baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent JP-2017078649-A (JP)
Title: Boulder distribution display method
Inventor: MACHIDA YASUSHI
IPC: G01D21/00
Filed: 2015-10-21
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a boulder distribution display method capable of easily acquiring a boulder distribution state on a slope on the basis of data obtained by airborne laser measurement.SOLUTION: A boulder distribution display method includes: extracting data corresponding to boulders on the basis of comparison with a threshold set based on heights of the bounders, from data excluded from original data in a step of creating ground data on the basis of measurement data obtained by the airborne laser measurement; creating a digital terrain model including the boulders on the basis of the ground data and the extracted boulder extraction data; calculating the height in the normal direction of a reference plane and creating an annular contour line on the basis of the height in the normal direction; and superimposing the annular contour line on a contour map of a slope created on the basis of topographic data obtained based on the ground data and creating the boulder distribution map.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2016053470-A (JP)
Title: Enhanced ballistic performance of polymer fibers
Inventor: ASHOK BHATNAGAR
IPC: D04H1/559
Filed: 2015-10-22
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bulletproof material having reduced weight and improved strength, and more specifically, to provide fabrics having an enhanced bulletproof performance produced of a highly elastic drawn fiber having an improved physical strength property with a smaller fiber diameter without changing properties such as fiber chemical property, binder resin type, and binder resin content.SOLUTION: Low denier/filament monofilament fibers, low denier/filament multifilament fibers, or a combination of low denier/filament monofilament fibers and low denier/filament multifilament fibers are incorporated in a specialized fabric construction, and thereby are formed fine fiber layers and fabrics having enhanced strength and fiber areal density without altering the fabric weight, or having reduced fabric weight without a corresponding reduction in ballistic performance.SELECTED DRAWING: None
Patent JP-2017079876-A (JP)
Title: Endoscope
Inventor: MORIMOTO YASUHIKO
IPC: G02B23/24
Filed: 2015-10-23
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope capable of reducing time and effort required for standing table cleaning work without increasing the size of the tip part.SOLUTION: A standing table assembly 49 accommodated in the tip part of an endoscope includes an assembly body 51, a standing table 50, and a standing lever 52. The standing table 50 is provided with a standing table rotary shaft part 62, the standing lever 52 is provided with a lever rotary shaft part 80, and the assembly body 51 is provided with a bearing hole 57 for supporting the shaft parts 62 and 80. The standing table rotary shaft part 62 is inserted into the bearing hole 57 from a recessed part 53B side of the assembly body 51, and the lever rotary shaft part 80 is inserted into the bearing hole 57 from the opposite side so that the shaft parts are connected to each other.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6
Patent JP-2017086339-A (JP)
Title: Absorbent article
Inventor: NISHITANI KAZUYA
IPC: A61F13/53
Filed: 2015-11-06
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an absorbent article which can be fitted to a body on a center area facing an excretion port of a wearer, and achieves higher ease.SOLUTION: An absorbent article 1 according to one embodiment is configured so that an absorber 30 comprises a center high part 33 and compression parts 81 which sandwich the center high part and extend in a cross direction L on both sides. The absorber comprises: an absorbent core 31 formed of an absorbent material for absorbing a liquid; and a core wrap 32 for wrapping the absorbent core. The core wrap comprises a first wrap sheet 32a disposed on a skin surface side of the absorbent core, and a second wrap sheet 32b disposed on a non-skin surface side of the absorbent core. End parts 32e of the first wrap sheet in the width direction are folded to the non-skin surface side of the absorbent core on ends of the absorbent core in the width direction, and are overlapped to the second wrap sheet on the non-skin surface side of the absorbent core. End parts of the first wrap sheet reach positions of the compression parts on the non-skin surface side of the absorbent core, and are positioned outside of the width direction of a center line CL.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
Patent JP-2017086361-A (JP)
Title: Ultrasonic endoscope and method for manufacturing ultrasonic endoscope
Inventor: MORIMOTO YASUHIKO
IPC: A61B8/12
Filed: 2015-11-09
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultrasonic endoscope that allows reliable fixing of wires in a wire storage space of an ultrasonic transducer storage part, and a method for manufacturing the ultrasonic endoscope.SOLUTION: According to the present invention, a gap formed between an ultrasonic transducer 80 and an ultrasonic transducer storage part 96 is sealed by sealing members 98 and 110 so as to seal a wire storage space 112 from the outside. Consequently, the wire storage space 112 can be sufficiently filled with a packing material for fixing wires 94 in the wire storage space 112. This configuration can provide an ultrasonic endoscope 10 allowing reliable fixing of the wires 94 in the wire storage space 112 of the ultrasonic transducer storage part 96.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9
Patent JP-2016042196-A (JP)
Title: Light absorber, and imaging apparatus using the same
Inventor: MASHITA NAOHIRO
IPC: G02B5/22
Filed: 2015-11-12
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light absorber excellent in shading property, and including a shading film having a low optical reflectance; and to provide an imaging apparatus including such a light absorber.SOLUTION: A light absorber 100 has a substrate 10 and a shading film 20 for shading light entering the substrate 10. The shading film 20 comprises a three-layer structure including a first light absorption layer, a second light absorption layer and a low refractive index layer in this order, and the first light absorption layer has a transmissivity of 5% or less, and the low refractive index layer has a lower refractive index than the second light absorption layer.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2017089570-A (JP)
Title: Combined cycle plant, its control device and operational method
Inventor: TAGUCHI ATSUSHI
IPC: F01D17/00
Filed: 2015-11-13
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a chimney outlet temperature of discharged gas discharged out of a discharged heat recovery boiler while restricting a reduction of a power generating efficiency to be kept more than a specified temperature at a combined cycle plant, a control device of the combined cycle plant and an operation method for the combined cycle plant.SOLUTION: This invention comprises: a gas turbine 11 having a compressor 21, a combustor 22 and a turbine 23; a discharged heat recovery boiler 12 for generating steam by the discharged heat of the discharging gas obtained from the gas turbine 11; a steam turbine 13 driven by steam generated by the discharged heat recovery boiler 12; a condensed water bypass line 54 bypassing a fuel economizer 34 at the discharged heat recovery boiler 12 to flow the condensed water to a downstream side; a flow rate adjustment valve 55 arranged at the condensed water bypass line 54; and a control device 60 for releasing the flow rate adjustment valve 55 when surrounding atmosphere temperature is higher than a specified surrounding atmosphere temperature.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2017095552-A (JP)
Title: Aqueous adhesive
Inventor: KUSHIDA MITSUGI
IPC: C09J11/04
Filed: 2015-11-19
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To overcome difficulty with an aqueous adhesive by adding hydration resistant agent to an emulsion having a carboxyl group such as an acetoacetyl group that it dose not guarantee DIN/EN204 D3 standard which is a hydration resistance standard in EU or the like and shelf stability is a problem even with guaranteeing the D3 standard.SOLUTION: A metallic compound and a silane coupling agent are blended with a vinyl acetate resin emulsion by emulsification (co)polymerizing a vinyl acetate monomer or a monomer having a vinyl acetate monomer and acetoacetyl with a polyvinyl alcohol containing acetoacetylated polyvinyl alcohol or ethylene modified polyvinyl alcohol as a protective colloid in presence of a chain transfer agent.SELECTED DRAWING: None
Patent JP-2016076949-A (JP)
Title: Systems, methods and devices to perform interleaving
Inventor: YANG LING
IPC: H04J11/00
Filed: 2015-11-20
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wireless communications apparatus optimized for 1 MHz multiple input multiple output orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) transmission.SOLUTION: A wireless communications apparatus comprises a plurality of interleavers 508a-508c configured to interleave encoded data bits of a plurality of spatial streams with: a block size of 24; a depth chosen to be a factor of the number of data tones; interleaved rotation indexes of 0, 2, 1, 3 corresponding to up to four spatial streams; and a base subcarrier rotation less than or equal to nine. The apparatus also comprises a transmit module 510a-510c configured to transmit the interleaved bits.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
Patent JP-2017095943-A (JP)
Title: Mullion
Inventor: ISHIKAWA YASUHISA
IPC: E04B2/96
Filed: 2015-11-20
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mullion capable of achieving improved appearance, secured wind pressure strength, improved workability, and reduced manufacturing cost in a well-balanced manner.SOLUTION: In a mullion 2, a fixed mullion member 11 fixed to a body 5 and a movable mullion member 12 connected to a transom 3 and held movably in a transom axial direction P are provided opposing each other. The movable mullion member 12 is provided with a front end plate 15A along the outdoor side face, and the fixed mullion member 11 is provided with an overhang rib 13B parallelly arranged along the inner face on the indoor side of the front end plate 15A and protruded from the outdoor side front end to the outside in the transom axial direction P.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Patent JP-2017098763-A (JP)
Title: Management server and management method
Inventor: ARINOBU RYOTA
IPC: G06F3/12
Filed: 2015-11-25
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a management server capable of reducing time and effort when setting users' access rights to groups.SOLUTION: The management server comprises: a group management DB in which an image forming apparatus to be managed is registered and information on groups hierarchized with each other is recorded; a user management DB in which information of a user who manages the image forming apparatus is recorded; an access right table in which information of which group among the groups has access right to the group is recorded; a group management unit for managing groups using the group management DB; a user management unit for managing users by using the user management DB; and an access right management unit for managing the access right for the user's group using the access right table, when a user is newly registered in a group, giving an access right to the registered group is given to the registered user, and giving an access right to the group under the registered group.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6
Patent JP-2017098151-A (JP)
Title: Battery stack
Inventor: IMAI MASAHIRO
IPC: H01M2/10
Filed: 2015-11-26
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a battery stack capable of suppressing deflection in comparison with before.SOLUTION: A battery stack 10 includes: a laminate 40 that is formed by alternately laminating a resin frame 30 and a battery cell 20; and an end plate 50 positioned at a lamination direction both outer side of the laminate 40. In the battery stack 10, the resin frame 30 is made of a material having an adhesive property, and the adjacent resin frames 30 are adhered to each other. Since the resin frame 30 is made of the material having the adhesive property, and the adjacent resin frames 30 are adhered to each other, rigidity of the battery stack 10 is increased in comparison with a case where the adjacent resin frames 30 are not adhered to each other, and swinging caused by vibration is reduced. Thus, deflection is suppressed in comparison with before.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Patent JP-2017103310-A (JP)
Title: Semiconductor cell and semiconductor circuit using the same
Inventor: NAKANISHI KAZUYUKI
IPC: H03K3/356
Filed: 2015-11-30
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor cell capable of suppressing substrate-potential dependency of an operation speed without increasing substrate power supply systems and saving the area thereof while guaranteeing the operation.SOLUTION: A buffer circuit 101 including one N-type well NW1 formed on a substrate and one P-type well PW1 includes P-type transistors 1 and 3 and N-type transistors 2 and 4 formed in either the N-type well NW1 or the P-type well PW1. The substrate node of the P-type transistor 1 and the substrate node of the N-type transistor 2 are separated from each other, the substrate node of the P-type transistor 1 and the substrate node of the N-type transistor 4 are connected to each other, and the substrate node of the N-type transistor 2 and the substrate node of the P-type transistor 3 are connected to each other.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1A
Patent JP-2017099539-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: ANDO NOBORU
IPC: A63F5/04
Filed: 2015-11-30
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of inhibiting decrease in fun.SOLUTION: An ART game is executed to operate ART initial-winning lot even during execution of the ART game, and transition to RT1 occurs if the pressing order is incorrect during the execution of the ART game. A game state after termination of the ART game is controlled to be one of a plurality of game states including: a first game state in which the winning probability in privilege provision lot is relatively high but the winning probability in secondary lot is relatively low; and a second game state in which the winning probability in the privilege provision lot is relatively low but the winning probability in the secondary lot is relatively high.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Patent JP-2016122649-A (JP)
Title: Illuminator having sheet light emitter and defining optical cavity
Inventor: ROBERT PAUL HERLOSKI
IPC: F21S2/00
Filed: 2015-12-08
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve emitting efficiency and uniformity of light from a light source in an image input module.SOLUTION: A sheet light emitter 200 is disposed in a cavity C with a first surface facing a reflecting surface 310, the cavity extending along a longitudinal axis LA. In a cross section zone, the reflecting surface has an aperture A through which light exits from the cavity to the outside. The light emitter also includes at least one rigid component 320 extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis. The light emitter is mechanically coupled to the at least one rigid component to facilitate directing light from a light emitting layer into the cavity and out of the aperture.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3A
Patent JP-2017104895-A (JP)
Title: Spatula restriction method and spatula restriction machine
Inventor: SHIRATORI KATSUHIKO
IPC: B21D37/16
Filed: 2015-12-11
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spatula restriction method and a spatula restriction machine capable of excellently processing even hard metal such as titanium.SOLUTION: A main spindle 22 of a metal mold fixing part 20 is rotated, and a metal mold 50 and a processing object 70 are rotatingly driven, and a corresponding spatula 44 is selected in a spatula fixing table 40, and is moved so that the spatula tip becomes a predetermined position. Flame-resistant lubricating oil is applied to a surface of the processing object 70. While, a burner head 62 of a gas burner 60 is ignited, and the flame tip is touched with a part of not contacting with the metal mold 50 of the processing object 70, a pushing-against position of the spatula 44 or its tip position, and when the surface temperature of the processing object 70 becomes the proper temperature, restriction processing is executed so that the processing object 70 follows after a surface of the metal mold 50 by pushing the spatula 44 against it. The spatula 44 and the flame tip of the gas burner 60 move along a shape of the metal mold 50, and the processing object 70 is processed so as to become the shape of the metal mold 50.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2017117519-A (JP)
Title: Lithium deposition amount estimation method
Inventor: TSUBOUCHI TAKAHIRO
IPC: H01M10/42
Filed: 2015-12-21
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To estimate a lithium deposition amount.SOLUTION: A method proposed here includes: a process A of recording at least a charging current value among current values of a lithium ion secondary battery to be controlled, SOC and a temperature with time; a process B of extracting a period in which charging continues based upon a history of the charging current value recorded in the process A; a process C of calculating a charging time T, a maximum charging current value Imax and a charging capacity W in each period Z extracted in the process B; a process D of substituting a rectangular wave P defined with a current value and a time for the history of the charging current value in each period Z extracted in the process B; a process Da of calculating a discharging electrification quantity U in a predetermined period before each rectangular wave P substituted in the process D for the rectangular wave P; and a process Db of subtracting a part PU equivalent to the discharging electrification quantity U calculated in the process Da for each rectangular wave P substituted in the process D.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2016200276-A (JP)
Title: Gasket and manufacturing method of the same
Inventor: SASO HIDETOSHI
IPC: F16J15/10
Filed: 2015-12-22
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the handling workability of a rubber only type gasket.SOLUTION: A gasket is formed by a combination of a rubber only type gasket body and a carrier film formed by a resin film which holds the gasket body in a non-adhesion state. A three-dimensional part having a shape that deforms along an outer shape of the gasket body is provided at a portion of the carrier film which overlaps with the gasket body on a plane. A part of the gasket body is housed in the three-dimensional part. The gasket body is used as a gasket for a fuel cell which is assembled into a fuel cell stack.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2017114970-A (JP)
Title: Coating liquid, coating liquid cartridge, recording medium, recording medium production device, and recording medium production method
Inventor: YAMASHITA YOSHIRO
IPC: B41M5/52
Filed: 2015-12-22
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coating liquid excellent in the dispersibility of polymer particles.SOLUTION: A coating liquid comprises polymer particles, a polyethylene glycol with a number average molecular weight of 1000 or more and 300000 or less, and water.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2017118733-A (JP)
Title: Power supply and electronic apparatus
Inventor: HOTTA RYOHEI
IPC: B41J29/38
Filed: 2015-12-25
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology capable of highly efficiently using a battery.SOLUTION: Power supply comprising a plurality of batteries, and a selection circuit selecting the battery having a relatively high voltage from the plurality of batteries and supplying electric power to the outside by the selected battery is constituted.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2017119735-A (JP)
Title: Dispersant for metal oxide, metal oxide dispersion and silicone polymer composition using the same, and method for producing them
Inventor: HONGYOKU NAOYA
IPC: C08K3/20
Filed: 2015-12-28
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dispersant for metal oxide which can suppress occurrence of discoloration even in a case in which a heating treatment is subjected at high temperature, for instance, like production of bezel; a metal oxide dispersion; and a silicone polymer composition.SOLUTION: A dispersant for metal oxide contains a reaction product of: a block copolymer having a hydrophobic portion having at least one hydrophilic group selected from a carboxyl group and an amino group and a hydrophobic portion having a hydrophobic group (excluding one including polyester structure); and a silicone polymer that contains an alkoxy group and no phenyl group and has a number average molecular weight of 300 or more and less than 6,000, as an active ingredient, where a content of water is 1.5 pts.wt. or less with respect to 100 pts.wt. of the silicone polymer.SELECTED DRAWING: None
Patent JP-2017066018-A (JP)
Title: Polishing glass lens blank and method for manufacturing optical lens
Inventor: IKENISHI MIKIO
IPC: C03C19/00
Filed: 2015-12-28
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polishing glass lens blank that can reduce a removal allowance when processing the blank into a lens, and to provide a method for manufacturing an optical lens.SOLUTION: The polishing glass lens blank has 150 μm or less thickness of a surface stria inclusion layer in a main surface and 200 μm or less difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of a thickness at a 80% distance of a radius from an outside diameter center.SELECTED DRAWING: None
Patent JP-2015518364-A (JP)
Title: 回転式のレーザーワイヤ剥離システム
IPC: B23K26/36
Filed: 2013-03-20
Abstract: 本発明は、レーザーワイヤ剥離装置に関するものであって、内部へと挿入軸線に沿ってワイヤを挿入するための通路を有したコレットを具備している。コレットは、挿入軸線に対しての相対位置が固定されている。本発明による装置は、レーザービームを生成するためのレーザー光源を具備している。本発明による装置は、レーザービームをワイヤの挿入軸線に沿って案内し得るよう、コレットおよび挿入軸線に対して相対移動可能とされた光学的アセンブリを具備している。
Patent JP-2015515369-A (JP)
Title: 濾過または選択的な流体工学的分離及び回収の装置のための調整可能な膜構成
IPC: B01D61/58
Filed: 2013-03-22
Abstract: 濾過または選択的な流体工学的分離及び回収の装置のための調整可能な膜構成（１０）は、一側の端部における入口と反対側の端部における出口とを有し、前記入口から前記出口まで延在する開口を有するハウジング（１２）を、備える。内部支持構造が、前記開口内に保持され、グラフェン膜（４２／４３）を含む層状の濾過媒体が、前記内部支持構造に支持され、前記濾過媒体は、前記入口で受容される供給水を少なくとも３つに分かれた出力流（２６、２８、３０）に分離する。濃度分極（８４）および孔の寸法（５５）が、電荷制御（７８）によって制御され得る。
Patent JP-2015512476-A (JP)
Title: 穿孔及び穿孔ライニングのための装置
IPC: E21B7/20
Filed: 2013-03-11
Abstract: 本発明は、後に続くライニング管（５８）の前にダウンザホールドリルの穿孔の装置であって、そのネック（２ａ）をダウンザホールドリル（１００）のチャック内に挿入するように意図され、ダウンザホールドリルからの衝撃が伝達されるドリルビット（２）と、互いに関連するドリルとライニング管とを案内し、ドリルがライニング管に対して回転可能である制御手段（５）と、バヨネット連結の形式又は類似の連結の形式であって、ドリルが制御手段（５）と連結可能であって、制御手段と取り外すことが可能であり、その自由状態において、ダウンザホールドリルとともにドリルがライニング管を通して引き抜かれることが可能な連結装置（２４ａ、２４ｂ、４６、４７）と、フラッシング剤をドリルの前方に供給するためのフラッシング通路（３２ｃ）と、フラッシング剤と共に掘削くずを除去するための排出通路と、を備える。掘削率を上げることを達成するため、それは、ケーシングシュー（４）を備え、ケーシングシューは、ライニング管（５８）の先端に適用され、ケーシングシューに設けられた接触面（５９ａ）とダウンザホールドリル（１００）の固定部分に設けられた接触面（５９ｂ）との接触を通じて、ライニング管を前方へ変位させるとともに掘削孔内に変位させるように意図されている。
Patent JP-2015517112-A (JP)
Title: 投与装置、ならびに投与装置を用いた投与および分配方法
IPC: G01F11/28
Filed: 2013-04-24
Abstract: 本発明は、貯蔵容器（２）およびその中に配置される貯蔵チャンバ（２１）と、投与容器（３）およびその中に配置される投与チャンバ（３１）と、貯蔵チャンバ（２１）と投与チャンバ（３１）との間の投与用の接続部と、を備える投与装置（１）に関する。投与装置（１）が回動軸線を中心に回動する際に、貯蔵チャンバ（２１）から、投与用の接続部を通って充填物が投与チャンバ（３１）内に到達する。異なる複数の回動角度における投与チャンバ（３１）内の、充填物の一定の充填レベルを示す、少なくとも１つの目盛り線（３２１）を含む充填レベルインジケータ（３２）が、投与容器（３）に設けられる。投与チャンバ（３１）は、軸対称の基本形状を有し、投与チャンバ（３１）の基本形状の対称軸線（３３）は回動軸線に平行である。本発明は、更に、このような投与装置を用いて、充填物を投与し配分する方法に関する。【選択図】図１
Patent JP-2015519532-A (JP)
Title: ターンダウン比を向上させた燃焼装置
IPC: F23D14/62
Filed: 2013-04-15
Abstract: 本発明は、バーナーのターンダウン比を向上させて低出力の負荷領域でも燃焼状態を安定的に具現することができるターンダウン比を向上させた燃焼装置を提供することにその目的がある。それを具現するために、本発明は空気供給管とガス供給管に連通されて燃焼用空気とガスが予混合される空間が内部に設けられた予混合室が具備された燃焼装置において、前記予混合室の内部は前記空気供給管とガス供給管から供給された空気とガスが予混合される空間がベンチュリ構造で多段区画され、前記ガス供給管を介して前記予混合室の内部に噴出されるガスの噴出方向は前記空気供給管を介して前記予混合室の内部に供給される空気が流れる方向と平行に形成されることを特徴とする。【選択図】図３
Patent JP-2015524143-A (JP)
Title: 照明装置の制御
IPC: G01S13/86
Filed: 2013-05-10
Abstract: プレゼンス対応型の照明制御ストラテジは、ビルにおいてエネルギー消費を削減するのに非常に効果的であることが知られている。信頼性の高いプレゼンスセンシングのために超音波アレイセンサが提案された。ベーシックなセンシングプラットフォームとしてアレイセンサを用いた、付加的なセンシング機能が新しい制御機能の提供を可能とするシステム及び方法が開示される。特に、（好ましくはユーザが使用可能な）携帯型センサ及び固定インフラセンサを組み合わせるハイブリッドなセンシングが考えられる。アプリケーションは、例えば照明制御アプリケーションにおける能動型プレゼンスセンサである。