Abstract: An electronic device includes a storage unit storing adjustment information whereby the amount of change in a predetermined direction, when an adjustment portion was moved to adjust a setting for a predetermined system by the user performing a touch operation, has been associated with an amount of adjustment for adjusting the setting for the predetermined system. A control unit determines whether or not the user's touch operation has passed through a region in a predetermined amount of time, and calculates the amount of change in the predetermined direction based on the touch operation when it has been determined that the touch operation has passed through the region within the predetermined amount of time, determines the amount of adjustment corresponding to the calculated amount of change based on the adjustment information, and issues an instruction to the predetermined system to set a setting value based on the determined amount of adjustment.

Abstract: To provide a vehicle-mounted device wherein a touch operation on a screen can be achieved easily. Each time a touch operation by a user moves between a division, of a plurality of divisions, a controlling portion of a vehicle-mounted device instructs a vibrating portion so as to output a first vibration, and while a touch operation by a user in any of the divisions, of the plurality of divisions, is detected, the controlling portion instructs the vibrating portion so as to output a second vibration, which is different from the first vibration, at prescribed time intervals.

Abstract: The input device includes an LCD panel, a touch sensor arranged over the surface of the LCD panel, and a vibration generating unit having an actuator and a strain detector, the vibration generating unit being arranged on the back side of the LCD panel and connected to a securing portion provided on the back surface of the LCD panel via a rigid connecting member.

Abstract: The information processing device includes: an operation detecting unit that determines that a first touch operation has been detected, calculates the length of a virtual line segment connecting the plurality of touched positions detected or the rotation angle with respect to a reference direction for the virtual line segment, and determines whether or not there has been a change in the length or rotation angle of a virtual line segment when coordinate information has been inputted, the touch panel displaying a second screen, and determines that a second touch operation has been detected when it has been determined that there has been a change in the length or rotation angle of the virtual line segment; and an execution instruction issuing unit that issues an instruction to execute the process associated with the change in the length of the virtual line segment or the rotation direction of the virtual line segment.

Abstract: A vibration generation apparatus includes a concave frame, a vibrator, and a first damper. The frame has an opening in upper portion thereof. The vibrator is housed in the frame. The first damper is connected to the vibrator and the frame and is configured to hold the vibrator such that the vibrator is able to move in an up-down direction with respect to the frame. The first damper has a predetermined thickness. The first damper is in an N-shape in a side view and includes two bent portions and has an upper end mounted on an edge of the opening and a lower end mounted on a lower edge of the vibrator.

Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing a division line on a road from an image captured by a camera includes: a processing area setting unit to set a processing area to the image; a statistics calculation unit to calculate statistics of the image in the processing area; a threshold value setting unit to set a plurality of threshold values on the basis of the statistics; a division line feature point extraction unit to classify a plurality of pixels contained in the image on the basis of the white line threshold value and the road surface threshold value and extracts feature points of the division line on the basis of classification results of the plurality of pixels; and a division line decision unit configured to decide the division line on the basis of the feature points extracted by the division line feature point extraction unit.

Abstract: If reception quality of a broadcast signal of a first frequency received by a tuner satisfies setting conditions, the frequency received by the tuner is changed from the first frequency to a second frequency. It is evaluated whether or not the amount of offset between a reference frequency and the frequency of the signal, which is generated by converting the broadcast signal of the second frequency received by the tuner into an intermediate frequency is within a predetermined range. If the offset between the reference frequency and the frequency of the intermediate frequency signal is within the predetermined range, the data included in the broadcast signal of the first frequency is acquired by a demodulating the broadcast signal of the first frequency. It is evaluated whether or not the broadcast signal of the first frequency is a broadcast signal of a broadcasting station based on the acquired data.

Abstract: A wireless power feeding device includes an attachment member having a socket to be electrically connected to a power supply and a fastener to be electrically connected to a ground, and a band having a socket pin to be inserted to the socket and a locking tool to be locked to the fastener, the band being attached to the attachment member and fixing a power receiving device to which power is to be wirelessly fed to the attachment member, wherein the socket pin has a power feeding electrode to be electrically connected to the power supply within the socket, and a ground connection sensing electrode to be electrically connected to the ground via the locking tool and the fastener, and the attachment member has a switch circuit electrically connecting the power supply to the power feeding electrode only when the ground connection sensing electrode is electrically connected to the ground.

Abstract: An obstacle detection device includes a traveling direction determination unit configured to determine a traveling direction of an own vehicle based on acquired steering angle information and shift position information, and an obstacle determination unit configured to set a detection range as a predetermined range around the own vehicle, determines, when an object detected based on sensor data is positioned inside the detection range, the object as an obstacle that obstructs traveling of the own vehicle, and outputs a control signal for stopping the traveling of the own vehicle or decelerating the own vehicle. The obstacle determination unit changes the detection range based on a determination result of the traveling direction determination unit.

Abstract: An obstacle detection device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire path information to a parking position and range information representing a position and a range of an object existing around an own vehicle, an operation control unit configured to generate a driving signal, for operating a traveling driving device that travels a vehicle, according to the path information and outputs the generated driving signal to the traveling driving device, an inside/outside determination unit configured to determine, when receiving surroundings information representing a situation around the own vehicle, whether a target object included in the received surroundings information is an object positioned inside the range represented by the range information or an object positioned outside the range, and an obstacle determination unit configured to determine whether or not the object that has been determined to be positioned outside the range is an obstacle to the own vehicle traveling in a parking path.

Abstract: A parking information management server includes a receiver configured to receive a parking information item which has transmitted from one or more vehicles, the parking information item including a traveling path in which the vehicle has traveled as well as a parking area and an obstacle which are acquired by the vehicle in a parking lot the vehicle has used, a memory configured to store the parking information item received by the receiver, a map creator configured to create a map including the parking area and the obstacle based on the parking information item stored in the memory, and a transmitter configured to automatically transmit the map created by the map creator and the traveling path stored in the memory to a vehicle which has requested the map.

Abstract: A possibility that driving assistance suitable for a road environment will be not provided is reduced. An on-board apparatus, which navigates a vehicle based on the map information including information indicating a road network including a plurality of links respectively corresponding to a plurality of roads and a plurality of nodes respectively corresponding to a plurality of intersections and information indicating road attributes in the road network, includes an image capturing unit and a support control unit. The image capturing unit captures an image of at least a part around the vehicle. The support control unit associates supplementary information, which is information including recognition result information indicating a result of image recognition of the captured image, with link information of a target link, which is a link corresponding to a point related to the image capturing of the image.

Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: a map generation unit configured to generate a map recording the position of an obstacle around a vehicle and the positions of parking areas available for the vehicle to park; a parking-area determination unit configured to determine a parking area to park the vehicle, out of the parking areas recorded on the map, based on the generated map and the obtained position information; a contact detection unit configured to perform a simulation on the map where the vehicle is turned until the vehicle has approximately the same orientation as the parking area and detect a contact position at which the vehicle comes into contact with the obstacle recorded on the map; and a movement-direction determination unit configured to determine a movement direction in which the vehicle is to be moved from a position indicated by the position information, based on the contact position detected by the contact detection unit.

Abstract: A filter generation apparatus includes: a coefficient calculation unit that performs IFFT on a frequency characteristic of a frequency domain filter and calculates a filter coefficient of a linear phase FIR filter; a conversion unit that converts the filter coefficient to a filter coefficient of a minimum phase FIR filter; a coefficient generation unit that generates a filter coefficient of an approximation filter by executing cut-out processing to a filter length set by a filter length setting unit and rounding processing performed by a window function on the filter coefficient; an error calculation unit that calculates an error of a frequency characteristic corresponding to the approximation filter with respect to the frequency characteristic of the frequency domain filter; and a filter storage unit that stores the filter coefficient therein as a filter coefficient that specifies a new filter when the error is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: An acoustic device includes: a generating unit that generates a monaural signal on the basis of a left stereo signal and a right stereo signal in a low frequency band; an extracting unit that extracts a stereo component for an L-channel and a stereo component for an R-channel on the basis of a left stereo signal and a right stereo signal in a high frequency band; a first combining unit that combines the monaural signal and the stereo component for the L-channel; and a second combining unit that combines the monaural signal and the stereo component for the R-channel.

Abstract: A parking assistance device includes a range setting unit configured to set a search range searching for an obstacle based on a movement range of a host vehicle for a case in which the host vehicle is moved along a parking route, in terms of two directions, and a judgment unit configured to detect an object having a possibility of interfering with the movement of the host vehicle, based on the surrounding condition around the host vehicle, in a case in which the detected object is positioned within the search range, to judge whether the detected object is an obstacle interfering with the movement of the host vehicle along the parking route, and, in a case in which the detected object is positioned outside the search range, not to make judgment whether the detected object is the obstacle.

Abstract: A sitting height estimation ECU is mounted on a vehicle and includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of a driver sitting in a driver's seat; a position detection unit configured to detect a position of a landmark on a face of the driver from the image; a crown estimation unit configured to estimate a position of a crown of the driver on the basis of the position of the landmark; and a sitting height estimation unit configured to estimate a sitting height of the driver on the basis of an estimation result obtained by the crown estimation unit.

Abstract: A user is notified of a recommendation lane as appropriate. A navigation system includes one or more processors, and one or more storage devices storing programs to be executed by the one or more processors. The one or more processors decide a lane change plan creation zone including a main lane group including a plurality of main lanes that is parallel to each other in a route between a place of departure and a destination, and a recommendation degree of each of a plurality of lane links included in the main lane group. The one or more processors generate a lane change plan on the basis of the lane change plan creation zone and the recommendation degree.

Abstract: A congestion prediction server includes: a storage device configured to store route information of a determined route on which a vehicle is scheduled to travel; and a server control unit configured to, in a case of receiving route information of a searched route searched by an in-vehicle device loaded in the vehicle, generate reference information regarding the searched route based on the route information of the determined route and transmit the generated reference information to the in-vehicle device.

Abstract: A display control device includes a display region setting unit configured to dynamically change a size of one or a plurality of display regions provided on a screen by changing a position of a boundary line of the display regions, a display control unit configured to dynamically change a size of an arrangement region provided in the display region in response to a dynamic change in size of the display region, and control display of at least one or more display objects arranged in the arrangement region, and a priority setting unit configured to set relative priority of the display objects provided in the same arrangement region, wherein the display control unit controls display of the display object by visual processing, based on the set priority, in response to a dynamic change in size of the display region and the arrangement region.