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The disclosure relates generally to methods and systems for real time video driven human 3-dimensional (3-D) posture estimation during physical activities. Conventional techniques do not exploit temporal information, they do not give smooth transition of postures over time. Furthermore, the techniques that exploit the temporal information suffer from higher time requirements due to two state computations. The present disclosure solves the technical problems in the art with the methods and systems for real time video driven human 3-D posture estimation during physical activities. The present invention discloses a smart-phone camera based automatic posture monitoring system designed with an auto-encoder based architecture. The disclosed auto-encoder based cross-modal method uses monocular video (2-D image sequences) from a single low-end mobile device (for example, smart-phone camera) for estimating human 3-D posture in real time (˜5 fps) with high accuracy (less than 1 cm error per joint location).

To provide an aseismatic performance evaluation support device, an aseismatic performance evaluation support method and an aseismatic performance evaluation support program for more rationally evaluating the aseismatic performance of a building compared with a conventional technology.SOLUTION: The seismic performance evaluation support device 10 includes an acquiring unit 11A that acquires seismic motion group information indicating a plurality of types of seismic motion groups predetermined as seismic motion that may damage a building, and position information indicating a construction position of the building to be evaluated, a creating unit 11B that creates a fragility curve for each of the seismic motion groups by performing incremental dynamic analysis on the building using each of the plurality of types of seismic motion groups, a deriving unit 11C that derives a comprehensive fragility curve of the building by calculating a weighted average of the plurality of created fragility curves using a weighting factor indicating a ratio of a degree of influence at the construction position of each of the plurality of types of seismic motion groups, and a presenting unit 11D that presents information corresponding to the derived fragility curve.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

To provide a technology that enables machining simulation to be performed at higher speed than conventional techniques. [Solution] The information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit executes a process to acquire a voxel model used in a simulation. The voxel model is defined by a plurality of lattice points that constitute a collection of voxels. Each of the plurality of lattice points is associated with a label that indicates an attribute of the object at the position of the lattice point. The control unit executes a process to acquire processing information that defines the irradiation coordinates of a laser beam and the irradiation direction of the laser beam for each time step, and a process to sequentially update the labels associated with the lattice points within an area specified by the irradiation coordinates and irradiation direction to a state where additional processing has been performed, according to the time step.

A fixing mechanism for file threading binding relates to the technical field of binding tools and comprises a base, a back plate sliding in the vertical direction is arranged on the base, an upper clamping plate and a bottom support sliding in the vertical direction are arranged on the front face of the back plate side by side from top to bottom, and the lower surface of the bottom support abuts against the upper surface of the base. A first side clamping plate and a second side clamping plate which are oppositely arranged are arranged on the front face of the back plate in a sliding mode in the transverse direction, and the first side clamping plate and the second side clamping plate move oppositely or oppositely through a linkage assembly. The file binding device solves the problem that in the prior art, when a technician conducts threading and knotting on files, it cannot be guaranteed that a plurality of pieces of paper are aligned, and the file binding efficiency of the technician is affected.

To allow processing a sample while checking a portion to be analyzed, easier compared with conventional techniques.SOLUTION: A sample processing member (1) comprises: a processing section (12) whose tip (12a) comes into contact with a processing target portion (S1) of a sample (S) to process the sample (S); a processing holding section (2) that holds the processing section (12); an observation port (6) that is formed in the processing holding section (2) and is provided corresponding to a position of the tip (12a) of the processing section (12); and an optical member (7) that is installed in the observation port (6) and magnifies an image at the position of the tip (12a).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

To provide a sliding unit having a smaller number of components or a lower cost as compared with a conventional technique, and to provide a training device including the sliding unit.SOLUTION: A sliding unit 13 (8) according to an aspect of the present invention includes a housing 1300 that is attached to a rail so as to be slidable on the rail and slides on the rail in accordance with training of a user, a rotation unit that is rotatably attached to the housing 1300 and receives a force from a body of the user during the training, a cam 1311 that rotates in accordance with rotation of the rotation unit, and a follower member 1312 that is in contact with the cam 1311 and moves in accordance with the rotation of the cam 1311. The follower member 1312 moves the biased load transmission member 14 in a direction against the bias as the cam 1311 rotates clockwise and counterclockwise from the reference position.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 23

To provide a technique capable of increasing the strength of a pallet having a fork insertion hole whose entire underside is open compared to conventional techniques.SOLUTION: A pallet 10A is equipped with a square groove-shaped first-direction continuous beam 11 that penetrates a central girder portion 70 to connect between a pair of first intermediate girder portions 71, and a band-shaped second-direction continuous beam 12 that penetrates the central girder portion 70 to connect between a pair of second intermediate girder portions 72, so that the transmission of the load caused by the cargo on the pallet 10A is less likely to be interrupted by the central girder portion 70. In other words, the square groove-shaped first-direction continuous beam 11, the band-shaped second-direction continuous beam 12, and the wall portions connected to them distribute the load caused by the cargo on a deck surface 90 over a wide area of the pallet 10A, making it possible to increase the strength of the pallet 10A that has a first fork insertion hole 91 whose entire underside is open compared to conventional pallets.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

This application belongs to the field of computer technology and provides a method for executing test tasks of artificial intelligence models, a task compilation method, a chip, a device, and a computer device. This application pre-compiles the task to be processed of the artificial intelligence model, so that it has multiple sub-tasks that achieve performance balance. Each sub-test task in the self-test task set is assigned to the corresponding sub-task of the task to be processed. During the execution of each sub-task by the NPU of the computer device running the target application related to artificial intelligence technology, the sub-test tasks assigned to that sub-task can be executed synchronously. This realizes the efficient utilization of NPU resources and the parallel execution of self-test function safety checks. Unlike conventional technologies, it is not necessary to execute all the sub-test tasks in the self-test task set after completing a complete inference task, thereby improving the effective computing power and resource utilization of the NPU.

To provide a medical facility design support device and a medical facility design support program capable of supporting layout design capable of responding to more requests compared with a conventional technology.SOLUTION: A medical facility design support device 10 includes an acquirer 11A that acquires floor area information indicating a floor area of each of a plurality of departments installed in a target medical facility and excluding a hospital ward, building area information indicating a building area in a site where the medical facility is built, and actual state information indicating an actual state of a layout of at least a part of the plurality of departments in another medical facility, a deriver 11B that derives layout information indicating a layout of the plurality of departments for the medical facility in a case where the medical facility is built to have a plurality of floors in the site using the floor area information, the building area information, and the actual state information, and a presenter 11C that presents the layout indicated by the layout information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

To obtain an estimation apparatus and an estimation program capable of estimating a degree of deterioration of a polysulfide-based sealant with higher accuracy than conventional techniques.SOLUTION: An estimation apparatus 10 includes: an acquisition unit 11A that acquires values of two types of items being leading items that are items for which changes are confirmed during a course of deterioration, and lagging items that are items for which changes are confirmed at a time point after deterioration, through prior experiments, for a polysulfide-based sealant to be estimated; and an estimation unit 11B that estimates a degree of deterioration of the sealant by using the acquired values of the two types of items.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

The present invention discloses a method -MICROREC- for installing recoverable piles or micropiles, devised to provide temporary containment, stabilisation of unstable ground or provisional structural support during the construction of walls or other retaining-and-support systems executed by sequential excavation in alternate pits ("batache" technique), or to allow the continuation of further excavation works. Unlike conventional techniques, the mwethod permits the recovery of the structural elements employed as piles or micropiles and, where applicable, of the casings, thereby markedly reducing execution costs and time while minimising environmental impact. The invention likewise affords the flexibility to use different materials, dimensions and spacings in accordance with the specific requirements of each project.

Robotic systems and methods for tank seal inspection. A tank inspection robot includes a housing containing a drive assembly, and wheels disposed outside of the housing and operably coupled to the drive assembly. The tank inspection robot also includes at least one sensor coupled to, or disposed in or on a portion of the robot, for collecting data sufficient to evaluate a health, mechanical integrity or effectiveness of one or more circumferential seals between a floating roof, and an interior wall, of a storage tank. The disclosed robot and associated method enable safer and more efficient seal inspection routines as compared to conventional techniques.

To shorten a traffic regulation period necessary for fixing a guard fence.SOLUTION: A guard fence 1A for partitioning a road 50 formed by floor slabs 21, 22, 23, 24 includes: the floor slabs 22, 23; a guard fence part 10A for partitioning the road 50; a floor slab through-hole part 20h vertically penetrating the floor slabs 22, 23; and a fixing member 30 inserted into the floor slab through-hole part 20h and fixing the guard fence part 10A to the floor slabs 22, 23. Since the guard fence part 10A is fixed to the floor slabs 22, 23 by the fixing member 30 that is inserted into the floor slab through-hole part 20h vertically penetrating the floor slabs 22, 23 and fixes the guard fence part 10A to the floor slabs 22, 23, more of work required to fix the guard fence part to the floor slabs can be done from lower surfaces of the floor slabs than in the conventional technique in which a temporary guard fence is fixed to the floor slabs by anchors driven into upper surfaces of the floor slabs. Therefore, a traffic restriction period required to install the guard fence can be shortened.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

The utility model discloses a portable tea leaf picker, which relates to the technical field of pickers and comprises a thumb sleeve and an index finger sleeve. A pinching-off piece is arranged at the side end of the thumb sleeve, a stress piece is arranged on the side face of the index finger sleeve, the pinching-off piece makes contact with the stress piece to complete tea leaf picking, the index finger sleeve is worn on the index finger, the thumb sleeve is worn on the thumb, and then tea leaves are picked through a conventional technique. The pinching-off piece can serve as a thumb nail and is matched with the stress piece to complete tea leaf picking, through the structural design, the situation that the nail is injured in the long-time picking process can be avoided, the problem that tea leaf pulp permeates into the nail or skin and is difficult to clean can be solved, meanwhile, the design can be attached to fingers, and the tea leaf picking efficiency is improved. Interference on tea leaf picking techniques can be reduced, and picking efficiency is not affected.

To provide a massage machine capable of performing a massage operation by a technique using a wide surface in addition to a conventional technique.SOLUTION: A massage machine 1 includes a treatment part 3 that moves while performing treatment to a human body, a power source 4, and a power transmission part 5 for transmitting power for the treatment and the movement from the power source 4 to the treatment part 3. The treatment part 3 includes a treatment element 31 as a unit for performing treatment to the human body. The treatment part 3 includes a first part 3a whose area for performing treatment to the human body is relatively small, and a second part 3b whose area for performing treatment is relatively large.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

To further develop the conventional technique.SOLUTION: A cartridge comprises: a holding part which is movable between the first position and the second position for stably holding a second unit by a first unit at the separation position and the development position; and a contact force reception part which can receive the contact force for moving the holding part from the first position toward the second position for moving the second unit to the development position while the second unit is at the separation position. In a case where the tangential line to the surface of a photoreceptor at an intersection further from the rotation center of a charging member of the intersection between the straight line connecting the rotation center of the charging member and the rotation center of the photoreceptor and the surface of the photoreceptor when viewed along the direction of the rotation axial direction of the development member is defined as a prescribed tangential line, and a region in which the rotation center of the charging member is not arranged when dividing the region with the prescribed tangential line as the boundary is defined as a prescribed region, the contact force reception part is arranged in the prescribed region when viewed along the direction of the rotation axial line of the development member while the second unit is at the separation position.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

[Problem] To address the problem that intended information cannot be extracted from a large amount of file data groups including various kinds of information and various formats in a conventional technique. [Solution] In order to solve this problem, provided is an information processing device comprising: a first reception unit that receives, from a user, a setting of a main prompt for indicating one or more extraction targets from a plurality of pieces of file data including a plurality of pieces of information, the main prompt being input to a large-scale language model; a second reception unit that receives, from the user, a setting of a detailed prompt having one or a plurality of items, the detailed prompt being for setting in detail the indication for the extraction targets by the main prompt; and an extraction unit that inputs, to the large-scale language model, the main prompt according to the setting received by the first reception unit and the detailed prompt according to the setting received by the second reception unit, and extracts the extraction targets from the file data.

This disclosure relates generally to methods and systems for automated image segmentation of an anatomical structure such as heart. Most of the techniques in literature are using 2-D or slice by-slice data due to lightweight and need of less data for training. These networks lack 3-D contextual information. Further, the conventional techniques are inaccurate and inefficient in the 3-D image segmentation till the last slice of the image. The present disclosure solves automated 3-D image segmentation of the anatomical structure such as heart, by proposing a new Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) based architecture for the 3-D segmentation, with a patch-based extraction technique and a class-weighted generalized dice loss. The proposed 3-D GAN based architecture is capable of storing the 3-D contextual information for the image segmentation of the anatomical structure, with high accuracy.

Systems and methods for non-continuous or intermittent entrapment or intermittent anchoring of elastic strands between non-woven materials using ultrasonic energy. A cutting element, e.g., on the anvil, is positioned so that when the non-woven materials with the elastic strands reach the ultrasonic horn, the strand(s) are cut or severed at that point, allowing the elastic to "snap back" toward the roller, which still pinches the elastic strands and holds them between the non-woven materials. This allows discontinuous or intermittent placement of tensioned elastic between non-woven materials, allowing strategic use of elastic while reducing overall elastic material used in a product compared to conventional techniques. Instead of cutting, other techniques allow intermittent bonding or entrapment of elastic strand portions along a product being made, such as by using ultrasonic energy amplitude cycling, ultrasonic stack force cycling, or a combination of both. Products made according to these techniques are also disclosed.

A machining center is provided, which can complete replacement of processed works on stock shelves in a work storage section with unprocessed works within a time period significantly shorter than those in conventional techniques and improve the efficiency of an entire processing process. In the machining center, a cover surrounding the work storage section includes an opening portion where rear surface regions of the stock shelves are exposed, a stock shelf access door that closes the opening portion and is driven to be opened and closed, a locking device for the stock shelf access door, a unlocking mechanism that is operable from the outer side of the cover to unlock the locking device, and a door opening / closing detection device that detects an opened or closed state of the stock shelf access door. A control unit of a CNC device includes an interlocking function of disabling the unlocking mechanism while an automatic pallet changer is driven, and a safety control function of prohibiting, based on a detection signal from the door opening / closing detection device, a drive unit of the automatic pallet changer from being driven while the stock shelf access door is in the opened state.

To further advance a conventional technique.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus main body having an opening; a first unit attached to the apparatus main body so as to be drawn out from the apparatus main body through the opening; a second unit attached to the apparatus main body so as to be drawn out from the apparatus main body through the opening, the second unit having an engaged portion, and being configured to be drawn out from the apparatus main body together with the first unit, and also to be drawn out from the apparatus main body independently from the first unit; an engaging member 90 engaged with the engaged portion in a case where the second unit is drawn out from the apparatus main body, the engaging member having a first path 93B and a second path 92 branching from the first path 93B. In a case where the second unit is drawn out together with the first unit, the engaged portion passes the first path 93B, and in a case where the second unit is drawn out independently from the first unit, the engaged portion passes the second path 92.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 11

Provided are a simulation apparatus, a program for simulation, and a simulation method that are lighter in load for calculation processing and capable of accurate simulation than conventional techniques. A simulation apparatus 1 that predicts the movement of teeth when performing orthodontic treatment on a patient's teeth using an aligner, comprising a movement calculation unit 13 that calculates a predetermined tooth arrangement state based on the patient's tooth information and aligner information, wherein the movement calculation unit 13 calculates the arrangement state based on the orthodontic force by the aligner and the magnitude of the load generated by the surrounding tissues of a predetermined tooth, and the movement calculation unit 13 calculates the magnitude of the load using an attenuation model that attenuates according to a predetermined characteristic over time and calculates the arrangement state.

To provide a pressing tool capable of preferably pressing an internal obturator muscle as compared to a conventional technique.SOLUTION: A pressing tool 1 is inserted into a vagina or anus and press an internal obturator muscle, and includes: a grip part 2 gripped by a user; a long part 3 connected to the grip part 2; and a projection part 5 projecting at a position away from the grip part 2 and at a position in the vicinity of a distal end 4 of the long part 3. At least a part of the long part 3 including the distal end 4 can be inserted into the vagina or anus. In a state where at least a part of the long part 3 is inserted into the vagina or anus, the projection part 5 can press the internal obturator muscle. By placing a hip of the user on an upper surface 6 of the grip part 2, the internal obturator muscle can be pressed from the outside of the hip. Thereby, the internal obturator muscle can be pressed from the inside and outside of the body.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

To provide a used tape processing device in which a risk of jamming of a used tape is reduced as compared with a conventional technique.SOLUTION: A used tape processing device includes a cutting mechanism that has a fixed blade and a movable blade that moves forward and backward with respect to the fixed blade, and cuts a used tape that is a used portion of a carrier tape discharged from a tape feeder that supplies components using the carrier tape that accommodates a plurality of components, and a slide cover that is provided integrally with the movable blade and has a guide surface in which a slit that guides movement of the used tape passing between the fixed blade and the movable blade that is moving forward and backward with respect to the fixed blade is formed in a vertical direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

To provide an Au alloy that includes an Au-based hypermaterial and that achieves higher hardness than the prior art while retaining a high Au content.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a high-hardness Au alloy including an Au-rich phase and an HM phase composed of an Au-X-RE-based hypermaterial represented by the following formula. In the Au alloy according to the present invention, in a material structure at an arbitrary cross section, the Au-rich phase having an average equivalent circle diameter of 1.5 μm or less is distributed. In the above formula, X is at least one atom selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, and Sn. RE is a rare earth element. a represents a content of X in atom%, and satisfies 5≤a≤40, and b represents a content of RE in atom%, and satisfies 11≤b≤18.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The present invention discloses a method -MICROREC- for installing recoverable piles or micropiles, devised to provide temporary containment, stabilisation of unstable ground or provisional structural support during the construction of walls or other retaining-and-support systems executed by sequential excavation in alternate pits ("batache" technique), or to allow the continuation of further excavation works. Unlike conventional techniques, the mwethod permits the recovery of the structural elements employed as piles or micropiles and, where applicable, of the casings, thereby markedly reducing execution costs and time while minimising environmental impact. The invention likewise affords the flexibility to use different materials, dimensions and spacings in accordance with the specific requirements of each project.

The disclosure relates generally to methods and systems to synergize context of end-user with quality-of-experience (QoE) of live video feed. Conventional techniques mostly lack synergy between encoder / decoder and underlying protocol, and they mostly employ motion vector-based encoding, thereby making them not so suitable for latency critical application. In most of the telepresence / teleoperation based live video streaming applications, at a time user's attention is focused on certain region of streamed video and not the entire frame. But most of existing techniques under challenges network conditions, undermine quality evenly throughout frame without giving importance to end-user's instantaneous region of interest. Existing mechanisms that try to alleviate this problem using foveated rendering are computationally expensive hence cannot be deployed easily on real life robotics platforms. The present disclosure attempts to alleviate all above challenges through end-user foveation centric spatio-temporal bitrate adaptation scheme tightly entangled with underlying protocol to achieve dynamic foveated rendering.

The disclosure relates generally to methods and systems for automated personalized de-stressor recommendation based on stressor estimation. Conventional techniques for detecting the stress and the stressors are mostly manual and employ only some of the influencing parameters such as physiological parameters, behavioral parameters, and so on, thus leading to inaccurate detection of stressors. The present disclosure solves the technical problems in the art by detecting the stress using multi-model evaluation design including physiological changes, psychological changes, behavioral changes, environmental changes, and a bio-chemical indicator. Next, the stressors related to stress detection are identified using a large language model (LLM), which correlates with stress patterns to create a personalized model. Then, appropriate de-stressors are recommended using a recommendation lookup table.