Abstract: A pixel PXL includes a first photodiode PDSL and a second photodiode PSLS having different well capacities and responsivities, transfer transistors TGSL-Tr, TGLS-Tr for transferring the charges stored in the photodiodes to a floating diffusion FD, and a capacitance changing part 80 for changing the capacitance of the floating diffusion depending on a capacitance changing signal. The first well capacity of the first photodiode PDSL is smaller than the second well capacity of the second photodiode PDLS, and the first responsivity of the first photodiode PDSL is larger than the second responsivity of the second photodiode PDLS. With these configurations, it becomes possible to realize a widened dynamic range, prevent the read-out noise from affecting the performance, and eventually achieve improved image quality.

Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat including: a seatback frame of a seatback that supports a back area of a vehicle occupant, the seatback frame including: a left and right pair of side frame portions spaced apart in a seat width direction; and an upper frame portion that joins between end portions, at a seat upper side, of the left and right pair of side frame portions in the seat width direction, a headrest that supports a head area of the vehicle occupant being supported at the upper frame portion; and a plastic deformation portion provided at the upper frame portion, the plastic deformation portion being plastically deformed and moving at least a portion of the upper frame portion toward a seat rear side together with the headrest, when a load toward the seat rear side that exceeds a predetermined value is applied to the plastic deformation portion.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seatback, a seat cushion, and a wheelchair fixing device. The seat cushion is switchable to a tip-up state where the seat cushion has been tipped up so as to extend along the seatback. The seat cushion includes a seating surface and a rear surface that is on the opposite side of the seat cushion from the seating surface. The wheelchair fixing device is provided on the rear surface-side. The wheelchair fixing device is configured to fix a wheelchair to the seat cushion.

Abstract: A rear-facing occupant protection device is provided. The rear-facing occupant protection device is applied to a vehicle in which a seatback of a front seat is mounted in a rear-facing state in which a back surface of the seatback faces a vehicle-body-side vertical wall portion disposed at a front end of a vehicle cabin, or mounted such that the seat back is capable of taking the rear-facing state. The rear-facing occupant protection device includes: an energy absorbing portion disposed on at least one of a back surface of a seatback pad of the seatback and a rear surface of the vehicle-body-side vertical wall portion, the energy absorbing portion being configured to be deformed so as to absorb energy at a time of a frontal collision of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle seat 10 has a seat cushion 12, a seatback 14, a fixed supporting portion 24, and a movable supporting portion 26 that is supported by the fixed supporting portion 24 movably at least toward a seat rear side. Further, the vehicle seat 10 has an energy absorbing member 28 that, by being provided between the fixed supporting portion 24 and the movable supporting portion 26, restricts displacement of the movable supporting portion 26 with respect to the fixed supporting portion 24, and, due to the seatback 14 being pushed toward the seat rear side at a time of a collision of a vehicle, the energy absorbing member 28 is deformed and the movable supporting portion 26 is displaced with respect to the fixed supporting portion 24.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, an ottoman, and an energy absorbing portion. The ottoman is provided at a seat front side end portion of the seat cushion and is changeable between an unfolded position and a stored position. The ottoman, at the unfolded position, is adapted to support, from a seat lower side, calves of the passenger seated on the seat cushion, and the ottoman, at the stored position, is apart from the calves of the passenger seated on the seat cushion. The energy absorbing portion is configured to, in a case in which a load, which is inputted to the ottoman at the stored position toward a seat rear side, exceeds a predetermined value, absorb kinetic energy inputted to the ottoman while permitting displacement of the ottoman toward the seat rear side.

Abstract: A vehicle seat including a seat cushion and a seat back, the vehicle seat includes a front surface portion that structures a portion of a frame of the seat cushion, which is adapted to support buttocks of a passenger, the front surface portion is disposed at a front part of the vehicle seat, and a face of the front surface portion facing toward a front side of the vehicle sea; and an energy absorbing member that is provided along the face of the front surface portion, and the energy absorbing member is configured to irreversibly deform by being pushed toward a rear side of the vehicle seat.

Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a solid-state imaging device, a method for fabricating a solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus that implement both a wide dynamic range and a high sensitivity. A storage capacitor serving as a storage capacitance element includes a first electrode and a second electrode on a second substrate surface side. The first electrode is formed of a p+ region (the second conductivity type semiconductor region) formed in the surface of a second substrate surface of a substrate, and the second electrode is formed above the second substrate surface so as to be opposed at a distance to the first electrode in the direction perpendicular to the substrate surface. The first electrode and the second electrode are arranged so as to spatially overlap with a photoelectric conversion part in the direction perpendicular to the substrate surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to fuel cell unit arranged in an underfloor space of a fuel cell vehicle. The fuel cell unit includes a fuel cell that has a plurality of cells stacked together; and a cell monitor that is arranged in a side region of the fuel cell, and that monitors a state of each of the cells.

Abstract: An action determination device includes: an extraction unit that extracts feature points of an object from captured images; a tracking unit that generates tracking information indicating a moving direction of the object based on the feature points respectively extracted from the captured images temporally preceding and succeeding each other; and a determination unit that determines whether or not an action is performed based on a comparison result between a tracking information group in which a plurality of pieces of the tracking information are accumulated in time series and a registered information group registered in advance in association with the action of the object.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: an irradiation device that is disposed in a vehicle, and that irradiates a road surface with light so as to draw a determination area on the road surface; an action determination unit that determines an action of a user existing in the determination area; and a vehicle control unit that controls the vehicle, based on the action of the user which is determined by the action determination unit.

Abstract: A user guidance device to be mounted on a vehicle includes: a user determination unit that determines whether or not a user of the vehicle is present around the vehicle; a state acquisition unit that acquires information about at least one of a vehicle interior state and a vehicle exterior state of the vehicle; and a guidance unit that guides the user by using light, based on the information acquired by the state acquisition unit, in a case where the user determination unit determines that the user is present.

Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner contains toner particles containing a polyester resin having an acid value of from 10 mg KOH/g to less than 15 mg KOH/g. The toner particles have a surface with an acid value in a range from 0.3% to 1.7% of the acid value of the polyester resin. The toner particles have a melt viscosity of from 1,800 Pa·s to 3,800 Pa·s at 100° C.

Abstract: A CPU of an analysis apparatus performs a fluid analysis and derives transient distribution information that represents an accumulation distribution of a particulate layer on an inflow-side inner circumferential surface of a honeycomb structure at a time point after a short time interval ?t (step S130). The CPU then repeatedly performs a fluid analysis by taking into account the transient distribution information derived previous time to repeatedly derive transient distribution information (steps S130 to S150) and then derives post-transient-analysis distribution information that represents the accumulation distribution of the particulate layer at a later time point (step S160).

Abstract: This solid-state imaging device 100 has: a photosensitive part that includes pixel portions 211, which are disposed in a matrix, and charge transfer parts 212 for transferring, by the column, the signal charge of the pixel portions; a plurality of charge storage parts 220 that accumulate the signal charges transferred by the plurality of charge transfer parts of the photosensitive part; a relay part 240 that relays the transfer of the signal charges transferred by the plurality of charge transfer parts to each charge storage part; an output part 230 that outputs the signal charges of the plurality of charge storage parts as electric signals; a first substrate 110 at which the photosensitive unit 210 is formed; and a second substrate 120 at which the charge storage part 220 and output unit 230 are formed.

Abstract: A pinned photodiode has a substrate having a first substrate side to which light is illuminated and a second substrate side opposite the first substrate side, a photoelectric conversion part including a first conductivity type semiconductor layer buried into the substrate and having a photoelectric conversion function for the received light and a charge accumulation function, a second conductivity type separation layer formed in the side portion of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer in the photoelectric conversion part, and one charge transfer gate part capable of transferring the charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion part.

Abstract: A comparator in an AD conversion part, under the control of a reading part, performs a first comparison processing outputting a digitized first comparison result signal with respect to a voltage signal corresponding to an overflow charge overflowing from a PD1 to an FD1 in an integration period, and a second comparison processing outputting a digitized second comparison result signal with respect to a voltage signal corresponding to a accumulated charge of the PD1 transferred to the FD1 in a transfer period after the integration period and, in the first comparison processing, the period of the first comparison processing is divided into a plurality of sub periods and, in each of the sub periods, the comparator performs an AD conversion processing comparing the voltage signal of the output buffer part and the reference voltage and outputting the digitized comparison result signal.

Abstract: A solid state imaging device has: a photosensitive part containing a plurality of charge transfer parts that transfer, in column units, the signal charges of a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements disposed in a matrix; a conversion/output unit that converts, to an electrical signal, the signal charges forwarded by the charge transfer parts; a peripheral circuit part that performs a predetermined process with respect to the electrical signals from the conversion/output part; a relay part that relays the forwarding to the peripheral circuit part of the electrical signal from the conversion/output part; a first substrate where a photosensitive part and the conversion/output part are formed; and a second substrate where the peripheral circuit part is formed. The first and second substrates are stacked together, and the relay part electrically connects the conversion/output part formed at the first substrate to the peripheral circuit part formed at the second substrate.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device, in which a signal holding part can hold a signal with respect to a voltage signal corresponding to an accumulated charge in a photoelectric conversion element of a photodiode PD1 which is transferred to an output node of a floating diffusion FD1 in a transfer period after an integration period and a signal with respect to a voltage signal corresponding to an overflow charge overflowing to the output node of the floating diffusion FD1 from at least the photodiode PD1 in any period among the photoelectric conversion element of the photodiode PD1 and the storage capacity element of the storage capacitor. Due to this, substantially, it becomes possible to realize a broader dynamic range and higher frame rate.