Abstract: A control device that is mounted in a second vehicle which a first vehicle having a following travel function is detachably connected to or loaded on is provided. The control device includes a control unit configured to perform: detecting another vehicle that is within a predetermined range from the second vehicle in a state in which the second vehicle has the first vehicle connected thereto or loaded thereon and of which some or all of a scheduled travel route is the same as some or all of a scheduled travel route of the first vehicle after the first vehicle has been disconnected from the second vehicle; and transmitting following instruction information to the first vehicle and disconnecting the first vehicle from the second vehicle such that the first vehicle travels with the detected other vehicle as a preceding vehicle by the following travel function.

Abstract: Behind an electronic circuit, an auxiliary backing having a first thermal anisotropic property is provided. A main backing having a second thermal anisotropic property different from the first thermal anisotropic property is provided behind the auxiliary backing. In the main backing, each of two outer surfaces perpendicular to a Y direction functions as a heat output surface. Heat is transferred from these two outer surfaces to a shell, which is a heat absorbing member.

Abstract: Behind an electronic circuit, a main backing is provided. The main backing has two outer surfaces (high thermal conductivity surfaces) perpendicular to a Y direction, and two outer surfaces (low thermal conductivity surfaces) perpendicular to an X direction. The two outer surfaces perpendicular to the Y direction are joined to a shell head, which is a heat absorbing member. A temperature sensor is provided on a specific one of the outer surfaces perpendicular to the Y direction. The shell head has a recess in which the temperature sensor is received.

Abstract: Behind an electronic circuit, a backing member is provided. The backing member is composed of an auxiliary backing having a first thermal anisotropic property, and a main backing having a second thermal anisotropic property different from the first thermal anisotropic property. The auxiliary backing exhibits a heat diffusion effect in an X direction. The main backing exhibits a heat transfer effect in a Y direction.

Abstract: Behind an electronic circuit, a thermally anisotropic main backing is provided. The main backing has two outer surfaces (low thermal conductivity surfaces) perpendicular to an X direction. In a first gap located adjacent to one of the outer surfaces, an FPC and a first group of electric components are arranged. In a second gap located adjacent to the other one of the outer surfaces, the FPC and a second group of electric components are arranged.

Abstract: A final determination result is derived in accordance with target data, in consideration of determination results given by determining sections. An information processing device includes: a reliability determining section that determines, in accordance with an inspection image, reliabilities of determination results given by determining sections each configured to determine a given determination matter in accordance with the inspection image; and a comprehensive determination section configured to determine the given determination matter with use of the determination results and the reliabilities.

Abstract: A navigation device includes a processor. The processor collects captured images that have been captured by an imaging device mounted at a vehicle, sets a destination, and determines a route to the destination based on the captured images that have been collected.

Abstract: In an ultrasonic testing method and an ultrasonic testing device that ultrasonically examine a flaw of a subject, a scanning range specified for the subject is scanned while flaw testing is performed by an array probe, and it is determined that a flaw is present at a point where a groove signal DG is present and a bottom echo signal BE is not obtained.

Abstract: In a case where operations to a player character are restricted and a virtual camera is controlled according to event data, motion of the user's head, which is detected by an HMD 300, is reflected on the direction of the virtual camera that is set based on the event data. As a result, even in a situation where the user cannot operate the player character as he/she wants, images displayed on the HMD 300 move together with motion of the head. Therefore, it is possible to reduce occurrence of simulator sickness.

Abstract: In a case where operations to a player character are restricted and a virtual camera is controlled according to event data, motion of the user's head, which is detected by an HMD 300, is reflected on the direction of the virtual camera that is set based on the event data. As a result, even in a situation where the user cannot operate the player character as he/she wants, images displayed on the HMD 300 move together with motion of the head. Therefore, it is possible to reduce occurrence of simulator sickness.

Abstract: The present teachings provide for an active steering system for controlling a vehicle. The system can include at least one sensor and a control module. The at least one sensor can be configured to detect a leading obstacle. The control module can be configured to receive a signal from the at least one sensor, to determine a steering profile, and to execute a lane change maneuver based on the steering profile. The steering profile can include a plurality of steering angles and corresponding vehicle positions for maneuvering the vehicle from a current lane to an adjacent lane. The steering angles can be calculated to not increase the acceleration of the vehicle above an occupant comfort threshold value and to not cause the vehicle to cross an outer boundary of the adjacent lane.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor is configured to receive first viewing information relating to viewing a first content item by a set of users, second viewing information relating to viewing a second content item by the set of users, and action information relating to actions performed by at least some of the set of users, and to output information relating to a viewing condition of the first content item and information relating to a viewing condition of the second content item based on a first action by a plurality of users from the set of users, the plurality of users set as a statistical population when the first action is designated.

Abstract: In order to make it more difficult to alter the recorded data in an event data recorder, a plurality of electric control devices may each have a memory device and may each play a respective role in the vehicle. A data assignment device may be connected to the plurality of electric control devices and the data assignment device may assign a part of drive record data to one of the plurality of electric control devices to store the part of drive record data. The data assignment device may also assign the rest of the drive record data to the rest of the plurality of electric control devices to store the rest of the drive record data.

Abstract: Category determination is performed on an object candidate extracted from a captured image after an exclusion process is performed in advance. In the exclusion process, a distance from a vehicle to the object candidate is calculated based on a size of the object candidate in a current image, a moved distance of the vehicle occurring in a time interval from a time a previous image was captured to a time the current image is captured is calculated, the size of the object candidate in the current image is decreased at a change ratio based on the distance to the object candidate and the moved distance, and a size of the object candidate in the previous image and a size of the object candidate decreased at the change ratio are compared. The object candidate with difference between them being determined to be larger than a predetermined value is removed.

Abstract: The present teachings provide for an active steering system for controlling a vehicle. The system can include at least one sensor and a control module. The at least one sensor can be configured to detect a leading obstacle. The control module can be configured to receive a signal from the at least one sensor, to determine a steering profile, and to execute a lane change maneuver based on the steering profile. The steering profile can include a plurality of steering angles and corresponding vehicle positions for maneuvering the vehicle from a current lane to an adjacent lane. The steering angles can be calculated to not increase the acceleration of the vehicle above an occupant comfort threshold value and to not cause the vehicle to cross an outer boundary of the adjacent lane.

Abstract: A pattern discriminating apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set at least one area in a three-dimensional space in a three-dimensional image data, a feature value calculating unit configured to calculate a pixel feature value from one pixel to another of the three-dimensional image data, a matrix calculating unit configured to (1) obtain at least one point on a three-dimensional coordinate in the area which is displaced in position from a focused point on the three-dimensional coordinate in the area by a specific mapping, and (2) calculate a co-occurrence matrix which expresses the frequency of occurrence of a combination of the pixel feature value of the focused point in the area and the pixel feature values of the mapped respective points, and a discriminating unit configured to discriminate whether or not an object to be detected is imaged in the area on the basis of the combination of the specific mapping and the co-occurrence matrix and a learning sample of the object to be detected which is

Abstract: An object recognition device including a binarization processing unit 32 which classifies pixels, which are obtained by excluding pixels having luminance values equal to or lower than a predetermined value Yex indicating pixels on which the sky is projected in an image captured by an infrared camera 11R, into low-luminance pixels and high-luminance pixels according to a binarization-use second threshold Yth2 (>Yex); and an object image extraction unit 35 which extracts an image portion of an object from an image region composed of the low-luminance pixels.

Abstract: According to one of the embodiments, provided is a method including receiving scene information items related to scenes included in contents of genres, displaying the scene information items at least partly sorted out, displaying the scene information items sorted out in a first sorting order when an operation is performed with respect to a first scene in a first content of a first genre in the scene information items, and displaying the scene information items sorted out in a second sorting order which is different from the first sorting order when an operation is performed with respect to a second scene in a second content of a second genre which is different from the first genre in the scene information items.

Abstract: A control apparatus, which is configured to communicate with an external apparatus, to control a display section and a printing section, and to execute a plurality of processing in parallel, includes: a storage section which is configured to store image data to be supplied to the display section and first data transmitted from the external apparatus, a first processing executing section which is configured to execute a first processing in which the image data is supplied to the display section; a second processing executing section which is configured to execute a second processing, which is to be executed in parallel with the first processing, and in which a predetermined image processing is applied to the first data to generate second data to be stored in the storage section; and an identifying section which is configured to identify the number of the second data stored in the storage section.

Abstract: A system for aiding a user when travelling in a vehicle with a portable, handheld electronic device includes a sensor that detects an object outside the vehicle and that detects a condition regarding movement of the vehicle with respect to the object outside the vehicle. The sensor is supported in the vehicle for travel with the vehicle. The system also includes a communication system that allows the vehicle and the electronic device to communicate a signal therebetween. The signal relates to the condition detected by the sensor. Furthermore, the system includes an output device included on at least one of the vehicle and the electronic device. The output device is operable to output an alarm based on the signal communicated between the vehicle and the electronic device.