Abstract: A pressure sensor can be mounted to an object with a pressure to be measured by a mounting structure. The mounting structure includes bonding a first member and a second member, a medium passageway formed on one of the bonding face thereof, a flexible printed wiring board interposed between both bonding faces through gaskets, and a pressure sensor element electrically connected to the flexible printed wiring board by an electrically conductive member so that the sensor element electrically connects to the outside of the object. The pressure sensor element is disposed in a recess that is formed on the bonding face. The presser medium is transferred through an introduction hole from the medium passageway to the pressure sensor element.

Abstract: A document searching apparatus for searching a document group having a link relation for particular document is disclosed, that comprises a link importance assigning unit weighting the link relation and assigning the link importance which indicates importance of the document based on the weighted link relation to each document, and an accessing unit accessing the particular document based on the link importance. Thus, important document can be automatically searched.

Abstract: There are basically two types of rumble strips: shoulder/center rumble strips and in-lane rumble strips. In an embodiment of the invention, there is a device that automatically identifies the type of rumble strip with which a vehicle tire is in contact with. The device may include a processor adapted to receive input indicative of a state of rotation of a first vehicle tire and input indicative of a state of rotation of a second vehicle tire when one or more of the first vehicle tire and the second vehicle tire is in contact with a rumble strip. The processor includes logic to compare the state of rotation of the first vehicle tire to the state of rotation of the second vehicle tire, and determine from the comparison, the type of rumble strip in contact with at least one of the first vehicle tire and the second vehicle tire.

Abstract: A document collection apparatus collects a document for a community from a network. Before starting the collection, an initial document group is given as a starting point of the collection. A reference extraction unit extracts a reference from the initial document group. A next prospect determination unit determines a prospect which is a prospective document to be collected next. A document collection unit collects the prospect to be collected next, and adds it to the collected documents. The document collection unit first collects documents evenly from inside the community in the network, and then the next prospect determination unit determines the prospect to be collected next from inside and outside the community.

Abstract: A structure of test element group wiring includes, in addition to an electrode on a substrate including one or more layers of insulating films, and real wirings electrically connected to the electrode, includes dummy wirings electrically isolated from the electrode and having a portion of the same shape as the real wiring. The dummy wirings are disposed at a predetermined constant distance, adjacent to the real wirings or to each other, so that the wiring rate of the real wiring relaxes the concentration difference of patterns. The distance between the real wirings is sufficient to perform pattern analysis using the OBIRCH method.

Abstract: A device for automatically controlling vehicle speed, including a processor. In one embodiment, the processor includes logic to automatically determine whether a first local required speed is greater than a second local required speed, and only if the first local required speed is greater than the second local required speed, automatically initiate output of a signal to a vehicle speed controller to change vehicle speed to a new set vehicle speed. In another embodiment, the processor includes logic to automatically determine a new set vehicle speed based at least on a change in local required speed and a current set vehicle speed, and only if the current set vehicle speed is greater than the determined new set vehicle speed, automatically initiate output of a signal to a vehicle speed controller to change vehicle speed to the determined new set vehicle speed.

Abstract: There are basically two types of rumble strips: shoulder/center rumble strips and in-lane rumble strips. In an embodiment of the invention, there is a device that automatically identifies the type of rumble strip with which a vehicle tire is in contact with. The device may include a processor adapted to receive input indicative of a state of rotation of a first vehicle tire and input indicative of a state of rotation of a second vehicle tire when one or more of the first vehicle tire and the second vehicle tire is in contact with a rumble strip. The processor includes logic to compare the state of rotation of the first vehicle tire to the state of rotation of the second vehicle tire, and determine from the comparison, the type of rumble strip in contact with at least one of the first vehicle tire and the second vehicle tire.

Abstract: A device for automatically controlling vehicle speed, including a processor, wherein the processor includes logic to determine a vehicle acceleration rate value, wherein the processor is configured to receive at least a first signal indicative of a first local required speed, a second signal indicative of a second local required speed received after the first signal, a third signal indicative of a value of a current vehicle speed, and information that enables the processor to determine the vehicle acceleration rate value, wherein the processor further includes logic to automatically determine a new set vehicle speed based at least on the first local required speed, the second local required speed, the current vehicle speed, and the determined vehicle acceleration rate value, and automatically initiate output of a signal to a vehicle speed controller to change vehicle speed to the new set vehicle speed.

Abstract: A device for automatically controlling vehicle speed, including a processor that receives at least (i) a first signal indicative of a first local required speed, (ii) a second signal indicative of a second local required speed received after the first signal, and (iii) a third signal indicative of a value of a current vehicle speed, wherein the processor includes logic to automatically determine a new set vehicle speed based at least on the first local required speed, the second local required speed, and the current vehicle speed and to automatically initiate output of a signal to a vehicle speed controller to change vehicle speed to a new set vehicle speed.

Abstract: A device adapted to automatically control the effective output of a vehicle control system/component that, for example, automatically applies braking and/or steering control, in response to tire contact with a rumble strip. The device includes a processor configured to receive a first signal indicative of contact of a vehicle tire with a rumble strip. The processor also includes logic to determine that at least one vehicle tire is in contact with a rumble strip based at least on the first signal. If the processor has received the first signal and has determined that the at least one vehicle tire is in contact with the rumble strip, the processor then issues a command to control the effective output of at least one of a vehicle control component or a vehicle control system. For example, an automatically applied braking force may be reduced to ½ its normal applied force.

Abstract: A device for automatically controlling vehicle speed, including a processor adapted to receive at least a first signal indicative of a first local required speed, a second signal indicative of a second local required speed received after the first signal, and a third signal indicative of a value of a current set vehicle speed, wherein the processor includes logic to (i) automatically determine a new set vehicle speed based at least on the first local required speed, the second local required speed, and the current set vehicle speed; and (ii) automatically initiate output of a signal to a vehicle speed controller to change the vehicle speed to a new set vehicle speed.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention includes a device to alter transfer characteristics of a road departure warning installation installed on a road to a driver of a vehicle, including a rumble strip sensor to sense input from a rumble strip and an adjustable vehicle component in communication with the rumble strip sensor, the adjustable vehicle component configured to automatically adjust to increase an amount of input from the rumble strip sensed by the driver. Another embodiment of the present invention includes a device to estimate lateral displacement of a vehicle based on the location of a rumble strip installed on a road with respect to the vehicle, the device including a processor configured to receive four signals indicative of contact of a rumble strip with respective associated four tires of the vehicle and to estimate a lateral distance that the vehicle has traveled beyond the detected rumble strip.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention includes a device to alter transfer characteristics of a road departure warning installation installed on a road to a driver of a vehicle, including a rumble strip sensor to sense input from a rumble strip and an adjustable vehicle component in communication with the rumble strip sensor, the adjustable vehicle component configured to automatically adjust to increase an amount of input from the rumble strip sensed by the driver. Another embodiment of the present invention includes a device to estimate lateral displacement of a vehicle based on the location of a rumble strip installed on a road with respect to the vehicle, the device including a processor configured to receive four signals indicative of contact of a rumble strip with respective associated four tires of the vehicle and to estimate a lateral distance that the vehicle has traveled beyond the detected rumble strip.

Abstract: A structure of test element group wiring includes, in addition to an electrode on a substrate including one or more layers of insulating films, and real wirings electrically connected to the electrode, includes dummy wirings electrically isolated from the electrode and having a portion of the same shape as the real wiring. The dummy wirings are disposed at a predetermined constant distance, adjacent to the real wirings or to each other, so that the wiring rate of the real wiring relaxes the concentration difference of patterns. The distance between the real wirings is sufficient to perform pattern analysis using the OBIRCH method.

Abstract: A document organizing apparatus performs a statistical process and a character string process for keywords of documents, extracts an equivalent relation, a hierarchical relation, and an associative relation between keywords, and automatically creates a directory file with links of these relations. The user searches documents using the links of the directory file.

Abstract: To provide an optical fiber strain sensor device and a strain detection method, for measuring precisely AE and for detecting effectively a rapid strain change due to a shock load, an optical fiber strain sensor device includes an FBG sensor mounted on an object to be measured, a broadband light source for directing a broadband wavelength light ray to the FBG sensor, and an FBG filter that reflects or transmits a light ray reflected from the FBG sensor, and, using the FBG filter, the optical fiber strain sensor device processes and detects a change in the center wavelength of the light ray that has been incident from the broadband light source and then has been reflected from the FBG sensor.

Abstract: An information retrieval terminal provides keywords to an information retrieval device and instructs it to retrieve by using such keywords. The information retrieval terminal includes an information collector for collecting screen information, image information, and voice information around the information retrieval terminal and for obtaining text information from the collected information. A keyword-candidate extracting unit extracts a word related to a retrieval word input by a retriever from the text information obtained by the information collector, and sets the extracted word to be a keyword candidate. A retrieval instructing unit gives an instruction to retrieve by using the retrieval word and the keyword candidate set by the keyword-candidate extracting unit as keywords.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor layer; a stacked body; and an electrode pad provided on the stacked body. The stacked body is provided on the semiconductor layer and has a plurality of stacked layers. The electrode pad is provided on the stacked body. The stacked body has a subpad region that is located below the electrode pad and an extrapad region that is not located below the electrode pad, and any portion made of insulating material in the electrode subpad region except a contact plug layer directly above the semiconductor layer in the stacked body is surrounded by a metal interconnect having a closed structure in the same layer.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention includes a device to alter transfer characteristics of a road departure warning installation installed on a road to a driver of a vehicle, including a rumble strip sensor to sense input from a rumble strip and an adjustable vehicle component in communication with the rumble strip sensor, the adjustable vehicle component configured to automatically adjust to increase an amount of input from the rumble strip sensed by the driver. Another embodiment of the present invention includes a device to estimate lateral displacement of a vehicle based on the location of a rumble strip installed on a road with respect to the vehicle, the device including a processor configured to receive four signals indicative of contact of a rumble strip with respective associated four tires of the vehicle and to estimate a lateral distance that the vehicle has traveled beyond the detected rumble strip.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention includes a device to alter transfer characteristics of a road departure warning installation installed on a road to a driver of a vehicle, including a rumble strip sensor to sense input from a rumble strip and an adjustable vehicle component in communication with the rumble strip sensor, the adjustable vehicle component configured to automatically adjust to increase an amount of input from the rumble strip sensed by the driver. Another embodiment of the present invention includes a device to estimate lateral displacement of a vehicle based on the location of a rumble strip installed on a road with respect to the vehicle, the device including a processor configured to receive four signals indicative of contact of a rumble strip with respective associated four tires of the vehicle and to estimate a lateral distance that the vehicle has traveled beyond the detected rumble strip.