape of a substance with higher accuracy regardless of the thickness. The data processing device (12) counts the X-rays transmitted through the object after being irradiated from the X-ray tube (21) and detected by the photon counting type detection unit (26), in units of pixels in each energy region to process. The device (12) includes: means (35) for calculating an image of an object (OB) based on the count value; and means (35) for setting a region of interest on the image. Further, the device (12) has: a unit (35) for removing pixel information existing in the region of interest as a material background from the image; The count value of the unit, and the specific transmission characteristic of the substance with respect to the X-ray is calculated in the unit of the pixel as the unit of the unique information (35).

Provided is a fixing tool by which a magnetic head assembly can correctly positioned and held, and the magnetic head assembly can be easily attached and detached, and also provided is a floating height measuring method which can highly precisely measure the floating height of a slider of the magnetic head assembly from a disk surface for measurement. The fixing tool of the invention comprises a base (2) with an installation flat surface (2a), a location part (3) projecting from the installation flat surface (2a) to support the same, and a pressure member (6) fixing the support plate on the installation flat surface (2a). When the support plate (21) is installed on the installation flat surface (2a), the location part (3) enters the support hole (26) to locate the support plate (21) from the inside of the support hole (26) in the two directions at right angles to each other along the installation flat surface (2a), and the pressure member (6) is energized on the installation flat surface (2a) by force of a spring (13), and the supporting plate (21) located by the positioning part (3) is pressurized on the installation flat surface (2a) by the pressure member (6).

A location system for use in a mobile communication network includes base stations which transmit known signals at predetermined times for use in deriving location data; a first transmitting and receiving units; a unit for determining times of arrival of the known signals from each base station at each of the first transmitting and receiving units; a unit for determining times of arrival of the known signals from each base station at a second transmitting and receiving unit at an unknown location; a comparing unit for comparing timing differences between the known signals received at the first transmitting and receiving units and the second transmitting and receiving unit; and location determining unit for determining the location of the second unit. Each of the first transmitting and receiving units includes a unit for deriving its location from a further set of received signals such as GPS signals.

An optical axis controller includes an adjuster(6) which adjusts the optic angle of an automotive headlamp (5), and a drive torque calculator (2b) which calculates the drive torque (T d ) applied to drive wheels of a vehicle (10). The optical axis controller also includes a determiner (3) which determines whether the vehicle (10) is in a static running state or in a dynamic running state, on the basis of the drive torque (T d ). The optical axis controller further includes a controller (4) which permits an adjuster (6) to adjust the optic angle if the determiner (3) determines that the vehicle (10) is in the static running state, and does not permit the adjuster (6) to adjust the optic angle if the determiner (3) determines that the vehicle (10) is in the dynamic running state. This configuration results in accurate determination of the running states suitable for correcting the optical axis.